These are the weekly notes for the Accessibility Team meeting that happens on Fridays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here.
Updates from Make Accessibility Working Groups
NOTE: Only groups that provided updates are shown below.
Documentation
@Hauwa Abashiya reported that @joedolson made an update to the Accessibility Handbook: How to Report Accessibility Issues. A note added about finding existing tickets and commenting at the top, and added an item about reporting block editor/full site editing issues, as well as some formatting/language adjustments.
Gutenberg
@alexstine reported a few recent A11Y fixes. Other than that, really need feedback on this discussion. Help implementing would be great too. #38311 Improve keyboard navigation experience in all the block editors. He also mentioned wanting to make sure “we’re going down the right path. My latest comment called for a ton of changes and really needs a second set of eyes. Also, on the off chance this channel picked up any React devs is interested in contributing.”
Open floor
@alexstine broached a topic for discussion — Due to Wordcamp Europe 2022 (2-4 June), should the Accessibility Team meeting be rescheduled on June 3rd or be canceled? If canceled, the next meeting will not be until June 17th. He would be in favor of having next meeting on June 17th. #pizzatime