accesibilidad

En el artículo  Modern CSS Techniques To Improve Legibility de Smashing Magazine explican cómo mejorar la legibilidad de los textos con CSS.

Hace un mes se publicó la nota de prensa  ‘Able Center, idea ganadora del concurso ‘Disability Serious Game’ . En el sitio web del concurso Disability Serious Game se puede encontrar más información. Hay una guía básica de conceptos de discapacidad, accesibilidad y videojuegos . Y relacionado con este concurso, muy interesante todo el análisis que se realiza en  Cómo pueden los videojuegos potenciar la vida de las personas con discapacidad .

En  Inclusively Hidden : There are various ways to hide content in web interfaces, but are you aware of the different effects they have on the accessibility of that content? While some might think it’s strange to have multiple different ways to hide content, there are certain benefits that each method provides. There have been many articles written about hiding content, and this post will cover some of the noted methods, and purposefully ignore others. This article will highlight the methods of hiding content that are most appropriate for modern web development, and note the accessibility impacts of each. [...] To wrap this all up… Let’s do a quick recap: There are three categories of hidden content: Completely Hidden. Visually Hidden. Only Hidden from Assistive Technology. Depending on the type of content, you will need to use an appropriate technique to hide it, via: Using CSS or [hidden] to hide content completely. Using visually-hidden / sr-only classes to visually hide content, bu

Un tuit interesante de Web Axe: Hey #webdev, if you don't know at least 3 reasons why this code is bad, please learn why. #a11y

Accesibilidad de páginas web: WordPress , webinar organizado por la Unidad Académica de Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca (Ecuador) el 19 de junio de 2020:

Conferencia impartida en la  Universidad Estatal a Distancia  (UNED) de Costa Rica. Contenido: Cómo diseñar y ofertar cursos masivos y abiertos accesibles, y la importancia de elaborar recursos accesibles, a partir de la experiencia del Dr. Sergio Luján Mora en la Universidad de Alicante, España.

Conferencia impartida en la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) de Costa Rica. Contenido: Cómo diseñar y ofertar cursos masivos y abiertos accesibles, y la importancia de elaborar recursos accesibles, a partir de la experiencia del Dr. Sergio Luján Mora en la Universidad de Alicante, España.

El curso  Develop Accessible Web Apps with React es de pago ($99), pero es el primero que veo que trate este tema. La descripción dice que en este curso se aprende: The impact of in-accessible web apps different disability groups How to access web sites in the same way impaired users do Inspecting & testing tools for accessibility Write accessible and extensible UI elements & widgets Iteratively refactor & test accessibility issues

No es que yo busque estos artículos, ellos me encuentran a mí. Una "web accessibility overlay" es la capa que se añade a un sitio web mediante un software que promete mejorar la accesibilidad de los sitios web. Muchos sitios web usan los "accessibility overlays" como solución rápida para decir que un sitio web es accesible, pero no es verdad al 100%: sí que es verdad que pueden resolver ciertos problemas, pero no todos. Y el principal problema, la falta de conocimiento de los desarrolladores del sitio web no lo resuelven: los desarrollos futuros seguirán teniendo problemas de accesibilidad y existirá una dependencia de estas soluciones. En  Overlays and Plugins Aren’t the Answer to Accessibility , que incluye un podcast, explican más cosas sobre los "accessibility overlays": Website accessibility overlays and plugins aren’t the answer to accessibility and compliance, despite being touted as an easy, automated solution for web designers and developers and t

En  An Introductory Guide to Understanding Cognitive Disabilities  se muestra algunos ejemplos de las diferentes discapacidades cognitivas: Aphasia Speaking (finding words), writing or understanding language Autism May have difficulty understanding some communications or social interactions Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Focusing and Keeping Attention Dyslexia Recognizing letters and words Dyscalculia Recognizing numbers and symbols Intellectual “intellectual functioning (such as learning, problem-solving, judgment) and/or adaptive functioning (activities of daily life such as communication and independent living)” – American Psychiatric Association Memory Loss Difficult time remembering past events, new events, or both Y los problemas que pueden experimentar: Attention – ability to focus and keep focused on the current task Processing Speed – the rate at which the brain handles information Short-Term Memory – the ability to retain information for short periods of time

Muy interesante el artículo How to design websites for blind and partially sighted people : According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 253 million people live with vision impairment across the globe. 36 million are blind and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment. As of 2014, there are around 360,000 people registered as blind or partially sighted in the UK. But these are just the people who are registered. According to the RNIB the figure doesn’t take into account, “those who are waiting for treatment, those whose sight could be improved, those who have not registered for whatever reason and people whose sight loss is not at a level that allows them to register.” RNIB estimates that a truer figure is roughly two million people living with significant sight loss in the UK. [...] In November 2016, Gov.uk published the results of their assistive technology survey, in which the Government Digital Service asked 712 users about what devices, web browsers and ass