How I Write Alt Text for Code Snippets on Social Media
Because blind and low-vision programmers deserve a little better than “code snippet.”
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The Curious Case of “iff” and Overriding Screenreader Pronunciations
Markup hacks to override screenreader pronunciations can get a little iffy. Here's some techniques to try instead.
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The Web Needs a Native .visually-hidden
For years, developers have passed around a set of styles like a magic incantation. It's time we made it a web standard.
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Create Shareable Automatic Captions for Live Online Events with Web Captioner
Stuck using a platform for live online events that doesn't support captions? Here's how to generate captions you can share in a few quick steps.
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A First Look at the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act Bill
Congress just introduced a new bill to ensure digital accessibility for websites and applications. I took a look.
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Style with Stateful, Semantic Selectors
See how building with accessible semantics from the get-go can give you expressive, meaningful style hooks for free.
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How to Fix Your Low-Contrast Text
Solve 30% of the web's accessibility defects with just the help of a calculator!
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On the <dl>
The semantics you didn't know you needed.
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Takeaways From Axe-Con 2021
What I learned from Axe-Con about automated accessibility testing, design systems, data visualization, organizational influence, and more.
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Implement a Skip Link for Navigation-Heavy Sites
Add a link to the beginning of your page to help keyboard navigators skip over repeated links.
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aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby: What's the Difference?
Diving deep into three attributes that bring clarity to elements in assistive technologies.
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Maintaining Focus Outlines for Windows High Contrast Mode
I'm using outline: 3px solid transparent; from now on.
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CSS Can Influence Screenreaders
How CSS bleeds into content and influences screenreader announcements.
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What Is ARIA?
A beginner's guide to ARIA: what it is, what it does, why you should use it... and when you shouldn't.
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Accessibility Is Compliance
A brief foray into the American case law surrounding web accessibility, presented to the ReactJS Dallas meetup at Call-Em-All.
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The Accessibility Tree
Understanding the flow of page contents from browser to screenreader caused me to radically rethink accessible markup.
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How (Not) to Build a Button
When you reinvent the wheel, you might miss a few spokes.
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How Domino's Could Topple the Accessible Web – Part 1: Public Accommodations
The popular pizza chain has a big part to play in the unseen war over the web.