Although it took a structured negotiation and settlement, at one point MLB seemed like it was turning the corner on improving and sustaining accessibility. Sadly that time seems to have passed, much like a favorite star of yesterday. Most recently, MLB added a simple game to their AT Bat app with a bracket challenge to pick winners in the upcoming Home Run Derby. The problem is for accessibility purposes, MLB used “Player Name” as the…
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There are times when the continued lack of accessibility in basic tasks gets old. Today I wanted to see if my local Staples store carried a product so conducted a product search. Between all the instances of “icon”and “product tile large” on the resulting page, I have absolutely no idea if the product I was searching for is actually available. I could write all about web accessibility standards or why it is important to make your…
Leave a CommentSan Francisco State University has a position posted for a Web Accessibility Coordinator. According to the announcement,application reviews will start on November 13. The salary for the position is posted as an estimated range of $6,667.00-$6,867.00monthly or $80,004.00-$82,404.00 annually.
Leave a CommentThe W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) project has three positions available based in Europe to work on various aspects of web accessibility. All positions indicate they are for a period of three years starting on Jan 1, 2019. The organization is looking for a Web Authoring Tools Accessibility Specialist, an Emerging Web Technologies Accessibility Specialist and a Web Accessibility Education and Training Specialist. Full job descriptions and application requirements can be found at https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Recruitment/. An email with…
Leave a CommentOver the years I’ve used a range of solutions for solving the basic challenge of wanting to experiment with new versions of operating systems, screen readers, applications and more without breaking a working system. From using dedicated test computers, various hard drive imaging solutions, dual booting (running two operating systems on the same machine) and of course using what are known as virtual machines through the various virtual machine technologies available. The majority of my…
One CommentI normally do not write blog posts directly online using WordPress. However in doing some updating today, I noticed text talking about a new editing experience coming to WordPress called Gutenberg. Details on the project can be found at https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/. If you are a screen reading user who writes content inside of WordPress, trying Gutenberg is something you may want to consider. I’m just learning it as I write here but am noticing some issues between…
Leave a CommentThe Paciello Group, who do a variety of work in the accessibility arena, are conducting a survey on mobile accessibility. Details on the survey page indicate that the results will be publicly available in a tabulated format and are intended to assist people in understanding where to direct focus around mobile accessibility. The survey asks 15 questions around many of the basics you might expect. Topics covered include, devices used, operating systems used, sources for…
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