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Accessibility

a11y@programming.dev is a community for discussing digital accessibility, sharing techniques and best practices, and talking about accessibility experiences; both good and bad.

Guidelines

Please keep submissions on topic and try to share high quality content.
Follow all instance-wide rules, which can be found on the sidebar here: programming.dev
Don't be a jerk. Just because something you post doesn't explicitly break a rule does not entitle you to post whatever you want, and mods will remove any posts or comments we consider to have been made in bad faith.
Don't editorialize titles. When sharing something, try to keep the title of whatever article you are sharing, unless it is clearly a clickbait title, and you wish to substitute a simple matter-of-fact title. Please do remove website and author names from the title.

What is Digital Accessibility?

Digital accessibility is the practice of removing barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, digital systems by people with disabilities. This involves designing and developing websites, mobile applications, software, hardware, and other digital platforms in a way that they can be used by individuals with a range of abilities, including those with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities.

Digital accessibility not only benefits those with disabilities but also enhances the overall user experience, making digital content more usable and understandable for all. In many jurisdictions, it's a legal requirement under disability discrimination laws.

How does one improve digital accessibility in their products?

Key components of digital accessibility include accessible website design, multimedia with features like captions or transcripts, properly formatted digital documents, and accessible software and apps. It also extends to hardware design.

Other Accessibility Related communities:

transcribing@programming.dev

Useful Resources

∪ of Target Audiences (Accessibility, SEO, AEO/GEO)

1d 11h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from adrianroselli.com

There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels

3d 21m ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.tempertemper.net

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Not Every Form Field Needs to Be in a Fieldset

13d 10h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.jeana.dev

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Affordances for me, but not for thee

16d 3h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from werd.io

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An Extension is Not an Excuse

16d 23h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from webaim.org

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Cool new stuff coming in ARIA 1.3

22d 6h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from afixt.com

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Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs

24d 2h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.matuzo.at

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Playwright Accessibility Testing: What axe and Lighthouse Miss

1mon 6d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.davidmello.com

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Why Keyboard Users Can't Scroll Your Overflow Containers

1mon 7d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from css-tricks.com

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Accessibility fundamentals

1mon 11d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.inklusivo.nl

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AI Doesn't Fix Accessible Systems. It Depends on Them

1mon 11d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from annaecook.com

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Tolerating Inaccessibility

1mon 17d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from webaim.org

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Good designers, bad websites: a proposal

1mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from alistapart.com

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Can someone with dyslexia check if I'm doing accessibility right?

1mon 26d ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/PiraHxCx in a11y@programming.dev

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Making emojis and icons screen reader accessible

1mon 9h ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from blog.pope.tech

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Ask AIMee: An accessible accessibility-focused AI chatbot

2mon 4d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from webaim.org

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WebAIM Million Report 2026 reveals digital accessibility is regressing

2mon 5d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.horlix.com

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Here are my 2 most overlooked Mastodon Alt-Text features!

2mon 6d ago by lemmy.world/u/madeindex in a11y@programming.dev

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The Fediverse ALT-Text issue

2mon 7d ago by lemmy.world/u/madeindex in a11y@programming.dev

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help with aria-label?

2mon 11d ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/PiraHxCx in a11y@programming.dev

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Screen readers are not testing tools

2mon 12d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from yatil.net

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5 accessibility checks to run on every component

2mon 15d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from zeroheight.com

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Your hex editor should color-code bytes

2mon 17d ago by programming.dev/u/bugsmith in a11y@programming.dev from simonomi.dev

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Applying accessibility fixes with stealth for the greater good

2mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from piccalil.li

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"﷽" U+FDFD: ARABIC LIGATURE BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM (Unicode Character)

2mon 24d ago by programming.dev/u/bugsmith in a11y@programming.dev from unicodeplus.com

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Coloring for Colorblindness

3mon 10d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from davidmathlogic.com

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Your Browser Can Already Speak a Page

3mon 14d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from adrianroselli.com

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Low-Vision Programmers Can Now Design 3D Models Independently

3mon 18d ago by feddit.online/u/CombatWombat in a11y@programming.dev from spectrum.ieee.org

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role=presentation is no alternative for aria-hidden=true

3mon 19d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.matuzo.at

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Put aria-hidden=true on decorative SVGs

3mon 19d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.matuzo.at

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aria-haspopup might not do what you think it does

3mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.matuzo.at

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Notes on relying on the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide

3mon 28d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.stefanjudis.com

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You Know What? Just Don’t Split Words into Letters

3mon 28d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from adrianroselli.com

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Apple, What Have You Done?

4mon 22d ago by programming.dev/u/bugsmith in a11y@programming.dev from onlinegoddess.net

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I Learned The First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way

4mon 26d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from css-tricks.com

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EasySpeak: Free, local and Wayland-native desktop voice control software for Linux (GPL 3.0)

5mon 11d ago by feddit.org/u/Novocirab in a11y@programming.dev from fosstodon.org

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You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility

5mon 27d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from vale.rocks

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Don't leave the screen reader hungry

5mon 2d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from htmhell.dev

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Accessibility, The Origin of Innovation

6mon 3d ago by rblind.com/u/fastfinge in a11y@programming.dev from stuff.interfree.ca

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A11y Considerations in Math on the Web

6mon 7d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from htmhell.dev

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Accessible by Design: The Role of the 'lang' Attribute

6mon 13d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from htmhell.dev

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Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs

6mon 1d ago by feddit.org/u/Novocirab in a11y@programming.dev from nolanlawson.com

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Yes, let's teach LLMs accessibility, but also provide the companies using them with better strategies

7mon 26d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from hidde.blog

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Skyscanner Empathy Lab

8mon 21d ago by programming.dev/u/codeinabox in a11y@programming.dev from www.youtube.com

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A simple ncurses launcher that opens directories and apps

9mon 28d ago by lemmy.world/u/FarraigePlaisteach in a11y@programming.dev from files.catbox.moe

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Overview of Apple Accessibility Nutrition Labels for App Store

10mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/pylapp in a11y@programming.dev from developer.apple.com

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WCAG 3.0’s Proposed Scoring Model: A Shift In Accessibility Evaluation

10mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/pylapp in a11y@programming.dev from www.smashingmagazine.com

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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

10mon 4d ago by programming.dev/u/bugsmith in a11y@programming.dev from behind.pretix.eu

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How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses

11mon 6d ago by lemmy.world/u/cm0002 in a11y@programming.dev from www.theverge.com

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Accessibility Assistant for Figma is a game changer, not just a pretty rename

11mon 11d ago by rblind.com/u/fastfinge in a11y@programming.dev from betruthfulness.medium.com

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