WebAIM October 2023 Newsletter

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Features

An Evolution in Microsoft Office Accessibility

In the past, Microsoft's approach to the issue of text with insufficient contrast in Office has not been comprehensive. The recent announcement of a new color picker signals a shift to a more systematic approach.

Web Accessibility In Mind Conference Videos

Recordings from the 2023 #WebAIMConf are now available.

Upcoming WebAIM Events

• Virtual Web Accessibility Training - November 15-16
• Document Accessibility Course - November/December cohort is now open for registrations
• Virtual Strategic Web Accessibility Workshop - January 10-11 & 17-18

Resources

November accessibility focus: Color Contrast

Articles and videos that introduce you to contrast accessibility requirements and tools, so you know how to fix and avoid low contrast errors on your own website.

Use the accessibility shortcuts on iOS to speed up your testing workflow

You can switch VoiceOver (and Voice Control) on in the iOS settings on iPhone and iPad. But this is very cumbersome if you are in the process of testing an app or website. There are quicker ways.

What's new in WCAG 2.2

This post gives a high-level overview of what's new and what has changed in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, which have been promoted to stable W3C Recommendation.

How to Be an Accessibility Ally

Diversity, equity, and inclusion includes people with disabilities and accessibility. A company that does not include both has incomplete DEI.

So you've been publicly accessibility-shamed

If you've been publicly shamed for anything, what matters most is how you respond next. You can double-down on defensiveness and self-preservation (the wrong answer) or you can approach it with a growth mindset and funnel that energy in a positive direction.

Accessibility improvements for user-agents

What could user-agents (primarily browsers in this case) do to improve the experience of websites for people with disabilities?

Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators

If you can interact with an element with the mouse, you should also be able to use the keyboard to perform the same actions. And if you’re using a keyboard, anything you interact with should have visible focus.

2.4.11: Adversarial Conformance

Adrian Roselli demonstrates how conformance does not always mean accessible.

Quick Tip: Language Attributes

The language should be defined for all web pages and other-language content within web pages. While there are over 8000 valid lang attribute values, keep the value as short as is appropriate. If the two-character primary language code (such as "en" or "ja") is sufficient to identify the content language, use it.

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