Accessibility Weekly #194: Learning Common Keyboard Shortcuts for Screen Readers

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July 27, 2020 • Issue #194

Featured: Learning common keyboard shortcuts for screen readers

Andrew Nevins has collected a nice round-up of available keyboard shortcuts for different screen readers, including a mind map version.

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

Digital accessibility legal update: ADA anniversary edition (blog post – lflegal.com)
Translating design wireframes into accessible HTML/CSS (blog post – smashingmagazine.com)
A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention (article – propublica.org)
I’m an angry disabled woman. Here’s what I want you to know about inaccessibility (blog post – huffpost.com)
Coronavirus: Social distancing for the visually impaired in Italy (photos – bbc.com)
Modern CSS techniques to improve legibility (blog post – smashingmagazine.com)
The #a11yTO Team is thrilled to announce that #a11yWeekTO is going to be 100% virtual this year (event – a11yto.com)
How to create accessible subtitles (blog post – gomakethings.com)
The many lives of a notification (video – youtube.com)

New to A11y

Microsoft has put together a video series on seven ways to be more inclusive of people with disabilities, featuring Microsoft employees and others discussing a range of issues. Ny favorite? The one from Emily Ladau on being yourself when interacting with people with disabilities.

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