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"When a society is unmoved by decades of advocacy from disabled communities but springs into action when a tech company needs the same accommodation, it reveals whose claims on shared resources are treated as legitimate and whose are treated as optional." #a11y techpolicy.press/the-web-is-be…

The Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People

Jonathan Zong and Frank Elavsky critique how AI-driven infrastructure changes obscure accessibility and reveal whose needs society chooses to prioritize.
Jonathan Zong (Tech Policy Press)
#a11y

我覺得「讓人不知道怎麼開箱」實在不能算是很理想……

請容我趁機推薦微軟過去幾年間在這方面的努力成果：《Creating Accessible Packaging》
inclusive.microsoft.design/art…
當年微軟做的影片：
youtube.com/watch?v=gTfaM3N-R8…

我過去做過一些微軟產品的開箱記錄，同樣沒有保麗龍或塑膠緩衝品，但完全容易開，就算是肢體障礙者也能輕鬆開：
jedi.org/blog/archives/006261.…
jedi.org/blog/archives/006343.…
jedi.org/blog/archives/006385.…
jedi.org/blog/archives/006453.…

#accessibility #a11y #packaging

微軟調適型搖桿 (Xbox Adaptive Joystick) 開箱及調整設定

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Jedi Lin (Jedi's BLOG)
#a11y #accessibility #packaging

sure it runs your edgy dart based game engine, but what's this ' so called #a11y you all keep ranting about?!
#a11y

Implemented basic AccessKit integration for niri based on @DataTriny's proof-of-concept. I have little experience with screen readers, and also had several questions, so I would appreciate more eyes and testing on the PR:

github.com/YaLTeR/niri/pull/22…

#niri #a11y

Implement basic screen reader announcements via AccessKit by YaLTeR · Pull Request #2273 · niri-wm/niri

Supersedes #2042. Implemented screen reader support for: exit confirmation dialog screenshot UI, overview (it'll just say when these are focused) config parse error announcement workspace swit...
GitHub
#niri #a11y @DataTriny

About finished implementing org.fd.a11y.KeyboardMonitor in niri, necessary for correct screen reader function:

github.com/YaLTeR/niri/pull/20…

I tested it with Orca more or less, seems to work, but I'm very new to screen reader workings, so it's possible I've missed something.

This makes Orca announce keys everywhere in niri, and makes grabs work (both modifier with double-press passthrough and keystrokes). Making Orca actually say niri dialogs will be a separate effort.

#niri #a11y

Implement org.fd.a11y KeyboardMonitor (better Orca screen reader support) by YaLTeR · Pull Request #2060 · niri-wm/niri

Required for screen readers to announce and handle keys. Currently, only keyboard watching is implemented, but no grabs and no double modifier. I'm also not sure if niri should synthesize and s...
GitHub
#niri #a11y

Out of curiosity, I tried running Orca on niri, and apparently it sort-of works for some apps (I expected nothing to work at all; idk anything about screen readers). However, compared to GNOME Shell, there's quite a few missing or broken things. I documented what I found here: github.com/YaLTeR/niri/issues/…

Is there some "Integrating Orca to Wayland desktops" docs? Like, what the compositor needs to do, who handles the hotkeys and how, etc.

(not actively working on this, just curious)

#niri #a11y

Investigate screen reader support · Issue #1904 · niri-wm/niri

Disclaimer: I have very little idea about how any of this works. I'm testing on Fedora 42 Silverblue. As of now, apparently, just running orca is enough to get in-app screen reading and, for some t...
YaLTeR (GitHub)
#niri #a11y

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