Overview of autoplay and video accessibility in social media Autoplay is a serious accessibility issue. We tested whether videos autoplayed on social media, as well as whether it was possible to turn off this feature. In addition, we tested whether the video could be paused by the mouse, keyboard and touch. No autoplay on default
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Social media accessibility features (2020)
Overview of accessibility features in social media Accessibility features, in this instance, is defined as the ability to add alt attributes to an image, or (in YouTube only) captions and audio descriptions. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter YouTube Desktop Pass N/A Pass Pass Pass Pass / Fail iOS Pass Pass Fail Pass Pass Fail Android
Happy 9th Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Missed some of our latest projects? You can find AccessibilityOz’s recorded webinars on our website, including the two presented last week: Social Media and Accessibility A11y Wizard Hour #2 (Accessibility Q&A) Keep up to date! We announce upcoming webinars and presentations on our Twitter and our LinkedIn. Catch up on our blog with out newest
“Meet our team” or “Go to event” – a problem with headings
Headings matter Heading is an extremely important element for screen reader users. Each screen reader allows you to jump from heading to heading on a webpage, making it easier and quicker to find specific content. Imagine that instead of scanning the page for the content you need, you must read it line by line, including
Join us May 14 for our second A11y Wizard Hour!
Your accessibility questions, answered Have a question about accessibility you can’t find the answer to? Have a specific accessibility problem that you’d like help solving? Come join AccessibilityOz for our second A11y Wizard Hour, an hour of questions and answers all about accessibility. Questions can be asked live or beforehand, anonymous or not. You can
How can AccessibilityOz help you during this time?
As social distancing becomes the new normal, more and more business, education and communication is heading online. Digital accessibility is more important now than ever. Newly remote employees and employers are only now noticing the accessibility problems and obstacles on their websites and applications. Individuals are taking advantage of apps and sites for communication that
The Importance of Captioning
Why captions? Whenever I mention at conferences or meetups that accessible video for blind watchers should have audio descriptions, I am asked a lot of questions: How precise should the audio descriptions be? What should be omitted? Should colors be mentioned (yes, they should)? What video players play audio descriptions? Et cetera. In other words,
HTML5 sectioning elements and screen readers
(Please note that the Edge browser has been updated since this testing was conducted.) HTML5 offers a number of sectioning elements, which might be perceived as equivalent to Aria roles. Actually only some of these elements are fully equivalent to ARIA roles, so they should be used very carefully. Attention should even be paid
Pro bono accessibility testing for bushfire resources
The bushfires ravaging our country have destroyed millions of acres of land, displaced thousands of people and killed hundreds of thousands of animals. Smoke has invaded our cities and suburbs, making breathing difficult and forcing most of us to remain indoors. Though we are proud to have made a foothold in accessibility markets around
Overview of social media accessibility
Overview of accessibility of popular social media platforms Every year, AccessibilityOz does an analysis of the accessibility of popular social media platforms. This year, the following social media platforms were tested: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter YouTube The following user journeys were tested: Register an account Log in Read a post Submit an item (with