Issue #198
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.
Read Learning common keyboard shortcuts for screen readers.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Digital accessibility legal update: ADA anniversary edition (blog post – lflegal.com)
- Translating design wireframes into accessible HTML/CSS (Twitter thread – smashingmagazine.com)
- A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention (blog post – 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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