Issue #383
Featured: Opportunities for AI in accessibility
“As with any tool, AI can be used in very constructive, inclusive, and accessible ways; and it can also be used in destructive, exclusive, and harmful ones. And there are a ton of uses somewhere in the mediocre middle as well.”
Read more of Opportunities for AI in accessibility.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Dynamically adding text alternatives to images with AI (blog post - afixt.com)
- Accessibility testing spreadsheet version 2 (blog post - racheleditullio.com)
- How end-to-end testing moves us closer to continuous accessibility (blog post - assistivlabs.com)
- Testing and monitoring accessibility with automatic tools will get less precise (blog post – cerovac.com/a11y)
- What do the pharmacy settlements mean for accessibility? (blog post – equalentry.com)
- Doing what’s required: Indicating mandatory fields in an accessible way (blog post) – tpgi.com
- A guide to designing for older adults (blog post – smashingmagazine.com
- The decision to leave tech (blog post – toddl.dev)
- How successful accessibility leaders measure progress (webinar – makeitfable.com
- Have we forgotten how to build ethical things for the web? (blog post – nicchan.me)
- New Apple podcasts transcripts are changing the way users consume podcasts (blog post – 3playmedia.com
New to A11y
Chris Ferdinandi walks you through using HTML as the baseline. What does it means? Use links and forms to create a basic experience and enhance from there. It’s sometimes overlooked, and can provide a great experience on a lot of websites.
Suggestions and corrections
Have a suggestion for something to be included in Accessibility Weekly? Did I make a mistake that doesn't belong on the Internet? You can either reply to this email or send a note to hello@a11yweekly.com.
Sponsorships and donations
You can sponsor Accessibility Weekly! For details, check out the sponsor page. If you or your company is interested, send a note to hello@a11yweekly.com.
If you enjoy the newsletter, consider making a donation.