Issue #510
Featured: Artificial intelligence, history, and blindness: Lessons and musings
“I’m no cheerleader for AI, nor am I exclusively a detractor. It’s a tool. Sure, it’s a powerful tool, and a tool with numerous flaws and risks. Tools can be used well, and they can be used lazily, and irresponsibly. There are problems we must talk about, but I want people to walk away from this article appreciating that AI it’s helping and empowering me, and other blind people like me, every day.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- When scan results become a legal risk (Part 3) (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- What is an accessible name, and why does it matter for accessibility? (blog post - blog.pope.tech)
- The problem with blanks for people who are blind or low vision (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Building accessibility into a canvas-based product (blog post - figma.com)
- A11y 101 – 3.2.4 Consistent identification (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- React’s architectural accessibility gaps (blog post - chrisyoong.com)
- Clickable table rows are a bad idea (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- Progressively enhancing grid lanes (blog post - matuzo.at)
- 10 tips for building iOS apps that handle dynamic type well (blog post - mobilea11y.com)
- Searching for accessibility jobs (blog post - a11ytrainer.com)
- Focusgroup tests (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
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Homer Gaines outlines an accessibility review process process for evaluating the accessibility conformance level of products. I like how Homer breaks down the different types of reviews here. It makes it more approachable, and easier to understand.
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