Axess Lab

@AxessLab

Digital accessibility, for everyone.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    29 Dec 2017

    "It would be great to see actual examples of in action. Like before and after improvements." Okay, here you go!

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 12

    Did you know that you can view and override Facebook's automatic alt text on desktop? You can write your own alt text! It even throws a warning that says, "alt text is usually less than 100 characters." Cool feature, ,

    Facebook's alt text UI, shown here editing the alt text on a team photo of the Vermont Sled Cats sled hockey team
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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 9

    Terrific article! "Assistive Technologies – The Switch" by

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  4. Mar 9

    Got quite a lot of comments and questions on this article. So I've updated it with my answers at the end of the article:

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  5. Mar 8

    A frustrated screen reader user, , lets out some steam 😤

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  6. Feb 25

    Inclusive shirt buttoning 😍 Video description: Guy with motor impairment puts on a shirt that looks like a regular shirt but has hidden magnets.

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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 20

    Really great article by on a 'switch' - an assistive tech mostly used by those with motor impairments. It has great resources / info on switches, and then has great tips on how to design switch friendly interfaces love this!!

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  8. Feb 19

    Nice compatison of screen reader accessibility of Google Forms (), , and . In short: Google Forms wins. Survey Gizmo performs worst (even though they claim they are the most accessible survey tool on the market).

    My comparison of a few online survey tools on of multiple choice questions with radio buttons:
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  9. Feb 19

    Make sure Stephen Hawking can use your site! Here's what you need to know about the switches and switch-accessible-design.

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  10. Feb 13

    Die title text, die 💣

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 26

    Practical Examples of Accessibility Improvements by

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  12. Jan 23

    Lipreading-AI, alt-text-AI, Captcha-killing-AI. Exciting post by for

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Paying Employees to Work on Open Source Projects. Why budgets for and . via

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  14. Jan 18

    How and why we as a startup pay our employees to work on open source projects related to on their spare time 🌈

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  15. Jan 12

    We've been working hard on this release with the team. Hope you like it!

    It's Funky Friday! A new update is out: - Robot Robin: Test your site for issues with the awesome tool - Keyboard Kim: The mouse pointer is gone *moahaha*! - Dyslexia Dani: Improved speed and a stop-the-dancing-feature. Get it at !
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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 9

    Great post from as per usual 🤘☺️🤘”How icons are ruining interfaces - Axess Lab”

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    I’m a blind twitter user. There are a lot of us out there. Increase your ability to reach us and help us interact with your pictures, it’s really simple and makes a huge difference to our twitter experiance allowing us to see your images our way. Thanks for the description 😎

    Instructions for how to access descriptions on photos
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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 1

    New Years Resolution! 1. Make sure 'Image Descriptions' are turned on in Twitter Settings. 2. Always add a written description to photos you upload. This helps make Twitter more accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

    Screenshot of Settings on iPhone. Text reads 'Vision. Increase colour contrast. Improves legibility by increasing the contrast between text and background colours. Compose image descriptions. Add the ability to describe images for the visually impaired. Learn more (written in blue) to the right of the text are two buttons which can be toggled on or off.
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  19. 30 Dec 2017

    Happy New Year all and friends! Check out our most popular articles all 2017:

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  20. Retweeted
    22 Dec 2017

    About the unfortunate misconception “Our Users Have No Disabilities” by

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