Category Archives: Assistive Technology

Testing and debugging iOS accessibility for VoiceOver

When you build an iOS app it’s easy to make it VoiceOver accessible. Native UI controls have accessibility built-in as standard, and custom controls can be accessibility-enabled without difficulty.

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Apple, Assistive Technology, iPhone, mobile, Screen Readers, tools, VoiceOver | 2 Comments

aViewer 2013

Here at the paciello group we are very excited by the improvements being made to our aViewer accessibility API information inspection tool. We want to share the updated aViewer with you and in the process elicit your feedback on the … Continue reading

Posted in accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, General, Google Chrome, HTML5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, MSAA, tools, UI Automation, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 10 Comments

Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013

tl;dr Adding ARIA landmarks to your existing site, or to a site you are developing, provides useful global navigation features and aids understanding of content structure for users. Over time the necessity of explicitly assigning landmarks will lessen as browsers … Continue reading

Posted in Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML 5.1, HTML5, landmark roles, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 22 Comments

Notes on accessibility of Microsoft.com’s new home page

Microsoft.com has a new home page. It uses HTML5 and ARIA. I have done a quick review of their usage. There are a few issues…

Posted in Assistive Technology, HTML5, microsoft, W3C Validator, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 26 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012

HTML5Accessibility.com has been updated to reflect HTML5 accessibility support in the latest browser versions.

Posted in Apple, Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, microsoft, Mozilla, MSAA, Opera, Safari, UAAG, UI Automation, Web Accessibility | 3 Comments