The bushfires ravaging our country have destroyed millions of acres of land, displaced thousands of people and killed hundreds of thousands of animals. Smoke has invaded our cities and suburbs, making breathing difficult and forcing most of us to remain indoors. Though we are proud to have made a foothold in accessibility markets around
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Social media accessibility features
Overview of accessibility features in social media Accessibility features, in this instance, is defined as the ability to add alt attributes to an image, or (in YouTube only) captions and audio descriptions Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter YouTube Desktop Pass N/A Pass Pass Pass Pass / Fail iOS Pass Pass Fail Pass Pass Fail Android
Social Media Accessibility: Turning Off Autoplay
Overview of autoplay and video accessibility in social media Autoplay is a serious accessibility issue. We tested whether videos autoplayed on social media, as well as whether it was possible to turn off this feature. In addition, we tested whether the video could be paused by the mouse, keyboard and touch. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest
Social media screen reader accessibility compliance testing
Desktop screen reader results In the following chart, the “Difficult” result indicates that an experienced screen reader user is able to perform the task, but with difficulty. A novice screen reader user would probably not be able to complete the task. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter YouTube Register Fail Fail Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Login
Accessibility Webinars, Workshops and Training, Oh My!
Training and Workshops in DC, the Bay Area and free accessibility webinars! Accessibility Workshops Find us at the 4th annual ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium in Washington, DC! CEO Gian Wild will be presenting and running training on several topics: Mobile Accessibility Testing Workshop Monday, September 30th Where are you with your iOS and Android accessibility
AccessibilityOz Webinars
AccessibilityOz hosts many accessibility webinars, both as a company and on behalf of other organizations. Upcoming webinars: Procuring accessible products (September 3rd and 4th) September 3 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00PM EST September 4 at 6:00 AM PST / 9:00AM EST Mobile Accessibility Toolkit, presented for 3Play Media (10th October at 2:00PM EST /
AccessibilityOz is headed to another ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium!
AccessibilityOz is headed to another ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium next month, from Monday, November 5th through Thursday, November 8th at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus (3351 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201, USA). We will be releasing a Mobile Accessibility Testing methodology at the ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium. You can attend our half day training session, run
Video Player Testing Results: Seven Players Pass Initial Testing But Only Two Allow for Bluetooth Keyboard Capability
This week in Linz, Austria we presented at the International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Gian was pleased to be invited to share a paper looking at AccessibilityOz’s testing results of various online video players. Our testing process includes four phases meant to examine accessibility ac-cording to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,
And the Winner is… AccessibilityOz!!
This is an exciting time for AccessibilityOz!! We have not only recently marked our 7th year in business, but we have also received several international awards highlighting our expertise in accessibility and web development. We are proud to announce that we have been awarded the Best Accessibility Company of the Year – New York, USA
Happy birthday to us!
AccessibilityOz is now seven years old! We’re a few days late celebrating this year, as our CEO, Gian Wild, was ill with food poisoning and had to travel back to Australia. She missed keynoting DrupalCon Nashville’s Higher Ed Summit and speaking at CodeMotion Rome. She was really looking forward to both conferences and to checking