To web developers/designers: Some days you pave the cowpath. Some days the cow paves you.
— Dave Nold (@cheapsurrealist) January 19, 2016
Happy A11y New Year
“#Accessibility in the New Year: Will You Join Me?” – Darrell Shandrow Hilliker #A11y2016 – https://t.co/cWgsKQQHh2
— Dave Nold (@cheapsurrealist) January 1, 2016
Starbucks Wants Your Business
Especially if you’re a wheelchair user
A clever ploy by Starbucks to divert wheelchair users away from Noah’s Bagels? (Noah’s is right next store)
And good luck if you were planing on using the convenient curb cut just beyond the sign.
When you see something like this, go into the store and pleasantly suggest that they remove the barrier. I didn’t do that and for that I will forever feel… Whatever. Next time, I promise.
Amazon Video: Captions are good for business
“DREDF hopes that this is the beginning of opening the Internet for our country’s 48 million deaf and hard of hearing individuals in streamed entertainment, education, government benefits, and more. We’re so pleased that Netflix worked jointly with plaintiffs to devise a reasonable and workable way to achieve 100% captioning. The Decree is a model for the streaming entertainment industry.” – Arlene Mayerson
Last week, Amazon decided to not put up a fight and agreed to caption 100% of it’s massive inventory by December 31, 2016.
The trend is heartening.
Next stop: Audio Description.