Director of Accessibility / co-founder at @we_are_nomensa. Co-editor of WCAG. Other interests: UX, Web & Security. Also at alastc@toot.cafe
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12 Dec 2024
For those of you following the progress on WCAG 3, the next update is here! This article includes the details and insights from the co-chairs of the group:
whollyaccessible.org/2024/12…
Remember: WCAG 3 drafts do not replace WCAG 2.
More info: w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
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15 Nov 2023
Why doesn’t AI work for producing accessible code? Because accessibility isn't about averages. alastairc.uk/2023/11/why-doe…
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22 Oct 2023
For any accessibility curmudgeons (and non-curmudgeons), have I missed anything obvious from this list of improvements browsers could include?
alastairc.uk/2023/10/accessi…
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12 Oct 2023
Over the years, there always seem to be two questions after an accessibility talk: “How do I persuade my boss?” And “What’s the best tool to use?”
There might be a new one: “does AI negate the need for accessibility work?"
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15 Sep 2023
Listening to @themonkeycage and wondering if the point of life is to evolve sufficiently to prevent the heat death of the universe. As you do.
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31 Jul 2023
I wonder: If @UKLabour announced that they would rescind the licenses in the next parliament, would anyone take up these licenses?
31 Jul 2023
Today we are saying no to @JustStop_Oil and their political wing the Labour Party
We will power ahead with new oil and gas because it’s in the best interests of the British people, of our economy and of our national security
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18 Jul 2023
It's important to measure compared to the alternatives. The study said "One hour of ... videoconferencing can emit between 150 and 1,000 grams of carbon dioxide... a car produces about 8,887 grams from burning one gallon of gasoline."
So a magnitude better than office meetings?
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5 Jul 2023
I'm generally inclined to believe what the Bank of England says over the Government, but this is an important thread on inflation. I don't know if it's all correct, but it is an explanation of why the BoE's policy isn't working.
21 Jun 2023
Getting your model wrong is one thing. Getting your policy wrong is something else when that policy has real-world implications, and they are the opposite of what you intend. That, I suggest is what is happening right now. Interest rate rises are creating inflation.
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16 May 2023
Phew, done!
My favourite line was: "It's much easier to know if accessibility has been incorporated by looking at the creation process, than looking at the final output."
Video available Friday...
16 May 2023
Virtua11y 2023 starts today! 🎉
First up is our Director of Accessibility @alastc with his talk 'Lessons in training' 💫
Sign up for the rest of the week's talks ⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtua11y…
#A11y #Accessibility #WebAccessibility #AccessibilityTraining
ALT 'Lessons in training' with Alastair Campbell. Description in tweet
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5 May 2023
Prioritising accessibility issues has so many factors. The simplest approach I've been able to boil it down to is:
Assume that whatever feature the issue is associated with does not work for 10% of users. Prioritise based on the importance of the feature.
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5 May 2023
Context: Working with a product team, so I can make assumptions that they know the use / importance of the different areas of the interface.
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15 Mar 2023
Hmm, just had a very realistic (but automated) sales call for life insurance. I hesitated too long and it misunderstood and jumped into the next section.
Now I'm wondering if it was recorded snippets or ML-generated...
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7 Mar 2023
Possibly the best p0wn I've seen, and with a disability angle.
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7 Mar 2023
Arg, reading (another provider's) audit and over 50% of the issues are under the wrong SC, 20% are misunderstanding the expected behaviour of screenreaders, and 15% are just wrong. <facepalm gif>
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28 Feb 2023
Rishi Sunak in genius mode… explaining why having full access to UK home market and EU Single Market is so prized by investors.
Could even explain why UK’s massive internal investment dropped when Brexit pulled England, Scotland and Wales out of exactly that enviable position.
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27 Feb 2023
"A new maturity to the UK government we haven't seen before"
ALT From "Ice cold in Alice": Four very dusty, sweaty, thirsty people look at a cold beer, freshly poured. It is the first they have seen in many weeks.
27 Feb 2023
Glancing through the legal documents, the Stormont brake is pretty limited as I'd expect, though something. The UK / EU single market overlap is quite cleverly done. Glad to see commitments to proper consultation. A new maturity to the UK government we haven't seen before.
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22 Feb 2023
Hmm, my (known) financial services provider has sent me "secure" email that asks you to open an HTML attachment that then takes you a registration page... how is that good practice?
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20 Feb 2023
The movie Everything Everywhere was onto something, but not for multiverse traversal, it will be for beating the AI overlords...
Marines outsmart AI security cameras by hiding in a cardboard box:
petapixel.com/2023/01/30/u-s…
Humans can beat AI at Go with unusual tactics: (1/2)
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8 Feb 2023
Getting captions done (free), note to my future self:
- Create video in OBS
- Upload to Airgram to extract text.
- Upload to Youtube to create timings and edit.
- Download SBV file from Youtube.
- Upload to editingtools.io to convert to VTT file.
Add to the video (1/2)
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8 Feb 2023
Oh, the cross-posting from Mastadon seems to be working again.
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