It's almost time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and I can finally share my thesis in an accessible format 🎉
Due to the mandatory template used, the thesis PDF is not accessible. So there was no way I was going to share it with the world. It took a year, but I managed to create a website with an #accessible #version of the 160-pages thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, and some additional content!
You can find it here: https://overlays.dnikub.dev ✨
Only about 1 week to go until the #a11yTO Conf kicks off! 🤩
This year's conference will feature a curated playlist of talks focused on #digital #accessibility, led by advocates who are pushing the boundaries of #InclusiveDesign — and I'm one of them! 🤓
My talk details the impact of #AccessibilityOverlays on #usability and #UserExperience, backed by academic research.
Join me and others on 3 and 4 October 2024 in downtown Toronto, Canada. 🇨🇦
🗓️ See the full schedule: https://conf.a11yto.com/playlist
#a11y Accessibility Overlays wissenchaftlich beleuchtet
Verstellung einer Studie zu Overlays, mit Beispielen, deutsch
Studie von Daniela Kubesch @dnikub
Ab Minute 14:43 -
https://youtu.be/Atc5v64gqdE?t=883
ZOOM über #technica11y mit @jkphl
#AccessibilityOverlays
Am Montag, den 16. September, bin ich Gästin bei technica11y mit @jkphl!
Es ist für mich nochmal eine Gelegenheit meine Studienergebnisse zu #AccessibilityOverlays und deren Auswirkungen auf #Usability und #UserExperience zu präsentieren – diesmal auf Deutsch. 🤓
Ich freue mich auf alle, die vorbeischauen. Links zur Teilnahme in den Kommentaren ⬇️
🟡🟠 Overlays Misunderstand Accessibility
by Joe Dolson @joedolson
#accessibility #Overlays #AccessibilityOverlays
https://www.joedolson.com/2024/07/overlays-misunderstand-accessibility/
If you want to hear me speak about #AccessibilityOverlays again, there are some more occasions: https://dnikub.dev/speaking
And yes, the detailed 180-page research will be published soon. I'll keep you updated!
📣 PSA: There is a live stream 👀
There are still tickets left for the @a11yclub #Summit tomorrow! And...there will be a live stream!
So, if you wanna hear me speak about #AccessibilityOverlays or any of the other excellent talks, in-person or online, grab your ticket now: https://ti.to/tollwerk/accessibility-club-summit-2024
2024 is the year I step out of my comfort zone. 😶
I am thrilled to share that I'll do my first-ever talk in exactly one month at the @a11yclub Summit in Amsterdam! 🎤🎉
I'll share insights from my master's thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, which I've worked on over the past one and a half years. My talk details the impact #accessibility overlays have on #usability and #UserExperience.
You can still grab a ticket and join on June 8 and 9: https://accessibility.club/event/accessibility-club-summit-2024.
🔵🔴 Overlays and Ethics: a conference panel that hurt my heart
by Lainey Feingold @LFLegal @LFLegal
#accessibility #AccessibilityOverlays
I'm happy to announce that my #MasterThesis received a #scholarship from the AK Salzburg! 🎉
I'm so grateful because it enables me to give something back to all the study participants who gave their free time without any compensation due to the limited financial possibilities. 🙏🏻
The thesis investigates the impact of #AccessibilityOverlays on #UX and #usability for individuals with visual impairments. Findings will be published in 2024.
[Yes the image is photoshopped. No I’m not good at it]
Minor podcast-prompted epiphany/question:
Has anyone looked at #AccessibilityOverlays as #spyware?
There's certainly energy devoted to examining them, but the people looking at them are interested in #usability & #accessibility (which such #overlays almost invariably make worse). But think about what they are: voluntary cross-site script injections, with mysterious functionality. That'd be an utterly ideal way to introduce spyware.
The problem with #AccessibilityOverlays, I find, is that people DON'T BELIEVE they make things worse. 'Why would people continue to spend money on them if they just make things worse?'
To which I'm always tempted to reply: Have you paid attention to anything at all in your entire life?
I've personally never seen a case where an accessibility overlay didn't make the accessibility of a website worse than it would have been without the overlay.
#AccessibilityOverlays #a11y #Accessibility #AccessibilityOverlay
New #WebbedBriefs video by @heydon is out, this time about #AccessibilityOverlays
Very accurate and I would be surprised if he doesn't get sued for this *
https://briefs.video/videos/what-are-accessibility-overlays/
* I don't want him to get sued for this 🤗
Accessibility widgets are not reducing lawsuits according to UsableNet’s Web and App ADA Lawsuits mid-year report. “The number of lawsuits against companies using accessibility widgets increased slightly in 2023. ... This trend suggests that accessibility widgets may not provide sufficient protection against litigation.”
https://blog.usablenet.com/web-and-app-ada-lawsuits-6-trends-so-far-in-2023
#ADA #Accessibility #a11y #AccessibilityWidgets #AccessibilityOverlays
Today I must decide which three #AccessibilityOverlays I will use in my user study next week. Not an easy task per se, as so many options exist. 😬
It’s official; I am writing my master's thesis about #AccessibilityOverlays 🎉
My universities accepted the topic, and I’m super thrilled about it. I have roughly half a year to complete the thesis, hopefully resulting in some valuable contribution to the community.
Big thanks to the people that helped me so far: @matuzo, @AT_Fresh_Dev@twitter.com, @racheled, @kitflowers, @AltTextAidan@twitter.com and @karlgroves
The #a11y community is amazing ❤️
Follow up to my #MasterThesis post from yesterday:
The pitches went great! 🤩
I received valuable feedback and positive words from both universities. If everything goes well with the ethics board and all other formalities, I’m going to write about #AccessibilityOverlays 🙊 I’m very excited about the deep dive into the topic I’m about to do.
I've basically made it a life mission to get companies to drop #AccessibilityOverlays and link them to https://overlayfactsheet.com whenever I encounter them in the wild, or more unfortunately when I run into one on a site for a product or service I really want to use. I even throw in some quick #a11y guidance and a little audit of my experience for free to start them on their way to understand #remediation and the overall experience of using #AssistiveTechnology on the web as a #Disabled user.
@developerjustin I was wondering if those #accessibilityOverlays were legit. Good to know.
