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A11y Rules Soundbites
by Nicolas Steenhout
The A11y Rules Sound bites is a series of short shows where individual with disabilities discuss what their impairment is, and what barriers they encounter on the web.
Episodes
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Kelsey Byers talks about audio processing issues and online courses
Kelsey says: "[If] your podcast has transcripts. So I can go through and actually read the podcast, I can get the content, I can understand what's going on. And I don't have to try to concentrate really hard to try to understand the podcast. " Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for…
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Meagan Eller talks about autoimmune disorders, foggy memory, and the web
Meagan says: "Sometimes a disability or an impairment is temporary. It's situational. Most of the time I don't have issues. But when I do, I really have them. So try to keep things as simple and easy to use as possible." Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript…
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Justin Yarbrough talks about form validation and screen readers
Justin says: "Error messages: Make them clear, make them understandable. Don't write a paragraph if you can write a sentence." Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series…
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Brennan Roy talks about multiple disabilities and how web use is impacted
Brennan says "people who create and teach and have disabilities actually use this stuff. We're out in the world creating things while using the products that you're making. It can't just be the first layer of the system that you're making meet bare level of accessibility." Thanks to Fable for...
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Nash Van Gool talks about ADHD and distractions on the internet
Nash says, not quite jokingly, that the entire internet is unusable for him without ad blockers! Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where…
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Guy Kisel speaks of sensory overload
Guy says that "Everyone is different. Everyone has different needs and preferences. It's very hard to build a one-size-fits-all design." Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite…
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Alex Marositz talks about screen reader use and the lack of progress of accessibility on the web
Alex says that "running into the same barriers every time a new platform or app is released is very frustrating. It's realizing some of my students are struggling with the same kind of issues I was struggling with 30 years ago when I was a student." Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript…
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Nick Colley speaks about ADHD and engagement patterns on the web
Nick Colley says "... in the analytics somewhere, there's a dashboard, and it says when they released shorts, I really started to enjoy Instagram. But actually, if you came in, saw what the impact is, it's like me miserably hooked to this dopamine loop of it is like, is really not enjoyable."...
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Alyssa Cheeseman talks about screen readers and false WCAG conformance claims
Alyssa says "sometimes accessibility is kind of still up in the air and a lot of corporate managers don't really understand that until a big bug happens and you lose customers because of it". Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout, and...
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Negoslav Sabev talks about how critical accessibility is
Negoslav explains how a lack of accessibility on government websites may mean blind screen reader users can't access critical documents. Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite…
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Lē Silveus McNamara talks about neurodivergence, color choices, and overstimulation
Lē Silveus McNamara says consuming Tech has a stimulant effect on the nervous system and the overconsumption of a stimulant, like technology [is] bad for your health. Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout, and you're listening to the...
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Sam Evans talks about being hard of hearing and the importance of captions
Sam asks "why people who produce content where they have the script, they have the content, they have the time, they have the resources, don't provide captions that are accurate?" Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're...
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Barry Hill talks about screen readers and lack of semantic meaning on the web
Barry says he has to guess a lot about what elements do what on a site, because semantically meaningful markup isn't being used. Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a…
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John Tubbs talks about dyslexia and user choice
John says, among other things: "Let the user choose. Don't ever dictate to someone's assistive technology". Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts,...
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Andy Feuling talks about one-handed gaming
Thanks to Fable for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments, and what barrier they encounter on the web. Quick reminder...
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Robert Jolly talks about cognitive impairments and complex interfaces
Robert says: "The message I had to give folks if it was just one is don't make assumptions about how people with disabilities use the web". Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain…
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Jessie Zhang speaks about Deafness and the need for captions
Jessie says that accessibility does not mean just catering to a specific group of people. Accessibility is not just for people with disabilities, accessibility is for everyone! Thanks to White Coat Captioning for providing in-kind sponsorship for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic…
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Justin Yarbrough talks about alt text
Justin asks us to think outside of our use case, and that not everyone uses the web the way we do. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairment, and what barrier they...
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Matt Trask speaks about depression and web forms
Matt says only gather necessary data on web forms. Break down the form into multiple steps. Let user come back and add information when they are able to. This will lead to a higher completion rate. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a...
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Iris McLeary talks about ADHD and how she can’t use social media anymore
Iris tells us that "The web has gotten more and more inaccessible over my lifetime". Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairment, and what barriers they encounter on the...
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Paul Fenwick talks about color blindness and not using color alone
Paul points out that he doesn't have barriers all the time with the use of color alone, particularly red and green, but when he has a blocker, it's a doozy. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled...
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Myriam Jessier talks about ADHD and the barriers she encounters on the web
Myriam says "Most people don't even consider that people like me could have an issue with their website. They don't even think about it." Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their...
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Albert Kim talks about OCD, PTSD, and web accessibility
Albert stresses the importance of letting users control their experience, through settings and various controls. Transcript Nic All right, I'm Nic Steenhout and you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments, and...
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Amy Carney talks about text that gets cut off
Amy says that if you cut text off and don't provide a way to expand it, she can't read your content. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout, and you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairment, and what barriers they...
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Amy Carney talks about low vision, sticky elements, and overlays
Amy tells us that sticky elements are a problem for her as they can hide content. And overlays don't help. Transcript Nic Hi. I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules sound bytes, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments and what barrier...
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Dacey Nolan talks about epilepsy and her barriers on the web
Dacey says, among other things "If you're going to include animated GIFs, I would recommend them not playing by default, but allowing the user to click a play button." Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the...
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Listen to disabled people’s stories – IDPD 2021
Listen to disabled people year round, not just on International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments and what barriers they...
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Kelly Hussey talks about speech input and visible element separation
Kelly says "if you have long tables and lists actually put borders on them", so she knows what she's picking up. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules sound bites, a series of short...
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Kevin Mar-Molinero talks about dyscalculia and copy/pasting
Kevin says: Give user choice: "Obviously what's good for me won't be good for someone else. We shouldn't be designing for a kind of homogeneous grade of people." Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the...
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Ruben Nic talks about Kerotoconus
Ruben, talking about text reflow, says sometimes "text will actually go over the container and sometimes I can't even see what things say. I have to open up the developer console and actually look at it". Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic...
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Julia Ferraioli talks about chronic pain and brain fog
Julia tells us that "it's so easy to kind of get caught up with the latest features or the latest like tricks that you learn about to make, you know, a shiny website. But you have to consider the usability of all of your users not just, you know, the folks like you or the folks that are super…
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Meryl K. Evans talks about being Deaf and caption quality
Meryl tells us, among other things, that "If we notice the caption, it's a sign they're not good quality." Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts...
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Dave Brown talks about low vision and simplicity on the web
Dave says accessibility comes down to simplicity. And I think there is elegance in simplicity. But so many times we see all the bells and whistles that pop up on a website that people think gives it an elegant beauty or makes it makes it more pleasurable to the eye. What ends up happening is it...
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Ben Lesh talks about ADHD and reducing “noise”
Ben Lesh says if you can do your best to actually get the users focus on what matters and kind of limit the noisiness of the other things that would be a big deal for certain folks. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're...
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Mike Calvo talks about blindness and inclusion
Mike tells us about automating accessibility: "as a blind consumer, of content, information, whatever, I don't care where I get it, as long as I get it. Information is what I need." Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're...
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Thane Pullan talks about switch input and CAPTCHAs
Thane tells us that CAPTCHAS with time outs are the worse. He types very slowly and sometimes he can't type the CAPTCHA in time. And the picture ones can be difficult to solve on occasion. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And...
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Diana van Dulken talks about ADHD and things moving on screen
Di tells us that to make the web more difficult than it needs to be for disabled people is a shitty thing to do. And it doesn't reflect well on you. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility…
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Default focus outlines: Don’t remove them!
Multiple accessibility experts discuss the importance of the default focus style. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbites. This one's a bit different. We have designers and...
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Julieanne King talks about age-related reduction in visual acuity
Julieanne King tells us that super thin, font strokes, really, really skinny lettering, and using like a medium gray font color cause a problem for a lot of users on the web. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening...
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Julieanne King talks about moving content on pages and ADHD
Julieanne says when she's information seeking, trying to accomplish a task, movement on the screen, that is not something that she causes to happen or choose to happen can absolutely derail her. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout....
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Tori Clark talks about visible labels and Dragon
Tori points out that using speech input like Dragon Naturally Speaking is hard when there's no visual label, or the visual label doesn't match the programmatic label. She also says that developers need to understand that assistive technology users is a category of users that encompass more than...
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Ted Galanos talks about switch input and the Darcy keyboard
Ted explains how using switch inputs, such as the Darcy USB keyboard, can take a lot longer than other input methods. He also tells us to properly label and markup interactive elements! Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Thanks to Make It Fable for sponsoring the…
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Dr. Ellen Spertus talks about essential tremors and password fields
Dr. Ellen Spertus explains that it's easy to make mistakes on a password field and a "show password" feature is critical to accessibility. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules…
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Holly Schroeder talks about working memory and ADD
Holly Schroeder says she navigates away immediately if a page is too busy. Too much stimuli overwhelms her. She can't process the information properly, and that interferes with her ability to complete what she was trying to do in the first place! Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for...
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Holly Schroeder talks about essential tremors and worsening vision
Holly Schroeder explains that when a touch target is too small she may not be able to complete a task because she doesn't have the fine motor control to tap her finger on the right area of the screen. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic...
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Julia Ferraioli talks about contrast and parralax
Julia Ferraioli says if you're already dealing with blurry vision, making something blurry bigger, isn't necessarily going to help that much. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules...
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Michael Ausbun talks about blindness and ARIA live regions
Michael thinks the most important thing that we fail to do on a daily basis is talking with people with disabilities or talking with the users in general. Transcript Nic Hi. I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite a series of short podcasts where people with...
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Alex Umstead discusses autism, flickering screens, and keyboard use
Alex points out that if we make processes more complex for users, they aren't likely to be able to finish things, or complete them properly. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the accessibility rules soundbite a series of short podcasts where people with disabilities...
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JL Sorak talks about dyslexia and how sites handle mistakes
JL tells us about sites that don't make it easy to avoid mistakes, and don't handle mistakes well, make it hard for folks who are dyslexic. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout. And you're listening to the Accessibility Rules...
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Devon Persing talks about depression and brain fog
Devon tells us how depression can cause brain fog and it impacts everything she does on the web. Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic: Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout and you're listening to the Accessibility Rules Soundbite, a series of short podcasts where people...
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The A11y Rules Sound bites is a series of short shows where individual with disabilities discuss what their impairment is, and what barriers they encounter on the web.
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