- Vispero Appoints Rhonda Bassett‑Spiers CEO to Drive Innovation and Growth
Seasoned tech executive to guide the global accessibility leader into its next phase of customer-focused expansion - More Than Just Text: The Real Power of Labels
Akash Shukla: Have you ever thought about why defining a clear and descriptive label matters so much in accessibility? - Webinar: VPAT® 101: Introduction to the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
Presented on August 21, 2025 at 12pm ET by Brian Elton, Practice Manager, Training. - Podcast: FSCast #260
Freedom Scientific: Convention Special, And a Bit Of AI - Unlock the Power of AI in the Workplace
Freedom Scientific: In this interactive training series, you will learn to use tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot - August 2025 Training Events
Freedom Scientific: ongoing opportunities for you to advance your skills. - W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) update
Shawn Lawton Henry and Kevin White will give updates on WCAG 2, WCAG 3, and resources, at a session of #ID24 on 25 September. - Vision for W3C is a W3C Statement
The W3C Advisory Board has published today as a W3C Statement the document Vision for W3C, which articulates W3C’s core vision for the Web. - Vision for W3C: a manifesto for our operations and decision making
Coralie Mercier: Vision for W3C articulates the World Wide Web Consortium’s core vision and operational principles. - W3C invites implementations of Incremental Font Transfer
The Web Fonts Working Group has published Incremental Font Transfer as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. - State of Digital Accessibility Survey
Level Access, IAAP and G3ict. Deadline is August 20 2025. - Attitudes to Digital Accessibility 2025 Survey
AbilityNet. Deadline is September 5 2025. - Introducing Accented
Pavel Pomerantsev: Accented helps you catch accessibility issues on your page the moment they appear — no need to run audits using browser extensions. It integrates seamlessly into your dev flow with just a few lines of code. - 1.2.5: Adversarial Conformance
Adrian Roselli: I made a demo for WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) AA. - Horizontal Scrolling Containers Are Not a Content Strategy
Adrian Roselli: I should clarify that I am not talking about carousels. That said, because users often consider horizontal scrolling containers to be carousels, I will be talking about carousels. - Countdowns and timers – forgotten detail that can make your users really hate your product
Bogdan Cerovac: consider all users when developing countdowns, timers and similar dynamic information or risk making some experiences horrible. - Testing Methods: Audio Control
Dennis Deacon: when audio plays automatically for more than 3 seconds on a web page, users must be able to either pause or stop it, or adjust its volume separately from the system’s overall volume. - On inclusive personas and inclusive user research
Eric Bailey: I am not a big fan of personas. They’re oft-abused tools whose utility is far too frequently not interrogated. - Announcing My Next Phase
Lucy Greco: I have retired from UC Berkeley. I am therefore available to do professional public speaking and accessibility consulting. - Video: Using AI For Accessibility Work
Lucy Greco: This talk explores the way to think about using AI for accessibility tasks. - Video: When Banking Is Accessible, Everyone Wins
Lucy Greco: a short presentation about how accessible banking has changed my ability to be independent. - A11y 101: 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold
Nat Tarnoff: a requirement that reduces the potential for severe damage. Let’s discuss why. - The Many “Blindnesses” of Neurodivergence That Have Nothing To Do With Sight
Sheri Byrne-Haber: Neurodivergent “blindness” is a functional gap characterized by difficulty processing certain types of information in real-time. - The Accessibility Choice – July 2025
Silvia Maggi: The latest accessibility news and discoveries. A monthly update. - Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM
Russell Beswick: There are connectivity issues with accessibility, where the shadow root boundary can interfere with ARIA. - Liquid Glass on the Web
Chris Coyier: Note that the liquid glass look has been rightfully criticized for text contrast accessibility. - Video: Tools for Developers
Kilian Valkhof, Miriam Suzanne, and James Stuckey Weber talk about developer tools including the Polypane browser and other accessibility tools. - Creating a scroll-spy with 2 lines of CSS
Una Kravets: make sure you have proper content and tab navigation wherever the list of anchor links lives. - From Word Fluff to Real Impact: Achieving Specific, Measurable, and Accountable Accessibility
Kelly Ford: Accessibility rights are being threatened. We need committed unequivocal commitments now more than ever. - Accessibility and friction
Tommy Palmer: One thing that plenty of people are guilty of, myself included, is ignoring web accessibility. - Creating a culture of accessibility
Martin Underhill: When I joined Sage, digital accessibility was almost entirely absent from the company culture. - Font comparison and review: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono
After a month of daily use, I can now assess this font’s practical advantages. - Podcast: Ben Ogilvie
Head of Accessibility at ArcTouch, on The Digital Accessibility Podcast. - ADA Video Compliance Checklist
Ensure accessibility and avoid legal risks. Get practical steps that work. - Implementing Accessible SVG Elements
Learn techniques for ARIA roles, testing, and creating inclusive graphics that work for everyone. - How Keyboard Traps Impact Web Accessibility
Learn practical solutions to create barrier-free web navigation. - You’re Now Liable: Complying with the EAA Requirements
Even if your business isn’t located in the European Union, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and its requirements likely still affect you. - Tips To Build Accessible Buttons
David Gevorkian: Discover the strategies to provide button accessibility and an equal and inclusive experience for every user. - Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers
This article is based on Jason Tan and Michael Bervell at A11yNYC. - CareER and Intopia join forces to champion digital accessibility in Hong Kong
Together, we’ll help Hong Kong organisations to build more inclusive digital experiences for everyone. - Video: Be a Digital Ally: European Accessibility Act is Here – What Next?
Sharron Rush interviews Susanna Laurin from Funka. - Foundations: types of assistive technology and adaptive strategies
Overview of common assistive technologies (AT) used by people with seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking disabilities. - Accessibility Policy: Why It Matters and What to Include
Having a clear internal accessibility policy is essential. - Accessibility by Design: Preparing K–12 Schools for What’s Next
Cynthia Curry: For K–12 educational agencies, digital accessibility efforts must align with existing priorities, practices, and policies. - 12 heuristics for content design
Andrew Tipp: Heuristic 1. Accessible: Content should be perceivable, understandable and usable for disabled people. - Why product owners can’t afford to ignore accessibility
Annie Mannion: For many product owners (POs), the first encounter with digital accessibility comes as a surprise — and possibly not a pleasant one. - The Cost of Inaccessibility
Publishers who overlook ebook accessibility do so at their own peril, facing significant financial penalties and irreversible damage to their brand reputation. - Don’t trust the (design) process
Jenny Wen: For a good period of time, between like, 2014–2020, design was all about The Process. You know it. - Responsive video is (almost) easy now
Koos Looijesteijn: With the humble HTML <video> you can unlock true responsive video. - Design Systems in 2025: Why They’re the Blueprint for Consistent UX
Atanu Sarkar: Some people may disagree, but design systems are useful. - NVDA 2025.2beta5 available for testing
Download the beta and provide feedback using our issue reporting process. - Apple Releases
iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and HomePod Software 18.6 - Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 224
Includes resolving a VoiceOver issue. - Introducing Copilot Mode in Edge
Our next step towards building a more powerful way to pilot the web. - Kindle Software Update 5.18.4 Adds New Accessibility Features
Nathan Groezinger: It’s a fairly significant update that adds some new accessibility features, including text-to-speech. - Overview of Accessibility Nutrition Labels
Apple to app developers: “over time, you’ll be required to share accessibility support details to submit new apps and app updates to the App Store”. - Video Game Makers Start Rolling Out Accessibility Tags
Shaun Heasley: Xbox is the first, but many others in the industry are set to follow suit. - Disabled, Overheated, and Overlooked
Grace Dow: As climate change drives more frequent and intense heat waves, many disabled people, especially wheelchair users, face a disproportionate risk. - Groundhog Day for Accessibility
Christiane Link: Network Rail’s design choices leave whole communities excluded and public resources wasted. - “Sinners”: A Landmark for Black American Sign Language
The critically acclaimed period horror film is accessible in Black American Sign Language (BASL), a distinct dialect of American Sign Language (ASL).
Originally published: https://www.tpgi.com/weekly-reading-list-august-4-2025/.