NVDA 2025.1 Beta 5 is now available! Changes since beta 4 include:

- Updates to translations
- Fixes for reading math attributes in PDFs
- Minor improvements to the user experience of Remote Access

Read the full details and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1beta5/

We are getting closer to NVDA 2025.1! Thank you to all those who have been trying out betas and giving us feedback, we greatly appreciate it!

Peak Mastodon: in response to the recent #Linux #accessibility content that's been going around, a sighted person indicating that they're confused because when they tried a #screenReader last year, it worked fine for them.

I’m building a #Mastodon client and want to make it more accessible for people with visual impairments.
If you use a screen reader or other assistive technology, I’d love to hear how you interact with Mastodon and what challenges you face.

Would you be willing to share your experience?

Thanks! #Accessibility #ScreenReader

Mich hat neulich eine Lehrerin etwas über meinen #Screenreader gefragt, in der Annahme, ich würde immer noch #Jaws verwenden. Generell haben hier einige meinen Wechsel, den ich ja schon vor Jahren vollzogen habe, etwas verpennt. Das ist ja aber grundsätzlich nicht schlimm. Ich frage mich viel mehr, warum wir in Deutschland allen, die irgendwie etwas mit dem Thema zu tun haben, inkl. Kindern, die neu eingeschult werden, so wie mir damals, versuchen zu verkaufen, dass JAWS die Lösung ist.
Der SR, der unnötig viele Ressourcen beansprucht, früher auf meinem alten Rechner täglich Fehler ausspuckte und eine dreist teure Lizenz verlangt. Für nichts, was #NVDA nicht auch kann. Etwas, das ein Recht sein sollte und nicht hinter Paywalls für Hunderte, wenn nicht Tausende € gesperrt gehört.

#Development #Explorations
Are ‘CSS Carousels’ accessible? · It’s worth thinking critically about new features https://ilo.im/163pp7

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#Carousels #Usability #Accessibility #ScreenReader #Keyboard #Chrome #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

I'm back from #RSAC with stories galore, just in time for a breakthough in #gameDev #accessibility. I will be looking at some addons for #godot that make #game development more #accessible to the fully #blind using a #screenReader, while babbling about cable cars, too many hills and oh right I gave a talk, too :) See you in 45 minutes over at https://twitch.tv/IC_Null or https;//youtube.com/@blindlyCoding #smallStreamer #selfPromo #goingLive

Following today's post on the Microsoft Edge blog, I've started a page of ARIA Notify examples that currently only function in Edge Canary:

https://jscholes.github.io/ariaNotify.html

The blog post:

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/05/05/creating-a-more-accessible-web-with-aria-notify/

Can anyone recommend a screen-reader-accessible, self-hosted package that provides a web interface that communicates the status of multiple machines? UP, down, maintenance, etc? I think UptimeKuma can do this, so will check that out. But also very interested in any recommendations. Please boost for reach. Much appreciated.
#Linux #OpenSource #Self-Hosted #StatusReporting #WebInterface #ScreenReader #Accessible #A11Y

#Hashtags werden ab sofort wieder im Text des Post anstatt darunter eingebaut, spart #Zeichenanzahl und stört mich auch nicht.

Wer damit ein Problem hat, Pech gehabt.

#Screenreader ist nicht von Interesse für mich, genau so wenig wie #AltText bei Bildern.

Ich habe null Verpflichtung dazu jedes #Zimperlein von potentiellen Nutzern zu beachten beim posten.

Niemand wird gezwungen meine Post's zu lesen.

#Development #Techniques
Focus priming · Testing something for screen reader/keyboard-only use https://ilo.im/163kqg

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#Testing #Accessibility #Focus #Keyboard #ScreenReader #Form #Content #WebPage #WebDev #Frontend

Our latest In-Process blog is out: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-30th-april-2025/

Featuring
- The NVDA 2025.1 Beta
- What’s New in 2025.1
- Updated NVDA Expert Certification 2025
- Gene Empowers New Zealand
- Changes for Developers
- NVDA Add-ons and API Breaking Changes

NVDA 2025.1 Beta 3 is now available for testing. As well as all the NVDA 2025.1 updates, beta3 adds:
- Updates to translations
- Disallow new Remote Access session in Secure Mode
- Update Remote Access interface
- Add unassigned command for Remote Access settings
- SAPI 4 bug fixes

Read the full release notes (including all the 2025.1 features & fixes) & download from: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1beta3/

To other #JAWS #ScreenReader users, is anyone who uses #JAWS2025 having issues with the results viewer? I'm not sure when it started, but mine is completely inaccessible. Anytime I try to use PictureSmart, FS Companion, or anything else that uses the results viewer, it opens, but I can't read anything. JAWS won't do anything while on that window, and escape doesn't close it like it should. I tried repairing JAWS but that didn't fix anything, so I'm wondering if it's a script I use causing the problem. The only scripts I have installed are Leasey and the Zoom pro scripts by @brian_hartgen and a few scripts for things like Discord and Unigram by Doug Lee. I'm starting to contemplate a complete reinstall of JAWS though because not being able to use the results viewer is causing me more and more pain.
@freedomscientific @mastoblind @main
#blind #tech #accessibility #Windows