Weekly Reading List August 4 2025

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Weekly Reading List

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).

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