Accessibility work at WordCamp Brighton

Talks about AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)

Work on the contributors day

  • Maja worked on the new Handbook, setting up a page about dyslexia
  • @kau-boy (Bernhard Kau) created a patch for the menu in the Handbook Chapter menu
  • Bernhard and Rian a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) reviewed 2017.europe.wordcamp.org. As a result we also need to address some issues in JetPack (follow up Rian)
  • Rian did a Accessibility Q&A with about 5 people.
  • We had a discussion with @karmatosed (Tammie Lister) on how to know what to test for with new functionality in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/. Conclusion for now: follow the change log
  • The marketing team worked a checklist for writing accessible content. There was a discussion about PDFs, how they can be made accessible. This needs to be added to the new Handbook. The checklist will be send to the a11y team for review (follow up @anafransilva (Ana Silva))