The anatomy of visually-hidden
You’ve probably used visually-hidden content before. But how does the CSS actually work, and why do we use those particular properties?
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New Success Criteria in WCAG 2.2
This article is an overview of the new SCs in WCAG 2.2, describing their requirements in plain language, and discussing how to meet them.
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The Ballad of Text Overflow
The text-overflow property can be used to show visual indication of truncated text. I’m not a fan, and take every opportunity to discourage its use.
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Testing with speech recognition
This article is a guide to testing your web content using speech recognition, looking at the ways in which speech recognition users interact with content, and the accessibility considerations these imply.
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The impact of motion animation on cognitive disability
Decorative animations impair recall and are a source of extraneous cognitive load, which may be a barrier to people with some cognitive disabilities.
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Using the “text” role
The use of role=”text” is not valid ARIA; this role was considered for ARIA 1.1 but was not ultimately included. However it does have some proprietary support in Webkit browsers, and is sometimes used to address a reading quirk in VoiceOver for iOS.