Listening to Ben Loewenstein, Waymo's Head of UK and EU regulation and policy, talk about autonomous car accessibility for blind and low vision people.

Have to acknowledge that Waymo has clearly given it a lot of thought.

It seems that Windows 11 doesn't load the modifier key tables, so even though the shortcuts are exposed in the UI, they don't work. 😩

On the upside, a slightly quicker way to open a folder in Terminal is to type "wt" into the folder address bar, which is a bit less faffing about than going via the context menu at any rate.

If you're curious how AI is redefining #accessibility, why not come to AI and Accessibility Day hosted by We Are Developers on 5 June:
https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/accessibility-ai-day-5-june-2025-online

You can use code A11YDAY_Leonie
for 15% off too.

#AI #a11y

Dear Fediverse, does anyone know why keyboard shortcuts that use Alt as the modifier in the Windows 11 right click/context menu might not be working?

For example Alt t is supposed to open Terminal on the current folder, and Alt o is supposed to open More options on the context menu, but neither seems to work.

You might not know that migratory birds like Swifts and Starlings are in trouble in the UK because modern houses have nowhere for them to nest.

The solution is to include a single £35 "swift brick" in every new build (a hollow brick that creates a nesting spot).

The Labour Gov is blocking the proposal to mandate this, and I've just signed this petition to encourage them not to:
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-petition

Note: the donation at the end is optional.

Good grief. made a pot of tea that's sticking to even my ribs (and my ribs are quite accustomed to tea you could stand a spoon up in).

I joined host Peter White on BBC Radio 4's In Touch programme ast night, to chat about the forthcoming European Accessibility Act (EAA) and what impact it might have on blind and low vision people in the UK (if any):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cdh4

Inclusive Design 24 is on 25 September 2025, and our Call For Presenters (CFP) is open until 31 May:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/

#id24 #a11y #accessibility #UX #inclusion #InclusiveDesign #code #gamedev

#Eurovision could be within reach for #UK #Iceland #Netherlands or #Denmark, or #Austria could come out of leftfield, but #Sweden will probably take it.

#SanMarino owning the spirit of #Eurovision

#Eurovision 36 thousand people belting out Waterloo!

#Sweden has the beat, the catchy bit in the middle, and the requisite key change, but I'm just not convinced it'll win #Eurovision

OK #Denmark going for the drop at #Eurovision 🙌

I think #Finland has got the bloke doing the #BBC #Eurovision #AD all a bit flustered.

Well done #Netherlands - can't go wrong at #Eurovision with an "ooh la la" chorus.

Absolutely no idea what #Latvia is up to for #Eurovision. Not a clue.

#Iceland appear to be completely wrapped in tin foil. #Eurovision

#UK channelling Bucks Fizz #Eurovision

My Meta Ray-Ban Glasses apparently think #Eurovision is a "Ukranian TV show".

#Ukraine sounding suspisciously like the theme tune from a dodgy 80s TV show. #Eurovision

Pass me the scissors, I'll sort that tie right out #Estonia #Eurovision

Kudos to the #BBC for live Audio Description for #Eurovision tonight!

#inclusive #TV

@mayank I do, yes. Is something up?

The Privacy Principles are now an @w3c Statement:
https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/STMT-privacy-principles-20250515/

#privacy

We're looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join the @TetraLogical team:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4229804620

Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
https://misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025-05-associate-accessibility-specialist/

Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.

#accessibility #a11y #UK

There are still a few tickets left for the London Web Standards meetup on Tuesday 13 May:
https://londonwebstandards.org/events/lwsmay2025-gaad-week/#tickets

The @TetraLogical team will be there - hope you will too!

Today is the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Remembering my Grandparents who served during World War II in the Merchant Navy, Home Guard, Women's Land Army, and as a hospital Nurse.

Also remembering those forgotten by the history books: the 2.5 million South Asians (including Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims), the 1 million Africans (notably Kenyans), and the 10s of thousands of Caribbeans (notably Jamaicans).

When they fought Fascism they fought it together.

Thank you. #VEDay

Heading to Düsseldorf for @btconf
https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2025

#BTConf

It is [checks watch], Saturday 26 April, and PerlBod just iced the Christmas cake.

No, not next Christmas' cake.

To be fair, it was the spare Christmas cake we made last year; experimentally fed on Triple Sec instead of Brandy.

Though, after feeding it for 6 months, I'm not sure how much we'll care what it tastes like, after the first slice or so...

The splendid @JoeLamyman (member of the @TetraLogical team) is running in the #London #Marathon this weekend, and raising money for #CancerUK whilst he's at it:
https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ca1bf/2025LondonMarathon#!/