- Issue created by @the_g_bomb
Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.
Referenced an upcoming a11ytalks session by Mike G
https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2025-feb
Also mentioned was the use of AI to populate the alt text by Dries
https://dri.es/generating-image-descriptions-and-alt-text-with-ai
Discussed "alt text" quality versus its existence. AI seems to be fixing its existence, but the quality of the alt text also needs to be considered.
Ref: https://equalentry.com/alt-text-accessibility-ai
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Gin issues are being created.
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[Meta] Improve the accessibility of the Gin theme
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The audit progress is now being tracked in a spreadsheet which is easier to keep up to date than the Meta ticket
#3475279: [Meta] Audit each module to be included into Drupal CMS for accessibility issues →
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Modules progress: google spreadsheet module tab.
Core issues: google spreadsheet Core tab.
Theme issues:
google spreadsheet Olivero tab.
google spreadsheet Claro tab.
google spreadsheet Gin tab.
To view the current tickets tagged as issues for Drupal CMS please see:
The Drupal.org issue queue for the tag Drupal CMS a11y →
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A demo of some issues dicovered when using "Forced Colour" mode.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/system-color
https://pub-d00f534024b04d0e8036586fc78a41fa.r2.dev/sites/33/2020/09/Pic...
A discussion was had regarding being able to test using a windows machine
Remote desktop to a AWS instance was offered as a potential solution
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connecting_to_window...
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A spreadsheet was created to track the work.
This tracks the current Nightwatch tests and what issues are skipped per page.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1svxRje77L6JAIWc84-Suz8el5EzJPBFB...
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Accessibility Tool was mentioned and recommended that it needs to work similar to Accessibility insights.
Three level of checks:
Automated checks
Automated checks with human validation
human only checks.
https://accessibilityinsights.io/docs/web/overview/
https://accessibilityinsights.io/docs/web/getstarted/assessment/
Fixed
Track: Accessibility Tools
It affects the ability of people with disabilities or special needs (such as blindness or color-blindness) to use Drupal.
Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.