It’s, uh, been a minute (8 months!) since we last sent out an Assistiv Labs newsletter. At least if you subscribe, you know you won’t get spammed! 😂

📣 Hot off the presses! We just hit “send” on the latest Assistiv Labs newsletter. In this issue: - Innovative ways Zendesk uses our Live Testing platform - CSUN recap - New account options - & more! 💜 the-assist.ghost.io/miss-us/

#lazyWeb Friends on macOS, what is your favorite tool for testing your work using a Windows screen reader? Do you use a Virtual Machine (VM)? If so, what do you use to run it? Do you use an online tool like @assistivlabs.com ? Bonus points for free tools!

Lots of great quotable lines from @deque's Axe-con, including this gem from @stephaniewalter.bsky.social: "You can't sprinkle eggs on the cupcake after baking it. Fixing accessibility later is messy, slow, ineffective!" www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...

Our February meetup is tonight! Join us at 6:00pm Pacific for a virtual presentation by @devonpersing.bsky.social and @segdeha.com on continuous accessibility. RSVP for the meeting link; details below! #PDXa11yUX #a11y #UX #Meetup #Portland #PDX

I hope to see you tonight!

Browser developers are working on custom form controls ( `appearance:base`), the next giant task is looming: customisable input type=date/datetime/color pickers. These are huge and have wildly varied UI. Send me your examples, I'd love to see them and build up a body of these pickers.

Looking forward to this!

Don’t miss this online presentation by @devonpersing.bsky.social & @segdeha.com on practical tips for making Continuous Accessibility the default at your organization. 💜 www.meetup.com/portland-acc...

The Accessibility Team at Zendesk uses our Live Testing system in some interesting ways. • Finding workarounds for users on different screen reader/browser combinations • Confirming correct localization of UI text using JAWS How do you use our platform? assistivlabs.com/articles/zen...

Beautiful!!! And we totally need to make that @assistivlabs.com tote bag happen! 💜 www.jessicaoddi.com/work/assisti...

📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only. Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.

In my conversation with @kevinpowell.co a few weeks ago I mentioned that one of the ways to get people to care about #accessibility is to help them understand it better. And one way to help them understand it better is to debunk common accessibility myths.

It dawned on me that I should be be sharing out the accessibility articles I link to at work on social media. Here's a good one from today's RSS feed: www.a11y-collective.com/blog/nvda-ke...

Code samples! Videos of test runs! What more could a person want?! 💜

We’ve invested a ton of effort into building out screen reader automation as part of our end-to-end accessibility testing service. And we’ve learned a ton along the way! This article goes deep into the geeky details of why & how to automate screen readers. 🦾 assistivlabs.com/articles/aut...

I'll buy an eBook copy of Accessible UX Research for the first five folks who are interested! I'll need an email address to send a copy to when it's published (currently in pre-order). If you're into user research and disability, this book is for you. www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/acce...

Did you know Assistiv Labs offers a free-for-open-source plan? The good folks @wagtail.org use it to test their CMS using Windows screen readers. Our only requirement is the project is under a liberal license (e.g., MIT). Get in touch if this would be helpful to you! www.youtube.com/shorts/sBUfU...

“I’m not talking about “ideal” or “optimized” – the bar is pretty low, so I’m just talking about something that works at all for people with a disability.” 💔

ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...

Links to recordings of the webinar, with and without audio descriptions, are available in the FAQ section of our page about the end-to-end testing service. assistivlabs.com/use-cases/en...

The course includes: - 15+ hrs of video content (~2 full-day workshops) - 40+ chapters available in both video and text - Accessibility toolkit - Buy once, access forever - Complementary free, 6-months unlimited access to @assistivlabs.com + all up-and-coming updates

This webinar was by far our most in-depth public discussion of our end-to-end testing service. This should be of interest to any accessibility leaders who are interested in doubling the WCAG coverage of their automated accessibility testing.

Our first webinar is in the books! 🙌 Such a great time talking through our accessibility-first end-to-end testing platform. Thanks to those who showed up live and here’s the recording for anyone else who couldn’t make it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6n...

Super excited for this! Should be interesting for the test automation nerds 🤓 but also everyone just looking for a smarter way to validate the #accessibility of their digital products. Join us! 💜

If you've never used Assistiv Labs I recommend joining this Webinar if you can especially if you have a Practical Accessibility course account and haven't used your complementary Assistiv Labs access yet and are unsure how to use it in your work.👇

Your friends at Assistiv Labs are hosting our first ever webinar on May 7! 🥳 We’ll be talking about our approach to auditing & monitoring websites for accessibility using our end-to-end testing platform. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More deets in the following skeets…

If you’re a design engineer, a designer, a front-end developer, a JavaScript developer, or a back-end developer, Sara Soueidan's "Practical Accessibility" can give you the essential knowledge you need to gain a deep understanding of accessibility. practical-accessibility.today

I took my time over months to complete this course, really enjoyed how it was organized into but sized chapters to make that slow but steady progress easier. It's a ton of great content and so so worth it, the fact that it also checked some CAECs off my list was a great bonus.

Kevin Powell has an #accessibility intro video: “Quick accessibility wins that are easy to implement” youtu.be/pJ0GPI7BMIs Not for practitioners; not new stuff. This is for folks who are new to it, who learn better with videos, who know his name and will believe him more than us, etc. #a11y

Working with @assistivlabs.com was such a fun project!! And now you can all fall in love with their robo mascot like we did.

I’m in love with the new look, tbh 😍

Excited to have just pushed out a wee refresh of the Assistiv Labs brand! 🤩 assistivlabs.com

Hey, team! Question for the #accessibility practitioners out there: What accessibility-focused conferences do you all find most worthwhile?

Ready for #accessibility automation that’s not just 3 axe-cores in a trench coat?

Before partnering with us, Asana’s #accessibility team generally grouped testing into 2 categories: automated and manual. Our end-to-end accessibility testing service helped redefine the distinction. Because the feedback loops are shorter, bugs are resolved faster. assistivlabs.com/articles/asa...

Does it ever seem like the more you do towards #accessibility the more friction you encounter? 😬 Our friend @devonpersing.bsky.social is here to help! We just published her article on how to make accessibility easier to do than not by creating systems. #SmartMove assistivlabs.com/articles/acc...

The #Accessibility Operations Guidebook is now available in paperback! This edition ships with a discount code that gives you access to the ebook bundle for free. If you're looking for other formats, check out the info at book.dpersing.com. #a11yops #TAOG-BookClub www.amazon.com/Accessibilit...

Do manage an accessibility program? HMU… I have a question.

Thanks to the kind folks at @assistivlabs.com for allowing me to get on my #accessibility systems soapbox!

Does it ever seem like the more you do towards #accessibility the more friction you encounter? 😬 Our friend @devonpersing.bsky.social is here to help! We just published her article on how to make accessibility easier to do than not by creating systems. #SmartMove assistivlabs.com/articles/acc...

Wherein @westonthayer.bsky.social outlines the hell that is aria-labelledby=self 😈 www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

I hope everyone enjoys the books! If you haven’t already, check out @assistivlabs.com. We build tools you might find useful as you build up your #accessibility program! 🙌

What a week! 😅 A11yNYC Tuesday. DMV-A11y Wednesday. Hung out w/ Dr Angela Young Thursday, including a 🆒 tour of Gallaudet University. Met up w/ local folks from Collab Lab that night. Flew to Miami Friday for informative sessions arranged by our investor. Fancy sponsored brunch this AM. Whirlwind!

I see different ways online that accessible, inclusive, and universal design are represented. Especially in relation to each other. Are there models others use? And do the distinctions change your design process?

For help with accessibility testing I recommend these awesome folks at @assistivlabs.com

@danabra.mov my company, Assistiv Labs, offers free subscriptions for open-source maintainers to our live testing platform. Would that be helpful for y’all to validate accessibility fixes? assistivlabs.com

Just released from Microsoft, this looks like a thoughtful and skilled approach to video audio descriptions using AI and human review. github.com/microsoft/ai...

Oh wow! I *think* our account has been unblocked?! Can someone please confirm that you're able to see @assistivlabs.com without any warnings or anything? 🙏

Imagine you’re on an adventure. You find a magic button. ✨ It can answer any accessibility question. What question are you asking it?