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Digital accessibility is the practice of removing barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, digital systems by people with disabilities. This involves designing and developing websites, mobile applications, software, hardware, and other digital platforms in a way that they can be used by individuals with a range of abilities, including those with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities.
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Key components of digital accessibility include accessible website design, multimedia with features like captions or transcripts, properly formatted digital documents, and accessible software and apps. It also extends to hardware design.
This is not something I have tried myself, or indeed have need of, but having read the blog post a couple of times, this really looks like magic. I know several people with wrist mobility issues that work in the tech sector that would hugely benefit from learning and using something like this.
In short, cursorless allows you to interact with various parts of your code using voice commands and 'coloured hats' that appear above the text in your editor. It's a stroke of genius, in my opinion.
I would now really love to see a recording from an open-space office with bunch of programmers, each one screaming random words at his computer :D
If you haven't seen it yet, the Strange Loop presentation is a must watch.
I have not seen it - I will be watching it tomorrow evening, thanks for sharing this.
