Hacker News with Generative AI: Accessibility

The <select> element can now be customized with CSS (chrome.com)
From Chrome 135, web developers and designers can finally unite on an accessible, standardized and CSS styleable <select> element on the web.
Web Development, CSS, Accessibility
496 points by tosh 3 days ago | 182 comments
Manjaro Linux: Making Arch Linux More Accessible (manjaro.org)
Taking the raw power and flexibility of Arch Linux and making it more accessible for a greater audience.
Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Accessibility
22 points by doener 5 days ago | 31 comments
Sim Daltonism: The color blindness simulator (michelf.ca)
From the perspective of a color blind person, some colors are impossible to distinguish. Sim Daltonism lets you visualize colors as they are perceived with various types of color blindness. Use the camera on your iOS device, or use the Mac app to filter a region of the screen.
Accessibility, Color Blindness, Software, iOS, Mac
40 points by robin_reala 6 days ago | 20 comments
The iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers (2017) (yahoo.com)
A few years ago, backstage at a conference, I spotted a blind woman using her phone. The phone was speaking everything her finger touched on the screen, allowing her to tear through her apps. My jaw hit the floor. After years of practice, she had cranked the voice’s speed so high, I couldn’t understand a word it was saying.
Accessibility, iPhone, Blindness, Technology
10 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 0 comments
Hyperlegibility (notboring.co)
Information that was once hard to find is now hard to avoid.
Information Design, Accessibility, Web Design
20 points by jger15 9 days ago | 1 comments
Embossed Braille with 3D Printing: Affordable, Accessible, and Open-Source (braillest.com)
At Braillest, we don't think braille literature should be expensive.
Accessibility, 3D Printing, Open Source
3 points by ramity 9 days ago | 2 comments
Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks (goblin.tools)
Accessibility, Neurodiversity, Productivity Tools, Software
344 points by ValentineC 9 days ago | 233 comments
Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers (polypane.app)
A desktop browser with all the tools you need to build responsive, accessible and performant sites.
Web Development, Tools, Accessibility, Performance
207 points by ulrischa 11 days ago | 131 comments
Links copied from project READMEs now add "?tab=readme-ov-file" query parameter (github.com/orgs)
Anchor links copied from project READMEs now add a `?tab=readme-ov-file` query parameter, making them harder to read
GitHub, User Interface, Web Development, Features, Accessibility
4 points by susam 12 days ago | 2 comments
This Week in Plasma: 6.4 Improvements (blogs.kde.org)
This week Plasma 6.4 continued to take shape, with a number of additional user-visible modernizations and improvements — in particular some nice progress on the topics of keyboard navigation, accessibility, and customizing apps' presentation in launcher menus.
Software, Linux, User Interface, Accessibility
4 points by TangerineDream 12 days ago | 0 comments
Be My Eyes (bemyeyes.com)
Be My Eyes connects blind and low-vision users who want sighted assistance with volunteers and companies anywhere in the world, through live video and artificial intelligence.
Accessibility, Vision Impairment, Artificial Intelligence, Community
30 points by beatthatflight 13 days ago | 7 comments
Most of the World Can't Code (ycombinator.com)
Programming is only accessible to those who understand English and the Latin alphabet.
Programming, Accessibility, Language, Globalization
10 points by jayathra 16 days ago | 41 comments
Altbot (Fediverse alt-text generator) no longer uses Google's services (fuzzies.wtf)
Accessibility, Social Media, Open Source
8 points by sohkamyung 17 days ago | 1 comments
Accessibility: Don't Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media (adrianroselli.com)
I posted something on Mastodon that uses Unicode math symbols to produce fake bold and fake italic text.
Accessibility, Social Media, Web Design, Unicode
64 points by rapawel 25 days ago | 66 comments
Show HN: pdfdark.com – view pdf's in "dark mode" all on client (pdfdark.com)
Upload a PDF Document
Web Development, Accessibility, PDF Tools
22 points by iamdan 30 days ago | 11 comments
Show HN: Second cursor that guides users through any task (pointer.so)
User Interfaces, Productivity, Software, Accessibility
7 points by nealchopra 34 days ago | 1 comments
Guide Dogs Are Expensive and Scarce. Could Robots Do Their Job? (cacm.acm.org)
People with sight loss could soon be getting some very unfurry friends.
Accessibility, Robotics, Guide Dogs
4 points by pseudolus 35 days ago | 0 comments
'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised (theguardian.com)
From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps
Mobile Technology, Digital Divide, Accessibility, Society, Consumerism
788 points by zeristor 40 days ago | 841 comments
Invoker Commands (Explainer) (open-ui.org)
Adding commandfor and command attributes to <button> and elements would allow authors to assign behaviour to buttons in a more accessible and declarative way, while reducing bugs and simplifying the amount of JavaScript pages are required to ship for interactivity.
Accessibility, Web Development, HTML, JavaScript
13 points by todsacerdoti 40 days ago | 0 comments
Customizable HTML Select (chrome.com)
Styling form controls like the <select> element has been reported as a top developer pain point for years, and we've been working on a solution.
Web Development, HTML, Chrome, User Interface, Accessibility
230 points by dsego 42 days ago | 148 comments
Requesting SDK for Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses for Visually Impaired Users (atmeta.com)
Accessibility, Meta, Hardware, Smart Glasses
51 points by walterbell 46 days ago | 7 comments
Designing Bloomberg Terminal color accessibility (bloomberg.com)
We often think we see user interfaces the same way as everyone else. However, for users with color vision deficiencies, certain color combinations can have detrimental effects on their use of the Bloomberg Terminal.
Accessibility, Design, User Interface, Bloomberg Terminal
8 points by myroon5 47 days ago | 0 comments
ElevenReader (elevenreader.io)
Bring any book, article, PDF, newsletter, or text to life with ultra realistic AI narration in one app
AI, Text-to-Speech, Accessibility, Reading Tools, Software
305 points by mfiguiere 50 days ago | 179 comments
Database of 750 companies building for people with disabilities (perkins.org)
DisabilityTech is a market that encompasses technology solutions built for people with disabilities, including assistive technology, medical devices, and tools for social, educational, and economic access.
Disability Technology, Accessibility, Business, Startups, Inclusive Design
87 points by ohjeez 50 days ago | 11 comments
Coming soon: Hearing aids built into your glasses (newatlas.com)
If you're among the estimated 1.25 billion people on the planet who suffer from mild to moderate hearing loss, you might want to try on these glasses. They hide clever tech in the frame to help you hear better in noisy environments, all without the need for traditional in-ear hearing aids.
Hearing Aids, Wearable Technology, Accessibility
3 points by geox 53 days ago | 0 comments
Who Is Being Excluded by Museums' Wholesale Adoption of Digital Technology? (amuseumfornow.com)
As someone not only born before - but who studied, worked and even went out and had fun before - the public launch of the internet in April 1993, I am often surprised by the lack of push-back against digital technology, as it continues to flatten our three-dimensional experience of the world.
Museums, Digital Technology, Accessibility, Culture, Technology
12 points by ohjeez 56 days ago | 12 comments
Zed Icons, for communication beyond language (typotheque.com)
Zed Icons contains two thousand icons designed to break down language and cultural barriers, facilitating quick and effective communication in situations where words or translations are not enough.
Communication, Design, Icons, Accessibility
18 points by mostafah 57 days ago | 4 comments
The European Accessibility Act for websites and apps (martijnhols.nl)
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) goes into effect on June 28, 2025 - just 5 months from now. From that point, websites and apps of companies operating in the EU must meet accessibility standards. Only microenterprises are exempt.
Accessibility, Web Development, European Union, Law, Technology
8 points by MartijnHols 58 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN We launched our first digital product – hard lessons as Indie Developers (alt-generator.ai)
Our plugin helps you align with EAA guidelines by automatically generating high-quality, accessibility- and SEO-friendly alt text in multiple languages.
Indie Development, Accessibility, SEO, Digital Products
7 points by alex_arc_nine 58 days ago | 10 comments
Generating image descriptions and alt-text with AI (dri.es)
I tested 12 LLMs — 10 running locally and 2 cloud-based — to assess their accuracy in generating alt-text for images.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Image Recognition, Accessibility
3 points by todsacerdoti 58 days ago | 0 comments