Daniela Kubesch

It's almost time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and I can finally share my thesis 🎉 It took a year but I managed to create a website with an #accessible #version of the 160-pages thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, and some additional content! You can find it here: overlays.dnikub.dev ✨

Got ready for a fight after the #DesignSystem team was asked to create a read-only variant for checkboxes and radio buttons. I started preparing arguments why we shouldn‘t. But then the designers just accepted my proposal to present the content as regular text instead. It can be that easy. Love it!

The 11th edition of the @webaim.bsky.social Screen Reader User Survey is now live! This is a vital resource into better understanding how people who use screen readers actually operate your website or app. webaim.org/projects/scr... My commentary on it as a thread 🧵 #a11y

Well… that was a longer break than expected 👀 After losing all motivation to post and feeling completely uninspired about what to share, I decided to take a month off social media. And then it became another month. And another. And another. But now I‘m back! So… what did I miss? 😬

#ScreenReader I found a bug related to #NVDA in Firefox, but turns out it appears in version 2020.4 and not anymore in version 2026.1. Now I was wondering, how quickly people update to new versions and how far back we should support compliance 🤔 Are there stats on which NVDA version is used most?

Revision 713: ARIA-Glücksrad – von Dialogen, Definitionen und Datepickern workingdraft.de/713/ mit @dnikub.dev, Paweł Masarczyk und Peter Krautzberger

Attended this years #BTConf in Düsseldorf again and was so occupied listening to the talks, catching up with friends while also making new connections, that I forgot to post 😄 best conference and totally recommend it, as always. See you next year @beyondtellerrand.com!

In unserer ARIA Folge erklärt unser Gast Peter Krautzberger, wie ariaDetailsElements ARIA-Beziehungen ohne ID-Strings direkt über DOM-Elemente ermöglicht. 🎧 👉 workingdraft.de/699/

#Accessibility Event Tipp 🗓️⬇️ Today #AxeCon by @deque.com is starting at 3pm (CET)! This event features talks across four different tracks running in parallel. Every session includes live captions and #ASL interpretation. 🗓️ February 24 & 25, 2026 📍Online 🎟️ Free 🔗 www.deque.com/axe-con/sche...

Revision 699: ARIA-Glücksrad Nachklapp, neue APIs und reale Unterstützung workingdraft.de/699/ mit @dnikub.dev, Marco Bretschneider, Peter Krautzberger & Paweł Masarczyk Danke an unseren Sponsor mittwald, dem Anbieter für Container-Hosting 🚢 mit dem Tools wie n8n in Minuten startklar sind! 🚀

Once again, for those who need to hear it: ARIA alters semantics, not behavior. css-tricks.com/i-learned-th...

New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

With all the yearly statistics being released, such as Spotify and LinkedIn Wrapped, my favourite so far was Lidl Wrapped. Apparently I bought 112 blocks of tofu this year, followed by 38 baguettes and 32 broccoli 😄

One of my highlights of the year is always the #HTMHell Advent Calendar curated by @matuzo.at, containing an article daily on security, a11y, UX or performance, written by authors from around the world. Go check it out and catch up on previous days' articles: www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

Cloudflare is down again? I guess some can start into an early weekend then 😬

I got a new phone and am not yet used to this always on display. I have the constant feeling that I have a new message, which catches my attention, distracts me and is really stressing me out. Unsure if I'll get used to it at some point or if I should just turn this feature off 😅

In line with International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the UX Salon Barcelona focused on #accessibility. Agnese D’Alfonso shared practical ways & examples from her work, to embed #a11y into everyday decision-making and collaboration with stakeholders to create products that work for everyone.

I was part of the peer review selection process for this year's #ZeroProject shortlisted nominees, and there are some amazing projects out there 🌱✨ Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the full list of all 75 awardees was published: zerocon26.zeroproject.org/components/5...

Seats left for our #workshop "Experiencing Digital Accessibility" Through a combination of demonstrations of #assistive #technologies, guided exercises and reflection, you will explore how people navigate digital interfaces. 📍Linz, AT 🗓️ Nov, 25th 🕕 2–5 pm 🎟️ Free 🔗 umfrage.servus.at/index.php/63...

#Accessibility Event Tipp 🗓️⬇️ At #A11YConf, you will find talks and workshops on web accessibility, accessible app development, and legislation to help you develop your skills in these areas. 🗓️ November 29th, 2025 📍Girona, Spain (On-Site) 🎟️ Ticket needed 🔗 www.a11yconf.com/es

Join me at d*sign week, happening from the 24th to the 30th of November in Linz, Austria 🤓 🎙️ I'll be giving the #talk "Access Denied: Being left out by Design" and together with Pawel Masarcyzk, facilitate the #workshop "Experiencing Digital Accessibility". 🔗 dsignweek.servus.at/index.php?ti...

Daniela Kubesch wrote her Master's Thesis on "The Impact of Web Accessibility Overlays on the Usability and User Experience for People with Permanent Visual Impairments". Now we can say "Scientific research has shown that accessibility overlays are ineffective." overlays.dnikub.dev

Daniela Kubesch says that even though the web now has more AI-written articles than human ones, they often don't perform as well. Will AI content always come second place? 🤔

In case you missed it, here's the recording of the @wearedevelopers.bsky.social LIVE I was part of this week ⬇️🎙️ 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHf... We chatted about #AI, #accessibility, and #inclusion news in the dev world. Thanks for having me, @codepo8.bsky.social and @danielcranney.bsky.social 🤗

Join me today at 12:30 (CEST), when I'm a guest at the #WeAreDevelopers LIVE, moderated by @danielcranney.bsky.social and @codepo8.bsky.social 🎙️ We'll have discussions and tech deep dives, all with a special focus on #accessibility, #automation and #inclusion! 🔗 www.wearedevelopers.com/en/live

In der ARIA-Glücksrad-Folge sprechen wir über aria-brailleroledescription (WAI-ARIA 1.3): warum der Braille-Fokus sinnvoll ist, weshalb korrekte Befüllung ohne Domänenwissen schwer ist – und warum es selten „in freier Wildbahn“ auftaucht. 🎧 👉 workingdraft.de/683/

Revision 683: ARIA-Glücksrad workingdraft.de/683/ mit @dnikub.dev und Marco Bretschneider

WIENFLUSS celebrated 20-years with a lovely party & #accessibility in mind 🎉🥂 You could try Braille Scrabble, learn about assistive devices, or relax in a room that had been decorated with candles and fairy lights to create a cosy atmosphere, offering some relief from #sensory #overload

Vorträge zu #Barrierefreiheit, in österreichischer Gebärdensprache gedolmetscht, gibt es am #ATag diesen September! 🎙️🤟 Sei dabei, am 16. September 2025 in Wien, von 17 bis 19 Uhr! ℹ️ Die Veranstaltung ist komplett kostenlos, erfordert aber eine Anmeldung über die Webseite: atag.accessible-media.at