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Are you at #OpenSourceSummit and interested in accessibility testing?
Bocoup's Chris Cuellar is leading a session about the ARIA-AT project's innovative approach to testing accessibility by capturing real screen reader output. You'll also learn about the standardization efforts the project is driving at the W3C.
Retconning Accessibility Standards with ARIA-AT: https://osselcna2026.sched.com/event/2JQx7/retconning-accessibility-standards-with-aria-at-chris-cuellar-bocoup?iframe=no
If you've ever felt intimidated by the enormity of wpt.fyi or test262.fyi, we've got your back https://www.bocoup.com/blog/interoperability-in-our-terms
Our very own @jugglinmike@hachyderm.io has recently joined the W3C TAG as an Associate! We're proud of him, but since this is just Mike writing in the third person, it'd really help his ego if y'all responded favorably to this message. https://tag.w3.org/associates/
We're happy to share that Chris Cuellar's talk on "Retconning Accessibility Standards with ARIA-AT" has been selected for the Open Source Summit that will take place in Minneapolis next month. #OSSummit #ARIA #Accessibility
On Wednesday at axe-con's Digital Accessibility Conference there are two unmissable sessions if you interested in interoperability and standards for accesibility:
(1) Matt King's Is Something Fundamental Still Missing From the Accessibility Ecosystem? at 9am ET
(2) @lolaodelola@mastodon.social's The Gaps We Inherit at 11am ET.
You can register for free on this link: https://lnkd.in/gn8WbZV8
Did you know you can register for free to the 2026 virtual #axecon Digital Accessibility Conference?
We are excited to attend Matt King's presentation: Is Something Fundamental Still Missing From the Accessibility Ecosystem?
Join us: https://lnkd.in/e_hp7Mr
New on the Bocoup blog: "I Accidentally Improved the JavaScript Language, and So Can You" by @jugglinmike@hachyderm.io https://www.bocoup.com/blog/i-accidentally-improved-javascript-and-so-can-you
Just published: "The Web's Most Tolerated Feature" by @jugglinmike@hachyderm.io https://www.bocoup.com/blog/the-webs-most-tolerated-feature
The Interop 2026 Call for Proposals opens today! Chris explains why this is important and how you can participate
https://www.bocoup.com/blog/interop-2026-the-call-for-proposals-is-open
So working with Google to bring Test262 to https://webstatus.dev/ makes perfect sense! Watch this space for more...
We'd later consume this same data to make public interoperability reports for JavaScript:
https://www.bocoup.com/blog/announcing-test262-report
Bocoup laid the groundwork years ago in Test262, classifying the tests we contributed and making it easy for others to do the same:
https://www.bocoup.com/blog/advancing-the-open-web-through-test262
https://github.com/tc39/test262/pull/1060
Metadata is how you make conformance tests meaningful to a wider audience. Today, we're supporting Google for the most ambitious application yet: https://webstatus.dev/, a data-driven dashboard that spans the entire web platform. 🧵
For years, we've been working on making assistive technology more interopable, and that includes developing a WebDriver-like automation protocol called AT Driver. You can hear and see the latest on that effort in our presentation at @igalia@floss.social 's Web Engines Hackfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XipbOHmr3Y
@igalia@floss.social 's @webhackfest@floss.social is so productive that even our SELFIES have consensus.
Good luck in your post-Bocoup era, @outofambit@mastodon.social !
@jugglinmike@hachyderm.io has some cool stuff to say about our recent work automating screen readers (childish spy fantasies notwithstanding)
The Credible Web Community Group first convened in 2018 to learn if/how technology can play a role in fighting disinformation online. It's currently undergoing something of a revival, and we were excited by the spirited discussion in their first meeting of 2025. Check out the minutes here, and keep an eye out for more thoughtful work toward their laudable goal!
https://github.com/w3c/authentic-web-workshop/blob/main/minutes/2025-03-12AuthWeb.md
Bocoup is now worker-owned! Read all about it in posts from Boaz (the former owner) and the worker collective!
https://bocoup.com/blog/ciao-bocoup
https://bocoup.com/blog/bocoup-is-now-worker-owned