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Bet Hannon

@bethannon.bsky.social
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Accessibility for eCommerce | CEO at @accessicart.bsky.social | Lead organizer @wpa11yday.bsky.social | CPACC | For fun, I hike & snowshoe, enjoy cooking & good food | she/her

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
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Joe A Simpson Jr @joesimpsonjr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND: Join WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup as we start the new year by welcoming @bethannon.bsky.social in to present, "Beyond Technical Accessibility: EU Accessibility Act Compliance Requirements," Wed, Jan 14 at 4pm PT (UTC -7). RSVP at bit.ly/wpscv-eua11y #WordPress
Title card for Bet Hannon's presentation, Beyond Technical Accessibility: EU Accessibility Act Compliance Requirements, Jan 14, 2026 4pm at the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup. RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/wordpressscv/events/312128971/?eventOrigin=group_events_list
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AccessiCart @accessicart.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Is your moving content hurting someone? Learn about how content with motion can literally make some people sick. And how small changes can help. buff.ly/RX2dz6K
A Newton's cradle with five silver balls in a row and one red ball on the left side, swinging toward the others against a plain background.
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WP Accessibility Day @wpaccessibility.day · 11/05/2025
On GAAD day, join @wpaccessibility.day's @bethannon.bsky.social, @joedolson.bsky.social, @amberhinds.bsky.social, and Isla Waite for a chat on WordPress accessibility—where it stands, where it’s headed, and what’s next for #WPA11yDay. May 15, 12 PM CST (5 PM UTC) #GAAD #A11y
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Perspectives on the State of WordPress Accessibility
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, join WP Accessibility Day board members, Bet Hannon, Joe Dolson, and Amber Hinds, and lead organizer, Isla Waite, for ...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Did you know each emoji has a coded description that gets read aloud by screen readers? This demo by Alexa Heinrich shows what happens when a screen reader encounters a post that uses an emoji to function as a bullet point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMs...
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Taylor Nation Emoji Bullet Point Tweet
YouTube video by Accessible Social
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xirclebox @xirclebox.com · 13/03/2025
How Idris Elba is acting on the need for assistive tech for dyslexia diginomica.com/how-idris-el... #a11y #accessibility #dyslexia
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How Idris Elba is acting on the need for assistive tech for dyslexia
The actor used his own experience of dyslexia to co-develop a script-reading app, highlighting the need for more workplace support for neurodiversity
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Yanncé ✨ @uhnopenottoday.blacksky.app · 13/03/2025
People with glasses and contacts have to realize that we have a disability that just happens to be highly accommodated for in modern society and that accommodation is the only reason why poor eyesight is not considered a disability.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
And this number is from SIX years ago. We KNOW that online shopping has dramatically increased over that time. I wonder what the revenue lost would be today...? 🤔
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Llevo cinco años aprendiendo español. Es buena para mi cerebro. Pero todavía tengo dificultades con conversaciones básicas.
Duolingo 2000 day learning streak celebration graphic
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Wiesel (writer, activist, Holocaust survivor)
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Adrian Roselli, pH0 @aardrian.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
If your WCAG testing is only axe / ARC / WAVE / EAAC, not only are you only testing ~30% of WCAG, but my own 2023 testing shows they catch <15% of issues: adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comp... Manual testing is still a thing. Especially if bumping into `<canvas>`. #accessibility #a11y
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Comparing Manual and Free Automated WCAG Reviews
Automated accessibility testing tools cannot test 100% of WCAG. This position is not controversial. Other than overlay vendors, no automated tool maker makes that claim. This is partly because WCAG is...
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The Digital Maze @thedigitalmaze.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It's new podcast day! Join Rob Twells and @bethannon.bsky.social from @accessicart.bsky.social as they talk about the importance of better web #accessibility – from legislation to the massive benefits to your business. Catch it on Spotify, YT and more here: thedigitalmaze.com/blog/room-30...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Make sure that interactive elements that can be accessed by using a mouse, pen, trackpad or touch are at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels. This helps people with low vision and/or limited motor control select the intended element without accidentally selecting nearby elements.
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António @akwyz.com · 14/02/2025
Esta semana conversei com a @klangensiepenmep.bsky.social, eurodeputada dos verdes no @europarl.europa.eu sobre os direitos das pessoas com deficiência na UE. Falámos sobre a Carteira Europeia da Deficiência, acessibilidade em Bruxelas e os desafios na política. #Acessibilidade #AXSChat
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Acessibilidade e Inclusão na UE: A Luta Contínua pelos Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência
Katrin, eurodeputada do grupo Greens/EFA, destacou os desafios persistentes que as pessoas com deficiência enfrentam na política, no emprego e na vida quotidiana. Sendo a única mulher visivelmente com...
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Please reshare: You may see a Super Bowl ad sponsored by Elon Musk that includes misinformation and conspiracy theories about USAID In addition to providing humanitarian aid to the world’s poorest people, USAID is… (con’t)
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
PDF tags provide a hidden, structured representation of PDF content that is presented to screen readers. Not all applications support good PDF tag structure, but InDesign, Word, and PowerPoint can. WebAIM has more information on preserving these tags. webaim.org/techniques/a...
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WebAIM: PDF Accessibility - Converting Documents to PDF
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I find this funny, but also instructive.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Interested in helping make WP Accessibility Day an awesome event? Check out whether volunteering as an organizer might be for you. I've been an organizer for 3 years, and it's a really fun group.
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2025 Call for Organizers - WordPress Accessibility Day
We're looking for people to join our organizing team for 2025! Learn more about organizing WP Accessibility Day and how you can help.
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Chris Limb @catmachine.com · 22/01/2025
A few tips for making BlueSky a more accessible place. Please add alt text to images. Yes, this is the one everyone kind of knows about, but worth flagging. By all means add some extra context or jokes to it and be creative but please put the actual image description at the beginning. 1/3
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xirclebox @xirclebox.com · 16/01/2025
You don't need permission to make things accessible. Leave files better than you found them #a11y
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Hunter D Phoenix 🐦‍🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @hunterdphoenix.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
As a blind dude, your images mean nothing to me without an alt-text description. I know it’s a pain & I have zero expectations of you using this #Accessibility tool so thoughtfully provided by #BlueSky but I appreciate every effort. It doesn’t have to be The Great Gatsby but please include me 😎
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You have to be f'ing kidding... Wix requires at least a $36/mo account to use a domain you have registered elsewhere -- even if you are using Wix nameservers? Migrated a client's domain in prep for a launch in a few weeks without knowing this weird requirement. 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Minimizing cognitive load absolutely helps people with cognitive disabilities, but also many of the rest of us who are distracted and tired most of the time. Accessibility improvements almost always improve user experience FOR EVERYONE!
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Don't use color alone to convey information. Marking required fields by only using colored labels won't help people who use screen readers or who can't distinguish colors. If using color, also add text like asterisks and/or "required." www.w3.org/WAI/tips/des...
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Designing for Web Accessibility – Tips for Getting Started
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Do I know anyone going to ShopTalk 2025 in March?
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Bet Hannon on LinkedIn: #seeyouatshoptalk #retailinnovation #retailtech #retailevents
I&#39;m going to Shoptalk Spring 2025 March 25-27th! This will be my first time attending! Who do I know that is going? And if you have attended before, what was…
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Public comments will be received until February 5, 2025. Have you commented yet?
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Do you run an eCommerce store or help clients with eComm? Join me for a webinar on Jan 28 to chat about accessibility compliance -- especially for the EU Accessibility Act that starts enforcement in June 2025!
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Let's Talk Accessibility & Compliance in Woo Stores - with Bet Hannon
Join us for a live event on January 28 with special guest @bethannon of @AccessiCart. With EAA coming in June, we are discussing how to achieve and maintain accessibility compliance in your WooCommerc...
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sparktoro.bsky.social @sparktoro.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Oh, hello. Here's a 30 second tutorial to learn a ton about your audience using data from Bluesky, ChatGPT, and SparkToro.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Have revenue or profit goals for 2025? Have a think about how accessibility improvements can be a vector for growth. Anyone have examples of this to share? I'd love to hear your stories about how a11y improvements helped revenue!
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David Bisset @davidbisset.com · 07/01/2025
Client: “Sure we used AccessiBe to make our site accessible, why do you ask?” 🤔 #a11y #webdev #Accessibility #memes
Two closed doors each with large handicap signs on the front almost directly in front of a deep stairway
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Some people have disabilities that are directly based on the way they understand and interpret numbers. In this post, Ricky Onsman explains some of these disabilities, who is affects and how, and what web creators can do about it. www.tpgi.com/making-numbe...
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Making Numbers in Web Content Accessible - TPGi
Numbers are a key part of web content. It makes sense, then, that when we use numbers, they must be accessible.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
"for false advertising and compensating reviewers without disclosing that it sponsored the reviews" The class action lawsuit by users who were not supported by AccessiBe when they had their sites sued is still pending.
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FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising | TechCrunch
The FTC has ordered accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1 million over allegations of false advertising and misleading product claims.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Have an ecommerce site or support clients who do? The clock is ticking on compliance with the EU Accessibility Act. If you have EU customers, you probably need to meet WCAG 2.1 AA by June 28, 2025. Here’s how to get started.
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Bet Hannon on LinkedIn: #accessibility #ecommerce
Have an eCommerce site or support clients with eCommerce? You&#39;ve got an important deadline coming up! Today is Jan 2, and the EU Accessibility Act (EAA) goes…
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This will help not only users with low vision, but also users with aging eyes. As we age, the lens of the eye gradually yellows, changing color perception slowly over time. If your users are over 50 yo, you will want to pay attention to color contrast to improve their user experience.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
OMG! Just created a new Amazon(.)com account for reasons. They had a "prove you are not a bot" challenge that involved sliding images that had been sliced horizontally to match up. I couldn't make that work at all! Def not intuitive in any way! I finally had to resort to an audio-based challenge.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
“Any software developer worth their salt would want to make sure 100% of their audience has a smooth, and enjoyable experience when using their product. Right?” Why are we so bad at accessibility?
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Why are we so rubbish at accessibility? - Carme Mias
Why are software engineers so bad at doing accessibility work? The proof is there, year after year, in the WebAIM Million report.
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This happened to me too. Alt text required unset itself in bsky settings. Check yours!
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Sinnamon Love @sinnamonlove.blacksky.app · 26/12/2024
Sidebar: I know everyone is jumping on the alt-text bandwagon and for good reasons. But did you know that some people (like me) struggle with visual tracking while reading? Separating sentences and using punctuation helps not only with tracking but also allows screenreaders access too. 💞
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Watched Inception for the first time tonight with extended family members. My brain hurts now, and I’m a little anxious about dreaming… 🤔
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WaffletimeCat @waffletimecat.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
looks like bluesky's trending tab uses alt text for keywords as well. so if you want to be more discoverable but dont want to write a paragraph over your artwork its probably a good idea to use alt text
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Meryl Evans' "Why and How to Create Accessible Social Media and Website Content" introduces content creators to basic accessibility considerations for links, hashtags, emojis, alt text, transcripts, and more. meryl.net/digital-cont...
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Accessibility: Why Social Media & Web Content Need to Be Accessible
Content accessibility isn't just design and production's job. It's everyone's job. Here's how content creators can create accessible content.
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Amber Hinds @amberhinds.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
On #AccessibilityCraft this week: Chris, @stevejonesdev.bsky.social and I discuss the HTTP Archive study finding Wix to be the best CMS for building #accessible websites. What do you think? Are you ready to switch to Wix for #a11y? #podcast
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098: Is Wix the Best CMS for Building Accessible Websites? — BomBombs Hot Chocolate - Accessibility Craft
We dive into a recent study that claims Wix is the most accessible CMS on the market in 2024, based on testing data from Google Lighthouse.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 24/12/2024
If you can’t find events where your ICPs are, and will talk to you, you can make your own. Meetup[.]com even helps you reach out to people who might be interesting. One founder organized events at a local spa with pedicures and wine to interview moms. Get creative.
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How to find potential customers to interview about your startup
How do you find potential customers to interview, before you have a product, a website, or even a name?
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
My 2 cents: if you want more of your connections to leave X and focus here, be sure you diminish your engagement & likes on X. Reduced engagement there will draw them to the better engagement (and tools for blocking yucky engagement) here.
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Amber Hinds @amberhinds.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
What a fabulous response by Alex Stine to this Gutenberg Github discussion about button positioning and the use of icons over text. #accessibility #a11y #WordPress
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Replace color copy button icon with visible text by afercia · Pull Request #57168 · WordPress/gutenberg
Fixes #57157 What? Replaces the Copy color icon button with a button with visible text Why? For accessibility and usability, icon buttons should only be used when there's not enough spaces f...
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ROO! 💙💫 chaotic vtuber @handle.invalid · 20/12/2024
I'm seeing a lot of posts lately that don't have ALT text on them. Folks, please add it and help with accessibility!!
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Bet Hannon @bethannon.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
@katiekeithbarn2.bsky.social Welcome! Glad to see you here!
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Don't forget to add alt text on Instagram and Facebook, too. When you forget, the auto-generated alt text is not as helpful, complete, or accurate as human-written alt text. A.I. can't know the purpose of a photo. Always add your own alt text on Instagram and Facebook.
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