[BlindRUG] My internship at RStudio for accessibility and follow-up virtual meetup

Wed Sep 23 21:49:50 UTC 2020

congrats,
excellent work.

On 9/24/20, Vincent Martin via BlindRUG <blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Looks like a very productive summer.  From what I read, this is close to
> being accessible.  With past knowledge, some of us might be able to use this
> now.  I'll go find that beta on GIT.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of JooYoung Seo via
> BlindRUG
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:38 PM
> To: blindrug at nfbnet.org
> Cc: JooYoung Seo <jooyoung at psu.edu>
> Subject: [BlindRUG] My internship at RStudio for accessibility and follow-up
> virtual meetup
>
> Hello All,
>
> Before everything else I hope everyone is doing well and safe.
>
> Actually, I have not had a chance to keep you all posted about my summer
> internship activities at RStudio. And, my original plan to host a virtual
> webinar for Rmarkdown topic in September has been pushed back due to some
> school work. I massively apollgize for these delays.
>
> Let me first share some stories about my RStudio internship between May and
> August.
>
> To concisely deliver my activities, I have made them as bullet points.
>
> * Worked on accessibility improvement projects for Rstudio Server and
> Desktop IDE, Shiny and Rmarkdown.
>
> * Patched Shiny’s bootstrap dependencies to improve navigation of Shiny apps
> for screen-reader and keyboard users (alert, tooltip, popover, modal dialog,
> dropdown, tab Panel, collapse, and carousel elements). (Shiny PR #2911)
>
> * Made selectInput widget accessible by patching selectize-a11y-plugin JS
> library. (Shiny PR #2993)
>
> * Developed a way to pass dynamic alt attribute for reactive plot objects.
> (Shiny PR #3006)
>
> * Made fontawesome and glyphicon readable to assistive technologies.
> (Shiny PR #2917)
>
> * Made dateInput and dateRangeInput widgets accessible for screen readers.
> (Shiny PR #2978)
>
> * Fixed keyboard accessibility for file picker button. (Shiny PR #2937)
>
> * Added semantic landmarks for main and sidebarPanels via aria roles.
> (Shiny PR #3009)
>
> * Made dynamic output objects accessible to be announced to assistive
> technologies in real time via aria-live. (Shiny PR #3002)
>
> * Developed a way to pass document-level lang attribute to Shiny apps.
> (Shiny PR #2920)
>
> * Developed JS code to resolve accessibility issue in highlighted code
> blocks of HTML output produced by Pandoc for screen reader users.
> (Rmarkdown PR #1833)
>
> * Added the customizable lang attribute to ioslides_presentation output.
> (Rmarkdown PR #1841)
>
> * Added the number_sections argument to the word_document() output format.
> (Rmarkdown PR #1869)
>
> * Authored technical document on how to run RStudio Server via Windows
> Subsystem for Linux.
>
> * Authored technical document on RStudio Screen Reader Support.
>
> * Certified as the first blind Tidyverse instructor.
>
> * Also certified as the first blind Shiny instructor.
>
> In sum, Shiny will be made reasonably made accessible from v1.5.1. Of
> course, you can now test the dev version of Shiny on GitHub. RStudio IDE is
> getting better, but maybe significant accessibility improvements will be
> experienced from v1.5 or so. It seems like they will switch to a more
> accessible framework, which is Electron App (hopefully, in v1.5).
>
> If anyone has follow-up questions, please let me know. I will be more than
> happy to detail each of the points.
>
> Next, I would like to discuss our next virtual meeting.
>
> Again, I massively apologize for the delay. I have been a bit swamped with
> finishing my Ph.D. degree and seeking a job these days.
>
> I will be able to host a Q&A type on Rmarkdown and/or Shiny via Zoom in
> early November if you all forgive me and allow me to do.
>
> Please feel free to share your thoughts on that. Any suggestions on the
> meeting topics are always welcome.
>
> Looking forward to reconnect with you all.
>
> Best regards,
>
> JooYoung
>
> --
> --------------------
>   JooYoung Seo, CPACC
>   Ph.D. Candidate (ABD),
>   RStudio's Trusted Data-Science Instructor
>   Learning, Design, and Technology
>   Learning and Performance Systems
>   The Pennsylvania State University
>   Site: https://www.jooyoungseo.com/
>   Phone: +1 (814) 777-5825
>   E-mail: jzs323 at psu.edu
>
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> Now" compiled by Jonathan Godfrey at:
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>