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JupyterLab Accessibility Goals Meeting Notes


🚚 WE'VE MOVED! 🚚

As of July 11, 2024, this call has been merged with the Jupyter Frontends weekly call.

Please bring your accessibility-related updates, concerns, and questions to that call. Members of the Jupyter Accessibility subproject will make a particular effort to attend the first meeting of each calendar month.

Everything below should be considered historical.





Meeting info: https://zoom.us/my/jovyan?pwd=c0JZTHlNdS9Sek9vdzR3aTJ4SzFTQT09
Notes are recorded publicly at jupyter/accessibility.
Link to these notes: https://hackmd.io/WnaWXboXSiGoqWvev_fAvA

Beginner resources:

June 13, 2024

Attendees

  • Darian, QuantStack
  • Ely, Bloomberg
  • Blessing, Agriarche

Notes

May 30, 2024

Attendees

Gabriel, Quansight Labs
Shreyas, Balaji, Ryan, Efan, UC Berkeley
Nick
Tony
Ely

Notes

May 16, 2024

Attendees

Gabriel, Quansight Labs
Balaji and Ryan from UC Berkeley
Blessing
Nick

Notes

  • Balaji/Ryan want to demo an a11y extension next meeting
  • Discussion with Nick about some of the challenges involved in accessibility checking of a notebook file. Emphasis on limitations of checking the input format when it's really the output format (i.e., HTML) that affects accessibility:
  • Discussion of checking authoring pipeline

May 2, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Isabela Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Ely Bloomberg @ohrely

Notes

  • Gabriel, 3 things on my mind:
    • Reboot: what do we want this group to focus on?
      • This occupied the bulk of today's conversation
    • Funding: do we want to brainstorm and work on funding for Jupyter accessibility projects?
      • News: Quansight Labs did not get another round of funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
    • Meeting time: do we want to keep the same time or move it?
      • Did not discuss

In today's call there was a lot of discussion about what to do next with this group. One of the things that came up was that JupyterLab Accessibility is a cross-cutting concern but it also feels peripheral to the rest of the organization at the same time.

Question: is the goal to create more core devs in Jupyter frontends who are access-centered, or is it to convert existing core devs to access-centered core devs, or both?

  • Action item to do: Gabriel to email Rick from security (cc Tony and Ely) to see if we have common concerns, can share ideas, and if so, bring our shared concerns jointly to the Executive Council.

April 18, 2024

No attendance

April 4, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Afshin T. Darian QuantStack @afshin
R Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Mike Quansight @krassowski

Notes

  • Ely:

  • Gabriel:

    • What are the imagined scenarios/outcomes if the vote swings "no"? (re: Linux Foundation)

March 21, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ @m158261
T GCHQ @t03857785
Tania Quansight Labs @trallard
Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Mike Quansight @krassowski

Notes

  • M/T
    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, changes made, ready for re-review. #15155
      • Gabe to check CI and ping Mike if this is good to go
    • Extend keystrokes to mode keys - One approval from Nicolas. Are there any further changes required? #637
      • This PR is needed to in order for the overlay to work, but is also the most risky.
      • Gabe to prioritize other PRs for review that are less risky, easier to get across the finish line.
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
      • Action item: look into including the needed CSS in the PR itself so that it doesn't strictly depend on the Lumino PR.
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - PR to be split out to isolate changes #15855
      • Gabe action item: split into separate PRs
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Updated implementation, aria-live region added as widget. Ready for review #15505
      • Action item: Gabe to review by applying PR and using it
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Ready for review. #15623
      • Action needed: ask Mike to merge this PR into the appropriate release channel so we can start gathering user feedbock
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048
    • Added aria-live announcement when a notebook cell is taking a long time to process - ready for review #15554
      • Gabe to dig into aria-live PRs
      • March 29 is cut off for M and T and folks

March 07, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ @m158261
T GCHQ @t03857785

Notes

  • M/T
    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - We have isolated two failing screenshots that we believe are unrelated to the code changes. #15855
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Updated implementation, aria-live region added as widget. Ready for review #15505
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Ready for review. #15623
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - Changes made, ready for review. #15539
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, changes made, ready for re-review. #15155
    • Extend keystrokes to mode keys - One approval from Nicolas. Are there any further changes required? #637
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347

February 22, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ m158261
Tania Quansight Labs @trallard
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Mike Quansight @krassowski

Notes

  • M

    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - We have isolated two failing screenshots that we believe are unrelated to the code changes. #15855
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Updated implementation, aria-live region added as widget. Ready for review #15505
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Ready for review. #15623
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - Changes made, ready for review. #15539
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, needs initial review #15155
    • Extend keystrokes to mode keys - One approval from Nicolas. Are there any further changes required? #637
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - ready for review #15539

  • Tania: open question - what basic accessibility skills or workshops do you think would be most beneficial for other maintainers in the PyData/scientific computing ecosystem?

February 08, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Mike Quansight @krassowski
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou

Notes

  • M/T - Apologies, we cannot attend this call due to technical Issues.
    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - We have reduced failing screenshots to 4. We are looking for guidence on where to go from here. The remaining screenshots are flaky, they fail on unrelated PRs i.e. #15155. #14766
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Updated implementation, aria-live region added as widget. Ready for review #15505
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Ready for review. #15623
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - Changes made, ready for review. #15539
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, needs initial review #15155
    • Extend keystrokes to mode keys - One approval from Nicolas. Are there any further changes required? #637
    • Keyboard navigation to sidebar tests - ready for review #15438
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - ready for review #15539

January 25, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ @m158261
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Mike Quansight @krassowski

Notes

  • Update from Jupyter governance

  • A recent accessibility change that was merged: Remove the add cell button from the tabbable item #15679

  • M/T

    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • Issue with merged PRs that are in Demo Branches - Merged PRs
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - Edits made to fix broken screenshots. We think the remaining changed screenshots are unrelated to the code changes. We cannot debug to confirm, could this be validated? #14766
    • Added tabbing and "enter" & "spacebar" functionality to statusBar - Thanks Mike for the feedback. Comments implemented and ready for review. #14853
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, needs initial review #15155
    • Extend keystrokes to mode keys - One approval from Nicolas. Are there any further changes required? #637
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Suggested changes made, ready for review #15505
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Ready for review. #15623
    • Aria-labels and keyboard navigation for Keyboard shortcuts that include punctuation ignored by screen readers - Changes made, ready for review. #15539
    • Change close launcher div to button for screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15347
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048

January 11, 2024

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ @m158261
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
R Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf

Notes

  • M/T
    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • Issue with merged PRs that are in Demo Branches - Merged PRs
    • Disable Scan mode notification for screen reader users - Suggested changes made, ready for review #15505
    • Added tabbing and "enter" & "spacebar" functionality to statusBar - We cannot find a working solution without generating synthetic mouse clicks. Help would be much appreciated #14853
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - any suggestions from the community would be welcome to see how to solve unnecessary snapshot issues #14766
    • Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication - Initial impression and thoughts? #15623
    • Added aria-live to commands to improve screen reader accessibility - ready for review #15048
    • Added aria-live announcement when a notebook cell is taking a long time to process - ready for review #15554
    • Create, display and show shortcut number in overlay - replaces lumino PR 633, needs initial review #15155
    • Other WCAG accessibility issues that need addressing for corporate adoption?
      • Issues on JupyterLab have been being tracked and addressed.
      • User testing feedback might make improved experience paths clear. (Notebooks for all, JupyterLab accessibility user testing.)
      • University of California's adoption standards (WCAG 2.0 level AA standards). Seem aligned with current work.
      • Common extensions
      • Notebook
      • Something to keep in mind. A lot of Jupyter end users are in educational and enterprise settings that deploy Jupyter via Docker Stacks. And then often lock down these installs to versions that become outdated.
        • Side note: Jupyter widgets are typically used and available in these educational and enterprise deployments.
  • Gabriel: I so wanted to get to some or all of these above PRs before this meeting but I just didn't have a single hour this past week

December 14, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
M GCHQ @m158261
Tania Quansight Labs trallard
Mike Quansight @krassowski
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou

Notes

  • M
    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • Issue with merged PRs that are in Demo Branches - Merged PRs
    • Night mode in JupyterLite but not in JupyterLab - High contrast mode
      • Shared for reference: https://github.com/Quansight-Labs/jupyterlab-accessible-themes
      • Question: do we work on high contrast theme before themes for specific types colorblindness (because a high contrast theme could address several things at once?)
      • Tony: users are likely to configure system settings before they specifically configure JupyterLab settings - something to consider. If we can add a theme that we can apply based on the user's system settings, that could be a win.
      • Tania: Would you consider adding the high contrast theme to the jupyterlab-accessible-themes project? - if contributing to a project under the Quansight-Labs GH organisation we'd be happy to move this under jupyter-contrib
    • Add global keyboard shortcuts for all tab bar widgets - changes made, can this be merged? #14799
    • 400% Zoom screen usability enhancements - Any further changes required? #14766
    • Made Status bar accessible at 400% zoom - changes made, ready to merge? #14854
    • Notifying the user when a process is taking a long time. Just notebooks?
  • success stories with https://github.com/deathbeds/jupyak/pull/16
  • nbconvert-a11y update
    • fork of notebooks for all
    • reference implementations for aria first and second principle representations
    • accessibility and html testing fixtures
    • testing third party components
  • Gabriel
    • Jupyter blog post (Google Doc - may need to request access; )
      • do we want to review the content as a group?
      • do we want to review keyboard issues?

November 30, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
T GCHQ @t03857785
M GCHQ @m158261
tonyfast @tonyfast
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Eric Gentry Anaconda @ericsnekbytes
R Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Sylvain Corlay QuantStack SylvainCorlay
Gabriel Quansight @gabalafou

Notes

  • Sylvain
    • Blog post about keyboard accessibility.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Qx5R2GfGfy9EwpQfzFdwmVXgBl-dzIg9N3toP2h23U/edit?usp=sharing

  • T / M

    • Link to Demo branch Binder (JupyterLab and Lumino)
    • Issue with merged PRs that are in Demo Branches - Merged PRs
    • Linking JupyterLab and Lumino in Binder - Discussion around GitHub Workflows, Gists and testing.
    • Make Status bar accessible at 400% zoom - Ready to merge? #14854
    • Added tabbing and "enter" and "spacebar" functionality to StatusBar - Cannot find a working mechanism. Any suggestions will be welcome. We cannot find a working solution without generating synthetic mouse clicks, which was rejected as a possible solution previously. #14853
    • Add global keyboard shortcuts for all tab bar widgets - Has one approval, can this be merged after tests pass? #14799

  • Gabriel

    • The company I work for (Quansight) is applying for a 2-year grant. Three main focus areas:
      • Accessibility testing and infrastructure
      • Authoring and rendering tools
      • Capacity building (ongoing work, this meeting, giving talks, etc.)

November 16, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
T GCHQ @t03857785
M GCHQ @m158261
P GCHQ
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Tania Quansight Labs @trallard
Afshin T. Darian QuantStack @afshin

Notes

Lumino JupyterLab Binder Workflow described by Mike:

  1. Developer opens PR on JupyterLab
  2. Leaves comment on PR that says something like "Bot, please link with Lumino @<sha>"
  3. GitHub action picks up comment, builds JupyterLab with Lumino SHA linked, creates Binder, and returns link to Binder

November 02, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Mike Quansight @krassowski
tonyfast materials genome foundation @tonyfast

Notes

Service for remote screen reader testing: Assistiv Labs

October 19, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
tonyfast @tonyfast
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
R Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Venkatesh Potluri Univ. of Washington @venkateshpotluri
Sudheesh Singanamalla Univ. of Washington @sudheesh001

Notes

October 5, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
tonyfast @tonyfast
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Afshin T. Darian QuantStack @afshin
R Ely Bloomberg @ohrely

Notes

September 21, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
T GCHQ @t03857785
Gabriel Quansight @gabalafou
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
tonyfast @tonyfast
Tania A Quansight Labs @trallard

Notes

  • T: Lumino 633
    • Tony says that generally speaking, character key shortcuts (e.g., using "a" or "x" without a modifier key) is discouraged for accessibility, but single numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) is probably okay.
  • Gabriel's updates since last time:
    • I've been working a lot on PyData Sphinx Theme (PST). This is tangentially related, but the JupyterLab docs use PST. Click if you want to visit my PST issues and PRs. Mostly, I've been fixing Axe errors, doing an in depth audit, and generally learning more about accessibility, for example learning more about landmarks.
    • Update on the notebook tap trap PR. Looks like we're going to try switching the keydown event system from capture to bubble.
    • Very little availability for Jupyter accessibility the next three weeks.
  • Isabela
  • tony is going to demo an experiment in notebook structure designed to support a more robust screen reader experience.

September 7, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Gabriel Quansight Labs @gabalafou
Ely Bloomberg @ohrely
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
Tania Allard Quansight Labs @trallard
Afshin T. Darian QuantStack @afshin
Stephannie Jimenez Quansight Labs @steff456
  • Gabriel's updates since last time
  • Isabela
    • Updated the PR to add these notes to the jupyter/accessibility docs. I will merge them in a week if no one else does. (And thanks to Darian for the review!)
      • (Gab) I would be interested in going over the PR together in a quick call to spread the knowledge of how this is done
      • Thank you Isabela :pray:
      • Quick summary: 1. Copy the notes by meeting from this hackmd into new notes files (named by date). 2. Copy the notes by meeting from this hackmd into the bottom of the all-minutes.md file. 3. Update the relevant index.md for where you added notes so that the notes appear in the navigation.
    • Proposal: Set a one-year term for the Accessibility project's SSC representative has gone to vote with the accessibility council.
    • I've also created a form to collect the names of council members interested in being our next SSC representative.

August 24, 2023

Attendees

Name Affiliation GitHub
Afshin T. Darian QuantStack @afshin
Isabela Presedo-Floyd Quansight Labs @isabela-pf
P GCHQ @t03857785
Stephannie Jimenez Quansight Labs @steff456

Notes

At the end of the meeting, Gabriel led a walkthrough of P&T's open PRs to get status updates and sync on them. Here's a quick recap:

  • 14766 - Needs maintainer review and approval
    • Gabriel does not feel comfortable pushing the approve button because there are parts of the PR (snapshots and stylelint directives) that he does not feel qualified to review.
  • 14799 - Light, preventative review wanted.
    • Design decision needed, but if the PR could still be lightly reviewed to catch anything that would cause further review cycles and delays, that would be great
  • 14597 - Gabriel will (re)review.
  • 14819 - Hold (review not needed at the moment)
  • 14854 - Gabriel reviewed today. Next step: GCHQ team to respond to review.
  • 14853 - Could use review
  • 14987 - Could use review
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