DrupalEasy Podcast 116: Bad Part of Town

Jesse Beach (jessebeach), Drupal accessibility expert, Spark team member, and senior front end developer with Acquia joins Ryan Price and Mike Anello to talk about accessibility features going into Drupal 8. Along the way we discuss how to pronounce the word “aural”, the dark recesses of Drupal admin area, and various methods to best pick up animal sounds on podcasts.

Interview

• Drupal.announce() function - a simple way to turn text into speech.
• Drupal Speaks - DrupalCon Portland presentation
• Why Aural UI should be a Priority (Accessibility @ DrupalCon Portland)
• WAI-ARIA Overview
• 2:17 video demonstrating Drupal 8 aural functionality

Five Questions

Each podcast we ask our guests the same five questions. Here are the answers:

1. MacBook Pro, Sublime Text 2.
2. Ruben Teijeiro (rteijeiro) and Elli Ludwigson (ekl1773).
3. Verona, Italy.
4. Jeffrey A. MacGuire (horncologne ).
5. Push-button theme import.

Want to know what the five questions are? Listen to the podcast!

##Three Stories

1. Use Honeypot to reduce spam on Drupal 8 (and before) sites - blog post by Chris Hall
2. Tutorial: Drupal 8 Site Building preview - Less is more - blog post by Heather James (heather) - list of contrib modules added to Drupal 8. See also StackEchange.
3. chx’s Reddit AMA

Sponsors

• WebEnabled.com

Picks of the Week

• Ryan - Ryan - Drupal Stack Exchange and
  Mobile Friendly Navigation Toolbar by jessebeach!
• Mike - Friendly Register module by Andrew Riley (Andrew M Riley) via Drupal forms; why they suck and what you can do about them blog post by Paul Rowell (Paul Rowell).
• Jesse - Open Well-tempered Clavier: B@ach to Bach, a project by Robert Douglass and Kimiko Ishizaka. They’re trying to bring braille versions of music scores into the public domain. For a techier perspective, check out the article on (opensource.com)

Upcoming Events

• DrupalCamp Atlanta - October 19
• BADCamp - October 24-27
• DrupalCamp Chattanooga - November 9

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Intro Music

Drupal Way by Marcia Buckingham (acmaintainer) (vocals, bass and mandolin) and Charlie Poplees (guitar). The lyrics by Marcia Buckingham, music by Kate Wolfe.

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