For #Accountants and #Bookkeepers of #Mastodon, do most companies use Excel for accounting/bookkeeping? or is quickbooks the main driver? if excel is used, is there some sort of template specifically made for accounting and how would I gain access to it? I'd like to know how to make 4 documents and credit and debit each, statement of financial position, Income statements, Statement of cashflows, and invoices. It would really help because I'm #Blind and Excel is very #Accessible with #ScreenReaders, and I would love to get back into accounting if at all possible, as it was my favorite subject in College and if I could gain employment in that field, I'd gladly do it again. Thank you for your assistance, and if you don't know the answer, please boost for reach.
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Following today's post on the Microsoft Edge blog, I've started a page of ARIA Notify examples that currently only function in Edge Canary:
jscholes.github.io/ariaNotify.…
The blog post:
blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20…
#accessibility #screenReader #screenReaders
Creating a more accessible web with Aria Notify
We're excited to announce the availability, as a developer and origin trial, of ARIA Notify, a new API that's designed to make web contentMicrosoft Edge Blog
#emojis
Very rare that I feel an inclination to include little pictures, except in replies to friends who love their hearts and flowers. Today I tried one in a toot and then deleted it, worried about accessibility.
What do #screenreaders do with emojis?
My phone's small screen makes them look like confetti. Sometimes even if the picture is decipherable, its meaning isn't.
I have an #accessibility question for #screenReader users.
If I use hashtags within flowing text, like #this, does that annoyingly interrupt the narration flow and should I rather list them all at the end?
Or is in-text tagging the preferable alternative to a large wall of hashtags at the end, like this:
For anyone who reads scholarly texts frequently, as I do, footnotes are commonplace. Given a document received in Microsoft Word format, I sought to access the footnotes using several word processors and screen readers. Findings:
Microsoft Word for Windows (Print layout) - the footnotes appear at the bottom of each page and can be reached using ordinary cursor navigation. An option to move from the footnote text to the footnote mark in the body of the document is available in a context menu. However, I couldn't find a command to move from the footnote mark directly to the footnote text.
Microsoft Word for Mac - VoiceOver didn't read the footnote text at all - not good, obviously.
Apple Pages - each footnote mark was treated as a link, so I could navigate directly to the footnote text. However, there was no obvious way to move back from the footnote text to the footnote mark.
Google Docs - I haven't tested recently, but when I last tried it with multiple screen readers under different operating systems, the screen readers ignored the footnote marks in the document entirely, unless the cursor was placed directly on the footnote mark, which is unlikely to happen by accident.
LibreOffice Writer (Linux) - when last I tested, there wasn't a keyboard binding for the command to move to the footnote area. I reported this as a bug. It may have been fixed since then.
Naive accessibility question: How does your screen reader render emojis? Are they accessible?
Are mastodon extended emojis like 
rendered differently from unicode emojis like 😀?
Meet Andre Louis, a music producer and blind screen reader user who can be found playing jazz clubs in London, streaming his performance using Meta Glasses.
In our latest post in our series on disabled people’s experiences browsing the web, Andre tells us about his love of consistent design and dislike of accessibility overlays.
Read Andre’s story: tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/…
Photo: Jonathan Bowcott
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #ScreenReaders #WebAccessibility #SustainableAccessibility
Meet Andre: a music producer and blind screen reader user - TetraLogical
Meet Andre, a music producer and blind screen reader user who is not afraid to take his custom elsewhere if your site is not accessible.TetraLogical
For me, @joplinapp@mastodon.social is the most important #ToDo and #wiki tool for my efficient daily #work and #organization.
With the new version, there are some improvements for #accessibility, such as the use of #screenreaders.
I hope #blind people can enjoy this #app.
github.com/laurent22/joplin/is…
#OpenSource #a11y
Accessibility: Comply with WCAG 2 · Issue #10795 · laurent22/joplin
Summary [ Progress: Desktop ] | [ Progress: Mobile ] This issue tracks general accessibility issues in Joplin mobile and desktop and its progress on WCAG 2.2 compliance. About the WCAG The WCAG (We...GitHub
📣 New Webinar Recording + Tech Note Alert!
We just published the webinar recording that walks through learning and using R with screen readers—and it's bilingual (English & Turkish)! with subtitles in English.
📹 Webinar video featuring @lizhare
and Alican Cagri Gokcek: vimeo.com/1008631708
📝 Also, don't miss the detailed technical note on our blog with the resources you need to get started. By Liz: ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/05/s…
Thanks to Jonathan Mosen on the @podcast Living Blindfully podcast for an informative review of
Phonak's hearing aid technology. I am currently in a trial of Phonak devices, and Jonathan's helpful review coheres with my experience. I haven't yet tried any of the accessories, such as remote microphones, that are also addressed in the review.
livingblindfully.com/episode-2…
#HearingAids #ScreenReaders #Accessibility
Phonak's hearing aid technology. I am currently in a trial of Phonak devices, and Jonathan's helpful review coheres with my experience. I haven't yet tried any of the accessories, such as remote microphones, that are also addressed in the review.
livingblindfully.com/episode-2…
#HearingAids #ScreenReaders #Accessibility
Episode 279:A user review of the Seleste Smart Glasses, an accessible Washer dryer from LG, and going in-depth into accessible Phonak hearing aid technology
Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 279 0:00 A user review of the Seleste Smart Glasses 3:05 Demonstration of an accessible LG washer dryer 11:05 Microsoft Copilot on Windows 10 23:03 Problems wi…Living Blindfully
How screen readers read special characters: elevenways.be/en/articles/scre… Be sure to read the Takeaway. #a11y #webdev #screenreaders
@nah @fvsch @sonny @matt But here’s the thing: Wayland would never have been made the default if, say, fonts didn’t render correctly. Not having a functional screen reader is as big an issue for people who rely on screen readers. So at some point, someone at Canonical decided that it didn’t matter that people who use screen readers would be excluded. And so they should be ashamed.
#a11y #canonical #wayland #orca #screenReaders #accessibility
People who use #ScreenReaders, imagine a feature on your instance where you can automatically hide any post that contains images/videos without alt text.
If you reply with an opinion and YOU PERSONALLY don't need alt text for accessibility reasons, I will probably block you.
#poll #ScreenReader #accessibility #a11y #blind
- It's a great idea (32%, 16 votes)
- No strong feelings (6%, 3 votes)
- It's a bad idea (6%, 3 votes)
- I don't use a screen reader (56%, 28 votes)
👁🗨Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics
"A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago..."
#a11y #webDev #HTML #screenReaders
tpgi.com/screen-readers-suppor…
Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics - TPGi
A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago, the screen readers tested did not signify the semantics of text...Steve Faulkner (TPGi)
Screen Reader Keyboard Shortcuts and Gestures
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… #a11y #screenreaders #testing
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… #a11y #screenreaders #testing
The 10th WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey is now available for responses! 👉 webaim.org/projects/screenread… Results to be published in Feb2024. #a11y #accessibility #screenreader #screenreaders #survey #surveys
Screen Reader Keyboard Shortcuts and Gestures
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… from @dequesystems #a11y #screenreaders #testing
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… from @dequesystems #a11y #screenreaders #testing
New post! Strikethrough Accessibility:
webaxe.org/strikethrough-html-…
#webdev #a11y #html #screenreaders #accessibility
webaxe.org/strikethrough-html-…
#webdev #a11y #html #screenreaders #accessibility
@Matthias ✔ Ah yes now I understand. Unfortunatelly that part is not yet #screenreaders #accessible thus when using up and down arrow keys to make the choice I don't know what I'm selecting. I'll first try to look into it my-self and if I won't be able to fix it on my own I'll file it as a feature request then.
Thanks for your patience explaining this feature to me.
Thanks for your patience explaining this feature to me.
Ensuring negative numbers are available for everyone. "The minus character (−) yields great support in most screen readers, and suffers less situational gotchas than the hyphen-minus character"
deque.com/blog/ensuring-negati…
Great article written by 2 of my favorite comrades.
Oh, #screenreaders cutting off long #alttext is a myth? yatil.net/blog/there-is-no-cha…
That is fantastic news, I was really worried we'd have to do ridiculous things with longdesc (deprecated) or visible alt text.
Ahh! Finally.
There is no character limit for “alt text”: Myth Debunked! · Eric Eggert
Some people might say that alternative text for images has a 125 character limit. That’s not correct.Eric Eggert
it's odilia, the odilia screenreader! finally, the long awaited by some, version 0.1.0 is out, it has been for afew hours now, but as they say, the news are only old if you heard them at least once, so for most people they should be fresh. If you want to check it out, feel free to do so, dropping bug reports as you find them, never hesitate to pop things in that issue tracker, or come talk to us in our matrix space, #odilia:stealthy.club, or irc, #odilia:libera.chat, #odilia-oftopic:libera.chat and #odilia-dev:libera.chat
the releace announcement can be found at odilia.app/news/release_0-1-0/
finally, we're here! A big thank you to the community who waited patiently for this release, as well as everyone who contributed, in one way or another, to the project's growth, we're here, we hear you, and we'll never forget our community! let's show the world it can indeed be done, make linux great again!
#accessibility #screenreader #screenreaders #blind #linux #odilia
the releace announcement can be found at odilia.app/news/release_0-1-0/
finally, we're here! A big thank you to the community who waited patiently for this release, as well as everyone who contributed, in one way or another, to the project's growth, we're here, we hear you, and we'll never forget our community! let's show the world it can indeed be done, make linux great again!
#accessibility #screenreader #screenreaders #blind #linux #odilia
Odilia Version 0.1.0 Released | Odilia Screen Reader
After many months, in fact, just over a year of hard work, we are proud to announce the initial, beta release of Odilia: a new, fast, lightweight screenreader for Linux, written in rust for maximum speed and efficiency.odilia.app
How screen readers read special characters: an update elevenways.be/en/articles/scre… #a11y #screenreaders
Staying still in the land of open source projects, this slipped yesterday through my Reddit reading:
FeedGears is a web-based, self-hostable RSS client with particular attention to accessibility. According to the dev, it was tested against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines on the AA level, has integrated shortcuts, consistent keyboard navigation and automatic announcements for system events. It's pretty new so a lot of features might be missing but that's for the contact mechanisms and the feedback. :)
I haven't tested this myself yet but the landing page looks definitely alright.
feedgears.com/
#Accessibility #OpenSource #RSS #Blind #ScreenReaders
FeedGears is a web-based, self-hostable RSS client with particular attention to accessibility. According to the dev, it was tested against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines on the AA level, has integrated shortcuts, consistent keyboard navigation and automatic announcements for system events. It's pretty new so a lot of features might be missing but that's for the contact mechanisms and the feedback. :)
I haven't tested this myself yet but the landing page looks definitely alright.
feedgears.com/
#Accessibility #OpenSource #RSS #Blind #ScreenReaders
Browsing Github last night, I came across two interesting, potentially accessible open source projects related to radio.
1. Salamandra Radio - an automation software for station in its early development. Screen reader specific fixes have been mentioned in the release notes and so were hotkeys, although these do not seem to be documented anywhere; the app starts in Portuguese by default but a change to English is possible in the settings; also buttons in the toolbar do not seem to be labelled but upon focusing them, a tooltip is read out so we can go by those to tell what the buttons are doing.
github.com/ocarolino/salamandr…
2. Axios - a simple radio player supporting the Radio Browser API. It is accessible in a similar way as Salamandra, allows for searching the directory, playing whatever is found, and controlling the volume.
github.com/z1lvis/Axios
Feel free to explore, hack, spread the word or do whatever else you usually do in such cases.
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReaders #Radio #OpenSource
1. Salamandra Radio - an automation software for station in its early development. Screen reader specific fixes have been mentioned in the release notes and so were hotkeys, although these do not seem to be documented anywhere; the app starts in Portuguese by default but a change to English is possible in the settings; also buttons in the toolbar do not seem to be labelled but upon focusing them, a tooltip is read out so we can go by those to tell what the buttons are doing.
github.com/ocarolino/salamandr…
2. Axios - a simple radio player supporting the Radio Browser API. It is accessible in a similar way as Salamandra, allows for searching the directory, playing whatever is found, and controlling the volume.
github.com/z1lvis/Axios
Feel free to explore, hack, spread the word or do whatever else you usually do in such cases.
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReaders #Radio #OpenSource
GitHub - ocarolino/SalamandraRadio: Salamandra is a radio automation software designed for radio stations that need a simple, easy and stable software for automated broadcasting.
Salamandra is a radio automation software designed for radio stations that need a simple, easy and stable software for automated broadcasting. - GitHub - ocarolino/SalamandraRadio: Salamandra is ...GitHub
A guide for using #screenReaders with #Mastodon.
starshipchangeling.net/mastodo…
Changeling’s Guide to Mastodon for screen Reader Users
What is This? This is a page where you can find links to all of the currently published chapters of Changeling’s Guide to mastodon for Screen Reader Users. I was considering publishing…The Starship Changeling