Huge props to the #NVDAsr team for recognizing this and taking the steps to make #Braille a priority. Will be filling out their survey and hope other #Windows #ScreenReader users will do the same.
#Blind #LowVision #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi @mastoblind
Hey everyone! 🎲✨
I’m super excited to share that they hit their goal for the TTRPGs for Accessible Gaming Charity Bundle! Because of your amazing support, DOTS RPG Project can now team up with Die Hard Dice to create awesome braille dice for the visually impaired and blind community.
This is such a big win for making tabletop gaming more inclusive, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m really looking forward to snagging a set of these dice myself! I'm not in anyway involved other than a supporter but you have no idea how long I've been waiting for this.
This is just my personal huge thanks to everyone who chipped in and helped spread the word. You all rock! 🌟🙌
itch.io/b/2623/ttrpgs-for-acce…
#AccessibleGaming #blind #BrailleDice #DOTSRPG #DieHardDice #TTRPG #ThankYou
To my last boost. Please boost this for wide spread. This is an opportunity for #braille dice sets to enter the realm of #mainstream and mass manufacturing. I haven't been able to read of full set of #dice as a #TTRPG player in 20 years since I went #blind. It would be beautiful for something like this to be added to life and make me feel like I'm right up there with everyone else. Thank you!
Just going to add the link directly here as well.
From a Mailing List:
As some of you may already know, System76 is working on their new Linux graphical interface, the COSMIC desktop. They have created a form with some questions related to accessibility. If anyone is interested in participating in the survey, please access the address below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
#accessibility #Linux #foss #orca #blind
#Inklusion ist #Thema meines Gespräches mit Gabriela Hund von der
#Seelsorge mit seh-beinträchtigten Menschen der Ev. #Kirche in Hessen und Nassau.
Demnächst in der #Blindenhörzeitschrift "Das ABC-Journal" und im #Podcast des @komin@bildung.social
kom-in.de/kina-podcast
... übrigens, @gabrielahund@hessen.social würde sich bestimmt über eine ordentliche Begrüßung im #FediVerse und ein paar #Follower:Innen freuen 
#blind #Sehbehinderung #Selbsthilfe #Behinderung #FediKirche
A much more detailed post about TalkBack's new Image description feature using #AI #Gemini
Okay just, like right off the cuff here. But why does Vispero, a company making blindness software/hardware want videos for there Big Thing thing? Why not just text? Emails? Like, what? Why? Meh, whatever. I'll submit mine I guess. I'm sure some of you know what I'm gonna suggest. Feel free to submit your own ideas, goodness knows we need more grand ideas for screen readers.
#accessibility #blind #Braille #JAWS #FreedomScientific #ScreenReader
A guide to achieving economic independence and inclusion through employment and entrepreneurship from Ollie Cantos and RespectAbility.Respect Ability
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Are you blind/visually impaired? Are you a sucker for retro hardware and/or software? Do you hate to see icons of the past slip into the land of the forgotten? This is the group for you! This group aims to unite sightless nostalgia freaks and retroph…groups.io
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Great Braille Game! I learned about this game from Holly Anderson of the Maccessibility Podcast.
Brailliance is a Braille version of the popular Wordle game with a little twist.
You are given the total number of dots in the word, and you have to guess what the word is by figuring out the letters in the word with each of your guesses.
For example. The word has a total of 10 dots.
So your first guess is tale, t, a, l, e.
It tells you that 3 of those letters are in the word, and one is not.
t, a, and l, are in the word, and the letter e is not.
Please note: those letters are part of the final word, but they do not have to be in that order.
So lets see, the letters t, a, and l, equal a total of 8 dots, so you only have 2 dots left to make the final word.
And you only have 4 letters left with 2 dots, b, c, i, and k.
So now it is just a process of elimination
For this word, the correct other letter was k. So the final word was talk, t, a, l, k.
The tough part is figuring out words that have a specific number of dots, but this gets easier the more you play.
Plus, to help you out, the total number of dots for each letter can be found on the letters of the on-screen keyboard.
So how good do you know your Braille? Ready to take the challenge?
Just like Wordle, there is a new puzzle every day, as well as some other puzzle packs that you can play on the side if you like.
The game is totally free, and does have a cost to get rid of ads if you want.
I actually find this game more fun and challenging as Wordle! So I highly recommend giving it a try.
Here is the app store link.
apps.apple.com/us/app/braillia…
#Game #Accessible #Wordle #Braille #Maccessibility #Blind
@dhsholly
Brailliance is a puzzle game where you guess the word by adding up braille dots. This game has been carefully crafted to be playable by everyone, and it includes multiple accessibility features for people with blindness and other disabilities.App Store
For those who are interested in alternative ways to use a Linux interface, there are things even lighter than desktop environments, called window managers. There's one called I3, and @storm has made an accessibility plugin forit, which also adds other cool stuff like the ability to control audio playback and such. It's called I38.
For Linux developers, here's a page describing some of how to make your package accessible to the Orca screen reader.
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/…
#accessibility #Linux #foss #Orca #blind
Screen reader for graphical applications that use the atspi protocol, via speech or Braille.GitLab
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Oh hey, forgot about this open issue lol. ChromeVox on ChromeOS is so dead. I made an issue for a feature to jump to the next/previous spelling error detected in a text edit area, and well, it's as dead as the ChromeVox What's new document. Oh wait they've not been sending out what's new emails to the ChromeVox email list since like version 94 or so.
More seriously though, a ton of schools, and jobs, are switching to ChromeBooks. I'm not saying one cannot be productive on a ChromeBook, because I was able to. But *only* with the help of Chrostini (Linux support) and Android apps. So like, you seriously have to use every single feature to get work done that's more than just Email and Google Docs.
issuetracker.google.com/issues…
#ChromeBook #ChromeOS #ChromeVox #accessibility #blind
Hello everyone. My name is Mendi. I am a woman who is blind. I unfortunately lost… Melinda Evans needs your support for Assist Mendi in Navigating Tough Timesgofundme.com
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - nvaccess/nvdaGitHub
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The first public working draft of the EBraille spec is available! It is primarily meant for organizations that develop software that will read or write eBraille files. eBraille uses an EPUB 3-compatible file set based on the Open Web Platform — using technologies such as XHTML and CSS — to encode braille in semantically enhanced markup and allow it to adapt to the different capabilities of braille reading devices. The file set is designed for both packaged distribution to end users and deployment to the web for online and downloadable reading.
daisy.github.io/ebraille/publi…
#accessibility #Braille #Blind #reading #books #EBraille
This specification defines eBraille, a digital reading format for braille publications.daisy.github.io
The Israeli company, founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, will lay off dozens of employees and focus on development of its digital listening device for the hard of hearing.Meytal Vaizberg (Globes)
Tangible Art & Design Adventures by the Center for Assistive Technology Training Northwest, WSSBtada.wssb.wa.gov
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Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
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