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If you use #Matrix, drop an #AltText comment below your images and screencasts for #ScreenReader, #Braille and other #Accessibility tools until we get support in the spec:
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/883
#a11y #Element #Fractal #Cinny #FluffyChat #Quaternion #NeoChat #GNOME #KDE #elementaryOS #XFCE
Allow providing a text alternative/caption for all media/non-text-content · Issue #883 · matrix-org/matrix-spec
Suggestion I would like to specify an alternative text for all media content uploaded to Matrix including casual uploads, user avatar and room avatar, and I think this should be supported to comply...GitHub
Are you a #ScreenReader and/or #Braille user on #Matrix?
Should we be adding messages as captions until #AltText is supported?
#A11Y #Accessibility #BRLTTY #FOSS #OpenSource #Element #GNOME #KDE #elementaryOS #XFCE
- Yes, always. (66%, 4 votes)
- A quick summary is fine, I'll ask if I need more (16%, 1 vote)
- As long as you do it if I ask. (16%, 1 vote)
#chronicIllness #chronicPain
@mastoblind @main
Every time I pull out my BrailleNote Touch Plus, I'm reminded of how pitifully stagnated blindness-related products are compared to mainstream systems. Turns out I can no longer install Box because HumanWare has backed themselves into a corner and will not be updating past Android 8.1. This would not be a big deal... except for the fact that it's the only #Braille display I have at the moment, and literally every BRF file I need at Eastman is stored in Box.
#Blind #LowVision #VisuallyImpaired #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi @mastoblind @main
Oh, this is really cool. The National Library Service is now making indefinite loans of print-on-demand braille books! Up to 5 per month per person.
Then, Braille heard about a French army officer who had devised a system of written communication of raised dots and dashes for nighttime battles. He borrowed the idea of the dots, and set about creating an alphabet that could be read by touch. He decided that each letter would be represented by a different arrangement of six dots packed close enough that each letter could be read by a single fingertip. He presented his work to his peers for the first time in 1824.
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTwXqIiE018k3wMOeTqALmMaggvd1sGqOm3VCkbrDUIzHu7A/viewform?usp=sf_link
#braille #BrailleDisplays #AssistiveTEchnology #accessibility
Braille Display Usage
This questionnaire contains questions about the usage of Braille displays in any life situation (education, work, personal use).Google Docs
The “industry standard” modules used in digital braille displays are custom piezoelectric devices, costing around $100 per “letter,” making such displays impractically expensive for most applications.
I just learned about this hackaday prize winner, who has designed digital, refreshable #braille modules that cost less than $1 each, using teeny-tiny magnets and 3D printed parts.
https://youtu.be/BXi1tG78AW4
#OpenSource #accessibility technologies FTW!
Electromechanical Refreshable Braille Module : HackadayPrize 2023
The big drawback to refreshable braille devices has always been their cost. The loose rule of estimation applied to these products has translated into someth...YouTube
In-Process 30th June 2023
Happy End-Of-Financial-Year to those who celebrate! As well as that exciting occasion, this week is also Deafblind awareness week, so I thought I’d include a run though of NVDA’s Braill…NV Access
TransLink launching accessibility pilot project using NaviLens - COOL BLIND TECH
New Westminster and Vancouver are part of a TransLink pilot project to help customers with sight loss.Nelson Régo (COOL BLIND TECH)
https://www.worldblindherald.com/2023/01/03/actors-inside-2023-edition/ #braille #literacy##
Actors Inside – 2023 Edition
Preface On a Friday in 2006, I lectured at an undergraduate class in Occupational Therapy at University of Florida. One of the questions I received from a student and, coincidentally later in the …World Blind Herald