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#Accessibility #apple #blind #MACOS #mac #voiceover

"Smart glasses offering a combination of sensory substitution based 'raw' vision and AI-based scene description and OCR appears to be technically and economically the most feasible and sustainable way toward meeting expectations, needs and interests of many blind people." artificialvision.com/neuralink…

And yes, I did already check this statement with a number of totally blind people, including a congenitally blind and a late-blind person.

#BCI #NeuroTech #blind #blindness

AI-generated concept redesign for The vOICe vision BCI smart glasses.

White paper: Why The vOICe will likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight

Why The vOICe vision BCI for the blind can likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight (and other brain implants for restoring vision)
www.artificialvision.com
#blind #blindness #BCI #neurotech

#Accessibility #blind

Last boost, anyone who says that #Braille is dying is dead wrong. Braille is our code, it is the code for us #Blind people and its not dead, I read braille, many people read Braille, and it should continue to be taught and learned by people, it should never be allowed to go away, without it, we can't read, no, I'm not going to budge on this point and anyone who says different simply doesn't understand true literacy.
#blind #braille

#Accessibility #linux #blind #braille #brltty #espeakup

I'm considering getting a pair of Meta AI smart glasses as an accessibility aid, but I'm a bit torn given the ethical and environmental issues with LLMs, and the many and various issues with Meta. Would any blind folks be willing to let me know whether and how you've squared that circle?

#blind

@jcsteh @tink @leonardder @Quentin @marco @michaeldcurran

#blind @Leonard de Ruijter @Jamie Teh @Léonie Watson @Michael Curran @Quentin @Marco Zehe

#a11y #accessible #blind #screenreader #hidden #content @Steve Faulkner

Dear #blind #Apple users! Do *not* install the first developer beta if you have no separate testing device! At least two people on a #YouTube stream I'm in installed it and lost their speech output completely! One of the people recovered it back after half an hour or so, but for the other person it's not back yet. So please beware! // CC @JonathanMosen
#apple #blind #youtube @Jonathan Mosen

My friends Critter, Oscar and Talon from The Kuloran Players have produced a truly beautiful sounding audio rendition of the literal formation of the world of #Kirandur. In tradition, it was released 2 weeks early over at our #patreon, but these weeks have passed, and you can listen to the full 18 minutes now! It also happened to be during #AudioMo. What a treat! Anyway, links:
First, the promised audio: audiopub.site/listen/7398e304-…
If you don't know what this is all about, take a read through our website to learn more: kpguild.games
If you liked what you heard, or what you read, enough to wish you could support us, you can do that through our Patreon and gain some cool benefits as you do: patreon.com/KPGuild
Enjoy listening!
#blind #audiogame

Get more from The Kuloran Players on Patreon

Designing the greatest sounding MMO RPG this side of Klagrond!
The Kuloran Players (Patreon)
#blind #patreon #AudioGame #audiomo #kirandur

#blind #inklusion #make

So I've been trying out MuseScore. I have to say, it's pretty intuitive. It works well with the keyboard and the accessibility is pretty solid if you can get past the fact the tab key doesn't do what you want it to and instead you need to use the arrow keys to navigate the interface. Anyone else who is #blind have experiences with Musescore?
#blind

#Chinese is an interesting language and something I think I'd like to study once I'm done with summer classes and consequently done with school and have the time other than work. Are there any #blind #chinese speakers on Mastodon who know the best way for blind folks to learn Chinese? I'm not completely without knowledge because I've done my own preliminary studying on how to pronounce the syllables and the associated tones, (they don't intimidate me in the slightest.) I'm looking to find resources on dictionaries that can give me phrases that correspond to what might be translated to in English though I am aware translation will never truly help me understand the nuances.
#blind #Chinese

Everyone should be doing what Home Connect is doing and we all would have a much easier time picking our household devices. Home Connect is a common smart household appliances platform for everything by Siemens, Bosch and Guggenau. They let you, without creating accounts and anything, add a virtual device of any type, to play with its control interface via the app. A great way to evaluate the accessibility, which by the way is a great and is 100 percent a planned endeavour, while playing with a fantasy coffee or washing machine. #Accessibility #A11y #Blind
#a11y #Accessibility #blind

Hi there #Blind techy folk. I have a question for you. Outlook's been driving me up the wall lately so I'm on the lookout for a nice, simple, #Accessible #Windows email client. Does such a unicorn exist, or should I just brave Gmail in my browser? Thanks for any advice you can give.
#accessible #blind #Windows

It has been an incredible two years since NV Access founders Mick Curran & Jamie Teh featured on Australian Story: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…

The impact NVDA has for blind people around the world has only grown & the need is as great now as ever!

You can watch the Audio Description enabled version of Australian Story: youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI

Regular version: youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blind #Accessibility #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Impact #Australia #AustralianStory


ABC News

ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.
Kristine Taylor (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
#FreeSoftware #Accessibility #foss #blind #screenreader #nvdasr #australia #nvda #impact #australianstory

Just dropped my first-ever musical review on the blog.
Not about Linux. Not about hardware. Not about accessibility APIs exploding at runtime.
It’s about The Book of Mormon —
audio-described, uncensored, unapologetic, and fucking brilliant.
I’ve been to great described shows before.
But this one?
One man with a mic (his name is Christifer) made sure I got everything:
the filth, the fury, the frog sex mime, the jazz hands, the glitter, and the tears.
He didn’t censor.
He didn’t flinch.
And because of that, I didn’t miss a goddamn thing.
This isn’t a “theatre review.”
This is a battle cry for access that doesn’t sanitize joy.
It’s loud. It’s profane. It’s emotional as hell.
And yeah, it’s on my blog — because fuck staying in one lane.
Read the full thing: fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the…
#Theatre #Accessibility #AudioDescription #Blind #Musicals #BookOfMormon #FuckSanitizedAccess #ChristiferIsAGoddamnHero

The Book of Mormon (Audio Described, Glasgow King’s Theatre, May 31, 2025) — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog
#Accessibility #blind #théâtre #musicals #AudioDescription #bookofmormon #fucksanitizedaccess #christiferisagoddamnhero

June 4, 2025 marks the First Annual World Day for Assistive Technology. awarenessdays.com/awareness-da… Devices that help #Disabled folks live more fulfilling, independent lives have come a tremendously long way over the years, so let's hear your stories. What's the first piece of #AssistiveTech you remember using? (yes, mobility devices count.) What's been your favorite? Least favorite? Most helpful? Most Fun? And what are your AT dreams for the future? We can't wait to hear about them. #WorldATDay #Blind #Accessibility

World Day for Assistive Technology 2025

What is World Day for Assistive Technology? World Day for Assistive Technology aims to raise awareness of the importance of assistive technology\n
Awareness Days
#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #assistivetech #worldatday

An meine blinde und sehbehinderte Follower*in:

Ich arbeite gerade zum Thema Schwimmbad und Barrierefreiheit und möchte von euch wissen wie die Regelungen sind für den Zugang von blinden und sehbehinderte Personen zu eurem lokalen Schwimmbad oder was allgemein für Erfahrungen ihr gemacht habt. Welche Diskriminierungen erlebt ihr? Dürft ihr ohne Begleitung hin? Gibt es Leitstreifen? Wenn nein, Hättet ihr gerne welche?

Schreibt gerne eure Antworten in den Kommentaren oder per Privatnachricht.

#blind #sehbehindert #barrierefreiheit #schwimmbad

#blind #barrierefreiheit #sehbehindert #schwimmbad

Any #blind #musicians or producers out there know of a good resource for learning how to play the keyboard? I have a Kk A61 keyboard that I've not really used in quite a while because I simply don't know how to play the keyboard, bought Logic and everything, but it doesn't really matter if I don't know how to use the keyboard right? I have 10 years worth of French Horn experience, and so I do know music theory to an extent, but need to be able to translate it from brass to keys. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
#blind #musicians

TFW you are reading braille and you pronounce a word wrong in your head because you didn't realize how it was suppose to be pronounced because of the spelling. #Blind
#blind

#blind #inklusion #make

Amazon has brought Kindle for Android's accessibility to the level of its accessibility on iOS. One can read a book completely with TalkBack, with no need for having system TTS to read it. This means that you can also use a Braille display to read the book, with no need to flip the page using the touch screen. In fact, you don't even notice that pages are being flipped, it's that seamless. So, I now have a great reading app on Android, from the most unexpected place!

#accessibility #blind #android #kindle #braille

#Accessibility #android #blind #braille #kindle

So @LeonianUniverse and I are printing a Braille chess board designed by Aravia. We're printing the board itself and its working very well though of course we don't want to jinx it as you never know until you try. We've already printed some good chess pieces that are for the accessible chess set. If there's anyone into #3dprinting, who is #blind and looking for a good chess set that is endorsed by the Braille Chess Association, check out Aravia here. printables.com/@ERAVIA

ERAVIA | Printables.com

Hi there! I am Eray. A designer & engineer with a deep passion for 3D printing. Commercial License & Terms are on Patre… – 3D models
www.printables.com
#blind #3dprinting @LeonianUniverse

The one thing I wish I could do with my braille display is get access to the emojis but I don't know how to do it. #Blind
#blind

What screen readers do you use regularly on your Android device? I’m looking for an anecdotal idea of how popular alternative #screenreader apps on #android really are. Please boost! Thanks so much for your help. #screenreaders#a11y#accessibility#blind

  • Talkback (0 votes)
  • Prudence (0 votes)
  • Jieshuo (0 votes)
  • Other, please say what in a reply (0 votes)
  • I don’t use a screen reader (0 votes)
  • I don’t have an android (0 votes)
Poll end: 1 week ago

#a11y #Accessibility #android #blind #screenreader #screenreaders

Do you have any references for choosing the distribution? My first point of search was distrowatch.com but did not see anything for accessibility there. But maybe I just did not try hard enough .. How did you come to choose Debian?

If it isn't there yet, it's possibly worth to collect information on a website, and having a check list for distributions - What is there? What is missing?

#Linux #FOSS #Accessibility #Blind #NeUserExperience #DigitalInclusion

DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
distrowatch.com
#Accessibility #linux #foss #blind #digitalinclusion #neuserexperience

#Accessibility #blind #ham #amateurfunk #hamlib #ibfd #FediHams #hamradio2025 #fedihamsfn

You’ve seen my posts about Linux accessibility. You’ve read me scream about broken screen readers, unusable bootloaders, and the sheer volume of stuff that only works after three undocumented hacks and a blood sacrifice. That’s from someone who already knows how to deal with this mess.
But what happens when someone new tries to step in?
My partner just published the first post in a new blog series called “Linux: Helpful or Headache?” It’s a personal account of what it feels like to stare into the abyss of Linux as a blind user who hasn’t even installed it yet. This isn’t a “how to” guide. It’s not a technical tutorial. It’s a moment of honest vulnerability and curiosity in the face of a system that’s infamous for treating newcomers like an inconvenience.
Part One – An Introduction
reading4life.mataroa.blog/blog…
She’s totally blind. She’s used to Windows and iOS — platforms where accessibility is at least visible, documented, and supported. Linux? From the outside, it looks like a twisted obstacle course: too many distros, zero onboarding, no centralized help, and a community that can't agree on anything except that "you should have read the wiki."
And yet… she’s jumping in anyway.
This first post talks about that pre-installation limbo. The “what the hell even is a distro?” stage. The existential dread of picking between MATE and GNOME when you don’t even know how to pronounce “Flatpak.” The raw, unfiltered feeling of not knowing what you don’t know — and doing it anyway, because the itch to explore is stronger than the fear of breaking stuff.
There’s no cheerleading here. No “yay open source!” No tidy beginner tutorial with copy-paste terminal commands. Just one blind woman staring down the reality that Linux doesn’t come with a support number, and deciding to try it anyway — not because it’s easy, but because she wants to learn, grow, and maybe even call bullshit where it’s due.
And if you're wondering — no, I didn’t write or co-write it. This is her voice, her experience, her story. But it does tie in beautifully with the nightmare I’ve been chronicling in my own posts, from a totally different vantage point.
If you’ve ever tried to onboard someone to Linux, especially someone disabled, this is what it actually looks like. And if you’ve ever told someone “Linux is great, just pick a distro,” read this and realize how much we take for granted.
Go read it. Boost it. Follow the series. She's only just getting started.
#Linux #Accessibility #FOSS #DisabilityInTech #Blind #NewUserExperience #Debian #UX #TechBlog #DigitalInclusion

Linux: Helpful or Headache? (Part one, An Introduction) — reading4life

reading4life.mataroa.blog
#Accessibility #linux #foss #debian #blind #UX #digitalinclusion #disabilityintech #newuserexperience #techblog

#blind #AudioGame #kirandur

#blind #inklusion #make

Do any #blind people reading this either own the (expensive) Monarch tactile graphics device or have access to one through school or work? If so, is it at all open to third-party apps running on the device itself? Failing that, has anyone figured out the specs of the computer that's certainly inside it? It's expensive enough that it would be great if it could serve as a blind person's general-purpose computer.
#blind

#3dprinting folks, we did it. We opened the panel to our printer, took out the EMMC module and flashed the firmware onto it. We did it while totally and completely literally blind with safety as a top priority. I will likely make a tutorial of how to do this just in case any other #blind people get into printing and decide to get a Qidi printer and brick it because they try to get OctoPrint to work with it when it doesn't seem compatible.
#blind #3dprinting

GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People

I chose to write this.
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#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame

**update**: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.

That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.

**Update two**. I have made the decision to pull this post. It is not a good starting-point for a discussion, and just encourages defensiveness on both sides – when there really aren't sides here at all.

As a FOSS contributor, I am deeply ashamed at the way I approached this out of frustration.

#espeak #FreeSoftware #a11y #Accessibility #android #foss #blind #security #grapheneos #rant #inclusion #disabilityrights #gplv3 #disabilitytech #techshame

Well, Apple fixed the Messages rotor in the iOS Mail app. Now, I can read threads in Mail. And yet, with Gmail, well, there is no way to quickly navigate between messages in a thread. There are always third-party apps on Android, but a new user should definitely not need a more advanced mail client to easily navigate threaded mail.

#accessibility #blind #apple #google

#Accessibility #apple #google #blind

Any #BTSpeakusers also having trouble downloading stuff from the Google Drive app to the BT speak either to the SD card or to the internal memory? It just gives me a Python traceback error, I already sent a couple of logs to the BTSpeak people, but still wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. Also wish we had dropbox and one drive support. #Blind
#blind #btspeakusers

Ooo lookie! Not sure when this version will be released, but...

The topic for the Tuesday, May 27, That All May eRead online program will be NLS Braille eReader software Version 3.0. In the remaining time, we will answer any questions you have about the NLS Braille eReader.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and will last for one hour. The meeting will be recorded. To access the meeting, go to loc.zoomgov.com/j/1609330620?p…

#BARD #NLS #EReader #accessibility #Braille #blind


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#Accessibility #blind #braille #bard #ereader #nls

#a11y #accessible #blind #screenreader #radio #hamradio #amateurradio #voiceover #amateur #ham

My brother says that if you're gonna go out on a date, you have to spend as a guy, $200 minimum. How true is this? Does a lady like it when a man spends that sort of cash on her? and what's the expectation they assume for that kind of cash? because its just insanity to even consider spending $200 minimum, and I'm not even talking about transportation as a blind person, which is of course, always expensive. #Dating, #Blind
#blind #dating

Oh, it's like parentheses, and a vertical line!

To pause or resume the tutorial, press dots 1-2-5-6-Chord, which is Space along with the OU contraction.
To lower the volume of the tutorial, press dots 1-2-3-5-6-Chord, which is Space along with the Of contraction.
To raise the volume of the tutorial, press dots 2-3-4-5-6-Chord, which is Space along with the With contraction.

Sent from the BTSpeak.
#BTSpeak, @BlazieTech #accessibility #blind

#Accessibility #blind #btspeak @Blazie Technologies

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