#Blind watch wearers, What are you wearing? Would prefer no talking watches. Want something that allows me to tell time tactilely or via braille. Do not want something digital or that connects to my phone. All thoughts welcome.
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Changed VPN as well: deleted NordVPN, joined Mullvad. I love the philosophy of that service: you pay what you use without giving too many personal data; nord vpn took my underwear as well if I let it go. And accessibility wasn't good on PC. Now I'll see if Mullvad is accessible via desktop but on my phone it works good. Very good. #accessibility #alternatives #blind #software #vpn
This is my first post using #Fedra. I've got to say, in recent months, #blind #developers have been hitting it out of the park. I think at least some of this is down to use of #AI, which I feel can be extremely empowering if used wisely.
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📣 Do-It-Blind (DIB) online Besprechung am Montag, 2. Februar, um 19:00 Uhr. Du bist eingeladen! bbb.metalab.at/rooms/joh-szv-o… Wöchentlich am Montag besprechen wir neue Formen der digitalen und inklusiven Zusammenarbeit. Mach mit! 🛠️ #make #blind #inklusion
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This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.
Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.
Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind
Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.
#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights
I wanna get back into learning the bagpipes, i got a practice chanter but not sure if any tutorial/lesson videos are blind friendly. #bagpipes #PracticeChanter #blind
A random thing I discovered yesterday on my iPhone running iOS 26: when filtering through apps in the Braille Screen Input mode on the home screen, your input is translated into Braille and retranslated into all available languages. As a result, when using the Braille table of one language e.g. Polish, you can use the dot combinations for characters of other languages and matching apps will be found. No more switching to German or Czech just to find an app with some diacritics. #Blind #Accessibility #iOS
I'm fed up of standard answers such as "received, we'll pass it on" when I report accessibility issues to @Tutanota - I switched to paid subscription after they quickly enough resolved a captcha issue, but now it is at least since summer that I do not even manage to read e-mails from my web browser.
And on TUTA web page they publicly declare they respect anti-discrimination values.
I am blind, I am an accessibility advocate, no one has the right to silence me any how.
I am not saying this is something intentional or malicious, I am looking at the result. The real life result of what maybe is an unwanted effect of even a single component update.
As inaccessibility is fought through money, if within 3 months I'm not getting an effective concrete response, I'd ask for all my 36€ back till the last cent.
No time to do this yet, I want to trust them once more.
Created an issue on their github repo.
github.com/tutao/tutanota/issu…
Managing e-mail is impossible using a keyboard and screen reader
Pre-checks This is not a feature request. Existing functionality does not work as intended, not missing functionality. I will request features via discussions, reddit or support I've searched and d...talksina (GitHub)
to any of you folks who've been interested in Grand theft auto V, or who have ever played using gta-11y, I have an exciting announcement for you. I've jumped on the "Vibe coding train." I purchased claude to make something totally unrelated, but had a sudden lightbulb moment: what if I could fix up this mod? the result, 360 degree navigation assist, driving assists, turn-by-turn navigation, fast traffic collision alerts, water depth detection, slope detection, dropoff detection, combat assists with beacons placed on nearest hostile pedestrians, and much, much more! download at: dropbox.com/scl/fi/q5r8jlxnr1s… please feel free to provide feedback or suggestions! #GTA #GrandTheftAuto #Accessibility #Blind #PleaseBoostForReach
I'm curious about something. For NVDA users, I'm trying to get NVDA to say the word HashTag only when making Hashtags on a post, and not when I'm making numbers or if there's a number sign in something I'm reading. Is there a way to make this contextual? #Blind
@doubletap I'm listening to today's episode ("The Best NVDA Add-ons and Keyboard Tricks You Need") and really enjoyed the discussion around #NVDA workflows and keyboard customisation. I smiled when one of you mentioned struggling to remap an Applications key on a Keychron, because I ran into exactly the same issue after buying my Keychron shortly after Christmas.
What finally worked for me was not using the Menu / Applications keycode directly at all. Even though it's exposed in the Keychron Launcher, it didn't actually do anything reliably on Windows with NVDA.
Instead, I created a macro for Shift+F10, which is the standard Windows keyboard equivalent for the context menu and is very screen-reader friendly. In the Keychron Launcher, I went to Macro, selected a macro slot, chose Start Recording, pressed Shift+F10, stopped recording, and then assigned that macro to the key I wanted.
One important gotcha I ran into: the launcher shows what look like “duplicate” key entries in the macro (for example multiple F10s or Shift appearing twice). Those aren't mistakes. They're the key-down and key-up events. If you delete them, you can end up with Shift getting stuck. Leaving the macro exactly as recorded solved that for me.
Once I did this, the key worked reliably everywhere I’ve tried it, like File Explorer, browsers, and with NVDA, and it's honestly been more dependable than trying to use the Applications key directly. Thought I'd share in case it helps others listening to this episode or experimenting with Keychron keyboards.
#ScreenReader #Accessibility #Blind #keyboard @mastoblind @main
What finally worked for me was not using the Menu / Applications keycode directly at all. Even though it's exposed in the Keychron Launcher, it didn't actually do anything reliably on Windows with NVDA.
Instead, I created a macro for Shift+F10, which is the standard Windows keyboard equivalent for the context menu and is very screen-reader friendly. In the Keychron Launcher, I went to Macro, selected a macro slot, chose Start Recording, pressed Shift+F10, stopped recording, and then assigned that macro to the key I wanted.
One important gotcha I ran into: the launcher shows what look like “duplicate” key entries in the macro (for example multiple F10s or Shift appearing twice). Those aren't mistakes. They're the key-down and key-up events. If you delete them, you can end up with Shift getting stuck. Leaving the macro exactly as recorded solved that for me.
Once I did this, the key worked reliably everywhere I’ve tried it, like File Explorer, browsers, and with NVDA, and it's honestly been more dependable than trying to use the Applications key directly. Thought I'd share in case it helps others listening to this episode or experimenting with Keychron keyboards.
#ScreenReader #Accessibility #Blind #keyboard @mastoblind @main
Edit: Got the answer I wanted and made my decision. Thanks.
Question for #blind people who use refreshable #Braille displays routinely: Does anyone run brltty on Windows? NVDA has the option to use brltty, but NVDA's default plug-and-play drivers don't use it. JAWS doesn't use brltty. Narrator does. So does anyone actually use Narrator's Braille feature, or otherwise use brltty on Windows?
Trying to gauge the usefulness and reliability of brltty on Windows specifically.
For anyone using Termux, here's a script for getting Emacs, Emacspeak, and Elmud up and going. Hopefully.
dropbox.com/scl/fi/nn0bwdfegnj…
#Termux #linux #foss #emacs #emacspeak #accessibility #blind
I just wanted to say thank you to all the #blind folk who responded last night to give me so many fantastic responses.
It's given me a clear direction of travel, and been quite affirming in terms of my future plans.
I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I can certainly do some things.
I think I'm going to go back to the table and ask the charity to put some of our own money in so that I can do something for Deafblind people.
They may say no.
Question for #blind and partially sighted folk on the fediverse:
If you go to a museum or gallery, do you prefer braille or do you instead use a text to speech app?
(Or both, or something else)
I've got a bit of money to refurbish a small UK museum space with better provisions for Deaf and Blind folk, so I'm keen to know what will be the most useful.
Please Note: This is a question specifically for blind and partially sighted Fedi users, rather than fully sighted folk.
Speaking of jumping ship, I store all my files in #Microsoft #OneDrive and would like to get rid of that dependency as I'm working to replace my workflow with #FLOSS tools where practical. Do y'all have recommendations for a #CloudStorage service which has reasonably #accessible clients for #ScreenReader users (I primarily use #Fedora Workstation 43 but also use #Windows 11, #Android, and #iOS), can sync to my local filesystem, and/or can appear in the #GNOME desktop File Manager? I'm not interested in self-hosting something like #Nextcloud, #OwnCloud, etc. Any suggestions or firsthand experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Hey #blind #linux users. Quick question. What is the most accessible linux desktop these days?
Is it still mate, or how are we doing.
Context: I want to try to switch from Windows, and I'm fine spending some time setting things up, but I don't want to have a 30 min debug session every time I want to use my computer
Is it still mate, or how are we doing.
Context: I want to try to switch from Windows, and I'm fine spending some time setting things up, but I don't want to have a 30 min debug session every time I want to use my computer
I am unable to download my purchase of the new #Megadeth album because the service they are using relies on hCaptcha. If you are #blind and use a screen reader, you cannot solve the visual captcha. They ask you to install an #accessibility cookie, which I have tried to do with two different browsers, with no luck. The provided email address for help, customercare@mainfactorcommerce.com bounces. How much of my day am I going to waste on this? I can't even get my money back!! #A11Y
"The State of Modern AI Text To Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users" by Samuel Proulx. Interesting read, not only for blind folks. Suprising outcome. stuff.interfree.ca/2026/01/05/… #blind #tts #screenreader
Which implementation of the NVDA Server are people currently using? Preferably hostable in Docker?
Ping @simon since I know you're running a bunch.
#NVDA #NVDASR #Blind #NVDARemote
Ping @simon since I know you're running a bunch.
#NVDA #NVDASR #Blind #NVDARemote
Hallo Fediverse. Wir sind die Westdeutsche Bibliothek der Hörmedien für blinde, seh- und lesebehinderte Menschen e.V. (kurz WBH) aus Münster für Menschen, die auf Grund von Einschränkungen nicht in der Lage sind gedruckte Bücher zu lesen, die Möglichkeit kostenlos Hörbücher auszuleihen. Wir freuen uns nun hier dabei zu sein.
#neuhier #Bibliothek #Münster #Hörbücher #Ausleihe #blind #sehbehindert #lesebehindert #Hörmedien
I'm writing a technical blog post and want to use a UML sequence diagram to explain something.
Only trouble is, I have no idea how to make such a diagram accessible to a screen reader.
I know I could just write up alt-text to describe it, but at that point I feel like I should just use the text _instead_ of the diagram.
Maybe that's the answer, but I'm hoping there's a way to get a screen reader to communicate the diagram in some way?
Any ideas appreciated!
After a good 30 minutes, I've gotten Emacspeak working rather well with mastodon.el. Goodness all those Emoji. For now, n and p read next/prev post well, and t lets you know you're doing new toot. And that's all the making stuff I can do right now.
Dropbox link: dropbox.com/scl/fi/zz4632vjlau…
#Emacs #foss #emacspeak #accessibility #blind
Looks like @Tutanota wins in the screen reader accessibility department. Both the iOS app and the web version appear to be quite accessible with screen readers. Tested using both VoiceOver and Chromevox… I had no issues navigating the interface with either screen reader. #A11Y #Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #Email #Calendar #Contacts
In case any other #Blind people are trying to redeem their outage credit from #VerizonWireless the process isn't exactly straightforward. However, here's what I've found. Whether you click on the link in the text provided or merely just sign into the My Verizon app when you call into Verizon their automated phone system will tell you to click on take action. on the #iOS side you'll find nothing that VoiceOver renders saying "take action" but swipe until you get to your shortcuts one of 7 adjustable area. Then swipe up once and you'll hear something about actions. Double tap there and you'll be able to redeem your $20 credit on the resulting screen if you're eligible.
They broke #WhatsApp for #Windows completely. At least with JAWS, I hear "Press right and left arrows" instead of each and every message with virtual cursor turned off. Also, it randomly starts calls on arrow keys sometimes. Absolutely unacceptable behavior.
UPDATE. Tested without Doug's scripts and with #NVDA, same results. Random messages, especially missed calls, are read as "Press left and right arrows...".
#Accessibility #Blind
UPDATE. Tested without Doug's scripts and with #NVDA, same results. Random messages, especially missed calls, are read as "Press left and right arrows...".
#Accessibility #Blind
*Update. RIM may work with screen readers other than JAWS.*
(Note: You will need to skip down several headings to find the beginning of the article)
I can't comment on this from a business perspective. But I do know that I have never been able to connect remotely to any of my computers, either from Windows to Windows or from Android or IOS to Windows, with any commercially made program for the purpose. The only one that works for me is NVDA Remote, which works on all three platforms, with Windows and the NVDA screen reader being a requirement. The limitation, however, is that I can't hear the sound on the controlled computer, nor can I transfer files between it and the controller. Fortunately, I don't really need these features and am happy just being able to control my machines at all. But for those who do need them, RIM allows this, but only for users of JAWS (which costs several hundred dollars/NVDA is free), and the last time I checked, it is also very expensive for an individual user who doesn't require it for work purposes. I'm also not sure if it is cross-platform, so it may only work with Windows. If anyone knows of a free, accessible solution that works with NVDA, please let me know.
Remote Incident Manager (RIM)
at-newswire.com/remote-inciden…
#accessibility #Android #blind #computers #IOS #JAWS #NVDA #RemoteAccess #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #W
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Remote Incident Manager (RIM) From Pneuma Solutions - AT-Newswire
Here, Aaron Di Blasi describes a familiar failure mode in enterprise remote support: organizations deploy “best-in-class” remote tools that work fine for most staff, but quietly shut out blind and low-vision technicians and users because the experien…Aaron Di Blasi (AT-Newswire)
Für blinde bzw. sehgeschädigte Handball–Freunde:
mit Unterstützung der DKB gibt es für die Spiele der deutschen Mannschaft bei der #HandballEM eine #Audiodeskription (handball.net/dkb-audiodeskript…).
Die Seite selbst ist für mich mit Screenreader allerdings bisher leider nicht bedienbar.
Kurz vor Spielbeginn waren die Streams dann aber auch in der (gut barrierefreien) Raydio-App und auch in der mycrocast-App zu finden…
Sportliche Grüße!
#blind #Barrierefreiheit #Inklusion #Handball #DHB
DKB Audiodeskription
Der Service der DKB sorgt für mehr Barrierefreiheit im Sport Ab sofort können alle Länderspiele der A-Nationalmannschaften über den kostenlosen Webplayer verfolgt werden. Die Übertragung beginnt jeweils 10 Minuten vor dem Spiel.www.handball.net
Question for people relying on alt text: When one posts contains multiple images, should each alt text be written independently, or does it make more sense for one text to refer back to previous ones?
Like, when the first describes shape and colour of a flower, should the second copy that description and add to it (independent alt texts), or refer back, like "the same flower [from a different angle, showing xyz]"?
#altText #imageDescriptions #Blind #questions
- independently (16%, 13 votes)
- refer back (45%, 36 votes)
- just show results (38%, 31 votes)
Do you use D&D Beyond for your sessions and you hate how clunky and slow you would be with it with a screen reader? I've got something for you! I've started work on a browser extension called Enhance Ability (pun absolutely intended!) It does a lot to make the site more intuitive and bring your speed on par with a sited user who can just glance at information. Read the readme below here for a preliminary feature list. I've sent it for review on the firefox and chrome add-on stores, and I'll publish links whenever they're available. I'm happy to discuss or answer any questions here! If you like to sideload it or look at the code, or read for more information, visit on github! github.com/the-byte-bender/enh…
Or the releases for packages: github.com/the-byte-bender/enh…
GitHub - the-byte-bender/enhance-ability: A browser extension that improves screen reader accessibility on D&D Beyond.
A browser extension that improves screen reader accessibility on D&D Beyond. - the-byte-bender/enhance-abilityGitHub
"#JBILibrary—the nearly century-old organization dedicated to ensuring that people who are #blind, have #lowvision, or have #print #disabilities can fully participate in #Jewish life—is inviting individuals, families, teens and community groups to get involved in its new #Volunteer Ambassador Program designed to expand access to Jewish #learning and #culture."
So this is really bad. I know. But y'all I feel better these days than I have in years. Why? Because LLM's not only make me feel like I'm doing things and making things, but they actually do make things. Slowly yes, with lots of answering questions and guiding it, but it really helps.
So now I have Emacs with Emacspeak on my Android phone, working on an MUD client, got accessible Lemuroid so I can get TalkBack descriptions of games, about every thing I could ever want besides some Braille stuff. And when I get tired of all the Emacs stuff, I'll try and rangle BRLTTY into accepting Contracted Braille input and try and get a Braille Access-like mode going. And then see if I can get BRLTTY to work as well in Termux as it does in Linux. Like no joke, LLM's have opened this up to being a possibility for me.
Now I get it. These are just nice-to-have things. But shoot y'all, it's freaking fun!
#accessibility #blind #ai
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📣 Unterstütze den Zugang zum !@metalab für Menschen mit Sehbehinderung oder Blindheit! Komm zum Do-It-Blind (DIB) Treffen 🛠️ am Montag, 19. Jänner, Treffpunkt metalab um 16:00; Ende 20:00 metalab.at/calendar/event/8381… #a11y #make #blind #inklusion