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JIT isn't just for games! I just ran Arch Linux, with sound, on my iPhone! I used VoiceOver screen recognition to read the screen, then used espeak once I got that installed. I couldn't figure out how to enable Speakup, so I'll leave that for future me to tinker with. I'd be curious to know if any other blind people have used UTM, on the Mac maybe, and have some Windows VM's or a Windows install ISO that talks. I can probably only handle up to Windows 7 or so on this iPhone. But it would be cool to see if it's possible!

#linux #UTM #iPhone #iOS #sideload #ALTSTORE #archLinux #blind #accessibility

I'd like to help a blind friend get on Mastodon. Anyone have experience using VoiceOver with any of the iPhone apps?

#Mastodon #VoiceOver #blind

4 days until our 4th annual jam! Games for blind Gamers!

This is my all time favorite jam, I've met amazing people, learned a lot about accessibility, became a better programmer, and I'm super happy that I'm helping run it this year!

If you have time, consider joining! It's a month long chill jam where if all you can do is an afternoon one Saturday, you're as welcome as anyone and we'd be honored to have you!

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#Blind #GameDev #GameJam #gaming #indiedev #indiegame

Games for Blind Gamers 4

A game jam from 2025-02-01 to 2025-03-10 hosted by NightBlade. Welcome, Blind and Sighted Game Developers! Welcome to the fourth annual Games for Blind Gamers jam! The goal of this jam is to build awareness of bli...

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Long shot but worth trying. I'm #blind, want to redo my website(s) in Zola, and am looking for a theme. Can anyone please recommend something that a) looks good b) is somewhat flexible and c) would be appropriate for a blog/portfolio/project list? I realize that's a broad/vague ask, and I'm not very picky FWTW, but the Zola theme site is not terribly helpful if you can't see the screenshots.

If I had to narrow things down a bit more then I'd probably pick something Bootstrap-based since I know Bootstrap classes a bit more than Tailwind, but that's not a hill I'll die on if something looks/works better.

This is for both my personal site and, maybe, lightsout.games as well. The setup I used for both of those is creeky and less useful than I'd originally hoped so it's time to go back to mostly static.

Thanks for any recommendations and feel free to boost for reach.

So excited to announce that I’ll be presenting the Blind and Low Vision Accessibility Award at the Game Accessibility Conference Awards, which will also be streamed on IGN! It’s an honor to present this award and you definitely will not want to miss it! Stream is at 9:00 am this Wednesday :).

#Blind #Accessibility #GameDev

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology

Too many blindness technology companies: Blind people need dumbed down, simple technology that they've used for 20+ years and need everything to look like either DOS or Windows, and they format documents like they do in Microsoft Word. Also we're stuck on Android cause we're tired of making our own apps for MSN Messenger and AIM and all that fangled new Inter Net stuff.

Meanwhile:

People on the BT Speak email list: I'm enjoying writing in Markdown!

On a Linux computer with a Braille input keyboard that's a Raspberry Pi with 8 GB RAM and both a traditional mode and Linux desktop mode, with real Firefox, Thunderbird, and any other Linux program that works on Debian.

Okay so I know this isn't much. But I'm serious when I say, I think this company, @BlazieTech is making Linux, and some Linux concepts, a lot more mainstream as far as the blind community. I mean, navigating Markdown headings? Only Ulysses for Mac and iOS, and Emacs, could do that before, oh and Word with an addon. When they get Braille support going, or release a Braille model, I'm getting one.

Also did I mention this is an actual general-purpose computer? I was just struck by that yesterday, and then boom people were just, picking up Markdown! Now I think it's just a matter of time before we get link support, and writing Markdown in emails, which I'm sure would take a bit of linking programs together. A Markdown verifyer to be sure the typed Markdown is good for HTML conversion, maybe a optional linter for fixing stuff like headings without a space after the number signs, and Pandoc to convert before sending through SMPT or whatever. Not sure what can be done in desktop mode though. Anyway, exciting stuff!

#accessibility #blind #notetakers #btspeak

I recently bought an LG TV and was happy to discover that it had a screen reader that even automatically began at startup! This video goes over the different accessibility features and my experience setting it up.

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#Accessibility #A11y #Blind #LowVision

LG TV (Web OS) Accessibility | my accessibility experience

My brother and I bought an LG TV during the 2024 Black Friday sales. I've had an overall pretty good experience with it, though it could still definitely imp...

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