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It's about 1:30 AM here, and I have a procedure for injections in my head and neck to help with headaches and neck pain around noon, so I should really be getting to bed, but I find new #tech so hard to walk away from. Can anyone relate?
#accessibility #technology #blind
What concerns me is that accessibility support is still behind where it should be in making the switch to Wayland. I hope the GNOME Foundation and others involved in the accessibility effort can prioritize the work so that it is completed before it becomes absolutely necessary - and we're rapidly approaching that point now.
#accessibility #GNOME #Wayland #ScreenReaders
I recently created a small Windows 11 installation alongside my existing Linux installation. I couldn't get the graphical Windows installer to do what I wanted - to create a partition in the free storage space, then install the operating system to it, and then use EFI System Partition that was already there.
I found a solution online, namely, to install Windows from the command line (with diskpart to create the partition, dism to write out the operating system from the WIM file, and bcdboot to place boot files into the EFI System Partition). The only problem I encountered was that I wasn't able to review the command prompt window with Windows Narrator. It read all of the command output, but the review commands didn't work for me, whether or not it was in scan mode. There may be a solution. I've only ever used Windows Narrator to install or set up the operating system, so I'm definitely not a Narrator expert.
I'm not a Windows system administration expert either, but I'm comfortable that I can delete and recreate it if needed. It's there primarily for testing purposes and for those situations in which Microsoft Office is the best pragmatic solution to a problem (although LibreOffice under Linux is undergoing accessibility improvements these days).
#accessibility #Windows #screenReaders #SystemAdministration
Phonak's hearing aid technology. I am currently in a trial of Phonak devices, and Jonathan's helpful review coheres with my experience. I haven't yet tried any of the accessories, such as remote microphones, that are also addressed in the review.
livingblindfully.com/episode-2…
#HearingAids #ScreenReaders #Accessibility
Episode 279:A user review of the Seleste Smart Glasses, an accessible Washer dryer from LG, and going in-depth into accessible Phonak hearing aid technology
Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 279 0:00 A user review of the Seleste Smart Glasses 3:05 Demonstration of an accessible LG washer dryer 11:05 Microsoft Copilot on Windows 10 23:03 Problems wi…Living Blindfully
@nah @fvsch @sonny @matt But here’s the thing: Wayland would never have been made the default if, say, fonts didn’t render correctly. Not having a functional screen reader is as big an issue for people who rely on screen readers. So at some point, someone at Canonical decided that it didn’t matter that people who use screen readers would be excluded. And so they should be ashamed.
#a11y #canonical #wayland #orca #screenReaders #accessibility
People who use #ScreenReaders, imagine a feature on your instance where you can automatically hide any post that contains images/videos without alt text.
If you reply with an opinion and YOU PERSONALLY don't need alt text for accessibility reasons, I will probably block you.
#poll #ScreenReader #accessibility #a11y #blind
- It's a great idea (32%, 16 votes)
- No strong feelings (6%, 3 votes)
- It's a bad idea (6%, 3 votes)
- I don't use a screen reader (56%, 28 votes)
👁🗨Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics
"A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago..."
#a11y #webDev #HTML #screenReaders
tpgi.com/screen-readers-suppor…
Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics - TPGi
A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago, the screen readers tested did not signify the semantics of text...Steve Faulkner (TPGi)
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… #a11y #screenreaders #testing
dequeuniversity.com/screenread… from @dequesystems #a11y #screenreaders #testing
webaxe.org/strikethrough-html-…
#webdev #a11y #html #screenreaders #accessibility
Thanks for your patience explaining this feature to me.
Ensuring negative numbers are available for everyone. "The minus character (−) yields great support in most screen readers, and suffers less situational gotchas than the hyphen-minus character"
deque.com/blog/ensuring-negati…
Great article written by 2 of my favorite comrades.
Oh, #screenreaders cutting off long #alttext is a myth? yatil.net/blog/there-is-no-cha…
That is fantastic news, I was really worried we'd have to do ridiculous things with longdesc (deprecated) or visible alt text.
Ahh! Finally.
There is no character limit for “alt text”: Myth Debunked! · Eric Eggert
Some people might say that alternative text for images has a 125 character limit. That’s not correct.Eric Eggert
the releace announcement can be found at odilia.app/news/release_0-1-0/
finally, we're here! A big thank you to the community who waited patiently for this release, as well as everyone who contributed, in one way or another, to the project's growth, we're here, we hear you, and we'll never forget our community! let's show the world it can indeed be done, make linux great again!
#accessibility #screenreader #screenreaders #blind #linux #odilia
Odilia Version 0.1.0 Released | Odilia Screen Reader
After many months, in fact, just over a year of hard work, we are proud to announce the initial, beta release of Odilia: a new, fast, lightweight screenreader for Linux, written in rust for maximum speed and efficiency.odilia.app
FeedGears is a web-based, self-hostable RSS client with particular attention to accessibility. According to the dev, it was tested against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines on the AA level, has integrated shortcuts, consistent keyboard navigation and automatic announcements for system events. It's pretty new so a lot of features might be missing but that's for the contact mechanisms and the feedback. :)
I haven't tested this myself yet but the landing page looks definitely alright.
feedgears.com/
#Accessibility #OpenSource #RSS #Blind #ScreenReaders
1. Salamandra Radio - an automation software for station in its early development. Screen reader specific fixes have been mentioned in the release notes and so were hotkeys, although these do not seem to be documented anywhere; the app starts in Portuguese by default but a change to English is possible in the settings; also buttons in the toolbar do not seem to be labelled but upon focusing them, a tooltip is read out so we can go by those to tell what the buttons are doing.
github.com/ocarolino/salamandr…
2. Axios - a simple radio player supporting the Radio Browser API. It is accessible in a similar way as Salamandra, allows for searching the directory, playing whatever is found, and controlling the volume.
github.com/z1lvis/Axios
Feel free to explore, hack, spread the word or do whatever else you usually do in such cases.
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReaders #Radio #OpenSource
GitHub - ocarolino/SalamandraRadio: Salamandra is a radio automation software designed for radio stations that need a simple, easy and stable software for automated broadcasting.
Salamandra is a radio automation software designed for radio stations that need a simple, easy and stable software for automated broadcasting. - GitHub - ocarolino/SalamandraRadio: Salamandra is ...GitHub
A guide for using #screenReaders with #Mastodon.
starshipchangeling.net/mastodo…
Changeling’s Guide to Mastodon for screen Reader Users
What is This? This is a page where you can find links to all of the currently published chapters of Changeling’s Guide to mastodon for Screen Reader Users. I was considering publishing…The Starship Changeling