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Reminder: I typically don't follow those who don't use alt text with images or videos. I might make exceptions for those who mostly add alt text, but if the entire timeline is images without it, I either have to add the alt text, which takes time. It's easier not to share them. (I have a lot of friends who use screen readers, plus it's good form: Writing your own alt text lets you provide context that I won't otherwise get.)

In case anyone was wondering 🙂

#accessibility = #a11y

Recommendations for accessible fediverse software?

I'm working on a blog post for people thinking of joining the fediverse and want to include this information!

Here's what I think I know so far (although might be wrong) ... other suggestions welcome

Mastodon's web UI is pretty good from accessibility perspective, but has some issues.

Pinafore used to be the most accessible web UI but isn't maintained anymore. Semaphpore is a fork doesn't seem to have had any updates in the last year, so I'm not sure of its status. Enafore is another fork but it's described as "somewhat unstable".

I haven't seen anything about what Mastodon mobile apps are better or worse from an accessibility perspective.

For Lemmy, OurBlind says that moderators have and continue to work with the developers to improve accessibility; Thunder, a Lemmy app for iOS and Android, performs well; and Mlem developers are implementing native accessibiity.

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In the past, Tinder has been more than willing to work with me on accessibility, even on photo verification, but not this time. I even suggested what we have done as an alternative to the standard verification process in the past but, again, I only received radio silence in return. It seems Tinder may no longer wish to offer equal access to, be inclusive to and welcome blind users on their platform. #a11y #fail (2/2)

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Another:

“How the fuck am I supposed to talk to my coworkers about White supremacy and disability justice when I can’t even get them to pay attention long enough to stop calling alt text ‘alt tags?’”

I might need to have Steve update this mug:
etsy.com/listing/1089245773/sa

www.etsy.comSay 'ALT TAG' Mug With Color Inside - EtsyThis Mugs item is sold by HTMLZ. Ships from Charlotte, NC. Listed on Oct 20, 2023

If you've been looking for that next semi-cheap music-making fix but haven't decided what to get, consider Ableton Move.
If you look at the official videos, literature and documentation, you'd be fooled into thinking that it's not actually accessible. This is incorrect.
It runs a web-server for helping you manage samples,recordings and sets, but it also has an undocumented screen-reader which I demonstrate in this video.
Next to Komplete Kontrol, I can say that this has been the most innovative, fun and game-changing piece of hardware I've owned and I thoroughly enjoy working with it.

#InspiredBySound - Let's Move! (Ableton Move Accessibility Overview) youtu.be/p8IbinbOhY4
Excerpt from Peter Kirn's blog about Move:
‘How do I access Move with a screen reader?
Andre Louis has a walkthrough for you, as pointed out here in comments! And as always, it’s terrific. This is honestly worth a watch for sighted users, too, to understand how these interactions work – and it’s required viewing if you work in instrument design.’
cdm.link/ableton-move-guide/
#Ableton #AbletonMove #Accessibility
#ScreenReader #A11y #Blind

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@Emma (IPG) The readability aspect is interesting. It directly contradicts those who say that if text is illegible in the image, it doesn't have to or even mustn't be transcribed. And I myself go as far as transcribing text that's so tiny that it's invisible.

But: Information that is not available in the image and not in the actual post either must never go into the alt-text!

Not everyone can access alt-text. Not everyone is on a phone. Not all possible frontends support alt-text. And some people are phyiscally incapable of accessing alt-text, for example, because they can't use a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball.

If information is only available in the alt-text and nowhere else, it is completely inaccessible and therefore lost to a whole lot of people.

Thus, explanations must always go somewhere where they can access them, ideally into the post.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #A11y #Accessibility
hub.netzgemeinde.euNetzgemeinde/Hubzilla

If your #blind, #signal does nothing to protect your #privacy. They use #hcaptcha, so if you can’t see the images, you have to enable cross site cookies and give them a valid email. And if you want to contact signal about it, sending your device info via unencrypted email is the only way. This is not how privacy or #security work. You’re better off with iMessage. Or even watsapp! At least they don’t hand your data over to a third party captcha provider. Or send your device info via unencrypted email. #infosec #a11y #accessibility

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Related: I'm trying, once again, to get speakup working on Linux. However, I can find no documentation or useful information anywhere on how this is supposed to work if your distro doesn't come with it pre-configured. I think I have the kernel module loaded, and I think I have the default output set to espeakup, but I never can get it to talk. Suggestions welcome.

Learned about this one from the A11y Slack server. Unfortunately is seems to no longer be maintained. Something I am, understandably, seeing more and more in the #opensource space. ableplayer/ableplayer: fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player. #accessibility #a11y

github.com/ableplayer/ableplay

fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player.  - GitHub - ableplayer/ableplayer: fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player.
GitHubGitHub - ableplayer/ableplayer: fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player.fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player. - GitHub - ableplayer/ableplayer: fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player.

Blind Fedi, do you know of any accessible platform for hosting realtime trivia/quizzes? I was asked by someone who wants to organize trivia nights mainly for blind people over Zoom and have no experience with such services. The participation process is more important in terms of having to be accessible because the organizer will be sighted. Boosts appreciated #a11y #accessibility