A note for #mastodon#admins. Apparently, a beta of mastodon is introducing #HCaptcha. If you aren't aware, this can present #accessibility issues for some #blind users. If their accessibility cookie works, it's fine. However it breaks on a pretty regular basis. I encourage you to either not activate this, or be prepared to disable it temporarily if a blind user tries to sign up and has problems.
We need to stop dodging the question of disability. It's okay to be disabled and Autistic, trying to keep the two concept separate is in itself a form of ableism.
So, blind Mac users, do y’all know of a personal wiki system or knowledge bank like Obsidian or Logseq that’s accessible? Bonus points if it has a todo system that can push notifications and such.
There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight.
“Accessibility shouldn’t just be a box you check. It should be cool.”- Steve Decker, Target’s Senior Manager of Accessibility 🎯
On Episode 5 of Access Matters 🎙, our host Jenine Stanley will sit down with Steve to discuss how his team has built inclusion through accessibility into the Fortune 50 retailer’s offerings.
Okay, basic NVDA question. What's the difference between the default dictionary and the voice dictionary? If I want to change the way something is pronounced when I read, which is the best one to use? Thanks! If you don't know the answer, please boost. #Blindness
any accessible, fast and efficient way to convert wav recordings to video with some kind of image on it? need to upload my recordings somewhere. Thanks! #Blind#Blindness#Accessibility#Sound
good morning! I just followed @main. i think this is where the R/Blind community is now. I'm not a reddit user so I just followed them for all things #Blindness. #Blind#Accessibility
just contacted the #Microsoft#disability Answer Desk via #BeMyEyes to ask for help in formatting my PDF document. They remote in to my computer using quick assist and boom, all is fixed. they are always very helpful on these kind of situations.
and did you know that all representatives/agents on the disability answer desk are all #Filipinos? something to be proud of! our fello #Kababayans are doing a big difference! If you are by any chance in #Fediverse and may have read this toot, I would like to say thank you very much for all the work you're all doing! #Mabuhay kayo!
Really think there needs to be much more #PhilosophyOfBlindness discussion out there in our community than there is. Take the #study I was just discussing on here. So many of us would hope that we have no (as commonly-called) “super-powers” as #blind people, because, many would argue, that would “other” us even further. (In fact, I’ve always been of this mindset.) Yet, we seem to have #studies that actually counter such a position. What are we, as a #BlindCommunity, to make of them? #blindness
“Today is the last day to register online for our National Convention in Houston, July 1-6. Join us for an educational week of new technology, fun, and opportunity. #nfb23 nfb.org/convention” @nationsblind
Visual prosthesis development is entering the trough of disillusionment https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycle "Interest wanes as experiments and implementations fail to deliver. Producers of the technology shake out or fail. Investments continue only if the surviving providers improve their products to the satisfaction of early adopters." #blind#blindness
Here's a summary of the great work happening at #harvard (and in other labs) to find a therapy for Usher Syndrome.
I continue to be amazed and impressed by the machine that is science. The work these teams are doing is crazy good - three different types of gene editing and vectors to treat progressive #blindness , based on decades of painstaking, bit-by-bit understanding of cellular and retina biology.
Here is a photo of me taken in front of #Milan cathedral that I've ask LLaVA to describe for me. to my sighted friends, I'll appreciate you giving feedback on its accuracy.
Description:
The image features a man wearing a pink shirt standing in front of a large, ornate building with a blue sky in the background. The building appears to be a cathedral, as it has a tall structure and a prominent clock tower. The man is holding a camera, possibly taking a picture of the impressive building.
There are several other people in the scene, some of them closer to the foreground and others further in the background. They seem to be enjoying their time near the cathedral, possibly admiring its architecture or taking photos as well.