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CW: How must foreign-language text be transcribed in an image description? CW: long (over 2,200 characters), alt-text meta, image description meta
I'm pretty sure that posting this will turn out completely futile. But I'll try anyway.
I'm especially asking the Mastodon alt-text enforcers: How must foreign-language text be transcribed, both by Web accessibility standards and by Mastodon's alt-text standards?
Let's assume I have some text in an image that's in a different language than the post and therefore in a different language than the image description. But I still have to transcribe it.
Now, according to image-describing rules, text must always be transcribed 100% verbatim. Word by word, character by character, exactly identical to the original in the image.
Here's the catch: Screen reader software may not be able to reliably switch the language in which they read out text in the middle of a description. They definitely cannot switch the language in the middle of an alt-text, I know that, just like they cannot navigate within alt-text.
This means that if I describe an image in English, but there's French text somewhere, a screen reader may read it out as gobbledygook instead of proper French. It may read the French text like it's English.
But even if the screen reader did read out the French text in proper French, someone who doesn't understand French won't understand the text.
This leaves me with two options:- Transcribe the foreign-language text verbatim, add a translation afterwards.
This would make the foreign-language text understandable, but it would also produce gobbledygook. - Give a translated transcript of the foreign-language text that's as close to the original as possible.
No gobbledygook, but I'd break the rule of always transcribing text verbatim.
The latter option would produce weird results if applied to a sign with essentially the same text in French, English and German where the French and German texts translate into something that slightly differs from both each other and the English text. I've happened upon this before.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #Transcript #Transcripts #ScreenReader #ScreenReaders #ForeignLanguage #Inclusion #A11y #Accessibility - Transcribe the foreign-language text verbatim, add a translation afterwards.
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Was just thinking. We've got a good choice of TTS voices on macOS and iOS now, some available and some in TestFlight betas.
Would love to see the True Voice voices there too. I have them for NVDA on Windows.
Can someone make that happen?
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On 4 June the Tribunal judiciaire de Caen ordered Carrefour to fix carrefour.fr within six months. Their defence was that they already met 71% of RGAA criteria. The judge said a site cannot be only somewhat accessible.
I build a tool that shows you a conformance percentage. That ruling made me think hard about what a score is for, and what it can never be.
Also: WebAIM found the web got measurably worse this year.
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Behold! @ChanceyFleet and I are introducing BopQuest, the new word search feature for WordBopper!
Every month will bring a new themed set of words that you must find during any game mode. Each one found adds to your overall WordBopper ranking, and if you find them all by the end of the month, you'll get a bonus of as many rank points as there are words in the list!
So Bop to it, your quest awaits! #Blind #A11y https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordbopper/id6766375951
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ElevenReader can now read Kindle content.
https://elevenreader.io/kindle-read-aloud @doubletap @disabledvoices @news @CarrieOnA11y
#a11y #disability #blind -
linux is so good, i had to use windows for a bit and wow linux is so good, why aren't people using linux? it's so good, don't they know windows is bad?
yk i'm really tired of having this shit boosted onto my tl and if you're doing it you're getting muted. for the last time:
i want to use Linux. i cannot use Linux the way i can use Windows, because the accessibility is a mess. because i don't get the functionality from Linux that i get from Windows, i use Windows. whenever i bring this up, i'm told "that sucks, good thing it's open source, you should fix it".i am so sick of having the same conversation over and over again and i'm running out of patience for this crap. please try to actually care about disabled people. if you can't help materially, you can help by remembering we're still in the room when you go to make the same godsdamn noise for the trillionth time.
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Virgin Australia apologises to disability advocate removed from flight over wheelchair motor https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/…aug/19/virgin-australia-apologises-to-disability-advocate-removed-from-flight-over-wheelchair-motor-ntwnfb #a11y
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Taps the Disability Dongle sign. By Karl Groves. AI is the future of #Accessibility https://karlgroves.com/ai-is-the-future-of-accessibility/ #AI #LLM #AIHype #A11y
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This is based on a document I wrote several years ago, a proposal to standardise test acceptance criteria for our quality assurance process.
I deliberately avoided any reference to WCAG guidelines or success criteria – instead, I chose to keep the focus on the user experience, what they should be able to perceive, understand, and do, in that scenario.
Perhaps someone can make use of it.
https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/standard-accessibility-acceptance-criteria/
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Your website may work perfectly for you. But that proves almost nothing👀
You know where to click, what things look like, and how they’re supposed to work. Your users may experience it differently.
Try navigating without the tools you normally rely on. You might uncover an accessibility barrier hiding in plain sight.👉 Try it on your Website: https://www.accesstive.com/free-accessibility-checker/
#Accessibility #A11y #WebAccessibility #WCAG #InclusiveDesign
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‘We have nowhere to go’: WV handicap-accessible housing in short supply for low-income residents https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/08/…20/we-have-nowhere-to-go-wv-handicap-accessible-housing-in-short-supply-for-low-income-residents/ #a11y
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5 Years After Age-Friendly Accessibility Regulations: Why Most Senior-Friendly Product Modes Still Fall Short of Expected Standards https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3928769765881…987 #a11y
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Why Texas v. Kennedy Matters for Disability Rights and Women https://feminist.org/news/why-texas-v-…kennedy-matters-for-disability-rights-and-women/ #a11y
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Safety is a key component of accessibility in public transportation https://musculardystrophynews.com/colu…mns/safety-key-component-accessibility-public-transportation/ #a11y
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‘We have nowhere to go’: WV handicap-accessible housing in short supply for low-income residents https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/08/…20/we-have-nowhere-to-go-wv-handicap-accessible-housing-in-short-supply-for-low-income-residents/ #a11y
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexhall/117129316654918370
To any sighted people reading this, this makes posts difficult to read for people who are blind/visually impaired when reading with screen readers. #accessibility #a11y
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Are the emails sent from your WordPress website accessible?
Join the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on Tuesday, September 15 at 10 AM Central for Email Accessibility in WordPress with Maria Maldonado.
Learn how accessibility applies to transactional and marketing emails, including layouts, headings, links, images, color contrast, content structure, and testing workflows.
Register now!
#WPA11yMeetup #WordPress #Accessibility #A11y #EmailAccessibility
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7417855082828/WN_Ol1nRzSQT_mE3oLnsJK4Uw
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Come join us on the Techopolis Discord! We are talking all about AI games and more over there. https://techopolis.app/discord #OnDeviceAI, #A11y, #VoiceOver, #AI
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AI-Generated Images, Screen Readers, and WCAG:
A seemingly simple label like “AI-generated image” becomes an accessibility issue. This is because alt text, link text, and information about an image’s origin serve different functions. #A11y #AI #AIAct #accessibility -
So Google showed off a new feature on their Android keyboard where you can use ASL for dictation. On paper it seems very useful, but when I stopped to think about it it didn't make much sense to me.
Voice dictation has advantages over typing in that it's faster (albeit with less control over the exact transcribed text), and can be done with one hand or sometimes even hands free without looking at the screen. Meanwhile the new ASL dictation is still faster with less control, but seemingly requires three hands (one of them can be a mount) and to look at the screen while you use both hands for signing. In what situations would this be better than typing?
Can I get any thoughts on this from any deaf/mute people? Or even from hearing/voiced people who use voice dictation, as I almost never use that feature. It's entirely possible I missed something, but my current analysis is that it's yet another flashy yet ultimately useless feature.
#Accessibility #A11y #Deaf #Mute #Google #Android #ASL #Gboard #SignLanguage