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  1. @Yuki welcome to the fedi! This is the only place where #accessability for the visually-impared seems to be a regular, so many graphics shared here have alternative text that can be read by screen readers and other TTS tools.

  2. @Yuki welcome to the fedi! This is the only place where #accessability for the visually-impared seems to be a regular, so many graphics shared here have alternative text that can be read by screen readers and other TTS tools.

  3. @peterrenshaw

    Question: How does this affect the #accessability of a website? For example, will text-to-speech software still read the "proper" text?

  4. @peterrenshaw

    Question: How does this affect the #accessability of a website? For example, will text-to-speech software still read the "proper" text?

  5. Another day, and another migraine from an indie game that had a sudden extreme flashing sequece...now, say it with me once more:

    FLASHING VISUALS ARE NOT SCARY, THEY ARE JUST HARD TO SEE AND CAUSE MIGRAINES, AND SEIZURES.

    Gamedevs, seriously it is not hard to not have them in your games and expand your player base by avoiding them.

    Also if you have them - MAKE A BIG FUCKING WARNING IN THE BEGINNING!

    #ganedev #indiegame #accessability #migraine #flashing #fuckYou

  6. Another day, and another migraine from an indie game that had a sudden extreme flashing sequece...now, say it with me once more:

    FLASHING VISUALS ARE NOT SCARY, THEY ARE JUST HARD TO SEE AND CAUSE MIGRAINES, AND SEIZURES.

    Gamedevs, seriously it is not hard to not have them in your games and expand your player base by avoiding them.

    Also if you have them - MAKE A BIG FUCKING WARNING IN THE BEGINNING!

    #ganedev #indiegame #accessability #migraine #flashing #fuckYou

  7. Weil die Signal-App ständig von sich aus ohne Notwendigkeit nach dem 64-stelligen Wiederherdtellungsschlüssel für das Backup fragt mit der Begründung: "Damit du den 64-stelligen Wiederherstellungsschlüssel nicht vergisst, fragen wir dich ab und zu danach" und weil man diese sinnlose Abfragerei nicht abstellen kann, kann meine demente Mutter nun leider die Signal-App nicht mehr nutzen, weil der Abfrage-Dialog bei jedem Öffnen der App erscheint und sie irritiert.

    #Usability #Accessability #Signal

  8. Weil die Signal-App ständig von sich aus ohne Notwendigkeit nach dem 64-stelligen Wiederherdtellungsschlüssel für das Backup fragt mit der Begründung: "Damit du den 64-stelligen Wiederherstellungsschlüssel nicht vergisst, fragen wir dich ab und zu danach" und weil man diese sinnlose Abfragerei nicht abstellen kann, kann meine demente Mutter nun leider die Signal-App nicht mehr nutzen, weil der Abfrage-Dialog bei jedem Öffnen der App erscheint und sie irritiert.

    #Usability #Accessability #Signal

  9. @skillstopractice I've maintained a collection of the stuff I've done over on my site at ddr0.ca/gallery. The one I use the most is the multiplayer dice roller (ddr0.ca/🎲); it's the only one my DnD group has found that supports screen readers well. (Digital DnD stuff generally has atrocious accessibility.) There's a few games on that page too you can play!

    #accessability #webToys

  10. @skillstopractice I've maintained a collection of the stuff I've done over on my site at ddr0.ca/gallery. The one I use the most is the multiplayer dice roller (ddr0.ca/🎲); it's the only one my DnD group has found that supports screen readers well. (Digital DnD stuff generally has atrocious accessibility.) There's a few games on that page too you can play!

    #accessability #webToys

  11. @[email protected] @[email protected] How does this impact accessibility tool such as screen readers if I were to use something like this in my writing?

    #Accessability

  12. @[email protected] @[email protected] How does this impact accessibility tool such as screen readers if I were to use something like this in my writing?

    #Accessability

  13. Hello fedi,

    I am still interested in trying to make tables in geminispace that are accessible to blind users.

    The trouble is that gemini's native markup format,
    gemtext, does not have tables.

    Gemtext
    does have preformatted text blocks, so I tried making tables by manually lining up text.

    Header    Also a header
    Thing     A thing
    Another   thing
    but I was told that that sort of table is hard for people using screen readers to parse. So now I'm trying something else.

    I made two copies of each table: one is preformatted text that I manually lined up, aimed at sighted-users. The other copy is a csv file. I link to the csv file right under the preformatted text.

    If you have a gemini browser installed, you can see the results right here
    gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi

    If you don't have a gemini browser installed, you can see it through a regular web browser here:
    https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi

    Note that if you click on the csv link from Firefox or Chromium, they try to download the csv file instead of displaying it in browser, while Gnome Web/Epiphany (and so maybe Safari?) will display it in-browser.

    So my question to users of screen readers is, does this work? Can you actually read the table?

    How does it compare with the MediaWiki version of the same information?
    https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Chapters

    #Geminispace #Gemtext #Screenreaders #Blind #Accessability #a11y

  14. Hello fedi,

    I am still interested in trying to make tables in geminispace that are accessible to blind users.

    The trouble is that gemini's native markup format,
    gemtext, does not have tables.

    Gemtext
    does have preformatted text blocks, so I tried making tables by manually lining up text.

    Header    Also a header
    Thing     A thing
    Another   thing
    but I was told that that sort of table is hard for people using screen readers to parse. So now I'm trying something else.

    I made two copies of each table: one is preformatted text that I manually lined up, aimed at sighted-users. The other copy is a csv file. I link to the csv file right under the preformatted text.

    If you have a gemini browser installed, you can see the results right here
    gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi

    If you don't have a gemini browser installed, you can see it through a regular web browser here:
    https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi

    Note that if you click on the csv link from Firefox or Chromium, they try to download the csv file instead of displaying it in browser, while Gnome Web/Epiphany (and so maybe Safari?) will display it in-browser.

    So my question to users of screen readers is, does this work? Can you actually read the table?

    How does it compare with the MediaWiki version of the same information?
    https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Chapters

    #Geminispace #Gemtext #Screenreaders #Blind #Accessability #a11y

  15. Good news: We (me and my partner) will get new glasses covered by KELA so my migraines should reduce a bit more. (: Shame we can't afford the color-shade things on them to reduce how flashing lights and bright conditions screw with eyeballs, but at least seeing better will be excellent.

    Neurologist also couldn't write a statement to get them, which is an accessability fail in my opinion.

    #glasses #KELA #accessability #eyeglasses #vision

  16. Good news: We (me and my partner) will get new glasses covered by KELA so my migraines should reduce a bit more. (: Shame we can't afford the color-shade things on them to reduce how flashing lights and bright conditions screw with eyeballs, but at least seeing better will be excellent.

    Neurologist also couldn't write a statement to get them, which is an accessability fail in my opinion.

    #glasses #KELA #accessability #eyeglasses #vision

  17. Is there a way to select the highest contrast rating between two colours based on a third colour using entirely HTML+CSS?

    My specific use case is to select white or black foreground text based off a varying background colour.

    JavaScript is not what I'm looking for here. And my familiarity with CSS has so far been dealing with transformations, and everything that was in CSS2 (I'm feeling old writing that). #wcag #accessability #lazyWeb

  18. Is there a way to select the highest contrast rating between two colours based on a third colour using entirely HTML+CSS?

    My specific use case is to select white or black foreground text based off a varying background colour.

    JavaScript is not what I'm looking for here. And my familiarity with CSS has so far been dealing with transformations, and everything that was in CSS2 (I'm feeling old writing that). #wcag #accessability #lazyWeb

  19. Does anyone know if it possible to reduce/remove the AGGRESSIVE flashing lights in the game "Crisol Theatre of Idols"??

    I would want to buy it, as it seems to be exactly what I love in games (asthetically, combat looks cool, UI is beautiful, and I am here for the lore) - but I just checked gameplay of it and it has insane flashing in cutscenes. This is the only big obstacle I have for it. )*:

    #help #games #crisol #crisoltheatreofidols #fedihelp #share #videogames #gameplay #accessability

  20. Does anyone know if it possible to reduce/remove the AGGRESSIVE flashing lights in the game "Crisol Theatre of Idols"??

    I would want to buy it, as it seems to be exactly what I love in games (asthetically, combat looks cool, UI is beautiful, and I am here for the lore) - but I just checked gameplay of it and it has insane flashing in cutscenes. This is the only big obstacle I have for it. )*:

    #help #games #crisol #crisoltheatreofidols #fedihelp #share #videogames #gameplay #accessability

  21. AdGuard has declined to change the default coloration of icons in the "App Management" tab of AdGuard for Windows, despite accessibility concerns.
    However, AdGuard has said they plan to introduce a high contrast theme some time in the future.

    github.com/AdguardTeam/Adguard

    #AdGuard #AdGuardWindows #Accessability

  22. AdGuard has declined to change the default coloration of icons in the "App Management" tab of AdGuard for Windows, despite accessibility concerns.
    However, AdGuard has said they plan to introduce a high contrast theme some time in the future.

    github.com/AdguardTeam/Adguard

    #AdGuard #AdGuardWindows #Accessability

  23. I've used a mobility scooter a few times in my area and it really does hit you how annoying it is to ride off a kerb only to find there's not a drop the other side and you're stuck in a road at a height many won't see. Also people just standing in the middle of a path not noticing you and chatting away (twice on a 20 minute journey tesr both happened today)

    #disability #chronicillness #accessability #trave #mobility #uk

  24. I've used a mobility scooter a few times in my area and it really does hit you how annoying it is to ride off a kerb only to find there's not a drop the other side and you're stuck in a road at a height many won't see. Also people just standing in the middle of a path not noticing you and chatting away (twice on a 20 minute journey tesr both happened today)

    #disability #chronicillness #accessability #trave #mobility #uk

  25. Dandelion Sprout has raised a valid accessibility issue with AdGuard for Windows.
    In the "app management" tab, the options for each app are shown through small icons. If something is on, it is light green. If it is off, it is light grey. There is no other distinction on this page.
    Even as someone who isn't colorblind and has ok vision (and an ok monitor), the two look way to close.

    github.com/AdguardTeam/Adguard

    #AdGuard #Accessability

  26. Dandelion Sprout has raised a valid accessibility issue with AdGuard for Windows.
    In the "app management" tab, the options for each app are shown through small icons. If something is on, it is light green. If it is off, it is light grey. There is no other distinction on this page.
    Even as someone who isn't colorblind and has ok vision (and an ok monitor), the two look way to close.

    github.com/AdguardTeam/Adguard

    #AdGuard #Accessability

  27. WEBCAST MAR 3 – A11yNYC – Totally Listening: Using a Total Communication Approach

    YOUTUBE | REAL TIME TEXT | PERMALINK

    On Tuesday March 3, 2026, at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC Nov 5), the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Totally Listening: Using a Total Communication Approach'.

    This talk, from the perspective of speech pathologists who specialize in communication language, focuses on str

    isoc.live/20282/

    #post #2026 #a11ynyc #accessability

  28. WEBCAST MAR 3 – A11yNYC – Totally Listening: Using a Total Communication Approach

    YOUTUBE | REAL TIME TEXT | PERMALINK

    On Tuesday March 3, 2026, at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC Nov 5), the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Totally Listening: Using a Total Communication Approach'.

    This talk, from the perspective of speech pathologists who specialize in communication language, focuses on str

    isoc.live/20282/

    #post #2026 #a11ynyc #accessability

  29. 👋 Hello Canadian 🇨🇦 Fediverse
    Needing 🦽 Advice Please 👋

    I would very much appreciate recommendations for companies/sources for a manual wheelchair for a disabled senior. ♿
    The person using it is Not capable of maneuvering an electric one -and they are Not allowed for use at the retirement home-and one arm is too weak to push himself using a manual wheelchair, so it's up to me, a senior to assist, therefore, it needs to be lightweight but sturdy enough for going over curbs and sidewalks, along country roads without a sidewalk, and to be safely anchored to a bus floor. (I do not want a 'transport' wheelchair --too flimsy)
    Thanks for your guidance.🙂

    Boosts welcomed

    #Canada
    #Aging #Disability #Accessability #Senior #Health

  30. 👋 Hello Canadian 🇨🇦 Fediverse
    Needing 🦽 Advice Please 👋

    I would very much appreciate recommendations for companies/sources for a manual wheelchair for a disabled senior. ♿
    The person using it is Not capable of maneuvering an electric one -and they are Not allowed for use at the retirement home-and one arm is too weak to push himself using a manual wheelchair, so it's up to me, a senior to assist, therefore, it needs to be lightweight but sturdy enough for going over curbs and sidewalks, along country roads without a sidewalk, and to be safely anchored to a bus floor. (I do not want a 'transport' wheelchair --too flimsy)
    Thanks for your guidance.🙂

    Boosts welcomed

    #Canada
    #Aging #Disability #Accessability #Senior #Health

  31. RE: ruhr.social/@julijane/11580068

    Hier eines der @c3tactile Schilder vom #39c3 die in der #Freakshow erwähnt wurden.

    Die gestickten Kartenpläne und alle Brailleschilder sind unglaublich wichtige Tools, die unsere #accessability auf #Chaos Events erhöhen. 🚀

    Danke an alle die mitgeholfen haben! 👏

    @c3wien @metalab @freakshow

  32. RE: ruhr.social/@julijane/11580068

    Hier eines der @c3tactile Schilder vom #39c3 die in der #Freakshow erwähnt wurden.

    Die gestickten Kartenpläne und alle Brailleschilder sind unglaublich wichtige Tools, die unsere #accessability auf #Chaos Events erhöhen. 🚀

    Danke an alle die mitgeholfen haben! 👏

    @c3wien @metalab @freakshow

  33. PSA: if all you ever post is screenshots of other people's viral posts, but you omit the Alt-text, and you cannot be bothered to edit your post to add Alt-text even after other people comment to supply the Alt-text, then you're an absolute shit-heel and deserve to be blocked.

    #AltText #Accessability #Netiquette

  34. PSA: if all you ever post is screenshots of other people's viral posts, but you omit the Alt-text, and you cannot be bothered to edit your post to add Alt-text even after other people comment to supply the Alt-text, then you're an absolute shit-heel and deserve to be blocked.

    #AltText #Accessability #Netiquette

  35. @A11yAwareness

    Same with Google Docs and other apps.

    Use the built-in styles for headings.

    Using the heading styles has several benefits:

    • That text is formatted like a heading.

    • Heading tagged for screen readers.

    • Auto-included in table of contents.

    #A11y #accessability #content #ContentDesign #usability

  36. @A11yAwareness

    Same with Google Docs and other apps.

    Use the built-in styles for headings.

    Using the heading styles has several benefits:

    • That text is formatted like a heading.

    • Heading tagged for screen readers.

    • Auto-included in table of contents.

    #A11y #accessability #content #ContentDesign #usability