#screenreader — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #screenreader, aggregated by home.social.
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In half an hour, I shall once again toot my own horn for a bit. Been hard at work to add #accessibility to a bunch of projects, most notably in the #gaming space but other things are cooking, as well.
In half an hour, I will go live on #Twitch to show off my in-progress mods for Yu-gi-oh Duel Links, Cult of the lamb, Disgaea 5 and #paraLives. We'll talk #gameDev, #screenReader game representation and a whole lot of other stuff. Find me at https://twitch.tv/zersiax #blind #gamerWithoutSight #actuallyBlind -
In half an hour, I shall once again toot my own horn for a bit. Been hard at work to add #accessibility to a bunch of projects, most notably in the #gaming space but other things are cooking, as well.
In half an hour, I will go live on #Twitch to show off my in-progress mods for Yu-gi-oh Duel Links, Cult of the lamb, Disgaea 5 and #paraLives. We'll talk #gameDev, #screenReader game representation and a whole lot of other stuff. Find me at https://twitch.tv/zersiax #blind #gamerWithoutSight #actuallyBlind -
Huge thanks to Luke and Jonathan who invited me to come talk geeky tech, and my book! Vision Forward is a great organization! Cory, you were missed!
We got into AI with screen readers, why I built NVDA Coach, and 20 years of making music without sight.
Full interview on Vision Forward's Tech Connect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ScfcrtFY8#Blind #BlindCommunity #LowVision #VisuallyImpaired #Accessibility #A11y #AssistiveTechnology #ScreenReader #NVDA #JAWS #VoiceOver #AI #Disability #TechConnect #NoSightRequired
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Huge thanks to Luke and Jonathan who invited me to come talk geeky tech, and my book! Vision Forward is a great organization! Cory, you were missed!
We got into AI with screen readers, why I built NVDA Coach, and 20 years of making music without sight.
Full interview on Vision Forward's Tech Connect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ScfcrtFY8#Blind #BlindCommunity #LowVision #VisuallyImpaired #Accessibility #A11y #AssistiveTechnology #ScreenReader #NVDA #JAWS #VoiceOver #AI #Disability #TechConnect #NoSightRequired
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Join us in one hour for a live AI webinar where we’ll review AI tools, discuss prompting techniques, and provide tips on improving real-world workflows.
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA -
Join us in one hour for a live AI webinar where we’ll review AI tools, discuss prompting techniques, and provide tips on improving real-world workflows.
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA -
How do I use PowerPoint with JAWS?
PowerPoint is used every day in workplaces, classrooms, and training environments. Here are five keyboard commands to help you work through it efficiently with JAWS: CTRL+M to add a slide, F5 to start a presentation, Page Down and Page Up to navigate slides, and CTRL+S to save.
Check out our PowerPoint with JAWS playlist on our YouTube Training Channel to learn more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-npwu4WEBTwWsYpvasX-GB0Y0C8IyR0&si=mnr2JTpEPLhp8BFE
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How do I use PowerPoint with JAWS?
PowerPoint is used every day in workplaces, classrooms, and training environments. Here are five keyboard commands to help you work through it efficiently with JAWS: CTRL+M to add a slide, F5 to start a presentation, Page Down and Page Up to navigate slides, and CTRL+S to save.
Check out our PowerPoint with JAWS playlist on our YouTube Training Channel to learn more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-npwu4WEBTwWsYpvasX-GB0Y0C8IyR0&si=mnr2JTpEPLhp8BFE
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just found something out. if you go into the task list view while running jaws for windows, insert f10, select a running app and press the delete key, it will close that app. wow! #jaws #screenreader #accessibility.
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just found something out. if you go into the task list view while running jaws for windows, insert f10, select a running app and press the delete key, it will close that app. wow! #jaws #screenreader #accessibility.
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Have you registered? Join us on Thursday, August 13 at Noon ET for a live AI webinar where we’ll review AI tools, discuss prompting techniques, and provide tips on improving real-world workflows. ACVREP credits available for those who attend the live presentation.
Register today:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA#/registration
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Have you registered? Join us on Thursday, August 13 at Noon ET for a live AI webinar where we’ll review AI tools, discuss prompting techniques, and provide tips on improving real-world workflows. ACVREP credits available for those who attend the live presentation.
Register today:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA#/registration
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We at @parchlinux have started building something we've wanted for a long time: a full accessibility layer baked into the distro itself, not bolted on as an afterthought. Persian voice support, offline speech recognition, and a design that treats every desktop environment the same way. 🧵👇
https://blog.parchlinux.com/a-linux-distribution-that-leaves-no-one-behind/
#Linux #Accessibility #OpenSource #FOSS #a11y #ParchLinux #Persian #ScreenReader #Whisper #Privacy
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We at @parchlinux have started building something we've wanted for a long time: a full accessibility layer baked into the distro itself, not bolted on as an afterthought. Persian voice support, offline speech recognition, and a design that treats every desktop environment the same way. 🧵👇
https://blog.parchlinux.com/a-linux-distribution-that-leaves-no-one-behind/
#Linux #Accessibility #OpenSource #FOSS #a11y #ParchLinux #Persian #ScreenReader #Whisper #Privacy
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JAWS Jumpstart Week 2! Whether you are heading back to school or just looking to browse more efficiently, we have tips for using JAWS for web browsing and online research.
Read more in our latest blog article: https://training.vispero.com/research-ready-using-jaws-for-web-browsing-and-online-research/
What is your favorite JAWS web browsing tip?
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JAWS Jumpstart Week 2! Whether you are heading back to school or just looking to browse more efficiently, we have tips for using JAWS for web browsing and online research.
Read more in our latest blog article: https://training.vispero.com/research-ready-using-jaws-for-web-browsing-and-online-research/
What is your favorite JAWS web browsing tip?
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/117057050584934143
Here's a thread about 2 experiments to stop AI from scraping website content by obfuscating the text. Unfortunately both lead to accessibility problems.
#2 works OK with screen reader software but is unpleasant to read visually.
#1 is not read by screen readers. The creators mitigate this problem by revealing the text through decryption in JavaScript. But, it's slow for screen reader users with JS enabled, and inaccessible with JS disabled.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/117057050584934143
Here's a thread about 2 experiments to stop AI from scraping website content by obfuscating the text. Unfortunately both lead to accessibility problems.
#2 works OK with screen reader software but is unpleasant to read visually.
#1 is not read by screen readers. The creators mitigate this problem by revealing the text through decryption in JavaScript. But, it's slow for screen reader users with JS enabled, and inaccessible with JS disabled.
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Can one get Android TalkBack to just read a whole web page/article? I got snarled up in all the two and three finger gestures and couldn't find just a "read all" - maybe I missed something.
Yes, I shouldn't have clicked past the tutorial 🫣
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Can one get Android TalkBack to just read a whole web page/article? I got snarled up in all the two and three finger gestures and couldn't find just a "read all" - maybe I missed something.
Yes, I shouldn't have clicked past the tutorial 🫣
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TG Spaces 1.0 is out. Free, Windows and macOS.
A convolution reverb with 190 places in it. None of them recorded —
each room is built from an acoustics model, so making the room bigger
builds a bigger room, and walking away from the source moves you.
Every control speaks its value. Real metres, not percentages. Zero
degrees means facing the source in all 190 rooms. No custom plugin
window, deliberately — a drawn interface would look better and work
worse.
Huge thanks to my musical icon and brother, @Matthew2468 for ideas and contributions.
https://tgstudios.app
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #NVDA #VoiceOver #Reaper #MusicProduction -
TG Spaces 1.0 is out. Free, Windows and macOS.
A convolution reverb with 190 places in it. None of them recorded —
each room is built from an acoustics model, so making the room bigger
builds a bigger room, and walking away from the source moves you.
Every control speaks its value. Real metres, not percentages. Zero
degrees means facing the source in all 190 rooms. No custom plugin
window, deliberately — a drawn interface would look better and work
worse.
Huge thanks to my musical icon and brother, @Matthew2468 for ideas and contributions.
https://tgstudios.app
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #NVDA #VoiceOver #Reaper #MusicProduction -
Check out this week's JAWS Power Tip: How To Use Layered Commands to Access Important Features https://toptechtidbits.com/jaws-how-to-use-layered-commands/
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Check out this week's JAWS Power Tip: How To Use Layered Commands to Access Important Features https://toptechtidbits.com/jaws-how-to-use-layered-commands/
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This week's In-Process is out. Featuring:
- NVDA 2026.2 Beta 10
- Getting Help
- WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
- Thanks Acapela
- Moving by Sentence (and more!)Read more at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-7…th-august-2026/
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This week's In-Process is out. Featuring:
- NVDA 2026.2 Beta 10
- Getting Help
- WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
- Thanks Acapela
- Moving by Sentence (and more!)Read more at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-7th-august-2026/
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This week's In-Process is out. Featuring:
- NVDA 2026.2 Beta 10
- Getting Help
- WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
- Thanks Acapela
- Moving by Sentence (and more!)Read more at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-7th-august-2026/
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Reminder: Today's webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 13 at Noon ET.
There is still time to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA#/registration
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Reminder: Today's webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 13 at Noon ET.
There is still time to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA#/registration
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Master the tool in your hands first. #AssistiveTech #ScreenReader #Learning
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Master the tool in your hands first. #AssistiveTech #ScreenReader #Learning
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Is anyone using the Orca screen reader?
If so, does it just not work with Firefox, or am I doing something wrong?
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Is anyone using the Orca screen reader?
If so, does it just not work with Firefox, or am I doing something wrong?
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Is there a step-by-step guide for learning JAWS for the first time?
Yes! Our free Getting Started with JAWS Basic Training series walks you through the essentials step by step, from starting JAWS to browsing the internet.
Access the training here: https://www.freedomscientific.com/training/jaws/getting-started/
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Is there a step-by-step guide for learning JAWS for the first time?
Yes! Our free Getting Started with JAWS Basic Training series walks you through the essentials step by step, from starting JAWS to browsing the internet.
Access the training here: https://www.freedomscientific.com/training/jaws/getting-started/
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Made a thing. When Core Audio wedges on a Mac, the fix is one command — but finding the note, copying it, opening Terminal, and typing a password into a prompt VoiceOver tells you nothing about is five steps too many.
Reset Audio does it in one keystroke. Native auth dialog, never a terminal prompt. It confirms Core Audio actually came back rather than assuming, then says so out loud.
First app I've built with Claude, so I'm a little nervous. Try it, break it, tell me what's wrong.
https://github.com/Matthew2244/reset-audio
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #VoiceOver #macOS #AudioProduction #OpenSource
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Made a thing. When Core Audio wedges on a Mac, the fix is one command — but finding the note, copying it, opening Terminal, and typing a password into a prompt VoiceOver tells you nothing about is five steps too many.
Reset Audio does it in one keystroke. Native auth dialog, never a terminal prompt. It confirms Core Audio actually came back rather than assuming, then says so out loud.
First app I've built with Claude, so I'm a little nervous. Try it, break it, tell me what's wrong.
https://github.com/Matthew2244/reset-audio
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #VoiceOver #macOS #AudioProduction #OpenSource
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Look how far your hands have carried you. #ScreenReader #Blind #Motivation
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RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/117042932525570244
Mastodon clients have a big responsibility here too. They should make it both easy ánd hard to forget to add alt text to images.
My favorite Slack improvement lately is showing the Alt text input if I forget to add it to an image. Now I never forget.
Would be great if all the Mastodon clients could do something similar.
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RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/117042932525570244
Mastodon clients have a big responsibility here too. They should make it both easy ánd hard to forget to add alt text to images.
My favorite Slack improvement lately is showing the Alt text input if I forget to add it to an image. Now I never forget.
Would be great if all the Mastodon clients could do something similar.
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Hi everyone, hope all is well. I'm testing out FastSMRW, the new C++ rewrite of FastSM. Really cool so far — this one's coming to you from the iOS beta on my iPhone. Nice work, Mason!
#FastSMRW #Accessibility #Blind #VoiceOver #ScreenReader #Mastodon #iOS #A11y
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Hi everyone, hope all is well. I'm testing out FastSMRW, the new C++ rewrite of FastSM. Really cool so far — this one's coming to you from the iOS beta on my iPhone. Nice work, Mason!
#FastSMRW #Accessibility #Blind #VoiceOver #ScreenReader #Mastodon #iOS #A11y
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Hey #ScreenReader users,
the screen reader user survey by #WebAIM is still open until August 31, 2026.
If you or someone you know have a couple of minutes to spare, I would really appreciate if you'd participate here:
https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/
This survey - together with the WebAIM Million report - is a vital source of user data not only for me, but also for other accessibility professionals.
Thank you! ❤️
#a11y #accessibility #survey #frontend #AssistiveTechnology #WebDev
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Hey #ScreenReader users,
the screen reader user survey by #WebAIM is still open until August 31, 2026.
If you or someone you know have a couple of minutes to spare, I would really appreciate if you'd participate here:
https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/
This survey - together with the WebAIM Million report - is a vital source of user data not only for me, but also for other accessibility professionals.
Thank you! ❤️
#a11y #accessibility #survey #frontend #AssistiveTechnology #WebDev
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Join us for another AI webinar, Thursday, August 6 at noon ET. We’ll look back at what we’ve learned, what’s become part of our everyday workflow, and the techniques that continue to deliver the best results. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA
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Join us for another AI webinar, Thursday, August 6 at noon ET. We’ll look back at what we’ve learned, what’s become part of our everyday workflow, and the techniques that continue to deliver the best results. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IRcqRRMMQkesmDBHPn4LKA
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JAWS Jumpstart Week 1 is here! As the new school year approaches, we are kicking things off with essential navigation shortcuts every JAWS user should know. Check out our latest blog article to dig deeper: https://training.vispero.com/jaws-jumpstart-getting-started-with-essential-jaws-navigation-shortcuts/
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JAWS Jumpstart Week 1 is here! As the new school year approaches, we are kicking things off with essential navigation shortcuts every JAWS user should know. Check out our latest blog article to dig deeper: https://training.vispero.com/jaws-jumpstart-getting-started-with-essential-jaws-navigation-shortcuts/
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Chrome on Windows is increasingly going down the Apple path of separating #screenReader output across elements in ways that don't need to be surfaced to users, and require more arrow key presses. Ironically—probably; nobody knows what that means anymore—they're breaking the web in this way just as Apple are reportedly fixing up many such cases in iOS 27.
Take, for example, Wikipedia: most of the time these days I have to arrow twice past a linked citation because the closing square bracket ends up on a line of its own in NVDA's browse mode buffer (this is with screen layout turned off). I also just had to arrow twice to read the text "The Spectator's" because the apostrophe and S ended up on a line separate from the publication name.
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Chrome on Windows is increasingly going down the Apple path of separating #screenReader output across elements in ways that don't need to be surfaced to users, and require more arrow key presses. Ironically—probably; nobody knows what that means anymore—they're breaking the web in this way just as Apple are reportedly fixing up many such cases in iOS 27.
Take, for example, Wikipedia: most of the time these days I have to arrow twice past a linked citation because the closing square bracket ends up on a line of its own in NVDA's browse mode buffer (this is with screen layout turned off). I also just had to arrow twice to read the text "The Spectator's" because the apostrophe and S ended up on a line separate from the publication name.
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These AI companies redesign their websites more often than I change guitar strings.
So my book does not teach you today's buttons. It teaches you to fish. The navigation strategies survive the redesigns.
No Sight Required, built on the parts that do not change.
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These AI companies redesign their websites more often than I change guitar strings.
So my book does not teach you today's buttons. It teaches you to fish. The navigation strategies survive the redesigns.
No Sight Required, built on the parts that do not change.
#AI #ScreenReader #Blind