#visual-impairment — Public Fediverse posts

Your manuals. Three formats. Zero limits. 🚀

insideONE+ and insideSUPRA now have their manuals in:
📄 DOCX
📕 PDF
🌐 HTML → readable anywhere, on any device

Link in bio 🔗 (or right below 👇)

🔹 insideSUPRA: https://insidevision.fr/produits_braille_bloc_notes_insidesupra_EN_01.html#supports
🔹 insideONE+: https://insidevision.fr/produits_braille_tablette_insideone_plus_EN_01.html#supports

#InsideVision #Braille #Accessibility #Innovation #insideONEPlus #insideSUPRA #TechInclusive #VisualImpairment

Your manuals. Three formats. Zero limits. 🚀

insideONE+ and insideSUPRA now have their manuals in:
📄 DOCX
📕 PDF
🌐 HTML → readable anywhere, on any device

Link in bio 🔗 (or right below 👇)

🔹 insideSUPRA: https://insidevision.fr/produits_braille_bloc_notes_insidesupra_EN_01.html#supports
🔹 insideONE+: https://insidevision.fr/produits_braille_tablette_insideone_plus_EN_01.html#supports

#InsideVision #Braille #Accessibility #Innovation #insideONEPlus #insideSUPRA #TechInclusive #VisualImpairment

https://www.fogolf.com/1311738/u-s-adaptive-open-more-titles-on-tap-for-bish-cunha/ U.S. Adaptive Open: More titles on tap for Bish, Cunha? #arizona #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #Golf #GolfNews #health #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #MedicalSpecialties #Medicine #NervousSystem #NeurologicalDisorders #neurology #tucson #VisualImpairment

Coywolf: AI Alt Text for the Fediverse: Chrome extension for generating image alt text on Mastodon. “A privacy-first Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that adds an AI alt-text button to the Mastodon web composer (any instance, including self-hosted). When you open the image description (alt-text) modal, the extension can send the image to Anthropic’s Claude API — using your own API key — and […]

Coywolf: AI Alt Text for the Fediverse: Chrome extension for generating image alt text on Mastodon. “A privacy-first Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that adds an AI alt-text button to the Mastodon web composer (any instance, including self-hosted). When you open the image description (alt-text) modal, the extension can send the image to Anthropic’s Claude API — using your own API key — and […]

The Games for Blind Gamers Game jam community is hosting an event this July that is encouraging you to work on blind accessibility gaming projects (new or old) and find collaborators!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#AudioGame
#GameDev
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment
#BlindTech

The Games for Blind Gamers Game jam community is hosting an event this July that is encouraging you to work on blind accessibility gaming projects (new or old) and find collaborators!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#AudioGame
#GameDev
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment
#BlindTech

Have a blind accessibility gaming project you keep meaning to go back to? Already working on one and want to share progress? Want a reason to start one?
Join this laid back "share your progress" jam, by Games for Blind Gamers!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment
#BlindTech

Have a blind accessibility gaming project you keep meaning to go back to? Already working on one and want to share progress? Want a reason to start one?
Join this laid back "share your progress" jam, by Games for Blind Gamers!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment
#BlindTech

The Games for Blind Gamers Game jam community is hosting an event this July that is encouraging you to work on blind accessibility gaming projects (new or old) and find collaborators!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#AudioGame
#GameJam
#GameDev
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment

The Games for Blind Gamers Game jam community is hosting an event this July that is encouraging you to work on blind accessibility gaming projects (new or old) and find collaborators!
https://itch.io/jam/making-games-accessible
#GamesForBlindGamers
#AudioGame
#GameJam
#GameDev
#ScreenReader
#VisualImpairment

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired. “[Iris] Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven design guidelines for digital libraries to better serve the visually impaired. The effort, in collaboration with co-principal investigator Wonchan Choi, […]

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired. “[Iris] Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven design guidelines for digital libraries to better serve the visually impaired. The effort, in collaboration with co-principal investigator Wonchan Choi, […]

Georgia Museum of Art: UGA Students Create Tactile Replica for Museum Visitors with Low Vision. “Most museum visitors know the rule ‘look, but don’t touch,’ but where does that leave people who are blind or have low vision? As museums work toward increasing accessibility, many are exploring the incorporation of tactile images, or three-dimensional objects designed to be interpreted through […]

Georgia Museum of Art: UGA Students Create Tactile Replica for Museum Visitors with Low Vision. “Most museum visitors know the rule ‘look, but don’t touch,’ but where does that leave people who are blind or have low vision? As museums work toward increasing accessibility, many are exploring the incorporation of tactile images, or three-dimensional objects designed to be interpreted through […]

Veronica With Four Eyes: My Experience Using Kagi Search With Low Vision. “I hadn’t realized how much the visual clutter from search engine pages was weighing on me until it was eliminated, and I have been mentioning Kagi to almost everyone I know since then. Here is an overview of my experience using Kagi Search with low vision, including tips for using Kagi search tools and information […]

Veronica With Four Eyes: My Experience Using Kagi Search With Low Vision. “I hadn’t realized how much the visual clutter from search engine pages was weighing on me until it was eliminated, and I have been mentioning Kagi to almost everyone I know since then. Here is an overview of my experience using Kagi Search with low vision, including tips for using Kagi search tools and information […]

Verity’s garden makeover life-changing, says mum https://www.allforgardening.com/1773900/veritys-garden-makeover-life-changing-says-mum/ #AccessibleEnvironment #BritishGas #EyeGazeTechnology #garden #GardenMakeover #gardener #gardening #GasEngineers #MattJames #Verity #VisualImpairment #WellChild

Verity’s garden makeover life-changing, says mum https://www.allforgardening.com/1773900/veritys-garden-makeover-life-changing-says-mum/ #AccessibleEnvironment #BritishGas #EyeGazeTechnology #garden #GardenMakeover #gardener #gardening #GasEngineers #MattJames #Verity #VisualImpairment #WellChild

Leamington Observer: British Motor Museum image archive to become more accessible. “The project, running from spring 2026 to early 2027, will provide unprecedented access for visually impaired visitors to a historically significant collection of 20th century photographic negatives. This digital accessibility project will produce digital twins of a currently inaccessible collection using […]

Leamington Observer: British Motor Museum image archive to become more accessible. “The project, running from spring 2026 to early 2027, will provide unprecedented access for visually impaired visitors to a historically significant collection of 20th century photographic negatives. This digital accessibility project will produce digital twins of a currently inaccessible collection using […]

Associated Press: AI smart glasses will help visually impaired runners take on the London Marathon. “Running past Buckingham Palace during training, Tilly Dowler is closing in on a goal she once thought out of reach. Dowler, who has Stargardt disease and says she has about 10% useful vision, only began running last year, starting with a couch to 5K program before building up to marathon […]

Associated Press: AI smart glasses will help visually impaired runners take on the London Marathon. “Running past Buckingham Palace during training, Tilly Dowler is closing in on a goal she once thought out of reach. Dowler, who has Stargardt disease and says she has about 10% useful vision, only began running last year, starting with a couch to 5K program before building up to marathon […]

University of Washington: Tiny cameras in earbuds let users talk with AI about what they see. “The prototype system called VueBuds takes low-resolution, black-and-white images, which it transmits over Bluetooth to a phone or other nearby device. A small artificial intelligence model on the device then answers questions about the images within around a second. For privacy, all of the processing […]

University of Washington: Tiny cameras in earbuds let users talk with AI about what they see. “The prototype system called VueBuds takes low-resolution, black-and-white images, which it transmits over Bluetooth to a phone or other nearby device. A small artificial intelligence model on the device then answers questions about the images within around a second. For privacy, all of the processing […]

Museum Management and Curatorship: Experiencing a historic garden online: impact of an inclusive digital multisensory audio descriptive tour. “An inclusive audio descriptive online tour of the Chelsea Physic Garden was created for people who were blind and partially blind (BPB) and sighted. Sixty-two participants completed an evaluation questionnaire directly after experiencing the online tour, […]

Museum Management and Curatorship: Experiencing a historic garden online: impact of an inclusive digital multisensory audio descriptive tour. “An inclusive audio descriptive online tour of the Chelsea Physic Garden was created for people who were blind and partially blind (BPB) and sighted. Sixty-two participants completed an evaluation questionnaire directly after experiencing the online tour, […]

Chat with bank, hopefully sorted, it sucks that no-one thinks about visually impaired people, its also not hard to accommodate us either. Just give us the ability to modify font sizes & styles, scale your apps properly.

Phones now are good but could do better in some aspects, a few apps dont play nice when scaled.

#VisualImpairment #Accommodations #VisuallyImpaired

Touch, sound and style: how London fashion week is opening up to visually impaired guests – photo essay.

From live audio descriptions to fabric swatch booklets, designers are rethinking the catwalk experience for blind and low-vision clothes-lovers.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260301-touch-sound-and-style-how-london-fashion-week-is-opening-up-to-visually-impaired-guests-photo-essay?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fashion #LondonFashionWeek #Disability #Blindness #VisualImpairment #Design

Touch, sound and style: how London fashion week is opening up to visually impaired guests – photo essay.

From live audio descriptions to fabric swatch booklets, designers are rethinking the catwalk experience for blind and low-vision clothes-lovers.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260301-touch-sound-and-style-how-london-fashion-week-is-opening-up-to-visually-impaired-guests-photo-essay?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fashion #LondonFashionWeek #Disability #Blindness #VisualImpairment #Design

💬 The white cane represents more than mobility, it represents independence.

White Cane Week is a reminder to respect personal space, remove barriers, and design environments that support safe movement for people who are blind or have low vision.

🦯Awareness helps create inclusion in everyday spaces.

#WhiteCaneWeek #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #InclusiveDesign #DigitalInclusion #VisualImpairment #MobilityIndependence #A11y

💬 The white cane represents more than mobility, it represents independence.

White Cane Week is a reminder to respect personal space, remove barriers, and design environments that support safe movement for people who are blind or have low vision.

🦯Awareness helps create inclusion in everyday spaces.

#WhiteCaneWeek #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #InclusiveDesign #DigitalInclusion #VisualImpairment #MobilityIndependence #A11y

64-year-old woman has been going blind for nearly 50 years. AI glasses just helped her 'see' again.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/ai-glasses-help-blind-woman-see

64-year-old woman has been going blind for nearly 50 years. AI glasses just helped her 'see' again.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/ai-glasses-help-blind-woman-see

Oklahoma’s only blind baseball team prepares for national Beep Ball tournament | News https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/525906/ #athlete #Baseball #ChronicHereditaryEyeDisease #DillonTarp #GabeWeathers #Kansas #LowVision #MarkIvy #moore #okla. #Oklahoma #player #RetinitisPigmentosa #TeamCoach #Tulsa #TulsaInternationalAirport #TulsaMetropolitanArea #VisualImpairment

Great news, folks! Now you can feel like Tony Stark 🤖 while squinting at your see-through monitor, because who needs clear vision in the 21st century? Just what we needed: a transparent screen that’s perfect for a more confused, visually impaired future. 🎉
https://www.visualinstruments.co/phantom/display #transparenttechnology #futuristicinnovation #TonyStark #vibes #visualimpairment #techtrends #HackerNews #ngated

Great news, folks! Now you can feel like Tony Stark 🤖 while squinting at your see-through monitor, because who needs clear vision in the 21st century? Just what we needed: a transparent screen that’s perfect for a more confused, visually impaired future. 🎉
https://www.visualinstruments.co/phantom/display #transparenttechnology #futuristicinnovation #TonyStark #vibes #visualimpairment #techtrends #HackerNews #ngated

@ChristineMalec
Can't comment on clever software; not sure if this tip any use, probably only works at small scale, but many (many) years ago an accountant once recommended to their client that they get a page-a-day diary and when they come home at the end of the day, they staple all the receipts from that day to the page/date in the diary, in order to make the accountant's life easier.

Sorry I cant be of more use. At any rate, good luck with your search!

#accounting #taxReturns #blind #visualImpairment #screenReader #selfHosted

@ChristineMalec
Can't comment on clever software; not sure if this tip any use, probably only works at small scale, but many (many) years ago an accountant once recommended to their client that they get a page-a-day diary and when they come home at the end of the day, they staple all the receipts from that day to the page/date in the diary, in order to make the accountant's life easier.

Sorry I cant be of more use. At any rate, good luck with your search!

#accounting #taxReturns #blind #visualImpairment #screenReader #selfHosted

Digital Seams: Image descriptions on Bluesky. “What percentage of Bluesky images have image descriptions? I checked 2.8 million image posts and their user-provided image descriptions to find out.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/digital-seams-image-descriptions-on-bluesky/

Digital Seams: Image descriptions on Bluesky. “What percentage of Bluesky images have image descriptions? I checked 2.8 million image posts and their user-provided image descriptions to find out.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/digital-seams-image-descriptions-on-bluesky/

Breakout Boards for the Blind https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breakout-boards-for-the-blind/ #visualimpairment #accessibility #breakoutboard #ToolHacks #braille #blind #proto

Breakout Boards for the Blind https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breakout-boards-for-the-blind/ #visualimpairment #accessibility #breakoutboard #ToolHacks #braille #blind #proto

Breakout Boards for the Blind - Connecting an LED to a battery seems trivial. If you have any knowledge of using b... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breakout-boards-for-the-blind/ #visualimpairment #accessibility #breakoutboard #toolhacks #braille #blind #proto

Breakout Boards for the Blind - Connecting an LED to a battery seems trivial. If you have any knowledge of using b... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breakout-boards-for-the-blind/ #visualimpairment #accessibility #breakoutboard #toolhacks #braille #blind #proto

James’ Coffee Blog: Developing an alt text button for images on my website . “Inspired by this feature, I decided to see if I could make a HTML-and-CSS-only alt text button for images on my website. After some development, I have a solution that is 90% of the way there. I could use help to get the rest of the way. Below, I will write what I have, how it works, and where the limitations are in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/james-coffee-blog-developing-an-alt-text-button-for-images-on-my-website/

James’ Coffee Blog: Developing an alt text button for images on my website . “Inspired by this feature, I decided to see if I could make a HTML-and-CSS-only alt text button for images on my website. After some development, I have a solution that is 90% of the way there. I could use help to get the rest of the way. Below, I will write what I have, how it works, and where the limitations are in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/james-coffee-blog-developing-an-alt-text-button-for-images-on-my-website/

BudgetBraillerBlog: BudgetBraillerBlog Intro. “A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more. Given that I was just at a 3D printing festival and you can build a 3D printer for under $200, I decided to try to design one.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/budgetbraillerblog-budgetbraillerblog-intro/

BudgetBraillerBlog: BudgetBraillerBlog Intro. “A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more. Given that I was just at a 3D printing festival and you can build a 3D printer for under $200, I decided to try to design one.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/budgetbraillerblog-budgetbraillerblog-intro/

Have you heard of the #Soundscape project?

The app describes itself as "an app to help people with #VisualImpairment explore and navigate the world. It does this by describing nearby features using mapping data from #OpenStreetMap."

It is available on Android and iOS devices.

https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/soundscape

Have you heard of the #Soundscape project?

The app describes itself as "an app to help people with #VisualImpairment explore and navigate the world. It does this by describing nearby features using mapping data from #OpenStreetMap."

It is available on Android and iOS devices.

https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/soundscape

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired . “The problem is that most online platforms emphasize visuals, giving little consideration to the needs and primary senses of visually impaired users. That’s why Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-uwm-professors-are-reimagining-digital-libraries-for-the-visually-impaired/

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired . “The problem is that most online platforms emphasize visuals, giving little consideration to the needs and primary senses of visually impaired users. That’s why Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-uwm-professors-are-reimagining-digital-libraries-for-the-visually-impaired/

Johns Hopkins University: Johns Hopkins students’ invention prints braille beer labels for local nonprofit. “When the local nonprofit Blind Industries & Services of Maryland reached out to Johns Hopkins University’s mechanical engineering program last year, they asked for one thing: a printer that adds braille writing to beer labels. Students in the mechanical engineering program’s senior […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/johns-hopkins-university-johns-hopkins-students-invention-prints-braille-beer-labels-for-local-nonprofit/

In the U.S., there's a "secret" form of media: radio reading services, where volunteers read aloud the text of newspapers, books and magazines. These used to be broadcast on "sidebands" — little hidden side pockets of public radio or TV stations' airwaves — for which folks needed a special radio, but nowadays you can access them online. There are 79 radio reading services across the United States (the first debuted in 1969) and their audiences are mainly blind or visually impaired, and over the age of 65. The impacts of the services can be profound. “A lot of people with visual impairments can become shut-in, and we found that people who listen to their local publications tend to get out and do more. They’re more engaged in their neighborhood," says Michael Benzin, executive director of the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading service in Buffalo, New York. "They vote, which obviously is important, and they’re more confident.” Here's more from Nieman Lab.

https://flip.it/9XAwBK

#Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #LocalNews #Community #Blindness #VisualImpairment #Accessibility