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  1. CW: Blind accessibility in content creation, a TED talk

    The problem with phrases like 'So as you can see' and 'If you look here' is that they imply that 100% of your viewers have the power to see. Have you ever thought that a small proportion of your viewers, or any future viewers, might not have that power? Make a habit out of describing your content. This includes adding alt text to images you post on social media sites that allow it, including Mastodon, and giving spoken descriptions of anything that might be in your videos. Your computer's showing an error message? Read it out so people can hear it, don't just make people pause the video to read it themselves; not everyone can do OCR! #ContentCreation #a11y #accessibility #blind #blindness #visualimpairments