#worldsightday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #worldsightday, aggregated by home.social.
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Today is World Sight Day! World Sight Day is an annual event organized globally by IAPB.
Every year World Sight Day focuses on the need to make eye care accessible, available, and affordable for everyone.
Learn how you can participate: https://www.iapb.world/world_sight_day
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Goed initiatief: Nieuw hulpmiddel in het stemhokje voor blinden en slechtzienden, zo werkt het:
Dit kan helaas nog niet in alle gemeenten. Hier een overzicht:
#Stemmal #toegankelijkheid #blinden #slechtzienden #zelfstandigheid #stemgeheim #WorldSightDay #TK2025
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Goed initiatief: Nieuw hulpmiddel in het stemhokje voor blinden en slechtzienden, zo werkt het:
Dit kan helaas nog niet in alle gemeenten. Hier een overzicht:
#Stemmal #toegankelijkheid #blinden #slechtzienden #zelfstandigheid #stemgeheim #WorldSightDay #TK2025
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Goed initiatief: Nieuw hulpmiddel in het stemhokje voor blinden en slechtzienden, zo werkt het:
Dit kan helaas nog niet in alle gemeenten. Hier een overzicht:
#Stemmal #toegankelijkheid #blinden #slechtzienden #zelfstandigheid #stemgeheim #WorldSightDay #TK2025
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Goed initiatief: Nieuw hulpmiddel in het stemhokje voor blinden en slechtzienden, zo werkt het:
Dit kan helaas nog niet in alle gemeenten. Hier een overzicht:
#Stemmal #toegankelijkheid #blinden #slechtzienden #zelfstandigheid #stemgeheim #WorldSightDay #TK2025
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Goed initiatief: Nieuw hulpmiddel in het stemhokje voor blinden en slechtzienden, zo werkt het:
Dit kan helaas nog niet in alle gemeenten. Hier een overzicht:
#Stemmal #toegankelijkheid #blinden #slechtzienden #zelfstandigheid #stemgeheim #WorldSightDay #TK2025
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Today is World Sight Day 👓
Please remember to add ALT Text to the images you share. Screen readers read alt text aloud for people who are blind or have low vision here on Mastodon, helping them understand your image's content and context. It cost nothing to be kind ❤️
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This article might also be useful!
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
And follow @alttexthalloffame for occasional tips and some great examples of well-written alt text!
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Hey fediverse, today is the World Sight Day!
How about, as a small gift for the blind and visually impaired folks on here, we step up our alt text game!
Visit https://alttexthalloffame.org to learn why this is important.
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Could a simple eye test really boost India’s economy by Rs 3.6 lakh crore? https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/world-sight-day-eye-health-investment--indian-economy-rjkgmwjk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WorldSightDay #EyeHealth #VisionForAll #IAPB #HealthcareIndia
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Could a simple eye test really boost India’s economy by Rs 3.6 lakh crore? https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/world-sight-day-eye-health-investment--indian-economy-rjkgmwjk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WorldSightDay #EyeHealth #VisionForAll #IAPB #HealthcareIndia
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Could a simple eye test really boost India’s economy by Rs 3.6 lakh crore? https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/world-sight-day-eye-health-investment--indian-economy-rjkgmwjk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WorldSightDay #EyeHealth #VisionForAll #IAPB #HealthcareIndia
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Muhammad’s world was fading as bilateral cataracts clouded his vision. One simple surgery brought back his sight and his joy. Now, he can see his father’s face and enjoy the things he loves once more. Read why access to vision care is vital for all children 👉 bit.ly/4gXL6q4 #WorldSightDay
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A simple pair of glasses transformed Nguyen’s life; sharpening her vision, boosting her confidence, and bringing joy to everyday moments. On #WorldSightDay, her story is a reminder that basic eye care isn’t a luxury, it is a fundamental right 👉 bit.ly/4odWmRP
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It's #WorldSightDay Prolonged screen or reading times can lead to eye strain, dry eyes, and headaches. DO take breaks! Use the 20-20-20 rule to help your eyes: 🖥️ After using a screen for 20 minutes 📏 Look at an object 20 feet away 🕓 For 20 seconds
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Today is #WorldSightDay Cataract is one of the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness, affecting 94 million people worldwide. Don’t take your eyes for granted. Regular eye exams and timely treatment can prevent vision loss. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3IUPrO7
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Today is World Sight Day!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#WorldSightDay #WSD #WorldSightDay2025 #WSD2025
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Today is World Sight Day!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#WorldSightDay #WSD #WorldSightDay2025 #WSD2025
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Today is World Sight Day!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#WorldSightDay #WSD #WorldSightDay2025 #WSD2025
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9. Oktober: Welttag des Sehens / World Sight Day. Kein klassischer Umwelttag aber Sehen ist grundlegend für die Wahrnehmung der Umwelt.
Der Tag ist Teil der Woche des Sehens, u.a von der WHO gefördert.
https://www.baldwald.de/umwelttage/Umwelttage-im-oktober.htm
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#sehen #umwelttag #welttag #baldwald #9oktober #october9 #worldsightday -
For over 50 years, Muthuramalingam has brought vision and hope to tens of thousands across rural India. At 67, he is restoring sight, one child, one elderly villager, one pair of eyeglasses at a time. 👉 bit.ly/46Pfu2J #WorldSightDay
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With the World Sight Day coming up on Thursday, I wonder if I should attempt to make #FediverseWorldSightDay happen, again.
Article from last year: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day-global-accessibility-awareness-day/
(It would be nice to have a day of action either way.)
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Missed the #WorldSightDay yesterday?
Good news, you can do this every day, give it a try!
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Today is World Sight Day.
C. 14 months ago my eyeball fell apart for absolutely no fucking reason.
I'd never needed glasses so thought my eyes were fine, hadn't been to the opticans in years.
Turns out, you need an optician to tell you if your eyes are actually OK.
Eye tests are free in Scotland and there are 660 opticians to choose from. Book one:
https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/opticians -
Heute ist #WorldSightDay! Hört in unseren #NTD-Podcast zum #Trachom rein: Das Trachom ist weltweit die häufigste entzündliche Ursache für das #Erblinden von Menschen👁️Wir sprachen mit dem Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology in Tansania🇹🇿:
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Need more tips on how to write good alt text? Here's a quick guide!
https://mastodon.social/@alttexthalloffame/112026971409044465
Find more tips over at https://alttexthalloffame.org.
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Happy #WorldSightDay!
To promote the importance of accessibility on social media, I'd like to propose a community action: When you see an image posted on your feed without alt text, instead of boosting it, or asking the person who posted it to add it, consider replying with your own description, together with the hashtag "Alt4You".
Trouble writing alt text for your own images? Tag your post with "Alt4Me", and someone will help you out!
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Tomorrow is World Sight Day. Let's take the time to examine what we can do to make software more accessible.
#WorldSightDay #LoveYourEyes #accessibility -
Two days left to organize a community action!
Here's where we are today: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/113271747825654702
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Two days left to organize a community action!
Here's where we are today: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/113271747825654702
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Two days left to organize a community action!
Here's where we are today: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/113271747825654702
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Two days left to organize a community action!
Here's where we are today: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/113271747825654702
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Two days left to organize a community action!
Here's where we are today: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/113271747825654702
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#WorldSightDay is coming up next month, on October 10th.
Earlier this year I proposed to temporarily disable images on fediverse servers to highlight the importance of well-written alt text, an idea that was met with mostly positive response, including from the #blind and #VisuallyImpaired community.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day-global-accessibility-awareness-day/
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Well, convincing admins of big instances to get onboard with the idea is an uphill battle, as you'd expect.
So maybe something like regular folks posting descriptions of the images they'd normally upload instead of the images themselves could be a good, arguably less impactful alternative?
https://werd.social/@ben/112507530887665910
#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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Well, convincing admins of big instances to get onboard with the idea is an uphill battle, as you'd expect.
So maybe something like regular folks posting descriptions of the images they'd normally upload instead of the images themselves could be a good, arguably less impactful alternative?
https://werd.social/@ben/112507530887665910
#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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Well, convincing admins of big instances to get onboard with the idea is an uphill battle, as you'd expect.
So maybe something like regular folks posting descriptions of the images they'd normally upload instead of the images themselves could be a good, arguably less impactful alternative?
https://werd.social/@ben/112507530887665910
#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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Well, convincing admins of big instances to get onboard with the idea is an uphill battle, as you'd expect.
So maybe something like regular folks posting descriptions of the images they'd normally upload instead of the images themselves could be a good, arguably less impactful alternative?
https://werd.social/@ben/112507530887665910
#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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Well, convincing admins of big instances to get onboard with the idea is an uphill battle, as you'd expect.
So maybe something like regular folks posting descriptions of the images they'd normally upload instead of the images themselves could be a good, arguably less impactful alternative?
https://werd.social/@ben/112507530887665910
#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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The above post is my contribution to World Sight Day in the Fediverse and Global Accessibility Awareness Day, just to show that I do describe my images, and that I do so in a way that I think is appropriate, considering how niche my images are. It is my first image post in three months.
There is only one image in this post, but with an alt-text of precisely 1,500 characters plus a long image description of 60,553 characters. That's more than 50% longer than my previous record.
I don't know how many hours exactly I've invested into describing this image. But I started writing the description on Monday. I missed some nice, sunny, warm days because I had to describe this image. I did the last edits today.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #Accessibility #A11y #Inclusion #WorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay -
What if we, for one day, all experienced social media without images?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #blind
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importance of writing good image descriptions.
Who's in?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importance of writing good image descriptions.
Who's in?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importance of writing good image descriptions.
Who's in?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importance of writing good image descriptions.
Who's in?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importance of writing good image descriptions.
Who's in?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-world-sight-day/
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription #WorldSightDay #FediverseWorldSightDay #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #BeAnAlly
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#FediWorldSightDay #WorldSightDay
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Excellent. 🤗
We could emulate what the #WWF initiated with #EarthHour or #HoraDelPlaneta in 2007.* People jointly turn off the lights.When many people(s) join in a visible action, it can become a beacon of hope.
Due to the fact, that #VisionImpairments impacts only a fraction of the population and, as @hspmauli, pointed out today, voluntary "temperance/abstinence is always the problem,".. -
#FediWorldSightDay #WorldSightDay
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Excellent. 🤗
We could emulate what the #WWF initiated with #EarthHour or #HoraDelPlaneta in 2007.* People jointly turn off the lights.When many people(s) join in a visible action, it can become a beacon of hope.
Due to the fact, that #VisionImpairments impacts only a fraction of the population and, as @hspmauli, pointed out today, voluntary "temperance/abstinence is always the problem,".. -
#FediWorldSightDay #WorldSightDay
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Excellent. 🤗
We could emulate what the #WWF initiated with #EarthHour or #HoraDelPlaneta in 2007.* People jointly turn off the lights.When many people(s) join in a visible action, it can become a beacon of hope.
Due to the fact, that #VisionImpairments impacts only a fraction of the population and, as @hspmauli, pointed out today, voluntary "temperance/abstinence is always the problem,".. -
#FediWorldSightDay #WorldSightDay
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Excellent. 🤗
We could emulate what the #WWF initiated with #EarthHour or #HoraDelPlaneta in 2007.* People jointly turn off the lights.When many people(s) join in a visible action, it can become a beacon of hope.
Due to the fact, that #VisionImpairments impacts only a fraction of the population and, as @hspmauli, pointed out today, voluntary "temperance/abstinence is always the problem,"..