Google Search AI gave this answer regarding the debate: "ATmosphere" versus "Atmosphere" in light of accessibility tools.#a11y #accessibility
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Can more news places make text only pages like this? Far easier to read, especially since I am on a low connection. https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5705413 #Accessibility #Journalism
Thank you to Eli and our accessibility team for sharing tips about #accessibility of presentations! #DjangoConEurope
Buffalo Sonnet: A Digital Comic https://socialaudiodescription.com/2025/09/16/buffalo-sonnet-a-digital-comic/ #AudioDescription #Accessibility
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! A fitting occasion to announce Django’s new accessibility statement ✨ https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/may/15/our-new-accessibility-statement/
This statement improves transparency, directly linking to known issues in Django. It clearly states our intentions. And we hope it encourages our community and the industry at large to more widely consider accessibility!
SADC's recent project, Buffalo Sonnet: A Digital Comic https://socialaudiodescription.com/2025/09/16/buffalo-sonnet-a-digital-comic/ #AudioDescription #Accessibility
SADC Added Buffalo Sonnet: A Digital Comic to their portfolio, https://socialaudiodescription.com/2025/09/16/buffalo-sonnet-a-digital-comic/ #AudioDescription #Accessibility
As someone who has developed several #ActivityPub software implementations (Fedify, Hollo, BotKit, and Hackers' Pub), I believe one of the most frustrating features to implement in the #fediverse is #custom_emoji.
The challenges are numerous:
First, there's no standardization. ActivityPub specifications don't define how custom emoji should work, leading to inconsistent implementations across different servers like Mastodon and Misskey.
Rendering is particularly problematic. Emojis must display properly across different contexts (in text, as reactions, in emoji pickers) while maintaining quality at various sizes. Animated emojis add another layer of complexity.
Perhaps most concerning is the poor #accessibility. Most implementations simply use the emoji code (like :party_blob:) as the alt text, which provides no meaningful information to screen reader users (in particular, non-English speakers) about what the emoji actually depicts or means.
What really dampens my motivation to implement this feature is knowing I'm investing significant effort into something that ultimately creates accessibility barriers. It's disheartening to work hard on a feature that excludes part of the community.
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day we are launching a new settings page that lists all of your media without alt text, so you can easily update any missing alt text in a single, easy to remember place.
You can also enable the Require Media Descriptions setting in Settings -> Media.
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new role (20hr/w) in developer/community relations, accessibility, fediverse and opensource strategy. I have 30+ years experience in F/OSS, in various domains (SW/HW/...).
and a good handle on how things work together, across teams and projects.
I am located in Regensburg, DE but have been and prefer working remotely (Europe is best due to timezones). CV: http://dlittle.de/DeeAnnLittle_CV.pdf
#followerpower #accessibility, #fediverse #opensource #linux
#FediHire #GetFediHired
Today is the Global Accessibility Awareness Day - and so Apple sat down with me to talk about how I build truly accessible apps. 🦾
The interview is now live on the *front page* of the App Store 🥹
Fellow disabled players! 👋
For research: What were the most toxic comments you had to experience when talking about game accessibility on social media? Please feel free to DM me or flag your response with a CW, so that others don't have to read it and become retraumatised.
#GameDev #Accessibility #Disability
Legally blind Strange New Worlds actor Bruce Horak (Hemmer) had news earlier this spring that I somehow missed:
- a crowdfunded documentary is being made about his ‘Boldly going’ as a disabled actor and visual artist
- he met with William Shatner, who has agreed for Bruce to paint his portrait. (Bruce paints as he sees with his very limited vision in one eye.)
Here’s a report from CTV from his hometown of Calgary filed in March.
“And he says he’s an example of how DEI works – for everyone.
“When you design for disability, everyone benefits,” he said, pointing out that phone texting started as something to assist the hearing-impaired and now it’s for everyone.”
#StarTrek #Disability #Blind #Accessibility @zora #StarTrekSNW #StrangeNewWorlds #BruceHorak #Shatner
Finding it too hard to describe images you're posting online?
It's okay, you don't have to overthink it! Write how you'd describe the image to a friend over the phone.
Still having trouble? Tag your post with the "Alt4Me" hashtag, and someone will be happy to help you out!
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Peeking through the Liquid Glass: From usability to branding, we explore what Liquid Glass means for designers and developers in our latest post.
https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/06/peeking-through-the-liquid-glass/
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As usual, another dumb implementation in #FinTech #Philippines scene.A certain №1 (or №2?) #bank is now blocking #Android #accessibility features tagged as "Compromised device". 🤦🏽🤷🏽#a11y
Steam just added screen reader support in the latest Big Picture Mode beta. On the Deck. On SteamOS. On Linux.
Not hacked in. Not community-patched. Built-in. From Valve.
There's an accessibility tab. There's a screen reader. There's high-contrast mode, UI scaling, color filters, reduced motion, and more.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but: I need a Steam Deck now.
Accessibility isn’t just coming to gaming — it’s here, and it’s official.
Let’s make some noise so they keep going.
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/games/689922/steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools
#Accessibility #Gaming #SteamDeck #ScreenReader #Linux #valve
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Many thanks to everyone who replied to my post yesterday asking: Folks using screen readers: How annoying is it to come across posts with a lot of emojis?
I got so many helpful replies that I've summarized what I learned into the following post, which took every character my instance allows for posts!
Yesterday's post is here, if you want to reference and see the individual replies.
https://sfba.social/@jeridansky/114971894672483573
A day in the life of a tired accessibility consultant.
Something I recently discovered to be possible in TiddlyWiki is using `clamp()` in the `font-size` settings. It's sweet!
Something I recently discovered to be possible in TiddlyWiki is using `clamp()` in the `font-size` settings. It's sweet!whtwnd.com/youronly....#CSS #TiddlyWiki #Trick #Tip #Accessibility #a11y #Wiki
TiddlyWiki Legibility Tip: fon...
Wagtail Space is a go! We're on the hunt for speakers right now. If you have a great Wagtail story to tell or a story about #AI, #Accessibility , or #Sustainability that would be relevant to our audience, we definitely want to connect. 😁
Keep your alt text short, but don't be afraid to add a little whimsy. Describe colors. And more tips!
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/
I've started looking into the issue reported by @dhamlinmusic in https://dragonscave.space/@dhamlinmusic/115951152387096282
If you use Pachli with #accessibility services like #Talkback enabled, what would be the most useful thing to read out when reading a post with a quote?
A few options I'm considering, but could well be wrong.
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I'm so glad NVDA, Narrator, Orca, VoiceOver, TDSR, and Fenrir exist. I'm so, so glad JAWS is not the only desktop screen reader, and that FS did not persue JAWS for Mac.
I'm so glad that NVDA not only supports addons, but shows them off with the addon store! I'm so glad that NVDA is so inescapably popular that even big corporations support them, like Google Docs and Microsoft Office and countless others that say in their documentation that NVDA is supported.