The first two (pro-genAI) talks at #axecon were not well-received, but @annaecook knocked it out of the park.

https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-in-the-end-of-deterministic-design-again/

#accessibility #a11y

The first two (pro-genAI) talks at #axecon were not well-received, but @annaecook knocked it out of the park.

https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-in-the-end-of-deterministic-design-again/

#accessibility #a11y

I’m excited to announce the first public release of Terminal Access for NVDA: an add-on focused on improving the NVDA experience when working in terminal/console applications. Inspired by TDSR and Speakup, there's quite a bit of functionality here. I welcome contributions. Issues and PRs welcome. Lots of testing needed.

Open issues on the Github repo at: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA

Get it here: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA/releases/latest

#accessibility #NVDASR

I’m excited to announce the first public release of Terminal Access for NVDA: an add-on focused on improving the NVDA experience when working in terminal/console applications. Inspired by TDSR and Speakup, there's quite a bit of functionality here. I welcome contributions. Issues and PRs welcome. Lots of testing needed.

Open issues on the Github repo at: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA

Get it here: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA/releases/latest

#accessibility #NVDASR

@ Tarnport

Alt-Text your images for:

- clarity and explication

• Can everyone access alt-text?
• Don't explain things or give other information only in alt-text!
• Don't use alt-text to write around your character limit!

@firesidefedi Will there be a transcript of the interview for #accessibility?

@firesidefedi Will there be a transcript of the interview for #accessibility?

i want to hear from people who use screen readers: what makes alt text useful to you? what doesn't help?

#accessibility #a11y #blind #alttext

i want to hear from people who use screen readers: what makes alt text useful to you? what doesn't help?

#accessibility #a11y #blind #alttext

as developers, we underestimate the influence we have over the world. City planners and architects dictate how accessible the physical world is, just like developers influence the #accessibility of the internet.

The cruel irony is, a lot of us #disabled folk flock to the internet, as it can be more accessible than irl... Only to be met with the exclusionary architects we sought to avoid.

Learning the guidelines isn't that hard. Often times it even helps you improve your code. #disability 2/

🎉 IT'S FINALLY HERE!

Altbot now has a public API!

Everyone kept asking, So i finally made it. Generate alt-text for your images programmatically, perfect for photographers, bloggers, and developers who upload lots of images.

Pay what you can ($5 minimum)

What you get: Unlimited API access for a month (up to 5,000 images)

API key sent to your email automatically within minutes!

You can get a Subscription, set it and forget it, which auto-renews monthly.
Or do a One-time purchase, no commitment, buy when you need it.

(You can check your remaining time via the API if you go the one-time route!)

Get access:
🔄 Subscription: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/tiers
🎟️ One-time: https://ko-fi.com/s/a2d4aabd54

Docs: https://github.com/micr0-dev/Altbot/blob/main/API.md

All processing happens locally & privately, no images are stored. Same privacy-first approach as always. And you help support the Altbot project :)

Questions? Reply here or check the docs!

#accessibility #a11y #fediverse #api #alttext #altbot

as developers, we underestimate the influence we have over the world. City planners and architects dictate how accessible the physical world is, just like developers influence the #accessibility of the internet.

The cruel irony is, a lot of us #disabled folk flock to the internet, as it can be more accessible than irl... Only to be met with the exclusionary architects we sought to avoid.

Learning the guidelines isn't that hard. Often times it even helps you improve your code. #disability 2/

Does anybody have any recommendations on books that go over accessibility in software, specifically operating systems? I've been wanting to make postmarketOS more accessible but I only have a surface-level understanding of what is needed. I'm sure there's *lots* of small details that would be missed and would make accessible implementations next to useless due to missing them.

tl;dr good books on accessibility in operating systems?

#Accessibility #a11y #PostMarketOS

Does anybody have any recommendations on books that go over accessibility in software, specifically operating systems? I've been wanting to make postmarketOS more accessible but I only have a surface-level understanding of what is needed. I'm sure there's *lots* of small details that would be missed and would make accessible implementations next to useless due to missing them.

tl;dr good books on accessibility in operating systems?

#Accessibility #a11y #PostMarketOS

@ Tarnport

Alt-Text your images for:

- clarity and explication

• Can everyone access alt-text?
• Don't explain things or give other information only in alt-text!
• Don't use alt-text to write around your character limit!

Hi, I’m micr0, creator of Altbot, an open-source bot that generates alt-text for images and videos on the Fediverse, with zero data retention.

I’m back from camping. The DDoS is still ongoing, so I need to move Altbot off my home network into professional colocation with enterprise DDoS protection.

We’re at 40% ($1,152 / $2,880). $1,728 to go to lock in 12 months of secure colocation at a proper datacenter.
If you can, please chip in or boost!

Support:

• Ko-fi (goal page): https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0
• GitHub Sponsors (fewer fees): https://github.com/sponsors/micr0-dev
• ETH: 0xC992E57236eb9F30E79d0469446a6CF08Be05939

I can’t go into personal debt to cover the gap this time around. Thank you all for helping keep #Altbot online and accessible. <3
#Accessibility #Fedi