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Being a blind student isn't easy.

Making a difference for kids in school, enables them to make a difference as adults in their community. Does your school have a student who could benefit from a screen reader? And a budget which could benefit from it being FREE? We have the solution!

https://www.nvaccess.org/

And if you can help us, it would make a huge difference too!

https://www.nvaccess.org/support-us/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Support #Donation #MakeADifference #MakingADifference #Blindness

"I wanted to thank you and everyone working on NVDA for making it user friendly and intuitive! I didn't like screen readers as a student in school, but NVDA has changed my mind due to it being organized and easy to use. Keep up the great work and thank you for all you do!" - Muhammad K. Waheed, United States. Text in purple on white with NVDA sunburst above and purple lines drawn in the corners

Jonathan Schofield

@urlyman@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

@ChrisMayLA6 absolutely.

More generally, I tend to ignore sports writing and sports interviews. It is usually either egotistical dross or astonishingly banal.

I played my sport to the highest level it has. I knew I was competing against people much more gifted than I, but I worked damned hard at it, as hard as I could, and *loved* being a part of it.

So often, sports journalism has no appreciation of or understanding of that inner life, or of the fine margins in play

Jo Rhodes

@stuffjolikes@climatejustice.social · 3 weeks ago

@urlyman @ChrisMayLA6 I happened to come across a beautiful bit of sports radio yesterday.. Ravi is a young blind cricket fan and player who basically took over the radio coverage at Edgbaston during tea. He was interviewed himself..then introduced to several players who he then interviewed - far more competently than the usual presenters! He was at interviewed at Headingly too. Clips on BBC here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/videos/cvg6xdp3g4do #sport #cricket #blindness #disabledsport

alcinnz boosted

Florian

@zersiax@cupoftea.social · 3 weeks ago

Tis done 🎉
My #youtube channel, formerly known as BlindlyCoding, is now named ViewpointUnseen. This allows me to broaden the content on that channel to include a lot more different types of content, from tutorials for the #blind from a #blindness perspective, tech reviews from that same perspective, #gaming streams as well as reaction content when I find sufficient things to react to.
I think there's a lot of value I can offer to the world at large with stuff that's currently locked inside my head and having a bit more time during the work week allows me to spend more time on #contentCreation. Screen reader tutorials? Hacking streams? Videogames? Reviewing pieces of tech and supplying #accessibility recommendations to users AND developers/creators? Yes, all of that and more. Stay tuned!

Georgiana Brummell

@dandylover1@friendica.world · 6 months ago

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology