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(DIR) Post #AJ2q0jl4zr2Krns012 by minervissa@cybre.space
2022-05-02T14:18:47Z
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At the risk of sounding incredibly ableist, I'd like to ask that anyone who knows someone who is blind _and_ deaf to ask them these questions for me:1: How do you use a computer?2: What is the most convenient way for information to be presented to you?3: What do you want us to stop/start doing?Bonus: where can I acquire some tools to give myself your experience online? I'd like to tailor my stuff to be accessible, and in my opinion, the best way to do that is to actually test it.
(DIR) Post #AJ2q0oLjvUjp6f3KiG by minervissa@cybre.space
2022-05-02T14:19:58Z
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Also any #blind people on here: please tell me what screenreader software you use. My goal is to download it and be capable of using all my sites/tools with my eyes closed. If I can't, I need to alter them until I can.
(DIR) Post #AJ2q0rXu2jFZ1FlaaW by minervissa@cybre.space
2022-05-02T14:21:31Z
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I don't think I need to do anything for #deaf/hard-of-hearing people with my stuff, mainly because I've never added any audio at all. If there's something that I'm missing about this, please tell me. I'm kinda oblivious.
(DIR) Post #AJ2q0u6MXa0Ewhu8Zs by minervissa@cybre.space
2022-05-02T14:23:11Z
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Also if all the screenreaders you've tried suck, lemme know and I'll fuckin' make one with you. Sick of inaccessible shit.
(DIR) Post #AJ2q0w9GvjWDIJHUOG by minervissa@cybre.space
2022-05-02T14:24:31Z
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Context: in #warframe there's these items you need to pick up except they're hidden and you can only find them by listening closely.I can't hear them.It's awful.I was gonna complain to the devs, but then I realized this is what other people deal with every day and I'm mad enough to try and fix it as much as I can.
(DIR) Post #AJ2q9hRSyhiIHyyBdY by dhfir@expired.mentality.rip
2022-05-02T14:46:30.153273Z
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@minervissa I mean.if you want to simulate the blind experience, then at least for computers, turning off/disconnecting screen should suffice?
(DIR) Post #AJ3vpzvbKcHOiK0uG0 by meredith@queer.party
2022-05-02T17:38:28Z
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@minervissa If there is only text on your pages, then you're PROBABLY okay. But keep in mind that many D/HH folks don't speak English at a native level, so using Plain Language can make things easier for that group as well as folks with cognitive and other disabilities.
(DIR) Post #AJ3vq0t9lBuzh1sT5M by Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net
2022-05-02T22:39:24.897069Z
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@meredith @minervissa The W3C’s Personalization Semantics Content Module 1.0 could go a really long way to supporting better adoption of plain language.
(DIR) Post #AJE5O2Pr1piZ8VwwHQ by weirdwriter@writeout.ink
2022-05-08T00:54:40Z
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@minervissa Honestly? We just need developers to help make more open source software more accessible. Like, Open Live Writer, but most importantly...here is NVDA on GITHUB. Contribute something to it, code, especially. It's the best screen reader on the market.https://github.com/nvaccess/nvdaLibreOffice is very, very, inaccessible. I wish it was more accessible. So many spin boxes and edit fields in options don't read. Not all places of the application can be used via the keyboard.Or, you could help make OBS more accessible? A screen reader user can't add scenes and sources easily using the keyboard.Those are the best places to start. We don't need another screen reader, we need to improve button labeling and control labeling, and make stuff keyboard operable, as simple as that sounds, but, even today, it just! KEEPS... HAPPENING!
(DIR) Post #AJEQpFayEamerpxyca by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-05-08T04:59:11.909140Z
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@minervissa Gonna answer with what I need for myself with minding the others I'm aware of, there isn't just deaf and blind, they're extremes and measures for them tend to adapt to others but sometimes there is details you have to take care about in the in-between situations or in the other kinds of disabilities.1. Wrist pain means I don't use a regular mouse for my desktop but a trackball, it also meant I don't have as much speed & accuracy as before as I got more careful. Slight hearing issues also means I have put a bit of audio filters and requirement for subtitles, specially if there is a bit of noise (movies are the worst offenders there).2. Nicely formatted hypertext. And as in actual text that I can copy/paste and search into, this way I can just quote things instead of using screenshots (which is horrible for accessibility) when sharing bits with someone else; hyperlinks and section anchor links are also nicely appreciated so less scrolling around is needed. Translation in a sign language a thing I can appreciate but it's a pretty hard thing. I think some folks, like blind people but not only, might appreciate a human reading of the content.3. Web developers need to actively stop replacing things, the best interface elements are already there and if they need improvements by default they must be done in the browser source code so it's consistent, doesn't regresses and benefits everyone. https://drewdevault.com/2021/06/27/You-cant-capture-the-nuance.html is a pretty good example, another I would give is that pretty much all replacements to the stock audio/video player of the browser are at best confusing (ie. buttons in the wrong place) but more often they're severely limited. For example I *need* to be able to seek forward/backward and have volume control.Also on how to test for me: Audio clipping on the speakers, uncomfortable mouse (ie. too heavy).