I'll go as far as saying that in a lot of cases, if you're deciding what a good #accessibility experience looks like for people who depend on that experience, WITHOUT talking to those people, you may very well be doing more harm than good.
I'll go as far as saying that in a lot of cases, if you're deciding what a good #accessibility experience looks like for people who depend on that experience, WITHOUT talking to those people, you may very well be doing more harm than good.
I'll go as far as saying that in a lot of cases, if you're deciding what a good #accessibility experience looks like for people who depend on that experience, WITHOUT talking to those people, you may very well be doing more harm than good.
@promptslinger.bsky.social yup :)
@marcicar.bsky.social ok ... but why does that image not have alt text if we're fighting for blind people accessibility? Disclaimer: blind person.
@genesisdc.bsky.social ehh no worries we make those jokes at one another all the time. If you hate them so do I, and I'm a blind people 😂
The Justice Department changed the compliance dates for digital accessibility by one year. What their announcement does not change is that:
• Accessibility is a human right.
• Not complying with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is engaging in discrimination.
@jonbecker.bsky.social @marcwatkins.bsky.social If we look at the mad scramble for people only hiring #accessibility people from January onwards... yeah... I can see why peeps wouldn't be ready :) On that note, I have bandwidth ;)
Thread on that thing that's existed for over 20 years now that people still manage to ignore way too often :)Still relevant in 2026, not fixed by #AI, not fixed by React, Vue, Vite, Svelte, Angular, Claude Code or coPilot. Stil excluding millions of people if you don't use it properly.
Thread on that thing that's existed for over 20 years now that people still manage to ignore way too often :)Still relevant in 2026, not fixed by #AI, not fixed by React, Vue, Vite, Svelte, Angular, Claude Code or coPilot. Stil excluding millions of people if you don't use it properly.
@komikoma.bsky.social I guess it's like a poetic "brings light into the darkness" kind of thing? Bit pretentious but ehh :P
@katiethefreak.bsky.social Already gooned too much, is how they went blind :P
I'm blind, I get to make that joke :P
@asbruckman.bsky.social Perhaps, yeah. I'd say saying a few words would allow them to recognize you by your voice as well, though, which might ultimately be easier except in some specific situations :)
@k-r-rose.bsky.social True. I think a lot of people sort of ... listen to a line with a screen reader and then rearrange it to fit a meter or rhythm in their heads after the fact but that's not something everyone can or wants to do. I'm extremely lucky to own a braille display and be proficient
Or ...you know ...hire assistive technology users because they will know best how to actually find, prioritize and circumvent #accessibility barriers. On that note, I have bandwidth for new work 😇
Or ...you know ...hire assistive technology users because they will know best how to actually find, prioritize and circumvent #accessibility barriers. On that note, I have bandwidth for new work 😇
Or ...you know ...hire assistive technology users because they will know best how to actually find, prioritize and circumvent #accessibility barriers. On that note, I have bandwidth for new work 😇
Always good to have more resources like this :)
@lorpius-prime.bsky.social if they are, I envy the lack of problems they apparently have to spend energy on getting pissed about this :P Disclaimer: blind person
@k-r-rose.bsky.social probably ways to learn braille even now if this is something you're passionate about?
@bs.mivox.net There's a couple edge cases where some foreign languages are concerned but that's a different discussion. Disclaimer: Actually #blind #screenReader user
@bs.mivox.net Most definitely not preferable over traditional screen readers, no. People like using the voices they're used to, at the speed they are used to which often is far faster than AI can currently reliably go without slurring/losing words.
@asbruckman.bsky.social As a blind person myself I'm honestly a little uncomfortable with that reasoning...
A lot of folks would rather not have their face be uploaded to some random server and that's likely how this tech would work. Easier to just ask, I'd say?
@antonioslamsci.bsky.social we're good at finding openings that require filling with fluid, we need it to procreate :P
Lol but srsly we don't drive the car but may have partners that do :P
@such-a-dork.bsky.social I love that idea :) there's precious few initiatives to make board games more accessible and it can at times be so easy to do depending on the needs you're trying to meet
Just like frameworks, and libraries, and mixins, and CSS frameworks you use, none of these make your app inaccessible. You do. The basics of #accessibility have been the same for decades and still they go wrong almost every time.
@tjolsen.blacksky.app GenAI allows me to clean up the mess people keep making of their UIs to help screen reader users to use products thedevelopers don't feel need to be catered to. Am I annoyed it takes a planet-destroying technology to fix what humans COULD fix, but haven't been? sure. and yet...
@sylvrwolflol.bsky.social yeah it's weird, this is very much a behind-the-times move, and then they also did a really accessibility-friendly thing regarding the Switch 2's setup for fully blind users a few weeks ago. I'd like to think they are very, very slowly seeing the light but who even knows
When indie game developers put #blind protagonists in their #games, it's always good to have an #actuallyBlind #gamer check it for accuracy. Exactly what I did in this #youtube #react video www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE81... #blindness #disability #accessibility #representation #gaming