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Katja ｢Amethyst｣So Coor Down, in cooperation with several other disability organisations, launched a new ad campaign for World Down Syndrome Day 2025.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIQ80rJKAc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIQ80rJKAc</a>I just want to take a moment to say that it's fucking brilliant. The ad starts with a person with Down syndrome, then is followed by a wheelchair user, a little person, a Deaf person, a blind person, and a prosthesis user, and at the end of the ad, the line-up includes what appears to be a Black autistic person (they're wearing headphones, presumably for sensory reasons) and someone wearing glasses.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DownSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DownSyndrome</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deaf</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WheelchairUser</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Prostheses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prostheses</a>

Michael HansenI'm getting a new IPad shortly. Are there any good <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> mediaplayers and recording-apps out there which aren't just the built-in memo and musicplayer-apps? I'm asking because this IPad air has USBC so I can connect external drives to it and I'd like to play and record stuff on it without going through the standard apple-apps if possible. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ipad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ipad</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audio</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>

Codeberg.org<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> users, users that rely heavily on <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/keyboardNavigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keyboardNavigation</a> or anyone else with a preference on that matter (please indicate what applies in the comments):Do you have a preference for or comments on the format of URLs? During user research, we have learned that URLs that are easy to handle are a good thing.We are currently considering to introduce URLs that do not need more reserved usernames in <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Forgejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Forgejo</a>, such as <a href="https://codeberg.org/-/something/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/-/something/</a> or <a href="https://codeberg.org/_something/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/_something/</a>.<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a>

Katja ｢Amethyst｣I am goddamn tired of people developing these expensive non-replacements for the humble $40 white cane. the number of people who will be helped by this is approximately zero, or effectively so. put that energy in to advocating for political change that benefits blind people instead. <a href="https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/03/grad-students-vr-app-to-help-blind-people-navigate-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/03/grad-students-vr-app-to-help-blind-people-navigate-the-world/</a><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a>

Access Information News ♿Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Volume 1007 ♿️ <a href="https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03202025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03202025/</a>The Week's News in Access Technology A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deaf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deafblind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/tags/toptechtidbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toptechtidbits</a>Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.Subscribers: 36,747 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.

Top Tech Tidbits ♿Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Volume 1007 ♿️ <a href="https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03202025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03202025/</a>The Week's News in Access Technology A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deaf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deafblind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/toptechtidbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toptechtidbits</a>Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.Subscribers: 36,747 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.

Lanie Molinar Carmelo<a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> people who <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a>, has anyone used <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/FreshRSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreshRSS</a>? Currently using <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Miniflux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miniflux</a>, and I like how <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> it is, but FreshRSS seems to be a little more powerful and I'm tempted to try it. The only thing is that I briefly tried the demo instance, and it didn't seem to be the most accessible. Is anyone using it successfully? <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/RSSReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSSReader</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastoblind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastoblind</a> <a href="https://rblind.com/c/main" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@main</a>

Robin FrostI wonder what the appeal of all of these portable reading solutions for the <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> with the high price tags actually is. Perhaps I'm missing something.

Michael HansenSo I finally managed to get <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> set up and both my bluesky account and this <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> account are now completely bridged into each other. Seriously, wow this bridging and automatic crossposting between 2 completely different social-media-networks is the coolest thing I've ever seen in the history of social-media!. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>

Bryce BelcherOK, I just realized something. The <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> on <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> got bad again, and this time it has something to do with interacting in the comment section, I was just replying to someone in a group, and I can't go swipe up and down to read what I wrote, but at least it will read the whole thing, but if I want to edit it it's more difficult. At least the problems on voiceover when making a post has been fixed, but we have this issue now. <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a>.

🌟Kira Aeva🌟Hi all, is there a keyboard shortcut in VLC for Mac to seek back/forward within a track? The rewind/fast-forward media keys only switch tracks. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Voiceover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voiceover</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VLC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KeyboardShortcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeyboardShortcuts</a>

Paweł MasarczykHave made my first ever experience with the package pickup stations of the Austrian post last weekend. They have been made accessible to the blind. The procedure is as follows: 1. You receive a physical notification about a package being dropped off at a station in your mailbox. 2. The notification has one of its corners cut off to make a tactile difference. This way you can tell where the code you need to scan is located. 3. You go to the pickup station. The tactile flooring inside will guide you to the stations. 4. You touch anywhere on the touch screen of the station. 5. You touch again, this time the area above a circle shape that can be touched on a strip below the screen itself. 6. The voice guide is activated and issues further instructions. 7. You place the code on your notification in front of the reader. 8. Assuming it has been scanned correctly, you proceed to signing the delivery confirmation on the touch screen. How you can do it without seeing the screen is still a mystery to me but I guess anything you draw is accepted by the system. 9. The locker opens and makes a ticking sound until you find it, remove your package and shut the door. I still find the way of opening it with a mobile app that some providers in other countries offer far easier but it's great those are ready for use even if you don't want or can't use a smartphone. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a>

Paweł MasarczykThanks to a meetup at our local hackerspace <a href="https://chaos.social/@metalab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@metalab</a> , I have learnt about a web-based, open source, highly accessible video downloader frontend you can fire up at <a href="https://cobalt.tools" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cobalt.tools</a>. Really easy how it works: 1. You open the site; 2. you paste the link into the edit box; 3. You press enter; 4. The standard "Save File" dialog comes up. All the extra stuff like formats and qualities can be set in the settings and a choice between a video, audio-only or video-only version is offered under a button below the link input. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a>

Mara Kelland<a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Technical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technical</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Question</a> about <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> rayban <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Glasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Glasses</a> for us <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> folks. a while back I got locked out of meta AI features here in New Zealand. in trying to get them back I tried another location in the vpn sphere. that did not work. What would you recommend- trying another VPN provider or something else?

Robin FrostHey <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> friends on Mastodon I have a question. when in the Facebook Messenger app for <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iOS</a>, using <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoiceOver</a> how does one successfully send an audio message? I know how to do it in WhatsApp but can't seem to manage it in the Messenger app. I tried holding the record button, I tried double tapping and letting go I tried double tapping and sliding like one can in WhatsApp and nothing is working. I'm sure it's me.

Brandon CrossMost of the time, I don't care about being <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a>. I don't dwell on it, and I just go on about my business, dealing with the unique aspects of life that come up when you have a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a>. But I can't help the frustration that comes when I've just spent the last four hours doing something a sighted person could do in five minutes.

The Yangsi Michael Dillon<a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/@altbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@altbot</a> I am <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> and I am stating here that no, @Altbot is not making the fediverse ¨more inclusive¨. Instead it enables the Sighties to be performative about being an <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ally</a> by their use of an AI tool that fails to describe images reliably. Sighties who choose to spare themselves the trouble of adding <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> to their images and who offer fake "access by AI" get blocked.

Florian<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mac</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/voiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voiceOver</a> users, I'm working on a <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/stream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stream</a> idea to essentially set up a mac from scratch for efficiency/productivity for a blind power user and am gathering tricks, tools and techniques to include in said stream. I know about the obvious like VOCR, Hammerspoon, launchers like raycast/alfred, specialized apps like Drafts/Logic/Vmware Fusion/BBEdit/VS Code, even more specialized stuff like RCMD, Vollama and Shortcat, maybe some Rogue Amoeba stuff. I will also mention VoiceOver features like hotspots, item chooser, fastSearch and activities. Is there anything major I am missing? <a href="https://universeodon.com/@FreakyFwoof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreakyFwoof</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/@pitermach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pitermach</a>

Sarah MatthewsI had a conversation with someone at my swimming pool last week that’s left me puzzled. I felt bad as I thought I’d been quite short with her but couldn’t put my finger on why. We were having a nice enough chat; she was just curious, asking me about my sighted assistant who helps me around as I use a wheelchair but also walk in some parts of the centre. She said she felt sorry for my assistant as she doesn’t get to swim with me. I explained the adjustments that are made that allow me to go swimming and that she keeps me safe on the slippery surfaces as I can’t walk far and have bad balance etc. All fine, common enough stuff people ask me about. She then went on to say that she’s seen me around for a while and often has a chat to my assistant while I’m in the pool and I realise that I was off with her after that mainly because it’s kind of creepy! Before that chat I literally didn’t know she existed as I can’t see her while she’d been watching me, forming opinions about me, and talking with my assistant for weeks. People don’t appreciate how weird it is to know they’ve been watched and how vulnerable that can make you feel, however much we understand there’s no malicious intent in their actions😖 <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a>

DaisyDaisy<a href="https://dragonscave.space/@guilevi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@guilevi</a> adding hashtags to see what <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/haptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haptics</a> communities can suggest as a silent cue

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