If a blind student wants to do a CS undergrad specifically to work in assistive technology, what schools would be particularly good for that? (Feel free to boost for reach.)
whenever using sirens and lights, emergency vehicles (ambulances, fire apparatuses, etc.) ALWAYS have the right-of-way. Be hypervigilant when crossing streets. PAY ATTENTION! Do NOT cross when sirens are barreling towards you. They likely cannot stop/swerve in time to avoid hitting you. Do NOT be the person who learns this fact the hard way.
PS: I am physically fine. Deeply shaken, but am not hurt. I have no idea how, but I somehow tuned out the siren coming at me until someone yelled for me to stop crossing. Had I not heard the person yelling, I likely would have been hit and at the verry least seriously injured. In other words, I made a serious mistake that could have killed me. I still don't know how I did it. I am posting this in the hope that this does not happen to someone else. Please, learn from my mistake.
Every time I pull out my BrailleNote Touch Plus, I'm reminded of how pitifully stagnated blindness-related products are compared to mainstream systems. Turns out I can no longer install Box because HumanWare has backed themselves into a corner and will not be updating past Android 8.1. This would not be a big deal... except for the fact that it's the only #Braille display I have at the moment, and literally every BRF file I need at Eastman is stored in Box. Way to keep up with the times, guys. /s
Is anyone out there using accessibility apps with Mastodon? After having a sudden vision loss I'm looking for experts for Voice Over and Spoken Content on the Apple platform. Yes I know about Apple's YouTube videos but I have questions about my own system that aren't answered. For instance, can you use their screen reading software on non-Apple apps like Firefox? I've always been a techie but so much depends on having vision. #accessibility#lowvision
#BlindMasto / #BlindMastodon / #BlindFedi / @mastoblind peeps, if you're going to write multiple sequential replies to a post (i.e. write a reply thread), please reply to your own reply so that it actually threads and others can read both of your replies.
We agree completely - accessibility is an essential human right, no question!
We deeply apologize...
Accessibility has always been a first-order priority for us. It's important as well to not see such essential feature sets as binary - an either "have" or "don't have", and our intention today was to receive feedback on whether we're currently excelling in these areas or if you, our dear users, feel we can do even better.
Eyo, #BlindMasto / #BlindMastodon / #BlindFedi. I come to you with one question: is #TikTok accessible? I would love your input as I will be at a meeting with a blindness group who is intending to launch a TikTok page, and I have concerns that the content posted there will be inaccessible to blind viewers. Any thoughts appreciated. #Blind#LowVision#VisuallyImpaired#Accessibility#A11Y
I thought it couldn't get any worse, but the Instagram website, specifically the direct messaging chats list, has gone even further down the accessibility toilet. As of now, my screen reader cannot see chats that I know exist. Particularly frustrating as fellow students and student groups use Instagram direct messaging religiously.
I need to read #German#Braille, and have configured #JAWS with two braille profiles: English and German. However, JAWS does not render the capital letter indicator (dots 4-6) when in the German profile, even though the “Suppress Capital Signs” checkbox within the “Profile details” dialog for the German profile is not checked. I am running JFW version 2023.2307.37. Any help is appreciated. #Blind#LowVision#VisuallyImpaired#BlindMasto#BlindMastodon#BlindFedi@freedomscientific
Trotzdem ich sehen kann, lese ich gern die #Bildbeschreibung.
Manchmal erhalte ich damit wichtige Zusatzinfos.
Und ich staune oft, wieviel Mühe sich manche damit machen. #Inklusion#blindFedi#blind
Heyah, #BlindMastodon / #BlindFedi hivemind. Does anyone know how the #accessibility / #a11y of #calckey stands right now? Its features look promising and I'm becoming interested as I read more, but I'd rather not jump into a place where there's not good #ScreenReader accessibility and #KeyboardNavigation yet either from the web UI or from third-party apps. Any and all thoughts welcome. Thanks.
As suggested by @komin in German: should we adopt a universal hashtag for blind people asking about Mastodon and the Fediverse? Does #BlindFedi sound like a good idea? My expansion of this idea would be to use the hashtag for all purposes: to exchange advice and good practices, ask questions, get answers, inform about the cool accessible tech or indispensable lifehacks and everyday tips as we discover them, to simply find each other across instances. Maybe this does exist already?
The #NABS Rocky Mountain Seminar is coming up, and all students are invited! Our theme, climb higher together, allows us all the perfect opportunity for #blind students to come together, grow, and learn from each other. We hope you will join us for a weekend filled with great opportunities. Hope to see you there!
Come check out our latest episode of the NABS NOW Podcast, where we take a deep dive into all things #GraduateSchool. Learn what it takes to find accommodations, explore career paths, and find the best program for you. Join Isabel and Noah as they take a journey down the path to success with three graduate students or alumni from a graduate program.