@jake4480 are you able to tag PDFs with accessibility features using Libre Open Office tools? We have an existing document, but we are trying to make sure that the information is accessible to people using #ScreenReaders
I always put hashtags at the end for accessibility reasons.
My understanding is that makes it better for screen readers since some read out the word "hashtag" each time. This makes the text annoying since the word hashtag is repeated so often.
Of course it may take more space to put all hashtags at the end if those words were in the main text.
I'd be happy to hear opinions from folks who use screen readers!
As an old guy with over twenty years in the accessibility game, a master's degree in instructional design, and a life long aficionado of reading, writing, and all things creative, I offer this opinion: You are doing everything correctly, and I approve completely.
Even without a screenreader, the hashtags break the flow, and render the entire paragraph more difficult to process.
Natural text has a flowing element to it, and the hashtags are little anchors breaking the flow.
Ask any typographer about text flow of different font faces and get ready for a long discourse. These things are known...
In addition, taking the time and space to list hashtags as a closing block provides an opportunity to reflect on what you are trying to communicate. Always a good thing to have thoughtful posts instead of adding more brainless garbage to the web.
So there you have it, in my admittedly over educated and incredibly biased opinion...
Curious about screen-reading software. I'm experiencing a health flare that makes sitting up a long project, and I feel like maybe running a screen reader on my inbox would mitigate the work impact. What would y'all recommend? #ScreenReaders
Dear #Friendica ,
When writing new posts like this one and also when writing comments aka replies, how do I auto complete user display names when mentioning them? Is it keyboard accessible.
@feb Ah yes now I understand. Unfortunatelly that part is not yet #screenreaders#accessible thus when using up and down arrow keys to make the choice I don't know what I'm selecting. I'll first try to look into it my-self and if I won't be able to fix it on my own I'll file it as a feature request then.
Thanks for your patience explaining this feature to me.
A question for those who use #ScreenReaders: when somebody writes a long sentence all in capital letters (in their post or #altText), does your screen reader spell out every letter of every word and sound obnoxious?
I imagine it would for short acronyms but I wonder if it determines a capitalized sentence is made of real words and pronounces them correctly.
Sometimes I want to reblog something but hesitate if they write too much in all caps (which I see in web comics especially).
Question that just crossed my mind for people using #screenreaders and generally the #accessibility and #WebDev crowd: Is it useful for folx consuming the web with accessibility tools, such as #screenreader, to include links in alt text for images?
Especially when posting memes here on mastodon, I like to include a link to knowyourmeme, cause they usually have a) a very good image description and b) some context to go with it, so it doesn't just feel like I'm describing a (visual) inside joke.
But can tools like screenreaders even handle those links in a useful way? 🤔
Help! I have a student in my computer science class whose JAWS screenreader won’t read any output from the cmd prompt or Power Shell. (It works in my instance of JAWS as well as other students’). Relevant speech history is: ‘Unavailable’ ‘0’ ‘0’ instead of ‘hello world’. Has anyone else experienced this or do you have any tips? Is the answer to reinstall JAWS? They’re so frustrated and I don’t want them to hate computers 😢
Not sure whether this has been already brought up here but someone has created an #Accessibility assistant app for the VoiceMeeter application for Windows. VoiceMeeter is a bit like Audio Hijack for Mac where you can chain different inputs on a virtual soundcard, let it run through different outputs and route the audio of other programs to it just like you could with a physical mixing board. Currently I have set it up so that my microphone runs through it as well as any other app i route to it and it is all played both for me on my headset and to the world wherever I decide to stream it. The microphone is muted on my end so that I don't have to hear myself but others can hear me still. It is early days and many options aren't supported by the accessibility addon but the fact I could create an optimal config for myself is already great. Let's tell the dev how important their work is, send feedback and suggestions. Happy testing! https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/nvda-voicemeeter ##Blind#ScreenReaders#A11y#Audio#Radio
Updated 4th September 2023 with details of NVDA 2023.2 support
"Note that how the UI is conveyed aurally differs across screen reader. This is definitely not something that we need concern ourselves with. There is no normative or informative document as to how HTML UI is to be announced to people by screen readers."
Hello there. So, I never thought I'd ever be using Mastodon for this and its a longshot but I'm looking for a paid job. I'm a senior in College and I'm going to be graduating with a degree in business management in May and I want to be ready. For my skills, I'm well-versed in Microsoft products, particularly Microsoft Excel and Microsoft word though Excel is my prefered application considering I wish to work with spreadsheets. Yes, I'm totally blind but that shouldn't be an issue because of #screenreaders and #ADA#accommodations and #RemoteWork. So, if anyone is looking for a dedicated person who genuinely enjoys helping others and working with functions from #statistics to #financial functions using #appliedMath, I am willing to work for you so help me #GetFediHired. Resume will be sent apon request through DM's. Thank you, and boosts are absolutely encouraged.
If you're creating custom emoji, remember to fill in the section marked "Shortcode" with a short text description of the emoji. Blind people's screen reader software will be able to read the shortcode aloud so that they can hear what the emoji is.
If the emoji's shortcode includes multiple words, split them up with underscores like_this or CamelCase, so that screen readers will be able to read each word correctly.
Yesterday, one market called #SpellCheck an AI and does not want your work if you use spell check. Doesn't every #Author use spell (and grammar) check?
Another claims if they suspect the story is AI, they will block your email, and not even reply or verify.
#Autistic, #Blind, #DeafBlind, cognitively disabled, and people for whom English is a second language will be left forever waiting on a reply.
And they will be blocked by #Publishers. Per a couple of sites. That do not describe what they consider #AI.
Spell and Grammar Check were listed on one site. Do they consider Word, Scrivener, #ScreenReaders, #Dictation (Dragon), and Read Back programs that allow #Blind, #DeafBlind, #Autistic people, and people with cognitive disabilities to write?
How many #Disabled#Authors will these polices block from being published?