When Blind people send emoji to Blind people, we are picking a text description from a list and receiving the same.
Let's become ungovernable. Simply type the emoji in text.
While you're at it, include emoji that do not exist.
Melting popsicle.
Broken umbrella.
Crying horse.
Pizza rat.
We really can do anything
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ChanceyFleet
@ChanceyFleet@mas.to
mastodon 4.7.2I'm a Blind tech educator in New York. I'm passionate about making sure accessible tech isn't harmful or extractive, building digital literacy, and bringing tactile graphics and Braille within reach for all Blind people! I run the Dimensions Project at NYPL — we're the world's only free and public tactile graphics lab and we've got all the equipment and training you need to learn the art of tactile design
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As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES.
Missed my stop and wound up at Grand Central today because i was engrossed in reading an article about executive dysfunction.
Wow, you folks have made my commute with these replies! I'm a Blind tech educator in NYC and I run a tactile graphics lab — come get your library card and print some raised-line emoji with us talkingbooks.nypl.org
Please meet Wordbop, another free accessible web game I made with @Marconius@mas.to — I prototype in Claude Code and he makes the code suitable for human consumption. We're both Blind and have only been making games for about six months. This one is a love letter to WordPopper which left the App Store many years ago. It's a low-stress word builder with soft sounds https://marconius.com/fun/wordBop/
The latest Facebook #a11y update is giving malicious compliance.
You want perceivable screen elements, my guy?
You want em all labeled, boss?
That's no problem. What I did is, I went ahead and put “UNREAD NOTIFICATION” in front of every new notification, you can't miss it. Enjoy your button labels, broseph
#UniversalDesignForNoone
As an accessibility advocate i want to
choose between 37 events on Global Accessibility Awareness Day so I can
feel FOMO about 36 of them
I'm not saying it's inevitable that AI tools commodifying identity will amplify human biases and make them scale, but all eight Trending Voices in the ElevenLabs reader today are men.
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Where were his colleagues?
Was there a fire drill that day and then nobody but Bryson ever made it back to the test kitchen?
Did anyone try to talk him down or negotiate to get a wet wipe in there?
Or do they all think it’s so funny that they decided as an office to just let it ride?
Do people call him “honey” now more than is normal at work, with sort of a strange smile?
Does it haunt him?I hope that it haunts him.
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@Foidi I see light and blurry shapes, but never photos. I identify as Blind because most of how i live avoids the use of the tiny bit of vision i have, since that vision is unreliable and limited. It's pretty much only good for watching fireworks and turning off lights.
Hey friends, we're doing an iOS Accessibility Grand Tour at 4 Eastern today! Come find out what your phone or iPad's accessibility features actually do, identify the ones you might like even if you're not disabled, and get prepared to show the people you support how to use the ones they need. And oh yeah, help us out bc this is a dress rehearsal before we do it live at PLA and we would love your feedback! https://nypl.zoom.us/meeting/register/XQADylniQTW5vU2MpeC_qA
Blind person here: would someone explain what exactly happens near and to the lemon pound cake? I really need to know
Today's vibe is 3D printing little Skadis drawers to avoid organizing all the big drawers i unfortunately already own
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@Deus Just try your best. Anything is better than nothing! Odd phrasing and wobbly description skills will still deliver more of the image than the keep-out sign of a post that just says "image" with no description at all.
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@tinygirl And it might be fun, for someone in their own backyard with a couple of beers in them. I won’t even touch sticky sauce things at work: i’m not sure why i went ahead and tried it at 30,000 feet.
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@chu I’m still wrapping my head around this. If the text is subd, can the screen reader read it? The presenter’s image is probably relevant — i do want to know if they have pink hair or a good outfit
Adventures in #graphics while #Blind — one day i said to myself: i bet #Generative text-to-image service Craiyon would be cool for making tactile graphics. Started simple (i thought), by requesting "line drawing of a pair of scissors". Got what one reader aptly called a very dangerous fidget spinner. It haunts me still
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@chu It's a weird ambiguity now. On Youtube or other streaming services we can have subtitles spoken or brailled so what remains as a challenge is image description
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@medard@piailleIt really depends! If it's a chart, it might need to be verbose. If it's a meme or photo, less is sometimes more
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@AccessOn @JonathanMosen @Scott LOLOL CSUN was so fun that i didn't play the game all week! You just reminded me though. Check out new modes of play released a few weeks ago! https://marconius.com/fun/audioInvaders/