A friendly reminder.

Help me mastodon!
Since apple maps changed names of things I would like to use a different map ap. But the thing I like best about apple maps is that it tactually does different iWatch buzzes for left and right and a few other things. Eg: my apple watch vibrates with unique patterns for turns. This is helpful due to my hearing loss and I dont miss turns anymore!

What map ap for iPhone has correct names for gulf of mexico, AND does unique vib alerts to the watch for turns?

Hey, I've got a couple of questions about the attached image.

I'm experimenting with how to have this set up. The first link has the description text just placed plainly underneath the link.

The second one uses the A BBR HTML tag to have it appear when one hovers.

My questions:

1. Is the description hidden on hover unintuitive? I like how clean it is, but it no one sees it, it's not helpful.
2. Can screen readers read text in an abbr tag? Cleanliness of the site is moot if its inaccessible.

thanks!

Musings on #accessability after doing some minor tech support for my 85 year old father.

Some of my same-age peers have told me that unlike our parents, _we_ will be able to keep up with the latest tech developments and their use, since we grew up with rapidly changing technology.

I was always sceptical of that. And in recent years, I've become even more sceptical, as important parts of our IT infrastructure - such as #Google searches - have become _less_ user friendly as the companies that maintain them try to squeeze more money out of them to the detriment of the users.

So yeah, it's not looking good for us as we approach retirement age. If you have kids, try to stay on good terms with them so that they can explain this stuff to you. If you don't, try to befriend some younger people who will put up with your tech questions.

One of the things I've noticed being on really crap internet most of the time this month is that the images won't load, but the alt text will. No alt text? Post might as well be a meaningless smudge.
#accessability

So local republican government officials in #Bristol #Pennsylvania don’t want #accessability in the form of elevators with the #septa station renovation. Instead, they want asinine sized ramps for folks to access the elevated platforms from street level. No bathrooms either.

I run Fedora Linux with XFCE desktop and I'm trying to get speakup #screenreader operational. The modules are all compiled in the kernel but from there I'm lost. Accessability wants Orca to run but I hate gnome.

Surely there is a simple document showing me but I have been googling all day. Rather DDG

Thanks ahead.

I feel like I am missing something in iOS. I have Speak Selection set, and I’d like to quickly select all text in Safari reader view. The “select all” button doesn’t show so I currently highlight a word then drag the handle but this is tedious and prone to errors. Is there a way to quickly select all? If not, can we get this from the truly wonderful humans at Apple #accessability ?

I just figured out about alt text!
it's the little description that you add to images to make it more accessible for people with visual disabilities, and was wondering if there is any templates on how to write alt text for art or just images in general to make it easier for people new to adding descriptions of their images?

I hadn't realized just how much of the online #blind community had migrated from Twitter to Mastodon. That gives added oomph to the need to use #AltText on our images (as well as CamelCase on hashtags).

https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-to-organisations-engaging-with-the-online-blind-community-twitter-has-abandoned-us-many-of-us-have-abandoned-twitter-join-us-on-mastodon-8ead4746

h/t @JonathanMosen #accessability #a11y

Seeking other folx who are learning or fluent in #signlanguage or #asl or #AAC to chat with. Seeking to learn more diverse forms of communication. We use some modified asl, and AAC modeling to communicate with our little love, who communicates through her own lovely vocalizations and body language. There is so much to learn and unlearn about communication. I have been using the ASL bloom app and following folx on youtube. I especially love the Deaf Heartbeat ASL. #accessability #disabilitypride

I'm always looking for local timelines that are more concerned with #AltText.

Please feel free to share other instances where it's more or less necessary to upload content, like floss.social:

"Examples of unacceptable behavior by FLOSS.social community members include[...] :

Uploading images, audio, or video with Public visibility (appears on Local or Federated timelines) without adding ALT text media descriptions"

Surprised by the many tried concepts around the #TrackPoint, including haptic feedback for scrollbars/text, gestures, mouth stick attachments and even weight measurement for physics experiments.

Still one of the most fascinating and practical pieces of hardware.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTCXyjapwXA

The more I use #chatGPT the quicker the enthusiasm for this technology dies down, even for #AccessAbility reasons, probably because I’m the only one in the universe that’s read the WWW series by Robert J Sawyer and don’t see bots like this helping for long without endless micro payments. None of this technology is going to be free, and those micro payments will get passed on to the users in annoying ways. Get ready for information to become a pay as you go service https://www.sfwriter.com/exw1.htm

Just moved over to this instance so I guess a new #introduction is in order!

Hi, I’m Loren.

I am a life-long nature nerd, a far left Jew, a believer in #unions and #accessability, a lover of the weird and obscure especially when it comes to music, movies, tv, video games.

I am particularly fond of photographing #birds but I also love taking pictures of just about anything else out in #nature, be it #bugs, #mushrooms, #opossums, or #prairie #plants.

I am a strong supporter of people with marginalized identities. I believe in fostering an accessible and safe world for everyone except bigots, nazis, fascists, etc. Still learning the best ways to be a part of this community but at the moment any image I boost or post will have alt text and a content warning if necessary.

TL;DR: come for the nature photos, stay for the weird memes, shitposts, and caring about people.