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Gibt es eine Möglichkeit halbwegs einfach, ohne extrem teure Software, barrierefreie PDF Dokumente zu erstellen?
Word Dokumente sind einfach nicht immer praktikabel, aber es geht mir mittlerweile extrem gegen den Strich ein Dokument zu erstellen, dass von so vielen Menschen nicht ohne große Probleme gelesen werden kann. Gerade im Arbeitskontext ist das einfach zu wichtig.
Hat jemand Tipps/ Erfahrungen?
#barrierefreiheit #inklusion #barrierefrei #pdftools #Screenreaderungeeignet #screenreader

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The weather's cloudy a lukewarm. Perfect for today's stream where I create a "yes, but no" resource for everyone who tells me to just switch to #linux :P
Nah but seriously we'll look at a number of first-time experiences (install, initial boot into the OS ec.) of various popular and less popular distros. I will comment on the #accessibility considerations primarily for #screenReader users and I'm sure other things'll come up. See you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed around 3 PM EST/8P BST/9pm CEST over at twitch.tv/ic_null or youtube.com/@blindlyCoding. My #peertube account is, unfortunately, not approved yet :) #selfPromo #tech #foss #selfHosting #homeLab #stream #blind

TwitchIC_null - TwitchFully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.
I love this so much. It's pretty much a GUI for #tampermonkey, offering an easier way for #blind folks to find elements on a webpage and do things to them. Yes, you could do the same things directly by just writing JavaScript yourself. But this is much, much faster, and requires a bit less knowledge. It took me less than 30 seconds to turn all the story titles on fanfiction.net into headings. Labeling a button, or making other small changes would be just as fast. The typos and slightly incorrect English put me off at first; especially the word "blinds" for blind people felt weird and derogatory. apparently the author is from #Cameroon, though, so maybe that's standard there. stsolution2.org/WebAccessibilizer/ #a11y #accessibility #screenreader
stsolution2.orgWebAccessibilizer- A web javascript to help blind to make html web pages more accessible

Was nimmt man als auf ScreenReader angewiesene denn so, um unter Windows VMS aufzusetzen? Dualboot ist wahrscheinlich blind nicht allein möglich und für von Sticks oder externen Festplatten booten müsste ich ans Bios ran. #ScreenReader #A11Y #blind

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And after I posted I looked at that website more closely and saw that many of the images are not accessible (no alt text).

Sorry about that!

It looks like a useful website for folks who need info on accessible nature trails, but I don't know how helpful it is for folks who use screen readers.

It's a busy day! NVDA 2025.2 Beta 1 is now out: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b

AND In-Process is also out: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3 - covering all about NVDA 2025.1, NV Access in the Forbes Accessibility 100, five quick things to try with NVDA 2025.1, and a small end of financial year request: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3

www.nvaccess.orgNV Access | NVDA 2025.2beta1 available for testing

soooo ... do we have any #screenReader #accessible PC hardware monitoring tools that ... y'know ... aren't awful? I don't mean CPU/RAM usage, more ... voltages, component temps, etc.
So far stuff I've looked at (speccy, hardwareMonitor) just haven't been great and basically have me saving a text file and ctrl+f-ing my way through it which ... works, but is a little silly if there's a perfectly good UI right there

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@natureworks Needs more descriptive #AltText, such as the other text on the graph.
For Example:

A White Background Bar Graph with light blue bars and Black and Grey text,
The graph has an x-axis range from Poorest to Richest.
The y-axis has grey lines, with 100,000; 200,000; and 300,000 at the top.
Between the 100k and 200k lines is a Text box with an arrow pointing at the bars:
"The Richest 5% captured 70% of Global Growth"
Between the 200k and 300k lines is a Text box with an arrow pointing at the bars stating:
"The Richest 1% captured 54% of Global Growth"
The Highest blue bar on the right, representing the Richest 1% exceeds the 300k line
Below the x-axis is the statment:
"This graph refers to the distribution of pre-tax income among adults aged 20 and over. It is assumed that income is split evenly among adults within a household. Income is measured in 2023 US dollars, constant MER. See our note on Currency Concepts for more information {where Currency Concepts is in blue, indicating a hyperlink}"
"Chart Global Inequality Project {www.Globalinequality.org}- Source: World Inequality Database (May 2025). Embed. Download. Image." {All of the text in this line except Source: and (May 2025) are separate hyperlinks}
"Select [Drop Down Box] Pre-tax income Select Currency Concept [Drop Down Box] Constant MER"

Please update the image accordingly.
#AltText #Accessibility #ScreenReader

There's a growing movement on the #fedi that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards #FOSS alternatives like #Linux, alternatives to #google, #Microsoft, #dropbox etc.
For #screenReader users, that might not be as simple as all that due to #accessibility reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an #accessibility perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. #selfHosting #blind #tech #EU