Micr0byte<p><strong>📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy & Green Update 🔒💚</strong></p><p><strong>Exciting news!</strong> After months of development, <strong>Altbot 2.0</strong> is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.</p><p><strong>What's new in Altbot 2.0:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>100% local AI processing</strong> for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains <strong>ZERO</strong> information about you or your images using the powerful <strong>Ovis2:8B</strong> model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs</li><li><strong>Full GDPR compliance</strong> with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements</li><li><strong>Better quality descriptions</strong> across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models</li><li><strong>Significantly more energy efficient</strong> with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)</li></ul><p>The only data Altbot 2.0 records:</p><ul><li>That a request happened</li><li>How long it took to complete</li><li>What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)</li><li>What language was used</li></ul><p><strong>No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.</strong></p><p>For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.</p><p><strong>Support Altbot's Future 💝</strong></p><p>To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. <em>Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.</em></p><p><strong>I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal</strong> to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ko-fi.com/micr0byte</a></p><p>Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:</p><ul><li>Free for everyone</li><li>Continuously improved</li><li>Sustainably maintained</li></ul><p>Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse!</p> <p>This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.</p><p>As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects. </p><p>For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev</p><p>Feel free to boost or reach out!</p><p><a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/EthicalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalAI</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Altbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altbot</span></a></p>
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*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>Dear Apple;</p><p>I should not have to exit Reader Mode in order to view a translation on a web page.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>—<br>Me.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a></p>
Devin Prater :blind:<p>So um, if today is the last day of <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/CSUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSUN</span></a> and HIMS hasn't talked about new firmware/devices or brand new over nine thousand dollar blindness ... gadgets... They just sent out that email so we'd think about them more? Lol mindshare baiting? Lol. Not too surprised though.</p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/HIMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIMS</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/BrailleSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrailleSense</span></a></p>
David O'Brien<p>Saying "No-one using our service has accessibility needs" is a bit like saying "We don't need a ramp, no-one in a wheelchair has ever come up the stairs".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A11y</span></a></p>
Devin Prater :blind:<p>Made this issue for Lemuroid, which is an Android app that contains lots and lots of emulators, like Retroarch but uses a simple, Android-native GUI. Just, the game view can't be focused with TalkBack, so no image descriptions.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid/issues/1014" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroi</span><span class="invisible">d/issues/1014</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emulation</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emulator</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Lemuroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lemuroid</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Casey Reeves<p>Sigh. Okay. I think I'm going to avoid using the uber eats app until this gets fixed, and never use it again in case it doesn't get fixed.</p><p>In the latest update now, you can't even see the total amount of money you're going to be charged for. All you hear is "total," and that's it. You get the service fees, you don't get the *fees*, you get the delivery fee, but you don't get the promotion applied nor the subtotal.</p><p>I had to check the email received to confirm the order to know how much I've just payed. How's this a thing in 2025?</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a></p>
Per AxbomYou can’t say ”it’s not worth making it accessible for only 1% of our users”. That’s a logical fallacy. And reveals a lot about your understanding of the subject area, and your value system.<br><br>If you had made it accessible to begin with, people with disabilities could’ve been 20% of your user base.<br><br>And it would have been better for 100% of your users.<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://axbom.me/tag/a11y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://axbom.me/tag/accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a>
Adrian Roselli<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LFLegal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LFLegal</span></a></span>’s CSUNATC, a reminder that if you feel like you aren’t able to push back on the illegal actions of this administration:<br>“Staying the accessibility course is resistance right now.”<br><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Maxi, wortschöpfungsverdrossen 🌺 :comfyblobcat:<p>Hey <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> bubble - can any of y'all recommend resources to learn about accessibility?</p><p>I'm aware of the WCAG guidelines as the "golden standard", but I'm looking for something more bite sized / approachable than 75 pages of raw paragraphs and rules</p><p>Boosts welcome! :boost_request:</p><p><a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/wcag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wcag</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a></p>
Nina Kiel<p>There's something I've struggled with for most of my career, but never could properly put into words – until now. </p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@LauraKBuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LauraKBuzz</span></a></span> and her wonderful metaphor, it'll likely be much easier in the future to help colleagues and employers understand this issue.</p><p>"In regards to multitasking, many autistic individuals struggle with processing multiple tasks at once, or being expected to unexpectedly and rapidly drop one task and move to another. The way I try to explain this is that, for me, it feels like when I get deep into a particular task or activity wires start connecting between my brain and the task. Switching tasks or doing something else at the same time means taking a moment to safely disconnect those cables so they can pause data transfer, or free up bandwidth to try and process something in parallel. It’s not as easy as yanking a handful of cords out, they need unplugging carefully which can take a moment."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/c-a2bEuAETs?si=8sFA6LDbvAQM8uZc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/c-a2bEuAETs?si=8sFA6L</span><span class="invisible">DbvAQM8uZc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GamesIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamesIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Sarah E Bourne<p>Massachusetts is looking for a summer Accessibility Intern. Paid. Mostly remote, some office. Preference given for applications received by 26 March - don't dillydally!<br><a href="https://massanf.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=250002O4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">massanf.taleo.net/careersectio</span><span class="invisible">n/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=250002O4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedihire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedihire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>getfedihired</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AccessibilityJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/A11yJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A11yJobs</span></a></p>
BunnyInAHat<p>Just wanted to give a bit more visibility to the site: <a href="https://abletoplay.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abletoplay.com/</a> .</p><blockquote>AbleToPlay helps gamers find titles with accessibility features matching their needs.</blockquote><a href="https://lamp.leemoon.network/tags/accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://lamp.leemoon.network/tags/gaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a><p></p>
Nicolas Mouart<p>Writing captions for pictures by hand is a great word game, better than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordle</span></a> ! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visualimpairment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visualimpairment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://w3c.social/@w3c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w3c</span></a></span> what I hope for is more focus and advocacy towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a>, as it is really vital!</p>
Top Tech Tidbits ♿<p>Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 13, 2025 - Volume 1006 ♿️<br><a href="https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03132025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025</span><span class="invisible">/03132025/</span></a></p><p>The Week's News in Access Technology<br>A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication<br><a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.toptechtidbits.com/tags/toptechtidbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toptechtidbits</span></a></p><p>Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.</p><p>Subscribers: 36,538 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.</p>
Ally<p>Yesterday I signed up for abletoplay.com<br>for those of you that haven’t heard of it, it’s a site where you can fill out all of your needs or preferences to make it easier to find games that meet your accessibility requirements. Once you do that, you can look at different games and see how they match up to your personal score.</p><p>I know the site is still in beta, but I feel like the scoring is a bit off. For example, games that meet all but one of my accessibility needs has a score of 80/100. Maybe it’s me, but I feel like the score should be higher.</p><p>Also, the site doesn’t seem to differentiate between games that don’t have an accessibility feature because it hasn’t been added, and games that don’t have that feature because it’s not a part of the gameplay.</p><p>All that aside, it’s been a helpful resource for me. It’s nice to be able to search for a game and see exactly what the accessibility features are.<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> irony...<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Michael Hansen<p>Surge XT is such a great synth, I don't think I'll ever need to get anymore synths.<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
The Bright Side<p>In education, fewer kids face violence, and more schools offer free meals! Massachusetts leads the way with tuition-free community college, making education more accessible and boosting enrollment.</p><p>Together, these initiatives signal a shift towards inclusivity in education.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/EducationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
accessauston<p>This study explores using Spatial Audio, musical cues, and audio descriptions to enhance the video game experience and to make it accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. The study included a mix of participants with and without visual impairments. The feedback highlighted the importance of accessible keyboard controls and sounds that convey character movement and object location. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jis/article/view/4439" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/jis/article/view/4439</span></a></p>
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