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James ScholesToday I learned: If you use <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> and are annoyed by those "Sign in with Google" dialogs stealing keyboard focus on certain websites, you can disable it at the browser level.In the address bar, type or paste in "chrome://settings/content/federatedIdentityApi" (without the quotes. You should land on the "Third-party sign-in" Settings page.On that page, there'll be two radio buttons: "Sites can show sign-in prompts from identity services", and "Block sign-in prompts from identity services". Set it to the second one, and you should find that the problematic dialogs are no longer present.<a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/screenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#screenReader</a>

Paweł MasarczykThanks to a meetup at our local hackerspace <a href="https://chaos.social/@metalab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@metalab</a> , I have learnt about a web-based, open source, highly accessible video downloader frontend you can fire up at <a href="https://cobalt.tools" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cobalt.tools</a>. Really easy how it works: 1. You open the site; 2. you paste the link into the edit box; 3. You press enter; 4. The standard "Save File" dialog comes up. All the extra stuff like formats and qualities can be set in the settings and a choice between a video, audio-only or video-only version is offered under a button below the link input. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a>

Vic 🇪🇺An instant upgrade for my website & an <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> win. This font is hyperlegible, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyslexia</a> friendly, free to use and (bonus) - looks gorgeous.<a href="https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/</a>

TheZeldaZone👑🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀Question is not "do deaf people deserve subtitles", it's more that subtitles benefit EVERYBODY, and also some people CANNOT use (game, movie, etc) without subtitles.So the experience is better for everyone (at worst, turn it off), and POSSIBLE for many it wasn't before. Proud of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> community, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> has been taken seriously there and not (yet) fallen to the global right wing backlash against...doing good things for people.

TheZeldaZone👑🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀An aspect of disability advocacy that's oddly left behind by news sources (but regularly brought up by actual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> experts...) is that making things accessible just helps...everybody.Everyone's eyes and muscles will go poor. Maybe you won't need a wheelchair (maybe you will!) but a ramp can still help.Everybody benefits. Of course, we, as a society, seem to have largely decided in recent years that benefits are bad and everyone should suffer at all times.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@inkican/114173264288435337" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@inkican/114173264288435337</a>

Lurkle DEI makes life great<a href="https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ErikUden</a> It also interferes with text-to-speech users, it has been noted. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a>

InkicanThat's the dadgum truth, right there.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabled</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabilityawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityawareness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spoonie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a>Since this got so much attention, I'd like to use this moment of sunshine to invite you all to read with us next week:<a href="https://inkican.com/gsbcw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inkican.com/gsbcw</a>

Lanie Molinar CarmeloI'm thrilled to announce that I've been accepted as a student at <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ColoradoChristianUniversityOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColoradoChristianUniversityOnline</a>! I'll be pursuing a B.S. in <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputerScience</a>. The school's class format seems much more manageable for me than other schools I've attended, and I'm feeling optimistic about this new chapter.Now begins the challenging process of hunting for <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/scholarships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scholarships</a>. Unfortunately, I'm discovering just how inaccessible most scholarship websites are for screen reader users. If anyone knows of <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> scholarship resources or platforms, I'd greatly appreciate your recommendations!<a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/CollegeLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollegeLife</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/OnlineCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineCollege</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/CCU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CCU</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/CAGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAGS</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScreenReader</a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ScholarshipSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholarshipSearch</a>

ZersiaxJust went live on twitch to talk <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gameDev</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/tooManyHashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tooManyHashtags</a> while looking at a bunch of <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a>. Sound interesting? Come say hi over at <a href="https://twitch.tv/zersiax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twitch.tv/zersiax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/selfPromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfPromo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/smallStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smallStreamer</a>

posiputt ÖvÖlost at sea<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a>

Gordon AnthonyI’m quite enjoying the new Ally app from Envision. Being able to customise the AI is interesting, although the iOS app doesn’t seem to have all that many voices yet. It’s very good at reading digital displays which other apps sometimes struggle with, but it’s not perfect. I was using it to check shopping items and it misidentified a couple of things. Still, it’s not bad and reasonably fast, although not as good as the Meta Rayban’s Look and Tell feature. Still since Meta have withdrawn that in the UK, Ally is a decent enough alternative. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

Devin Prater :blind:I finally found a multi-emulator, an emulator that has many emulator cores within it, that has a game screen that TalkBack can get image descriptions from! And everything seems to be labeled well, too! Check out "ClassicBoyPro Game Emulator" <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portableandroid.classicboy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.portableandroid.classicboy</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ClassicBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassicBoy</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emulator</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emulation</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a>

Michael HansenIs tor-browser <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> with screen-readers? I'm asking because I see quite a few people talking about using that browser here on mastodon. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>

Queen Calyo DelphiI just used the braille on today's compartment off my pill organizer to double-check I was indeed about to take my AM pills while it was too dark in my room to clearly read the AM/PM printed on it, even with a dim light turned on.<a href="https://rubber.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> helps everyone, including the abled. A rising tide lifts all ships. ✊

Micr0byte<h1>📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy & Green Update 🔒💚</h1>Exciting news! After months of development, Altbot 2.0 is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.<h2>What's new in Altbot 2.0:</h2><ul><li>100% local AI processing for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains ZERO information about you or your images using the powerful Ovis2:8B model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs</li><li>Full GDPR compliance 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>Better quality descriptions across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models</li><li>Significantly more energy efficient 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>The only data Altbot 2.0 records:<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>No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.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.<h2>Support Altbot's Future 💝</h2>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. Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal 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>Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:<ul><li>Free for everyone</li><li>Continuously improved</li><li>Sustainably maintained</li></ul>Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse! 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.As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects. For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.devFeel free to boost or reach out!<a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/EthicalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicalAI</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Altbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Altbot</a>

Devin Prater :blind: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">#CSUN</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.<a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/HIMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HIMS</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/BrailleSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrailleSense</a>

David O'BrienSaying "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".<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#A11y</a>

Devin Prater :blind: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.<a href="https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid/issues/1014" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid/issues/1014</a><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emulation</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emulator</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Lemuroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lemuroid</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a>

Casey ReevesSigh. 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.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.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?<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fail</a>

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. If you had made it accessible to begin with, people with disabilities could’ve been 20% of your user base. And it would have been better for 100% of your users. <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>

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