Excited for the next Living Blindfully Podcast tomorrow. That and the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me quiz show from NPR really make my Saturday. Thanks @podcast for giving me something to look forward to each week! Always good to keep up with the latest news in blindness and blind tech.
#podcasts
#Podcast
#blind
#VisuallyImpaired
#VisionImpairment
#disabled
#disability
#AssistiveTechnology
#AssistiveTech
#accessibility
#access
#A11Y

Some cool discussion going on at RBlind.com right now, I hope more people will sign up so that we can get enough critical mass behind it before the new API policies kick in.
If you're nervous about figuring out Lemmy, don't be. You can go to rblind.com right now and browse it, learn the interface a bit, before even signing up. You don't need to understand how it works beyond that unless you want to learn. Just that main is where you should post.
#blind
#VisionImpairment
#VisuallyImpaired

Some cool discussion going on at rblind.com right now, I hope more people will sign up so that we can get enough critical mass behind it before the new API policies kick in.
If you're nervous about figuring out Lemmy, don't be. You can go to rblind.com right now and browse it, learn the interface a bit, before even signing up. You don't need to understand how it works beyond that unless you want to learn. Just that main is where you should post.
#blind
#VisionImpairment
#VisuallyImpaired

A question on #responsive #web #development:

Does anyone check their sites with the device font size set to a stop or two larger or smaller than default?

As I'm pushing 40 and now wearing varifocals, I have put my smartphone's system font size up a level.

This seems to occasionally mess with website layouts, sometimes text wraps in unexpected ways, or is partially hidden.

Sometimes it happens only in app-embedded browsers, not the full mobile browser.

#webDev #visionImpairment #gettingOld

RT @KateInclusiveEd
The wait is over! If UR a young person with #VisionImpairment in #England/#Wales &want to participate in a unique #climbing experience,then GET IN TOUCH! We would be glad to assist you! @MichaelProulx @GuideDogsSW @GuideDogsNW @GuideDogsSE @guidedogs_NE @UniofBath @BathPsychology

Click here: Twitter alt text meme that isn't funny for blind people

'You've probably seen one of the latest Twitter memes doing the rounds. There's black text - "click here" - on a white background. And an arrow pointing to the ALT image description label. Behind that, there's a joke or a punchline'

#AltText #ScreenReader #VisionImpairment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-65473838

RT @OPENVIResearch
Did you know that apart from bats &marine mammals, people can echolocate too? How #echolocation may benefit people with #visionimpairment? Visit our website &have a look at the latest lab summary. #humanecholocation #learningecholocation #visualimpairment https://sites.google.com/view/open-vi-research/recent-research-summaries?authuser=0#h.gp0srgwdsqfx

RT @JessicaHayton
Such a great idea to support #friendship in young women and girls with #VisionImpairment -FYI, @MobilityMort @AliHollands1 @JonCBHD @NancyMoodie @ClareRSanders8 @HabVIUK_org_uk https://twitter.com/RSBCcharity/status/1638088162894331904

RT @OPENVIResearch
Growing up=Changes in roles,relationships,expectations,status within the wider community of home-school-work. What happens when it comes to a person with #visionimpairment? This @PerkinsVision guide offers transition-specific guidance for after high school https://www.perkins.org/transition-planning-resource-center/transition-iep-guide/

https://www.notey-project.com

The Notey, a hacked together low cost "#Braille Note Taker" solution made by a #blind citizen hacker with off the shelf #hardware and pretty minimal effort, is really an awesome idea. Anything that sticks it to the #AT manufacturers while providing a comparable solution to their often ridiculously limited and overpriced products is good in my book.

Unfortunately however, since it uses #JAWS scripts to work, it currently requires the use of JAWS, an expensive commercial #ScreenReader that costs $800 to $1200 USD to buy outright. Since only the U.S. and Canada currently have the $95 annual JAWS license option, I think it sadly still fails to bring the price down enough to be attainable for many people.

A very interesting space to watch though... If it can be made to work with #NVDA, a #FOSS Screen Reader solution, then it could be workable for people in allot more areas. I hope that the NVDA add-on community can lend some assistance here and maybe lighten the load on the creator, Drew Webber.
#accessibility
#A11Y
#Disability
#VisionImpairment
#VisuallyImpaired
#DeafBlind
#Tech
#AssistiveTechnology
#BrailleDisplay
#MiniPC
#Hacks

Sony’s New Camera Helps the Visually Impaired Enjoy Photography

‘Sony’s new DSC-HX99RNV is a retinal projection camera system that is designed to help people with visual impairments better see the world around them and allow them to enjoy photography in ways they previously could not’

#photography #VisionImpairment #SightImpairment #cameras

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/13/sonys-new-camera-helps-the-visually-impaired-enjoy-photography/

Here's something I wrote about use of language and vision impairment on Terry Freedman's blog (published this week):

https://terryfreedman.substack.com/p/its-good-to-see-you

#lowvision #visionimpairment #blindness

@hildabast @tombofnull

... for discovery since *no one* else seems to have bothered (beyond Hilda's initial effort).

#Atkinson #Hyperlegible #Fonts #legibility #BrailleInstitute #visionimpairment #dyslexia