For those of you who enjoy #accessibility meetups, take note: On the 16th of April, that’s next week indeed, we’re organising an accessibility meetup in Amsterdam It starts at 16:00 and there’s a borrel afterwards. I can’t wait to see you all again!

More details later this week.

OK, so this is weird. Posting in case anyone else is having the same issue although I seem to be in a minority of 1.
I am lucky enough to have 2 pairs of Meta Rayban glasses thanks to Santa bringing me a 2nd pair at Xmas.
But I have struggled with activating Be My Eyes when I change glasses, so I got into the habit of disconnecting then reconnecting Be My Eyes whenever I switched glasses. A bit of a pain but it meant I could use the glasses when I needed them.
Then the Accessibility option within the MetaView app vanished, meaning I couldn’t use this option.
But I’ve just opened the Be My Eyes app and gone into settings where there is a button for Meta Raybans. If you tap this, there is an option to control within the MetaView app. I tapped this and the usual Accessibility option of the MetaView app suddenly appeared, allowing me to disconnect &reconnect again.
Weirdly, if I open the MetaView app without going through Be My Eyes, the #Accessibility option still isn’t there.
I’m very confused, but at least this means I should be able to use the glasses the next time I need to call a volunteer via the glasses.
Apologies for the long post.

Thanks to @TheBreadmonkey I learned of the existence of @altbot !

Some people have to do a lot of work to get text typed out, and find posting images much quicker - it makes total sense not to suggest someone typing with a sip-puff or other switch to have to also fill in the ALT text.

Also sometimes we're in a hurry. Or we're wanting to report on a fast changing situation. Or whatever other myriad reasons! Looks like altbot can help :)

Tip for those who don't have much hand strength or just get tired holding pickets for hours - sandwich boards work!

Also printing t-shirts with your mesage.

Also creating hats with lightweight signs on them.

Your bike/trike/wheelchair/service animal can have signs, too!

Just an ergonomic tip from someone with low hand strength who has protested before. #HandsOff #Accessibility

Photo CC-BY-NC 2.0 by Steve McKenzie https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemckenzie/47285256762

I figured I should make this into a poster. A4 size, but can easily be scaled to fit onto Letter size, for you non-standard Americans out there.

Reuse encouraged, public domain!

"For Some Disabled Protestors, 'Hands Off' Went Virtual"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hands-off-virtual-zooms-disability-covid/

“We know we have to teach everyone how to include us"

Here's another virtual option for Hands Off protest tomorrow! #HandsOff #Protest #Resist #Disability #Accessibility

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ellxdezg3cxr37rlsquvmos6/post/3llzp2lsmp22b

Experimenting with open educational resources in comic form.
https://samepagestudio.ca/blog/2025/04/02/open-resources-find-them-use-them-learn/
Everything in this work was human-created, EXCEPT the alt-text for which I used AI. Damn compelling how well the bot was able to describe my images.
#OER #Accessibility #Comics #DigitalLearning

We were on Carling and we watched someone in a wheelchair have to turn chair around in order to kick across the intersection and in order to get up over the curb.

The Hands Off! protests are tomorrow, Saturday, April 5

Find one near you -

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

Can't attend in person? There's a virtual event:

"Hands Off! Disabled Community Fights Back"

2 - 4 PM Pacific Time
Virtual Event
Join from anywhere!

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/770700/

Irish Rail & wheelchair users - from Drogheda to Wexford - the most beautiful railway in Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeY2ibVHdCA #Accessibility #Transportation #Ireland #Trains

Question for folks who use screen readers: what is your preferred way for someone to write individual letters? Example, spelling out the letters on a sign that do not add up to a real word.

I did alt text for a picture of signs that were badly made. When describing the text layout, I went with "Capital Letter space Capital Letter". How well does that work versus maybe "Capital Letter dash Capital Letter"? Or is there a better option?

Yesterday @peterrowlett asked me if I'd made a tool for simulating colour vision deficiency and I thought "yeah, that's totally the kind of thing I would have done".

Well, if I had done it, I can't find it now. So I spent an hour this morning making one:

https://cvd-simulator.think.somethingorotherwhatever.com/

I used the same method that Firefox's dev tools uses to simulate colour vision deficiency: multiply each pixel's (R,G,B) vector by a matrix representing the eye's response in each kind of colour receptor.

My bio is getting unwieldy, so here's a pinned post with all relevant info about me!

~

I'm Layne (he/him), an early 30s bi trans guy from Germany currently in my last year of apprenticing at a public library. Autistic, disabled, nerdy & chronically online. Ecosocialist and member of @dielinke.

trans rights are human rights!
punch fascists!

~

Have a list of things you will encounter here:

#accessibility (I only boost posts with alt text)
#art
#books (fantasy, scifi, thriller)
#bunnies
#ClimateJustice
#MTG
#pathfinder
#photography
#politics
#Space (fuck SpaceX)
#transjoy
#VideoGames (rpg, action adventure)

[Header ID: progress pride flag comprised of NASA astrophotography © @thatfrisiangirlish.

Profile picture: a rainbow neon sign on a purple background featuring the phrases "love is love", "love wins", "support love", "live and let love" and "love is a human right" © Jason Leung @ Unsplash]

Reminder: I typically don't follow those who don't use alt text with images or videos. I might make exceptions for those who mostly add alt text, but if the entire timeline is images without it, I either have to add the alt text, which takes time. It's easier not to share them. (I have a lot of friends who use screen readers, plus it's good form: Writing your own alt text lets you provide context that I won't otherwise get.)

In case anyone was wondering

#accessibility = #a11y

If it's not accessible, it's not revolutionary.

Reposting my #introduction from @nolan@venera.social.

Hi, I'm Nolan, #blind #accessibility advocate, #game/#web/#mobile developer, #cooperative enthusiast, and animal-lover from Austin, TX. Other interests include #gaming, smoking meat, and occasionally dabbling in music creation/sound design.

Looking forward to meeting and connecting with cool folks.

#introduction
New instance new intro!!

I'm somcak, a #librarian currently in #Ohio. I have 2 mini #dachshunds and 2 #cats. I enjoy all sorts of music, yes, even death metal on occasion!

I've been on Mastodon since October 2022, and this is my 5th server.

I use content warnings for all sorts of stuff, just trying to be considerate! I always make sure there's #AltText and #CamelCase for my own posts as well as those I boost. #Accessibility matters.
I enjoy learning about #history and #archeology, particularly the #neolithic. I'm also interested in #UrbanPlanning and how we can make communities greener. I have an #ebike and care about #CompleteStreets.