Sarah Matthews<p>This sounds like a wonderful immersive experience for <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/partiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallySighted</span></a> people at London Fashion Week but what I want to know is if the detailed audiodescriptions they produced will be made available after the event?! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/audiodescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiodescription</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> | <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/LondonFashionWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LondonFashionWeek</span></a> - Tactile sessions aid visually impaired fans - BBC News <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en7pgvvvlo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en7p</span><span class="invisible">gvvvlo</span></a></p>
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Sarah Matthews<p>Happy birthday to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bemyeyes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bemyeyes</span></a></span> I’ve just seen that it’s 10 years old now and I vividly remember what it was like to hear about this amazing app on an RNIB tech podcast when I’d only lost my sight a few months and was struggling with the sudden loss of independence. Using Be My Eyes changed my outlook on doing things myself, I didn’t have to wait for someone sighted to come home to get things done! Over the years I’ve learned so many more tools and stopped using it for a while but now we have Be My AI I’m using it every week again for something - taking my own photos and enjoying the ability to access descriptions of photos on social media if I want to. I always recommend this app to anyone just losing their sight as one of the first things to learn to use <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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</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/BeMyEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeMyEyes</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Just signed this petition to make banking accessible… I often need help accessing my finances as the apps are not very accessible yet <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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</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/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <br><a href="https://tpt.eaction.org.uk/MakeBankingAccessible" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tpt.eaction.org.uk/MakeBanking</span><span class="invisible">Accessible</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>The <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> event on Tues evening at the British Library was brilliant - to have so many Braille enthusiasts together is very rare, and there was a relaxed atmosphere of celebration; with wine, canapes and lovely background music. Braille doesn’t get this type of VIP treatment very often! The message that I took away from the engaging panel event was very much that Braille is part of the toolkit for a blind person, no one is expecting you to use it exclusively - when your hands are tired, use audio and when audio gets overwhelming, use your hands. The fact is that some tasks lend themselves better to one or the other. It’s all personal choice.</p><p>I also enjoyed looking at some items from the library archive, including a handmade Braille book by Stevie Ronnie with beautiful binding and a children’s Braille book, by Polly Edman, that had tactile thread winding across the pages to make it interactive.<br>I also had fun trying out the Dot Pad again and got my hands on the Monarch too (they both display graphics as well as being multi line Braille displays) - way too expensive, but hey, a girl can dream! Tech like this represents the future so fabulously, showing that Braille is both a reading and writing medium, but now also has the potential to help blind people understand graphics and charts more easily and allow them to be creative themselves.<br>I bumped into several people I know which was lovely and I’m sure there were plenty of others there that I didn’t find, the joys of trying to socialise when totally blind!<br>There were about 230 guests and it felt so special to be able to attend this event, one of the many events being organised to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Braille.<br>I’m sure there’ll be many podcasts coming out from the RNIB about the event but the link below gives a taster, with many interviews recorded on the night:</p><p><a href="https://embeds.audioboom.com/playlists/4635637/embed?link_color=55ACEE&source=twitter_card&utm_content=card&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&v=202301" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">embeds.audioboom.com/playlists</span><span class="invisible">/4635637/embed?link_color=55ACEE&source=twitter_card&utm_content=card&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&v=202301</span></a></p><p><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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/LowVision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowVision</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Join the party! The <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> British Library event will be live streamed tomorrow evening from 7.30pm UK time and you can register here:<br> <a href="https://thebritishlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/braille-200-championing-tactile-literacy/british-library/3212394" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebritishlibraryculturalevent</span><span class="invisible">s.seetickets.com/event/braille-200-championing-tactile-literacy/british-library/3212394</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>This <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> survey has been set up by RNIB to gather information about the experiences of <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> users in the UK. It takes about 10 mins to fill out and closes on 18th October <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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Braille200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">surveymonkey.com/r/Braille200</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>A great online event from The Braillists Foundation coming up on Tues 17 Sept, 7.30pm UK time | “Braille Screen Input has been overhauled!</p><p>iOS and iPad OS 18, due for release on Monday 16 September, include the biggest refresh of Braille Screen Input since the feature was first introduced in iOS 8. Although you can, for the most part, still use Braille Screen Input as you always have done, the new functionality in Apple's latest flagship operating systems is a source of much excitement throughout the blind community and will almost certainly take your Braille Screen Input experience to the next level.</p><p>Join us as Matthew Horspool talks us through:<br>* The devices supported by iOS and iPad OS 18<br>* New ways to enter and exit Braille Screen Input<br>* New sounds and haptics<br>* Braille entry improvements<br>* Using Braille Screen Input to control and navigate your <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> or iPad”<br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a>#Disability </p><p><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rcuiurD4jEtzda-jQnGPzOtRBBVQuB3YX#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/tZ0rcuiurD4jEtzda-jQnGPzOtRBBVQuB3YX#/registration</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>I joined a new online parenting support group set up by RNIB and led by a blind mum yesterday and it was really positive, I think it could be very helpful for parents with kids of all ages. Just a relaxed chat really and there’ll be a WhatsApp group to share links to products / services mentioned in the monthly meetings. It’s at the initial stage where we can decide as a group what we want from it. It reminded me how good these things can be, after over doing the online meet ups in 2020. Anyway, if any UK based <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> or <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> parents fancy joining, email CYPF.Mailbox@rnib.org.uk. We’re of course looking for more blind dads. The next meeting is on Friday 27 September at 1-00pm.</p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Please sign and share this petition re cuts at RNIB -“with assistive technology, apps & AI developing at such speed, <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> people need more support to get online not less” <br><a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-rnib-s-technology-for-life-team-from-cutbacks-to-staff-and-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/save-rnib-s-techn</span><span class="invisible">ology-for-life-team-from-cutbacks-to-staff-and-services</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Prof Anica Zeyen has written about the new <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> Barbie doll and I was interested to read what she has to say about it. I think it’s great that the packaging has <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> on it and that blind and partially sighted children were involved in the design | <a href="https://drdiary.blog/2024/07/23/disability-representation-embracing-the-first-blind-barbie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drdiary.blog/2024/07/23/disabi</span><span class="invisible">lity-representation-embracing-the-first-blind-barbie/</span></a> <br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Off to The British Library this morning to learn about Henry VIII’s illuminated manuscripts and then have a go at creating a tactile illuminated letter myself, exciting! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/TactileArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TactileArt</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/audiodescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiodescription</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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a></p>
8Petros [$ rm -rv /capitalism/*]<blockquote><a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> and <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> people on Mastodon and the Fediverse use special apps called “screen readers” that read text out loud, so they can tell what is on the screen.<p>There are many things that <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=sighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sighted</span></a> people can do to make their posts more accessible to people using <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=Screen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Screen</span></a> Readers.</p></blockquote><p>It is all fine. And also there are <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=SpeechToText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechToText</span></a> apps, allowing people dictate their posts. But wouldn't it be nice to have a <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=VoiceMessages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceMessages</span></a> available as well? In a way similar to instant communicators? It could work as a <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=ServerSide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServerSide</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plugin</span></a> or in a client. Perhaps somebody is already working on it?<br><a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How do I make posts more accessible to blind people on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse</a></p>
Grace French<p>Thank you to everyone who have boosted, and thank you to the people who have taken the time to 💟the feature requests.</p><p>Before the hearts were still in the single digits, and now its closer to 20. This is good, but it's not enough for it to get attention.</p><p>Please boost this post, and please 💟 the <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> feature requests for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/screenreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenreader</span></a> support, essential for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users.</p><p><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a></p><p><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
Grace French<p>I really appreciate the boosts regarding this important <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> issue within the <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> community.</p><p>If you use <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/ObsidianMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObsidianMD</span></a> please 💟 these feature requests and make <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> usable for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users.</p><p>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a><br>-<a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a></p><p>You might have your sight now, but what if you lost it one day? How would you cope without screen reader support?</p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
Grace French<p>Please Help Make <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> accessible to <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users!</p><p>If you haven't already, please <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> this post and 💟 these feature requests:<br>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a><br>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>For anyone in the UK who’s an experienced <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> reader, this looks like a great project to get involved in <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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastoblind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastoblind</span></a></span> | Exciting Opportunity to Help Shape the Future of Braille Learning – The Braillists Foundation <a href="https://www.braillists.org/uncategorised/exciting-opportunity-to-help-shape-the-future-of-braille-learning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">braillists.org/uncategorised/e</span><span class="invisible">xciting-opportunity-to-help-shape-the-future-of-braille-learning/</span></a></p>
13 barn owls in a trenchcoat<p>I have an <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> question for <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> users who use text-to-speech tools. </p><p>Has the recent development of machine-learning based synthetic voices such as Piper, Coqui, Mimic3 and Amazon Polly had any useful impact for you, or do you still use e-speak style voices?</p><p>Do the tools you regularly use support "Neural Voices" of the kind mentioned above?</p><p>I've noticed that integration is limited - for example, I can get transcription and reading tool Speech Note (<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.Spe</span><span class="invisible">echNote</span></a>) to read me anything I like in a range of up-to-date voices, but Gnome Orca - my OS-wide screen reader - remains <em>intensely</em> hard to customise. </p><p>But I'm a Linux user, and thus aware that accessibility remains an embarrassingly low priority in practical open source development, even where the component parts exist.</p><p>For example, few of the projects linked by the Piper team (<a href="https://github.com/rhasspy/piper?tab=readme-ov-file#people-using-piper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/rhasspy/piper?tab=r</span><span class="invisible">eadme-ov-file#people-using-piper</span></a>) are focused on accessibility.</p>
Sarah Matthews<p>…and here’s Charmaine and the RNIB in the news talking about many London local authorities failing to offer rehabilitation services within the 28 day deadline for support <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/Ddeafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ddeafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> | “she had to wait five months for "vision rehabilitation", a service provided by local authorities to help people rebuild their lives after sight loss.<br>Ms Ashpole said that following the programme she was able to go out with a white cane, navigate public transport and utilise braille, which was "an absolute game changer".<br>"If I'd had to wait longer I think then you're wondering who is supporting you, who cares?<br>"So then you've got a whole host of mental health ramifications coming on top of the grief of having lost your eyesight which is just a terrible place for any person to be in,"”<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68621922" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lond</span><span class="invisible">on-68621922</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>At the weekend I attended a brilliant event at the British Library in central London for blind and partially sighted people themed around portraits. I was excited to go because unusually there was the opportunity to get creative in response to the audio described works. <br>The workshop was run by artist Karly Allen who obviously had years of experience because her description of the 2 artworks we were introduced to was comprehensive and very natural. <br>We talked about a portrait of novelist Hilary Mantel by Nick Lord and a marble bust of King George III by Peter turnereli from the British Libry’s collection and were given a tactile drawing of them both which were printed using a Zychem machine which I desperately want to get my hands on now! I found them really pleasant to feel and although I did need the description to make full sense of the diagrams I felt they were very useful. <br>After the descriptions we were given a small circular frame and some clay along with some tools and Karly talked us through ideas of how we could get creative. I decided to use the various tools to draw into the clay which I’d filled the frame with and smoothed down. It was hard to get started and I experimented a bit and smoothed it out and started again several times. I kept in mind that the frame would be filled with plaster of paris and the clay discarded to make a tactile relief sculpture so whatever I drew would come out backwards. I cheated a bit and didn’t attempt a portrait as working in this way was new to me and my first attempts were awfully confusing! I decided to do an illustration of a flower instead because as I’m totally blind I couldn’t go back and add to the marks I’d made, I just had to go for it in one go, imagining the drawing as I went. I did ask my PA to tell me where there were some gaps so I could ad a couple of details which was helpful. I wasn’t the only person to take this approach.<br>We had a break for lunch and then went up to see the 2 artworks in the galleries and discuss them further while our sculptures set.<br>It was so exciting to feel the end result when we returned and we passed our creations around which got us talking to new people. Before the workshop I’d felt nervous about trying to do something creative again after 10 years of being blind and although it was frustrating at first I was relieved to find that we were encouraged to just get stuck in and have a go in any way we felt comfortable. I’ll definitely be returning to the library for future events of this kind!<br><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/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/audiodescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiodescription</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/TactileArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TactileArt</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Clear Mask<p>Calling all <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/ProjectManagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectManagers</span></a> . My job in <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/MediaAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaAccess</span></a> for <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> and <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> people recently got more complex. Multiple incoming projects with limited staffing and a need to constantly (and quickly) adjust schedules and turnarounds, with multiple dependencies and ripple effects. What <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/ProjectManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectManagement</span></a> software would you recommend and why?</p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/projectmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Asana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asana</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/GanttCharts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GanttCharts</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a></p>
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