#blind accessibility

[bnyrbt]

poll: photosensitive users, does the tiktok ending animation trigger you?

no, never

yes, it sometimes triggers seizures

yes, it always triggers seizures

yes, it sometimes triggers pain

yes, it always triggers pain

yes, it sometimes triggers another symptom

yes, it always triggers another symptom

Voting ended onOct 23, 2023

re-make of a previous poll in hopes of a larger sample size.

[thecoramaria]

Can Blind People Enjoy Your Fanfiction? 🤔 Screen-readers and Podfic

Ever wondered how accessible your fanfiction is to people with low vision? If you want your work to be enjoyed by anyone regardless of seeing ability, then give my latest video a watch this video.

(See the video on YouTube for the full description.)

[green5quirrel]

Question to the blind and vision impaired communities on tumblr.

I added an image description of some recent art in the description section provided by tumblr. Is that sufficient or do I need to have an image ID as well (which is very easy for me to do, if needed)?

I've recently had a reblog tagged "undescribed". So I have a feeling that some readers might not be picking up on the descriptions. I can't even access my descriptions on my own images.

Please counsel. I want to start doing IDs on all my art aside from just the art I've posted recently. If text IDs below the images are easier to access I'd like to know!

[butterflyinthewell]

Omg imagine if all of Geordi’s PADDS had a tactile option that turned everything into Braille and raised displays so he can feel diagrams and stuff.

Imagine Geordi reading instructions in Braille while using his visor to look at a problem with the Enterprise’s warp core, so no need to keep looking down, back up, then down, then up over and over.

[butterflyinthewell]

Question for blind people who use long white canes or a dog guide...

If you were to ask me for directions, is it better for me to assume you have no visual perception and use nonvisual directions, or should I ask if you have any visual perception and go from there?

[butterflyinthewell]

Trying the alt text...anyone with a screen reader able to verify it works?

[dallomi]

Tactile dots for microwave buttons make cooking safer by touch. Learn the 5-dot order and what most people miss before labeling. Get the checklist now.

Raised dot placement guide for microwave buttons: which buttons to mark first (Working Title)

[harpgriffin]

Periphery Synthetic Preview

This is a non-violent exploration walking sim that is also an EP (extended play album), which has instruments that generate their tones according to the player's actions, location, and facing. It's a synthetic tone poem, so it appeals to an interest in experimental music. The generative nature means it does require better hardware than I have to get a clean audio experience - I had a lot of noise even after disabling a couple higher quality toggles, which made it harder to use the soundscape to navigate. I ended up enabling the optional visual status bar, which was originally added to improve d/Deaf accessibility.

That said, the game is entirely blind accessible, so long as you use a screen-reader. The soundscape and vibration are all you need to navigate the mysterious alien worlds, with the visuals more like a trippy aid for sighted players (and which can be turned entirely off!). Without a screen-reader, you won't be able to navigate the menus with graphics turned off, but you can turn them on whenever you want, which is yet another interesting experience available to players.

I really want better hardware (I have a potato haha) so I can try this again.