#screen reader users

[im-a-broken-jar]

Everyone deserves access to information. It doesn't matter what kind of information, everyone deserves access to it. Everyone deserves access to information. Screen reader users deserve access to information. Blind and low vision people deserve access to information. Deaf and hard of hearing people deserve access to information. Do we got that? Good, now start adding media descriptions and subtitles to your informative posts.

[daydream-the-demon]

Screen Reader Users

I want to inform you all that lately in my content you saw me edit things and such, for the images in the "Image Description" to all have something said about them! I am trying to be able to make it so all my content can be enjoyed by all the users here. For anyone using a screen reader, it is difficult for these people to use sites. I think Tumblr is wonderful for allowing that feature to exist so that you can add an Alt to an image so that you can know what the image is all about and get in touch with the community. I am an artist myself, and when creating art I won't exactly be able to convey emotions and ideas in a visual way to those types of people. And for art is pleasing visually, you can make art pleasing with writing. Music to your ears. People should be utilizing this tool to be helpful to the screen-reader users. And even if you're not a writer, you can still describe the simplest of things with the most simple of writing. If you can make happiness in someone, even in the simple things, it's still better than nothing.

I also don't see this commonly online but please when writing posts, before posting them, please double, triple, and maybe even quadruple-check your grammar, spelling, and general writing. For screen readers, it is hard to understand bad language that has trouble conveying what it wants to say, and also the people who are trying to listen to the audio, it is hard to understand what it's all saying. And not only for people who use screen readers, better grammar, spelling, and writing help other people too, like dyslexic people already have problems reading normal text, and having it be bad makes it even harder. Also if you're a general person who is busy and can't look at their phone, it's still hard for people to understand bad writing. Even I, a writer who has encountered multiple awful fanfiction writings across the internet (My Immortal for example), still have a hard sometimes being understood.

I just want to say, try to be inclusive in your content and help people enjoy even the smallest things in life. Maybe it's just social media, but the simplest of efforts can make someone feel happy.

Have fun, everyone!