I recorded a quick demo of the content editing experience on one of the #Drupal sites we created recently. This method provides visual previews without the technical and UX complexity of layout builder (or experience builder) and helps ensure an #accessible page structure by requiring headings for each section.

https://www.loom.com/share/8e33bfd784824769b4b3d0bf83734e2d

any suggestion for an #accessible #software to rip DvDs and VCDs? thanks! #Blind #DVD #Ripping

Used an #accessible toilet at work.

It had the standard green "push to open door" button, which opens the door inward when pushed. That's normal.

There was no door-handle at all, so, it's completely impossible to open the door from the inside in a power-cut situation.

Is this common?

soooo ... do we have any #screenReader #accessible PC hardware monitoring tools that ... y'know ... aren't awful? I don't mean CPU/RAM usage, more ... voltages, component temps, etc.
So far stuff I've looked at (speccy, hardwareMonitor) just haven't been great and basically have me saving a text file and ctrl+f-ing my way through it which ... works, but is a little silly if there's a perfectly good UI right there

Does anyone have an #accessible #irc #client for #WindowsXP? Discord, as you can imagine, is proving rather difficult to use, so I'd like to use IRC instead for the communities I'm a part of that have both. Thanks in advance!

Example of something that might be technically #accessible with a keyboard, but in reality is probably unusable: 141 consecutive checkboxes in the tab order. #accessibility

@acidiclight on how “Accessibility Programming Doesn't Feel #Accessible”.

https://acidiclight.dev/blog/accessibility-does-not-feel-accessible/

A collection of #Design suggestions to make more #Accessible visualizations from Nancy Organ.

https://www.trillianthealth.com/tech-blog/sorry-i-cant-read-your-visualization

#running
Finally !
A very short run with added jeffing.
So far so good.
I feel so much better in myself even after 2.5 km.
First run in a few weeks.
#music First random track 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath.
#accessible beach garden in the picture.

Enjoy your running.

I released my new game for iOS today. It's called Shift The disks. It's my take on the classic Towers of Hanoi game. Enjoy the game. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shift-the-disks/id6746863384 #blind #puzzle #puzzles #logic #towers_of_hanoi #accessible

What's the #accessibility situation these days with video doorbells? I hear Ring broke their app several times but not sure if it's working currently. I know Google has an offering but it's several years old, and I tested an Arlo thing that worked ok but at least on Android, had a bit of trouble with the audio calling feature not being super #accessible. Didn't try iOS. Anyone found something that actually works well? :)

Hoping those familiar with #LaTeX can give me some advice here. I've started using it to create my assignments for school. I'm not writing technical papers yet, but I find using LaTeX with #Zotero in #VSCode more #accessible with a #ScreenReader than most other setups I've tried.
Since my discussion posts have to follow #APA style, I’m using LaTeX for those as well as full papers. That part is going well—but I’m running into trouble when I need to actually post what I’ve written.
My school uses Brightspace, which allows discussion posts in either rich text or #HTML. I have #Pandoc installed, so I tried converting my LaTeX source to HTML and pasting the code. But Pandoc didn’t include my references section in the output.
I also tried copying from the PDF, but that stripped all formatting.
Does anyone know how I can get a clean HTML version of my work—with references included—that I can paste into Brightspace?
Here’s the command I’ve been using:
pandoc main.tex \
--bibliography=references. Bib \
--csl=apa.csl \
--standalone \
-o main.html
It creates the HTML file, but the references section is missing.
Any tips?
#Accessibility #AssistiveTech #Pandoc #APAstyle #Brightspace #EdTech #AcademicWriting #InclusiveTech #BlindTech #HigherEd #CitationTools #OpenSource #WritingWorkflow

A really useful set of articles from @TetraLogical's Ela Gorla that look at an Inclusive User Research workflow.

Helpful guidance for various stages of the process:

Recruiting Participants - https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/08/01/inclusive-user-research-recruiting-participants/

Moderating Sessions - https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/01/04/inclusive-user-research-moderating-sessions/

Building Rapport - https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/05/23/inclusive-user-research-building-rapport/

and

Analysing Findings - https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/06/08/inclusive-user-research-analysing-findings/

Really helpful for any teams looking to make their Research practice more #Accessible and #Inclusive.

Returning #Blind #CS #Student – Seeking Advice on LaTeX & #Accessible #Math Tools

Hi everyone! I’m a blind student returning to college to pursue a B.S. in Computer Science through Colorado Christian University Online. This is my third attempt at college due to chronic illness, but I’m excited to be back and determined to make it work.

I’m looking for advice on two fronts:

1. LaTeX on #Windows

I’ve recently started learning LaTeX and find it a more accessible way to write papers—especially when paired with Zotero for citations. My main machine is a Windows 11 Pro mini PC, and I also have a Raspberry Pi running Arch Linux ARM.

So far, I’ve tried:

• Overleaf – nice interface, but the PDF viewer isn’t very screen reader-friendly and the editor has some issues too (JAWS/NVDA repeat lines).
• VS Code with LaTeX Workshop – most accessible option I've tried
• TeXnicCenter – only briefly.

Question: What LaTeX editors or workflows do you use on #Windows, and how accessible have you found them?

2. Relearning College-Level Math

I’ll be starting with calculus early next year. It’s been a long time since high school, and chronic illness has affected my memory and cognition. I used to use a Perkins Brailler for math, but arthritis/lupus (still being diagnosed) makes that painful now.

Question: Can anyone recommend accessible resources for relearning math—especially for someone doing everything online?

Any tips for doing math, science, or programming fully online as a blind student would be incredibly appreciated.

Thanks in advance! I’m happy to share what I learn along the way.

Feel free to boost or tag others who might have insights.

#BlindTech #Accessibility #LaTeX #STEM #DisabilityInSTEM #MathAccessibility #JAWS #NVDA ##ScreenReader Zotero #ChronicIllness #OnlineLearning @mastoblind @main

#WearRed on Wednesday, May 28!
The #EasterSeals #RedShirtDay of Action for #Accessibility and #Inclusion is a day when people across #Canada come together and wear red to create a visible display of #solidarity : to show their support for #PeopleWithDisabilities and their families, celebrate the achievements of #Canadians living with #disabilities , and to pledge their commitment to help create a fully #accessible and #inclusive society.

More info:
https://redshirtday.org/

Please boost to help me spread the word

Sandrine et Nicole, membres du bureau de l’association #Scenari, donneront, avec d’autres collègues du #Cnam, une conférence intitulée « Accessibilité et pédagogie numérique au Cnam : 10 ans d’expérimentation avec Scenari Opale » le 22 mai à 14h au colloque #QPES2025

L’article qu’elles ont cosigné présente les vertus de #Opale pour créer des contenus #accessible et explore les atouts et freins à l’adoption de #Scenari, en s’appuyant sur les résultats de l’enquête de notre stagiaire Eric.

It's almost time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and I can finally share my thesis in an accessible format

Due to the mandatory template used, the thesis PDF is not accessible. So there was no way I was going to share it with the world. It took a year, but I managed to create a website with an #accessible #version of the 160-pages thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, and some additional content!

You can find it here: https://overlays.dnikub.dev