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🦉Nýktıméηı ❌👑A castle in Italy has braille etched in the railing that describes the view for blind people🤎
The Way of Accountability@muiren very thoughtful
Amy (she/her)@muiren I need to try to find somewhere to save this for the next time I encounter someone who's arguing against accessibility on the grounds that it's disruptive and ugly.
Accessibility is a joy for so many reasons, but if people lean into it, it can be inclusive of *everyone* instead of just an ugly afterthought.
unearth@DeathKitten @muiren Totally, and it's fun designing in accessability, lots of scope for introducing delight to engineering.
Chris Grey@muiren Ugh....I love this, but it reminds me that I keep forgetting to put alt text on my memes.
Pär Björklund@minus1digit @muiren some clients have a setting to remind you, Toot! on iOS has a setting to disallow posting unless all images have alt text
Michael Aichlmayr@minus1digit @muiren I just, a few minutes ago posted a general apology for forgetting on some of my posts.
MissScott01Here is the solution to remind you ;) You can then edit your toot and add alt text.
Please Caption Bot (@[email protected])
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Juliefaithmcmurrayart@muiren that’s amazing.
BduzBoop@muiren this is a terrific shot, and a heart warming idea!
LG Media@muiren “Beautiful city and sea views. Please don’t anger the volcano.”
lain, author of the quixote@muiren I wonder what's written there
lebronjames76
living edge case
Tom@muiren That's pretty cool
Alex Galt 🧄@muiren Describing landscape... that would be a cool job.
Mark Ingalls 
@muiren It’s alt text for real life.
Alex Bittner@muiren That's so cool!
Tyler Cohen@muiren beautiful
hiding from plagues ☣️♿@muiren wow! That is soooo cool!
Adrian (Twitch: ThatAdrianGuy)
Bellison22@muiren this is so awesome
Ante Vukorepa 
@muiren Has anyone checked what it really says to make sure it’s not a rickroll?
Dr.Susan Bushinski
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote
@ui3o@muiren serious question: How do blind people know where in the world those little dots are distributed?
Melissa Chimera@muiren that’s not only aesthetically beautiful but just incredibly human and loving
dspeers@muiren In Italy. So my question is, is the brailled text in English or Italian? Or both?
Der Giga@muiren looks like Naples.
NicholasBuzzred@muiren real life alt text, love it!
Adrian Morales@muiren What does it say?
Phil Thane ✅@muiren This might sound pedantic but if you're captioning a picture for people who can't see it clearly then words matter. Braille uses patterns of raised dots, etching uses chemicals to dissolve the exposed surface of something, usually metal creating pits or grooves or areas lower than the surrounding surface. It would be very difficult/expensive to produce this Braille rail by etching. More likely they are studs fixed to or driven into the rail.
Resuna
xs4me2@muiren
That is just great!
That is just great!
DrSpankinFurter@muiren It actually just reads:
"OW OW OW WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS YOU ARE LITERALLY COOKING YOUR FINGERS ON THIS STUPID THING!"
... But in Italian, so slightly sexier.
"OW OW OW WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS YOU ARE LITERALLY COOKING YOUR FINGERS ON THIS STUPID THING!"
... But in Italian, so slightly sexier.
Silvia Maggi@muiren That's a very good initiative that should be widely adopted. It's an art installation by Paolo Puddu where the braille characters are bigger than usual as an invitation to slow down. The words used to describe the view are from the book "La terra e l'uomo" by Giuseppe De Lorenzo (1920).
The castle is Castel Sant’Elmo in Naples.
Source (in Italian): https://www.italiani.it/ingegno-di-napoli-il-corrimano-che-racconta-la-magia-del-golfo-a-chi-non-la-puo-vedere/
writeblankspace 🌒@muiren That's really thoughtful. Like alt text, but real life.
Stovepipe Chillingsworth@muiren brilliant!!!
Tamanna@muiren the og alt text
oigreslima@muiren What is name/localization of castle? Do you know?
Squirrelleader@muiren what a simple but brilliant idea. I had a blind friend who had traveled all over the world but had to rely on someone describing the scene. This would mean she could take it all in at her own speed, and repeat if she wanted.
dauroveras@muiren Wonderful. This is real inclusive architecture.
Bucks Disability Service BuDS@muiren a lovely mark of inclusion. Although an audio recording describing the view would help rather more people - braille isn't used by many blind people.
Mrs Julie Scattergood@muiren Embossed, not etched.
radis noir@muiren nice intention but metal under the sun is not readable in summer...
#braille
#accessibité #a11y
#braille
#accessibité #a11y
Anna@radis_noir @muiren if I remember correctly and that castle is in Naples, that bit is not exposed to sun.
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Eithne70@muiren well that's just absolutely lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Theodore Kuechel@muiren another good example of a similar information display at the #Vizcaya Bridge in #Portugalete #Bilbao
Tomek Modrzyński@muiren I saw something similar in Forum Romanum in Rome: a raised map of the exhibit, making it possible for visually impaired people to understand how the area looks like
k cavaliere@muiren What a great idea!
CheshireOften, in addition to the Braille description of the history, context, artists etc, there is a model of the building (be it castle or cathedral or whatever) that visually empaired can touch with braille description etched around the model
@muiren If anyone is wondering where it is: it's Castel Sant'Elmo in Naples.
The Lady (La Donna)@muiren Love this!
MapComplete@muiren #MapComplete has recently begun asking contributors if there is braille on the handrail for steps - as they are present sometimes in train stations and a good tool for blind people.
Tammy Gentzel@muiren What a great concept!
Tommi 🤯@muiren so cool! What castle is it?
Edge@muiren Who is cutting onions again? Dang...