Carsten WinterNov 14, 2023
sound warrior
I'm a totally blind software tester with previous testing experience. I know there are many of you in the #Fedivers working on many cool projects, I'd love to test them for accessibility if you're looking for an accessibility tester or any accessibility consultancy please get in touch :-) if everyone could repost this, that would be great thanks very much :-) #a11y #Blind #Accessibility
Nov 10, 2023 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadBonkersNov 10, 2023

@soundwarrior20

A blind colleague of mine told once that WhatsApp is the most friendly for a mobile screen reader user, while Telegram is the worst. Is it still the case?

Show threadStuart CelarierNov 10, 2023
@soundwarrior20 Boosting for reach. Best wishes.
Show threadDevBirdNov 10, 2023
@soundwarrior20 I'm curious. How do you read old analog paper letters? Do you use any specific Software?
Show threadskryNov 11, 2023

@DevBird @soundwarrior20 I’m not (very) visually impaired, but my iPhone reads printed words in photos now. I can copy those words and paste them into something else. iOS devices can do text to speech as well.

Google Lens does this too, and it can also translate the words it detects into other human languages.

Show threadDevBirdNov 11, 2023
@skry @soundwarrior20 Thank you for your answer:)
Show threadBrian HallNov 10, 2023
@soundwarrior20 @Cuddles_59 is this any interest /help to you and your husband?
Show threadJeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Nov 10, 2023
@soundwarrior20 We aim to make GNOME Calendar accessible! Right now it's pretty much a black box.
We started collecting things that need fixing in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1036, and there is preliminary work in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/348, but we're volunteers doing what we can; we need all the help we can get to move the implementation forward, if you're interested in helping out with the git version.
Improve keyboard navigation and annotations throughout the app for better accessibility (a11y) (#1036) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

GNOME Calendar is not known to be very accessible nor keyboard-friendly. This is a list of currently known

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Show threadNow -> [email protected]Nov 10, 2023

@soundwarrior20

Hi Sound Warrior! Will boost this for you, but if you could also edit it to hashtag at least the words blind & accessibility, more people will find it through searches as well and not just boosts.

Good luck!

Show threadKevin Bowen (has moved) Nov 11, 2023

@soundwarrior20 Do you have any guidelines or checklists, or reference docs that you use in order to prepare, or use in an audit, for a software project looking for going through an #Accessibility testing process?

Please forgive my naivity. I'm generally unfamiliar with this topic.

In the back of my head, I am thinking about accessibility for the #xfce project; but, would like to be more informed, in general.

Best of luck in your search! #a11y

Show threadannsoNov 11, 2023
@kevinbowen @soundwarrior20 Before having someone to test your software, it’s best practice to fix anything you can find yourself easily.
For instance with :
- automatic tests (lighthouse or axe)
- manual tests, especially navigating on keyboard https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/preliminary/
Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility

Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Show threadKevin Bowen (has moved) Nov 11, 2023
@annso @soundwarrior20 Does this also apply to desktop applications?
Show threadwb x64Nov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 I'm happy to work with you on Organic Maps pedestrian navigation instructions, or any other openstreetmap related stuff
Show thread𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤Nov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 Do you have any experience with screen reader software, especially open-source?
Show threadXeno Danger EvilNov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 I'm curious about audio games for blind or visually challenged people. I'm getting back into game development after several years (decades) and one of my best friends from my youth has macular degeneration. Impretty bored with current video game trends of over produced visual showcases in games. Are there many games for mainly audio? I'd like to maybe pick your brain about it
Show threadClaudiusNov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 not fediverse, but a *ton* of projects (including some of mine) use static site generators like mkdocs with themes like mkdocs-material. If something like this hasn't been done already, I honestly think that it's about time to test this properly. Maybe @squidfunk would be open to this? #a11y #Blind #Accessibility
Show threadMartin DonathNov 11, 2023
@claudius @soundwarrior20 sure, we'd love to improve accessibility, it's always been a focus for us!
Show threadteddyNov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 do you do consulting or offer a11y analysis/recommendations? This seems like a good service for companies to pay for at least one time if not a recurring basis
Show thread🎓 Doc Freemo  🇳🇱Nov 11, 2023

@soundwarrior20 If you have the interest in taking a look at my project (A fediverse server for static web sites) feel free... though given the nature as an arbitrary static site generator im not sure it will be terribly relevant except in the situation where someone uses the default styling.

https://fedipage.com

Thank you either way.

Welcome to the Fedipage

Fedipage Hugo based static page generator and blog with ActivityPub support Learn More Follow our Git → Straight forward install git clone https://git.qoto.org/fedipage/fedipage -C mypage # Configure the content cd mypage vercel login vercel link Supports multiple input formats Page source format examples <h2>Welcome to my site</h2> <p>Have a <b>great</b> time here.</p> ## Welcome to my site Have a *great* time here. * Welcome to my site ** Have a great time here.

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Show threadDan Drake 🦆Nov 11, 2023

@soundwarrior20 oooh, I work with accessibility at my company, and us sighted developers and software testers (and usability/accessibility designers) often struggle with what to do about screen reader support.

We often get to the point where all the content gets read, and it is *possible* to navigate the software...but we don't know what screen reader users would think of it.

Show threadZellige AppNov 11, 2023
@soundwarrior20 Do you use any graphics design software? How can a graphics design software be accessible?
Show threadJeffrey D. StarkNov 12, 2023
@soundwarrior20 country of residence?
Show threadTom ResingNov 13, 2023
@soundwarrior20 such a kind and valuable offer. I hope many take you up on it. If I can help by logging issues or helping navigate project structures, please let me know. I have some experience getting to know how new-to-me software projects are organized -and I’d love to see open source get even more accessible
Show threadClément AubertNov 13, 2023
@soundwarrior20 @heades that's for you!
Show threadDoofus CanadensisNov 25, 2023
@soundwarrior20 oh cool. sounds like somebody I should get to know.
Show threadKartik AgaramNov 25, 2023
@soundwarrior20 I would _love_ to get your attention on https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel
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