So ...let's face it. A LOT of folks in tech circles are somewhat amazed a fully #blind person can even find the power button on a computer, let alone operate it professionally. I am such a person, and I'd like to bust that myth.
It's also true that many #hacking tools, platforms, courses etc. could use some help in the #accessibility department. It's a neverending vicious circle.
Enter my new twitch channel, IC_null. On this channel, I will be streaming #programming and #hacking content including THM, HTB and who knows what else, from the perspective of a #screenReader user.
What I need, is an audience. If this is something you reckon you or anybody you know might be interested in, drop the channel a follow or share this post. Gimme that #infoSec Mastodon sense of comradery and help me out to make this idea an actual thing :) https://twitch.tv/ic_null #tryHackMe #streamer #selfPromo
IC_null - Twitch

Fully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.

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@zersiax There was a 1999 movie "Fatal Error" that, by all reasonable measures, sucked, but it did feature a blind hacker using a braille terminal. I'm sure it got many things wrong (it was laughable when it came to non-blind-specific computer things) but it was one of the first things that actually got me thinking about how a person (a hacker, at that) would use a computer while visually impaired.
@cholling heh :) well, I hope to do better. I will be using a braille display as well so I got that part right :)
@zersiax One can only hope! I have no idea if any blind people at all, let alone computer professionals, were involved in making that movie, so I'm sure you've got them beat on that count. Still I have to give them props for even attempting representation.
@cholling particularly back then, yeah. Didn't Sneakers also have a blind hacker? I could be confusing my movies ...
@zersiax I don't remember if he was a hacker per se or some other kind of intelligence guy, but yeah.
@cholling think he might've been a phreak ... been a minute since I watched the movie :)