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I'm a #blind guy. I love #TTRPG, #Python (programming, snakes, and comedy group), #cats, #dogs, and vegetating out to a good book, movie, or TV show. Thanks to a wonderfully supportive girlfriend, the breaking of bad habits, and the adoption of good habits, life is good!
I've been gratified again in recent days to have a #blind user reach out to let me know how useful #Notenik is to them. Since my app 's UI is all built on straight AppKit, Apple's VoiceOver utility comes along for free, and apparently makes the app quite usable for those with limited or no vision.
Being thankful for supporters, ice cream sandwich habit enablers, people who still care, the lessons learned the hard way, and days that don't necessarily end in why... #random #thanks

Question for #blind #VisuallyImpaired folks, what kind of image descriptions do you prefer?

#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription

Short, to the point
3.6%
As detailed as possible
1.6%
Add a little whimsy!
3.5%
Show results.
91.3%
Poll ended at .
Respecting your partner is deeper than just staying faithful. Respecting your partner means to also respect their voice and allow them to be heard. Respect is communication. Respect is avoiding the same mistakes or things you know will make your partner mad/sad. Respecting your partner is thinking before you speak. Respecting your partner is being their number one fan. Respect is sometimes ‘just’ an attempt to understand. Respect is empathy. Respect is effort. Respect is love. --Umeka M Bascomb
This was great. I think I'm going to keep my results to myself, but what is your D&D character? https://www.easydamus.com/character.html #ttrpg
What D&D Character Am I?

A survey to determine what type of Dungeons and Dragons character you would be.

I have two questions about legibility for blind people on Fedi.

Does word shortenings and stuff make things illegible to you? For instance, if I write "smth" instead of something or "idk" instead of "I don't know", does that make it hard for you to follow?

I'm kinda oldfashioned when it comes to emoji. I usually write them using symbols rather than unicode. Does that become a jarbled mess for you or do you understand the meaning of things like :) and xD?

If any of these are an accessability concern to you, I'll do my best to address it for future posts of mine.

#Accessability #Blind

A repost from someone no longer active here — a compelling case for using #AltText.

"My mom is legally #blind. As she has gotten older her sight is almost gone. She LIVES on the computer and to say she gets excited when special attention is paid for the blind is a great understatement. Please use alt text and describe the pictures you post. Describe it as if you had your eyes closed and the only link to the outside world is what a kind soul took an extra 5 minutes to type. Come on, do it, make someone’s day."

It's harder than you think! No cheating & no using Google. Every answer must start with the first letter of your name:

Name:
Animal:
Boy's name:
Girl's name:
Color:
Something you wear:
Drink:
Food:
Something in the bathroom:
Place:
Reason to be late for school:
Something you shout out:

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It's harder than you think! No cheating & no using Google. Every answer must start with the first letter of your name:

Name: Steven
Animal: Shark
Boy's name: Sam
Girl's name: Sam
Color: Sierra
Something you wear: Sandals
Drink: Sex on the beach
Food: String Cheese
Something in the bathroom: Shower
Place: Stuttgart, Germany
Reason to be late for school: snapped alternater belt
Something you shout out: Son of a bitch!

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so I went down a rabbit hole with ChatGPT today. I was really just kind of looking for some detail son this 5E game I'm running. I ended up getting some good info on that, but I also created a dungeon, a divine quest, a fiendishly difficult ritual that comes with what could amount to 5 side quests, generated some unique NPC's, and a pretty awesome unbalanced magical artifact. I think I'm going to take a break tomorrow. lol #TTRPG #ChatGPT #AI #D&D5E