Braille is literacy.

Many people think it can be substituted by speech synthesis, by audiobooks, by other things. It can't.

Voice is serial, it unfolds in time. It requires working memory. Braille is static. It unfolds in space, remains stable in time. It backs working memory, does not consume it. For things that require pinning down relationships (mathematics, music, programming) braile has clear advantages.

This is not to say people can't manage without it. I don't always use a braille display. But it makes things better: learning, accuracy, performance, speed.

Witholding braille from blind people is withholding literacy, it's denying capacity.

Don't fucking do that.

How to umgehen mit systemischer Diskriminierung durch nicht-barrierefreie Inhalte beim Bekanntwerden dieser:

1. Aufhören, unter den Teppich zu kehren
2. Öffentlich entschuldigen und Standpunkt klarmachen
3. Alle identifizierten Probleme auflisten
4. Realistischen Zeithorizont für die Behebung nennen
5. Tatsächlich dann auch das Zeug beheben
6. Nochmal bescheid sagen, wenn es behoben wurde
7. Dabei nicht lügen. Vielleicht vorher bei den Meldenden nachfragen

RE: https://front-end.social/@heydon/115835904622723404

The problem with succinct is there's often more to say. "Assistive technology", to me, puts emphasis on the tech.

But the real question to ask here is "Why do we think of people who need glasses to see as not being disabled & using an assistive device to meet their access needs, compared to other disabled people needing their access needs met who society is suspicious of and makes jump through hoops to get their access needs met?"

The answer to this gets at the frame of systemic ableism, IMO.

Happy World Braille Day!

Each January 4th, the birthday of Louis Braille, the day aims "to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people."

https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day

#WorldBrailleDay #WorldBrailleDay2026 #Braille #Blindness #Accessibility

Gibt es eigentlich ein Tool, in das ich pdfs und/oder epubs schmeißen kann, das mir die ganzen Fußnoten löscht (inklusive der Verweisnummern im Text), damit die Texte von Screenreadern nicht verhackstückelt werden?

Hab hier Dokumente, die quasi nicht anhörbar sind, weil auf jeder Seite unten die Fußnoten den Textfluss unterbrechen und die Verweise teilweise mehrfach pro Satz vorkommen.

Ich lese mit ReadEra Premium.

#a11y