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DISCORBS WAS RIGHT THERE, COME ON

I'll be delivering a talk for @dequesystems's axe-con in one month's time.

It's a free, three day virtual conference about digital accessibility. This one is from the heart, and I hope you can attend. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/it-is-designed-to-break-your-heart-cultivating-a-harm-reduction-mindset-as-an-accessibility-practitioner/

It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating a harm reduction mindset as an accessibility practitioner (*Content Warning) - axe-con

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I have 15 years' experience in Unset.
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what are even words, really

I have a lightning talk I deliver internally at my job that's intentionally given to non-accessibility practitioners, so mainly engineers, designers, and product folk.

I've attached the first two slides that set the tone to this post.

The talk is about exploring macOS' Accessibility system preferences. It points out different features, like offline white noise sounds, color filters, and magnification.

It deliberately avoids mentioning VoiceOver, or screen readers in general.

I just wanted to change the background color.
I know that this is both Idea Guy territory, and that also different apps also cover these use cases independently, but also I would throw a decent chunk of money at whoever made this idea happen:
wait, I think I got it