Mastodawn

Given this is now released, I'm happy to report that the third-party control client for the Elgato Streamdeck, called OpenDeck, is now a lot more accessible for #screenReader and keyboard-only users.
These devices have always had a huge #accessibility barrier in that the only way to assign an action to a key was through a drag-and-drop interface. Elgato has been notified about this, but proved ... let's say ... less than ehtusiastic to fix it. So, I did.

While I can't claim 100% accessibility, primarily because that isn't a thing, I can say I made sure everything I could find was labeled, and that there's now a keyboard-only way of associating buttons, knobs, and touch controls with actions, something the official client does not, and probably will not, support.

I'll be making a video on the ViewpointUnseen youtube channel with all the details soon.

https://github.com/nekename/opendeck

Florian Mar 14

This ear, the CSUN #assistiveTech conference is being held in California. It's a place where global #accessibility leaders, and a bunch of companies in that space, come together to share ideas, food, and I'm sure sometimes other things as well. #iykyk
It's also a place where the newest #accessibility "innovations" are shown off to potential customers, and that's where today's stream comes in.
I'm a #blind developer and computer power user. Would I actually use these products? Am I happy they exist, and was I consulted? Let's find out :)
See you in an hour, 1 PM EST, over at https://twitch.tv/IC_Null or https://youtube.com/@viewpointunseen
#tech #blindness #csun #csunat #stream #selfPromo #twitch

IC_null - Twitch

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

Twitch

Florian Mar 4

These days I rarely mention my streams here anymore because I honestly don't know if my followers are the crowd for them, but this one's a bit of an exception.
Over the month of February, @Ericbomb and others have worked day and night to organize the fifth "Games for Blind Gamers" Jam, essentially a month-long hackathon on #ItchIO where people interested in #gameDev try to create #games that are fully #accessible to the #blind.
For a few years now I tend to do a #twitch #stream where I go through the submissions, critique them from a player's and developer's perspective and boost the signal they are broadcasting in my own small way.
If you watch any stream of mine this year, I'd recommend it be this one. We're starting in an hour over at https://twitch.tv/zersiax

Zersiax - Twitch

Life really is strange, isn't it? !discord !commands

Twitch

Florian Jan 16

David Bombal Jan 16

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

#DailyMotivation #inspiration #motivation #bestadvice #lifelessons #changeyourmindset

Florian Dec 30

Welp ... I was just informed through a Slack DM that I will no longer be working at the place I'm working at in two weeks' time. That is, evidently, how we handle that now. Not entirely unexpected as the writing on the wall was evident, but still not loving that approach for reasons I haven't quite worked out yet.
If anyone needs help with their #accessibility from someone with both native #screenReader experience and a coding background, keep me in mind I guess :)
Located in the eastern Netherlands, primarily interested in remote opportunities.
#fediHired #layoffs

Florian Dec 27

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elementary Dec 22

This year @zersiax joined us again for another round of accessibility testing. Installer views should all have much improved accessible labels. Thanks to this feedback, OS 8.1 can be installed and set up completely blind in most cases.

Thanks to feedback from @fireborn, Notifications and the Shortcut Overlay both added screen reader support. We’ve also improved screen reader labels in Calendar, In System Settings → Firmware updates, and in AppCenter to name a few cases.

#Accessibility #Linux

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Florian Dec 27

For those who don't know me/this kind of stream, I am a fully blind (no sight, no monitor) streamer/hacker/gamer digging into the accessibility of all these topics, trying to highlight where improvements are needed, as well as show off how people can break barriers and step over thresholds while those improvements are (not) happening.
#adventOfCyber #accessibility #screenReader #aoc2025 #tryHackMe #thm #selfPromo #stream #tech #blindness

Florian Dec 27

I have been diligently at work working on the #adventOfCyber 2025 content again this year, checking the various tasks for #accessibility hurdles and, where possible, providing ways to dodge/hack around them. This wasn't always possible, but at least more possible than the last two years.
Today at 3 PM EST we'll blitz through the last 6 days on stream, showing that while #accessibility issues are rampant, a #screenReader user can absolutely complete the majority of these and might even learn a thing or two in the process!
See you in 6 hours over at https://twitch.tv/ic_null and/or https://youtube.com/@viewpointUnseen #aoc2025 #tryHackMe #thm #selfPromo #stream #tech #blindness

IC_null - Twitch

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

Twitch

Florian Dec 26

Been doing #adventOfCyber again and recording my findings ... #accessibility could definitely be better as a handful of rooms aren't even remotely doable with a #screenReader, but marginally less so than last year. I can't tell if this was deliberate or an accident though :)

Florian Dec 7

The similarities between #accessibility and #cybersecurity continue to amaze me.
These are both areas of standards, recommendations, legal precedents etc. that SHOULD, in theory, give companies the tools, as well as the insentive, to do what their clients/customers need them to do.
Is that the reality? Sadly, often, no it isn't. I just saw a renowned voice in the cybersecurity space repost a post that essentially states that if the infraction is cheaper/more lucrative than the fine, companies will choose the fine every single time. Frustrating, innit?

So what if I say the exact same thing is true for #accessibility and that the majority of GUI-based cybersecurity tools are not #accessible enough to be productive?

Here's a callout to #cybersecurity vendors. Are you going to fix this, or be a hypocrite? :) #tech

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