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@lobsters@mastodon.social · 1d ago
The text mode lie: why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility https://lobste.rs/s/ifbdw1 #a11y https://xogium.me/the-text-mode-lie-why-modern-tuis-are-a-nightmare-for-accessibility
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@YaLTeR@mastodon.online · Jun 25, 2025
Out of curiosity, I tried running Orca on niri, and apparently it sort-of works for some apps (I expected nothing to work at all; idk anything about screen readers). However, compared to GNOME Shell, there's quite a few missing or broken things. I documented what I found here: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/issues/1904 Is there some "Integrating Orca to Wayland desktops" docs? Like, what the compositor needs to do, who handles the hotkeys and how, etc. (not actively working on this, just curious) #niri #a11y
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@YaLTeR@mastodon.online · Jul 27, 2025
About finished implementing org.fd.a11y.KeyboardMonitor in niri, necessary for correct screen reader function: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/pull/2060 I tested it with Orca more or less, seems to work, but I'm very new to screen reader workings, so it's possible I've missed something. This makes Orca announce keys everywhere in niri, and makes grabs work (both modifier with double-press passthrough and keystrokes). Making Orca actually say niri dialogs will be a separate effort. #niri #a11y
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@YaLTeR@mastodon.online · Aug 23, 2025
Implemented basic AccessKit integration for niri based on @DataTriny@fosstodon.org's proof-of-concept. I have little experience with screen readers, and also had several questions, so I would appreciate more eyes and testing on the PR: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/pull/2273 #niri #a11y
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@zeldman@front-end.social · Apr 24, 2026
Designers are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton explains why—too much to remember—and offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you’re designing, not after. Homework included. Good designers, bad websites: a proposal by Alan Dalton https://alistapart.com/article/good-designers-bad-websites-a-proposal/ #ux #a11y #accessibility #personas #alistapart #uxui #design #webdesign #productdesign
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 23, 2026
Protovoters: Free, accessible voter files for democracy https://lobste.rs/s/dotsw2 #show #a11y #culture #javascript #release https://protovoters.org
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@MoritzGlantz@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026
There is not a single reason to build a checkbox using something else than . Change my mind. #dontFightHtml #a11y #Accessibility
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@dusoft@fosstodon.org · Apr 20, 2026
Kids (teenagers) are using computer-assisted development (Claude and others). But what they produce is weak from a system design perspective. Let's teach them about contrast, UI and usability (UX)! Better now than never. #webdev #ux #ui #design #accessibility #a11y #claude #ai #llm
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026
Unicode Variation Selectors (2007) via @RunxiYu@social.treehouse.systems https://lobste.rs/s/t1zl6m #a11y https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/2007/06/secret-life-of-variation-selectors.html
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026
Tech Note: Sidenotes https://lobste.rs/s/rswccw #a11y #web https://unbreaking.org/blog/tech-note-sidenotes/
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@leffe@social.linux.pizza · Apr 13, 2026
@harrysintonen@infosec.exchange We have a national payment system in Sweden called Swish, but it requires the use of an operating system from Apple or Google, and it doesn't allow accessibility software to be present. So in either case, we are quite vulnerable. #svpol #eupol #Swish #BankID #a11y
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@paul@oldfriends.live · Mar 30, 2026
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online It's been a while since I have posted this, but on days when my motor control is off due to my Parkinson's, or in times when my meds are "turned off" in-between doses, being able to "Flip" through my Mastodon timeline has been a godsend and has granted me more #accessibility to the #Fediverse as well as all the content through the #Flipboard app. Flipping through my timeline allows me to stay connected socially. It is really a great #a11y application. @mike@flipboard.social @tchambers@indieweb.social @Flipboard@flipboard.social
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@silveraura7@universeodon.com · Mar 10, 2026
Hello everyone, I'm looking into Basilisk, which is a program that allows you to have conversations with multiple LLMs and handle them all in one place if you have API keys for those LLMs. What I'd like to know is if there is a way to import my entire conversation history with, say, ChatGPT into Basilisk. There's very little documentation right now, and I'd like to learn more in general about how to use it. What are, as another example, conversation profiles? This program looks really interesting; and as I consult an AI regularly for different things and keep an organic conversation going, I think I'd find it very useful rather than having to navigate through the web all the time. Thanks all. #AI #LLM #Technology #A11y #Screenreader #Blind #Basilisk.
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@deobald@fantastic.earth · Mar 06, 2026
@cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family sorry cassidy, i didn't even notice. i have dark reader on all the time for this precise reason... most websites still don't respect the system theme and i get a headache within a couple seconds of seeing a white background. i just assume web #a11y is broken and don't even take the risk. dropping niki from the cc because i was on the fence about tagging him in the first place and your message is probably sufficient here, if it's a thing he wants to fix.
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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org · Feb 28, 2026
If #webDesign people could please stop overriding the #hyperlink style to remove the underline, that'd be great. Great for #accessibility, to be precise. Removing the underline makes hyperlinks hard to see, even if you have fully acute vision! I just saw a site where links are a deep reddish color, barely distinguishable from the black text. No underline. No other markings. Utter madness. #a11y #webdev
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@arfy__dup_35052@universeodon.com · Feb 25, 2026
Hey, Mastodon hive mind. I'm wondering what the best sollutions are these days for accessibly interacting with IRC? I come from the era of tools like MircWithSpeech and TalkingIRC. I'm currently using ADIIRC, with its speech plugin, which I helped develop! Along with @fastfinge@fed.interfree.ca, but i'm not sure if that client is seeing a lot of development, and there's still some annoying accessibility quirks, I'm also quite comfortable with irssi, but would prefer a windows native sollution if possible. Anything still good for mIRC? Something else? #IRC #Accessibility #A11Y #Chat
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@zenia@mas.to · Feb 24, 2026
Jestem w Poznaniu na konferencji o dostępności w kinie. #a11y
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@deobald@fantastic.earth · Feb 22, 2026
@ju@chaos.social @innocentzero@mastodon.social i should probably clarify that just because i happen to have a severe eye injury doesn't mean i'm defending the use of llms as an #a11y tool in the face of the ethical concerns. my reply was only about the quality of their output. as far as #a11y is concerned, llms are a bit like fake meat: only someone born into a life of eating meat wants simulated meat when they become vegetarian. it's a very temporary bridge. people who grow up vegetarian are usually disgusted by fake meat. similarly, only people who once could code will experience llms as #a11y ... someone *born* with optic nerve damage probably won't choose to spend time programming just because llms make that experience kinda-tolerable. it's a life they never knew and it's doubtful a typing assistant will make that life appealing. just a data point.
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@lashman@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026
Made a new thing. ZeroClock - time tracker with invoicing. Runs off a single SQLite file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, nothing phoning home. Nobody else sees your data. Completely free, not "free tier" free. Portable, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible from the ground up. No VC money, no subscription, no catch. Whether you freelance or just want to know where your hours go, give it a look. https://apps.lashman.live/zeroclock/ #OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #GetFediHired #A11y
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@nawanp@fe.disroot.org · Feb 21, 2026
The context of an image and the author’s intention for including it determine what the alt text should say Noted. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/write-alt-text/ #a11y
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