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notthatdelta
Delta Sierra @notthatdelta@furry.engineer · Aug 03, 2026
Random question: for folks using screen readers, how does the "degree" symbol work? Specifically: ° I'm trying to be better about alt text. Does it work better to say "100 degrees Fahrenheit", or does "100 °F" present the same way? Is "100 deg F" an acceptable abbreviation? I welcome input here, especially from folks that use screen readers daily. Again, just trying to be better where I can. #screenreader #ui #accessibility #question #advice
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freedomscientific
Freedom Scientific / Vispero @freedomscientific@mastodon.social · Jul 27, 2026
Day 2 of Sharky Shortcuts! Say All is one of the most commonly used reading commands in JAWS. Press INSERT+DOWN ARROW on a desktop or CAPS LOCK+A on a laptop to have JAWS read your entire document from the cursor position. When do you use the Say All command? #SharkyShortcuts #JAWS #ScreenReader #VisperoTraining
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freedomscientific
Freedom Scientific / Vispero @freedomscientific@mastodon.social · Jul 26, 2026
Shark Week kicks off today and so does our daily Sharky Shortcuts series! Day 1: Read Current Word. Press INSERT+NUMPAD 5 on a desktop or CAPS LOCK+K on a laptop to instantly hear the word where your cursor is located. Perfect for checking spelling and reviewing text. Stay tuned for six more shortcuts this week! #SharkyShortcuts #JAWS #ScreenReader #VisperoTraining
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shaedrich
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CET @shaedrich@mastodon.online · Jul 25, 2026
Is there a way to indicate "[sic]" to a #screenreader without it reading the brackets verbatim? #accessibility #a11y #waiAria #wcag #AssistiveTechnology #eAccessibility #webAccessiblity #digitalAccessibility #digitalInclusion
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TPGi
TPGi, a Vispero Company @TPGi@mstdn.social · Jul 22, 2026
Your feedback matters. WebAIM's Screen Reader User Survey is open now through August 31. If you are a screen reader user, your responses help shape more accessible digital experiences for everyone. Take the survey here: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/ #ScreenReader
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ppatel
Pratik Patel @ppatel@mstdn.social · Jul 20, 2026
Your feedback is important. This year's survey includes questions about AI usage. This only took me a few minutes. WebAIM's Screen Reader User Survey is open now through August 31. If you are a screen reader user, your responses help shape more accessible digital experiences for everyone. Take the survey here: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/ #Accessibility #ScreenReader #NVDASR
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NVAccess
NV Access @NVAccess@fosstodon.org · Jul 20, 2026

In-Process is out, featuring:

  • the loss of a community legend
  • the latest NVDA 2026.2 beta updates
  • what IS the "Characters per line" setting?
  • Introducing "Access Point"
  • and the System Accessibility Repair Tool

https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-20th-july-2026/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #Newsletter #Blog #Update

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RareBird15
Lanie @RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca · Jul 19, 2026
Everrealm 1.0 is live. The alpha is over. The number one requested feature was sound. It's in — optional, off by default, no spatial audio, no background music. Short tones for key actions like establishing settlements, completing research, and advancing Ages. Toggle in Settings. 1.0 means I'm done rebuilding. No more save wipes. Future updates are additive. Play: https://everrealm.lanie.work Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/everrealm/releases/tag/v1.0.0 Works with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and Orca. #Accessibility #BlindGamers #ScreenReader
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Matthew Whitaker @Matthew2468@dragonscave.space · Jul 19, 2026
Just upgraded to the Claude Max plan and I couldn't be more excited to see what we build together. 🎹 Big shoutout to everyone who inspires me to just go for it and follow my heart—you know who you are. Sometimes the best move is to stop overthinking and dive in. 💜 Here's to creating things that are thoughtful, accessible, and built to last. #Claude #AI #Accessibility #Music #FollowYourHeart #JustGoForIt #Blind #ScreenReader #MusicProduction #Creativity
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LadyMaverick
Dorota @LadyMaverick@dragonscave.space · Jul 07, 2026

Quik accessibility hack for blind NVDA and Signal Desktop users! 🎧💬 Signal developers are great, but the desktop app can be incredibly chatty and overwhelming with NVDA. Instead of waiting for an official fix, I found a workaround all by myself: 1. Create a new configuration profile in NVDA and name it "Signal". 2. Link this profile to trigger automatically only when the Signal app is active. 3. In Object Presentation settings, uncheck "Report dynamic content changes" and progress bars. Result? You can finally breathe and use Signal in peace. It might not be a perfect permanent fix, but it works flawlessly for now! 🛡️✨ #Accessibility #A11y #NVDA #SignalApp #ScreenReader #Blind #TechTips #BlindTech

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Tony Gebhard @tonygeb23@techhub.social · Jul 04, 2026
New free app for my blind and low-vision friends: ElevenLabs TTS Studio — an accessible desktop app for ElevenLabs text-to-speech. Keyboard-first and screen-reader-first: searchable voice picker, generate, play, save, history. Every control announces properly. Bring your own API key. Built by a blind dev, tested with a real screen reader — because accessibility is the point, not an afterthought. https://github.com/tonygeb23/eleven-tts-studio #a11y #accessibility #NVDA #ScreenReader #TTS #OpenSource
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NVAccess
NV Access @NVAccess@fosstodon.org · Jun 30, 2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 5 is now available: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta5/

Changes introduced in Beta 5:

  • Updates to translations
  • Use math navigation category for one more math script
  • Prevent NVDA freeze when brailling math with certain Unicode characters
  • Improvements to Magnifier messages and settings names

Read more and download from the release announcement, and please keep filing any issues you find on GitHub: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #Update #News

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Tony Gebhard @tonygeb23@techhub.social · Jun 18, 2026
Boosted by Trending Bot @trending@homestead.social
I'm proud to announce the launch of Blind Productions. Blind Productions is a showcase and community I built to celebrate blind creative professionals — musicians, DJs, actors, authors, podcasters, and content creators — and to give us one place to discover each other's work, collaborate, and connect. Here's the honest part: this is the ground floor. The doors are open, the foundation is built, and now it's time to fill it up. I'm inviting you to help shape what this becomes — a living archive that future generations can search to discover the musicians and creators who came before them, and a moderated space where we create, support one another, and network as a community. What's here today: • A searchable directory of blind creatives, each profile with a bio, links to their work, audio to listen to, and video to watch. • A moderated community forum for collaboration, support, opportunities, and networking. • Accessibility built in from the ground up — screen-reader friendly, fully keyboard operable, with adjustable text, themes, and high contrast on every page. So here's my ask: start submitting profile suggestions. Nominate yourself. Nominate the artists you admire. Bring the people who deserve to be found. Create a free account, join the conversation, and let's build something that lasts. This is how a legacy gets started — together. Explore and submit: https://blind.productions You must be 18 or older to join. #Accessibility #BlindCreatives #BlindMusicians #DisabilityInclusion #A11y #BlindCommunity #DisabilityAdvocacy #InclusiveDesign #AssistiveTechnology #ScreenReader #VisuallyImpaired #DigitalAccessibility #BlindArtists #DisabilityPride #InclusiveCommunity
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tayarndt
Taylor Arndt @tayarndt@techopolis.social · Jun 16, 2026
Curious what others have found here. I've heard Gumroad is not accessible, but I have not had any trouble with it myself. I want to sell my book. If not Gumroad, what platforms have you found accessible and easy to maintain? What I'm after: I upload a book, people can pre-order it, and as I update it readers get an email when new chapters come out. Recommendations welcome. #Accessibility #ScreenReader #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
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aaron @fireborn@dragonscave.space · Jun 08, 2026
You need to be able to trust a screen reader the way you trust your eyes. A lot of people on Android right now are shipping software that makes that impossible, and calling it accessibility. https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/stop-vibecoding-screen-readers/ #accessibility #Android #TalkBack #screenreader #blind #a11y #blog #writing #opinion
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fastfinge
🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@fed.interfree.ca · May 18, 2026
This was invented for #AI. However, I'm finding it really nice for screen readers: RTK rewrites output from chatty terminal commands that produce a lot of output, often in complex tables, in order to make the output 80 to 90 percent shorter. Just put rtk in front of the command you want to compress. So "rtk git status" instead of "git status". And you can be sure the compacted output is correct because it's just using regular expressions and deterministic rules under the hood to rewrite output from the tools it knows about. If it doesn't know about a particular command, it just passes the output on unchanged. github.com/rtk-ai/rtk Now I've got to figure out how to wire this up in #bash so it'll just happen without me typing rtk all the time. #a11y #screenreader #accessibility #commandline
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NVAccess
NV Access @NVAccess@fosstodon.org · May 06, 2026

NV Access are extremely pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2026.1!

Featuring:

  • NVDA is now 64-bit
  • Inbuilt MathCAT
  • Improvements to speech, OCR, languages, braille, browse mode, web access, add-on store, and lots more!

Please read the full update and download from: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #New #News #Update #ScreenReader #Free #FOSS #FLOSS #NewVersion #NewRelease #Accessibility

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hspmauli
DerSensibleMaulwurf 🧑‍🦯‍➡️🇫🇷 @hspmauli@norden.social · Jan 14, 2026
Hör/Schau dir das Video an dann hörst du wie viel akkustische Infos man bekommt bei nur einem einzigen Tweet. Das Video hab ich damals auf Twitter gemacht auch zur Aufklärung. Ich sage nicht umsonst das ich alles höre was ihr seht. Hinweis: ihr hört das in Normalgeschwindigkeit damit ihr das auch verstehen könnt. Ich höre das in 3x Geschwindigkeit #Blindheit #Blind #Screenreader
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zersiax
Florian @zersiax@cupoftea.social · Dec 30, 2025
Boosted by Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online
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 :) #fediHired #layoffs
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