Post #4012879
2026-07-22 12:40 UTC
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@SRAZKVT@tech.lgbt 2026-07-22 12:56
@joepie91@fedi.slightly.tech @dalias@hachyderm.io @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me a screen reader is mostly useless to me, stuff being a bit bigger is usually enough (150% size generally works), scrollbar not being shy, and icons being readable (colour helps!) will generally be enough, i don't want to have to use a screen reader tangent, why do so many gui things have the scrollbar overlaid on the actual content rather than aside ? sometimes bc of that the scrollbar will hide some of the info i need
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-07-22 12:44
@joepie91@fedi.slightly.tech @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Exactly. Ability to hook up UI to a screenreader and have it work well is only a tiny part of UI accessibility. It's important to the people who need it, but there are other aspects that matter just as much to people with other needs. Limited vision, limited ability to maintain eye tracking, limited motor precision, inability to use some or most kinds of input devices, ...