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Surprisingly, at least to me, my dogs like wasabi peas. There were definitely a few curious crunches, but once the burn set it in they were...

Surprisingly, at least to me, my dogs like wasabi peas. There were definitely a few curious crunches, but once the burn set it in they were clearly into it. Just like me!

Any #accessibility or #screenreader folks out there have any thoughts on Able Player (https://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer/)?Considering...

Any #accessibility or #screenreader folks out there have any thoughts on Able Player (https://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer/)?

Considering making it a requirement for my students' video submissions next quarter and I am curious if it offers any advantages over a properly captioned and described YouTube video.

This #a11y review of Mastodon iPhone clients is great, but four years old now. Anyone know of any similar reviews that might be more...

This #a11y review of Mastodon iPhone clients is great, but four years old now. Anyone know of any similar reviews that might be more recent?

https://firewally.net/post/mastodon-client-accessibility-comparison/

Here is a helpful overview of mastodon and how to use it:https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/

Here is a helpful overview of mastodon and how to use it:

https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/

Interesting. So because I edited the first post, an empty alt attribute was added to the image which breaks the highlighting rule in CSS.

Interesting. So because I edited the first post, an empty alt attribute was added to the image which breaks the highlighting rule in CSS.

One more test, same picture.

One more test, same picture.

Here is a quick test. If you are browsing Mastodon from the a11y.social instance you should see a red border around the image attached to...

Here is a quick test. If you are browsing Mastodon from the a11y.social instance you should see a red border around the image attached to this post. If you are on a different instance, tell your admin to add the CSS linked in my previous toot!

Alt text (intentionally excluded from image): a German Shepherd asleep on a couch with a tennis ball in its mouth.

Anyway, taking inspiration from those discussions I've injected some CSS...

Anyway, taking inspiration from those discussions I've injected some CSS (https://gist.github.com/FiXato/3de505b04efefd49a1e3568b70545234) to a11y.social that surrounds images with a dotted red border if they DO NOT have alt text.

As a sighted user, I found Twitter's ALT button useful for deciding whether or not to offer up a description in a reply.

More recently...there is an on going discussion over whether or not to introduce Twitter's ALT button overlay to...

More recently...there is an on going discussion over whether or not to introduce Twitter's ALT button overlay to Mastodon.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18394

One of the commenters linked to their own evaluation of the ALT feature on Twitter:

https://adrianroselli.com/2022/04/keyboard-challenges-for-twitters-new-alt-badge.html

A good read.

Adding alt text on Mastodon has been around roughly as long as Twitter. It took about 10 months to roll out between 2016 and 2017. What I...

Adding alt text on Mastodon has been around roughly as long as Twitter. It took about 10 months to roll out between 2016 and 2017. What I love about the issue discussion is that once the matter was raised, nobody argued against it.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/117

One of the joys of open source software is that the user gets to participate in and have a window into the development process.

Also worth mentioning. I run this instance mostly to evaluate accessibility of the various federated social platforms. Happy to have...

Also worth mentioning. I run this instance mostly to evaluate accessibility of the various federated social platforms. Happy to have newcomers signing up though! I don't intend on shutting down, but if I ever do, I will notify and create a migration path for everyone on this instance.

If you're new to the a11y.social instance don't forget to check "List this account on the directory" in your profile! This...

If you're new to the a11y.social instance don't forget to check "List this account on the directory" in your profile! This helps people find you when they join or explore the instance (e.g., https://a11y.social/explore)

First Toot! Just completed a successful trip to Hawaii with the blind outrigger paddling team from The Makapo Aquatics Project. Congrats to...

First Toot! Just completed a successful trip to Hawaii with the blind outrigger paddling team from The Makapo Aquatics Project. Congrats to tall the paddlers! More here: https://www.makapo.org/coopinhawaii2022