HerGaiety @hergaiety@computerfairi.es
- Portfolio
- https://gaiety.me/
- Fursona
- https://gaiety.dog
- Truths
- BLM, ACAB
- Me
- Useless lesbian, transfemme
Gay Dog Kobold who does a code and an art sometimes (Fae/Femme or She)
pfp: Bardju
banner: Melangetic
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Joined Dec 2022
Cats of #WebGBCam
And this is my boy Gnoll
(Webcam toy by @mavica_again byte is cool and you should support byte and byte's awesome projects)
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From now on when I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I’ll think of this…
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i make music: https://maple.pet/music
i make open source tech tools and toys: https://maple.pet/tech
i started the netizen club and the link cache, to help my yearning for a simpler internet: https://links.netizen.club/
i'm looking for work. if you know anyone who needs someone with 8+ years professional experience plumbing nearly any sort of bespoke tech, talk to me.
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boost your friends' projects! do it!
Nsfw nerd joke vaguely kink related
gaiety.mom is available, I should make a site that lists those who currently call me mommy
@mavica_again sending love your way
@videah oh dang I'll use this as a reference for when I redo gaiety.dog
"Hi, we are X company, do you want to upload a constant stream of video and audio directly to our servers? Special if there's a camera in every room! You can trust us because we sometimes do security and such. We spend lots of money on lawyers and HR and none on an ethics board."
autism brain goof
@aquinton ooo I want a Service Dog at Work, do not pet vest that fits me
Exit the Gungeon is fun~
Maybe I should take my car to the car park for a walkie
Hasbro can you like, fucking not?
Played in my first and second 4 player #MTG Commander games the other night and had a blast! My modified zombie deck was so fun to play with
I've evolved in my coffee journey to the point of ordering a dirty chai, hot, with oat milk. I'm unsure what that means for me
Poly dating compersion
Getting photos of a cutie I'm interested in snuggling with faer gf and meta giving me mighty #compersion
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long post on accessibility advice from a blind screen reader user
OK #Mastodon. I've seen several toots on #accessibility for #screenreader users, however, I've not seen one from a screenreader user (as far as I know). I've used ZoomText, Outspoken, JAWS (AKA JFW), Supernova, NVDA (Windows), and VoiceOver (both on Macs and iPhone). I don't have experience with Windows Narrator or TalkBack. I would like to rectify and clarify a few small things.
First off, any awareness of accessibility issues, and endeavours to make things more accessible is great. Keep going!
But…
Blind/low-vision people have been using the internet as long as everyone else. We had to become used to the way people share things, and find workarounds or tell developers what we needed; this latter one has been the main drive to get us here and now. Over the past decade, screen readers have improved dramatically, including more tools, languages, and customisability. However, the basics were already firmly in place around 2000. Sadly, screen readers cost a lot of money at that time. Now, many are free; truly the biggest triumph for accessibility IMHO.
So, what you can do to help screen readers help their users is three simple things.
1. Write well: use punctuation, and avoid things like random capitalisation or * halfway through words.
2. Image description: screen readers with image recognition built-in will only provide a very short description, like: a plant, a painting, a person wearing a hat, etc. It can also deal with text included in the image, as long as the text isn't too creatively presented. So, by all means, go absolutely nuts with detail.
3. Hashtags: this is the most commonly boosted topic I've seen here, so #ThisIsWhatAnAccessibleHashtagLooksLike. The capitalisation ensures it's read correctly, and for some long hashtags without caps, I've known screen readers to give up and just start spelling the whole damn thing out, which is slow and painful.
That's really all. Thanks for reading! 😘
@AngryTransLady @themby that's about all I do, not sure how to approach it further. Unless I'm flirting I guess hehe
- Portfolio
- https://gaiety.me/
- Fursona
- https://gaiety.dog
- Truths
- BLM, ACAB
- Me
- Useless lesbian, transfemme
Gay Dog Kobold who does a code and an art sometimes (Fae/Femme or She)
pfp: Bardju
banner: Melangetic
* searchable
Joined Dec 2022
