This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.
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@deborahh All caps is also harder to read for people with various print disabilities. For partially sighted people and others, the shape of letters in words makes them much easier to read.
@bright_helpings oh! Thanks.
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@deborahh I mean LOL as el-oh-el actually fits the intended meaning, at least.
We do really need a screen reader for sited users though - there's way too much "know nothing about how our works are being interpreted until someone happens to complain" going on.
@Epic_Null oh, like those websites that let us test a web page for colour-blind accessibility? It certainly should exist, if it does not!
So-called AI is being used so frivolously. But this sounds like a good usecase for machine intelligence!
Hey, chatbot: is this page accessible?
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@deborahh Same with hashtags in the post. Save them for the end and consider being selective with them. Does ones really need a dozen of them?
@CStamp I try to limit hashtags, but sometimes they are needed to help folks filter.
What do the youngs say?
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@Epic_Null oh, like those websites that let us test a web page for colour-blind accessibility? It certainly should exist, if it does not!
So-called AI is being used so frivolously. But this sounds like a good usecase for machine intelligence!
Hey, chatbot: is this page accessible?
@deborahh I would argue this is a TERRIBLE place for machine intellegence.
The question being asked also should not be "Is this page accessable". It should be "What is the user's experience like, and how can I adjust it to be closer to what I envisioned?"
This means things like helping you to understand how easily you can enter into and escape navigation menus, what each photo "looks" like when the screen reader focuses on it, and how updating elements interact with the screen reader. There's also "Where in this tree is the footer? Can it be accessed? If so, when?"
Sure, some of these are just "good design choices", but a lot of it will be influenced by the experience we actually want to provide.
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@CStamp I try to limit hashtags, but sometimes they are needed to help folks filter.
What do the youngs say?
"6 7"?@deborahh Oh, hashtags help some navigate around here. They should be used thoughtfully.
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This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.
Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind* apparently, not all screenreaders.
@deborahh
That's why we write Nasa but NATO.That's expected behaviour otherwise the screen reader needs a ginormous dictionary.
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@deborahh I would argue this is a TERRIBLE place for machine intellegence.
The question being asked also should not be "Is this page accessable". It should be "What is the user's experience like, and how can I adjust it to be closer to what I envisioned?"
This means things like helping you to understand how easily you can enter into and escape navigation menus, what each photo "looks" like when the screen reader focuses on it, and how updating elements interact with the screen reader. There's also "Where in this tree is the footer? Can it be accessed? If so, when?"
Sure, some of these are just "good design choices", but a lot of it will be influenced by the experience we actually want to provide.
@Epic_Null so, more like a test suite, then?
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This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.
Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind* apparently, not all screenreaders.
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