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Alison Wilder @alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com
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I'm considering getting a Linnstrument (as I have been for years), and just came across this super freaking awesome comment w/ response by Roger Linn on one of his YouTube videos.

This is seriously so cool.

Update: I just bought one directly from rogerlinndesign.com because of how hard I support this way of doing business, and wrote him an email to let him know. Let's make it RAIN for people who are kind and empathetic!

YouTube commenter @Parisxniko says that they're a producer born with one hand and have been looking for an instrument they could learn to play instead of being stuck with using piano roll in their DAW. Roger Linn replies and lets the person know that he gives a 20% discount for musicians with a physical disability that impedes their ability to play a traditional instrument.
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Jami @Jami@mstdn.io
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🌍 Accessibility matters for everyone.

Whether permanent or temporary, disability can affect us all at some point in our lives. That’s why accessibility isn’t a bonus feature: it’s a necessity.

At Jami, we’re committed to making private communication truly inclusive. From screen reader support to keyboard navigation, here’s where we stand and where we’re going: jami.net/how-accessible-is-jam

Smiling woman in a wheelchair, dressed in a black outfit and headscarf, sitting outdoors in front of green foliage. Text on image reads: 'Discovery – How accessible is Jami?' with the Jami logo in the top right.
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TobiasG @tobiasgies@chaos.social
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Hi. It is . You wouldn't know it from looking at me, but I'm disabled in at least four different ways.

Statistics tells us most people experience disability at some point on their lives. And I don't just mean old age. A bad injury, an accident, a neurological problem – even if, by luck, temporary, they'll disable a person for months or years.

is for all of us. Whether in physical space or in IT: deserve to join in, hassle-free.

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Troggie @Troggie@beige.party
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So far I’ve learned:

The seat appears pretty comfortable even for my fat ass.

She’s got quite the torque. Like a Go Kart. I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

She will go through the downstairs doors. This is a plus!

Speaking of go karts, her lowest power setting is FAST. The highest setting is pure madness.
But I’m hoping this translates into being able to get deal with hills ok.

Steering… will take practice.

Remote control is hilarious but scares cats.

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Troggie @Troggie@beige.party
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So far I’ve learned:

The seat appears pretty comfortable even for my fat ass.

She’s got quite the torque. Like a Go Kart. I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

She will go through the downstairs doors. This is a plus!

Speaking of go karts, her lowest power setting is FAST. The highest setting is pure madness.
But I’m hoping this translates into being able to get deal with hills ok.

Steering… will take practice.

Remote control is hilarious but scares cats.

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Shadow Morningstar :rebels: @shadow@vmst.io
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Hello Universe!

Moved to new server.

Re-introduction--Been on here for a while and should write an intro. I'm deaf, I'm a fan of open-source projects, so this will be short and sweet.

Post random ramblings, news, techie stuffs, boost mostly cat pics. I just like computers and hang around here.
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Howdy! 👋 Boost for visibility 🙌

Energy = Milk x Coffee²
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dallo @dallo@pouet.chapril.org
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It’s True, “We” Don’t Care About Accessibility on Linux

tesk.page/2025/06/18/its-true-

It’s True, “We” Don’t Care About Accessibility on Linux

What do virtue-signalers and privileged people without disabilities sharing content about accessibility on Linux being trash have in common? They don’t actually really care about the group they’re defending; they just exploit these victims’ unfortunate situation to fuel hate against groups and projects actually trying to make the world a better place. I never thought I’d be this upset to a point I’d be writing an article about something this sensitive with a clickbait-y title. It’s simultaneously demotivating, unproductive, and infuriating. I’m here writing this post fully knowing that I could have been working on accessibility in GNOME, but really, I’m so tired of having my mood ruined because of privileged people spending at most 5 minutes to write erroneous posts and then pretending to be oblivious when confronted while it takes us 5 months of unpaid work to get a quarter of recognition, let alone acknowledgment, without accounting for the time “wasted” addressing these accusations.

tesk.page · TheEvilSkeleton

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter@front-end.social
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Special shoutout to the group that chose to map the “I need to go to the toilets” journey. Because yes, that’s also, a real and important part of the library experience.
The tool still needs some refinement, and I want to explore how it might be adapted beyond libraries, maybe for public spaces like museums or theaters too.

The team challenge during the conference was a great way to bond and create something tangible together.

Stef Walter @stephaniewalter@front-end.social
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I had a lot of fun, and I also loved the craft table filled with stickers, shiny gems, and all things stickable to decorate our badges. Every conference should have this.
A massive thank you to Andy Priestner, @DrBryonyRamsdenBryony Ramsden, Marisa Priestner, Julie Willems, and Andrew Alexander for the incredible organisation. To Amy Theobald for the most entertaining housekeeping announcements ever. And to my panel partner in crimes, Venessa Bennett and Joel McGeorge!

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Alfonso Siciliano @alfonsosiciliano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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provides the Ports Collection, a convenient way to install applications. Some ports allow users to configure options before building and installing. By default, this configuration is done through an interactive menu in the terminal.

To improve readability and especially for users with low vision or color blindness, it's important to offer simple and customizable color options. These features have recently been implemented and documented in the preview version of the FreeBSD Accessibility Handbook:
freebsd-accessibility-9d667f.g

The next step is to extend these features to all terminal-based graphical components.

I'd love to hear from you:
Do you use any accessibility features in the terminal?
Which color-related assistive technologies make the biggest difference in your daily workflow?

Together, we can make FreeBSD more accessible for everyone.

Screenshot showing four different terminal windows running the FreeBSD Ports Collection configuration menu for Vim. Each window demonstrates a different color scheme, illustrating the newly implemented color customization options for improved accessibility. The configurations include toggles for language support and ctags options, with varying background and text colors to enhance readability for users with different visual needs.
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aaron @fireborn@dragonscave.space
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I didn’t plan to write about Wayland yet. But Xorg is dying — not eventually, but now. GNOME’s dropping X11 support. RHEL already removed it. Ubuntu and Fedora are next. And if you rely on accessibility, you don’t get to wait this one out.
So here’s Post 4 of I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back.
I’m using Wayland now. Primarily. Not because I love it. Because the fallback is disappearing, and I want to be there helping fix what comes next. GNOME with Orca actually works. KDE and COSMIC are making progress. I’ve talked to the people involved. They care.
But a lot is broken.
MATE — the desktop most blind users preferred — isn’t on Wayland.
ocrdesktop doesn’t work. xdotool is gone.
wlroots compositors still don’t reliably support Orca’s keybindings, especially on laptops.
This isn’t GNOME’s fault. They’re the only reason accessibility on Wayland works at all.
But the old excuses are gone. “Just use Xorg” isn’t going to be an option much longer.
So yeah. I’m a Wayland shill now. Because I’m using it. Because I have to.
And I want to make sure we’re not excluded from what comes next.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog

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aaron @fireborn@dragonscave.space
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Steam just added screen reader support in the latest Big Picture Mode beta. On the Deck. On SteamOS. On Linux.
Not hacked in. Not community-patched. Built-in. From Valve.
There's an accessibility tab. There's a screen reader. There's high-contrast mode, UI scaling, color filters, reduced motion, and more.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but: I need a Steam Deck now.
Accessibility isn’t just coming to gaming — it’s here, and it’s official.
Let’s make some noise so they keep going.
🔗 theverge.com/games/689922/stea

An OLED Steam Deck showing the Steam interface with games including Control

Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools

They’re available in the latest beta.

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social
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Seeing carousels being promoted as accessible again, so here is a periodic reminder:

carousels are not "accessible by default" sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-caro

They are still highly experimental and there are still many open questions & issues being discussed.

+The browser will not do everything for you—you'll still have work to do, too.

Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?

— The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive Web UI engineer

sarasoueidan.com

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Broadwaybabyto @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca
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We need urgent community action to stop this incredibly ableist plan from moving forward.

The DOE has ruled that new federal buildings don’t have to meet accessibility standards.

That will mean many disabled people won’t be able to work in or access these places.

They’re literally excluding us from as many facets of life as possible, because they have a eugenics plan.

Call, email, speak out!

Accessibility is not a “nice to have”. It’s a legal right. It’s necessary for our survival.

federalregister.gov/documents/

Federal Register :: Request Access

unblock.federalregister.gov

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Phil Sherry @philsherry@mstdn.social
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📌 post on the new server after being evicted from home.social (RIP).

Like it says in my profile, I’m from the UK. I mostly go on about the music I’m into and the work I do, because both are important to me. The cat is called Lucy Fur. My health is a fucking rollercoaster and I’m exhausted.

Hashtag party 🎉
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Alfonso Siciliano @alfonsosiciliano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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FreeBSD offers a wide range of accessibility features for users with low vision. Some of these features are built directly into the system, while others are available as installable packages, including:
Window scaling, Visual feedback to locate the mouse cursor, Highly legible fonts tailored for low vision, High-contrast themes, Magnification tools, and much more.

I'd love to hear from you: Do you use any accessibility features? Which assistive technologies for low vision make the biggest difference in your daily computing?

Together, we can make FreeBSD more accessible for everyone.

A desktop screenshot shows a web browser open to the FreeBSD project website, displaying information about the operating system and a cartoon red devil mascot. A separate image viewer application is open, showing a zoomed-in view of the red devil mascotXFCE desktop environment running on FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT with a high-contrast dark theme. The Settings Manager is open, highlighting the Accessibility option. Multiple windows are visible, including “About the Xfce Desktop Environment” and “Settings,” showing various configuration icons. Desktop folders and Thunar file manager use black and white icons.FreeBSD desktop running XFCE with a simplified and large-scale user interface. The Applications menu is open with the Web Browser option highlighted. The desktop background features blueberries, and the panel at the bottom includes large application icons such as terminal, editor, calculator, and file manager.A screenshot of the XFCE desktop environment on FreeBSD. The mouse cursor is highlighted by a red concentric circle effect.
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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter@front-end.social
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Each card highlights examples of barriers in spaces, technologies, and digital interfaces, with whom it impacts.
The cards are not meant to replace involving disabled users in research (which is essential). They are a brainstorming tool, to help us remember, that every design decision can impact the accessibility of libraries.

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper: @sarajw@front-end.social
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So I'm pretty embarrassed not to have realised until now that my latest slides, despite being based on the web, were still inaccessible. And what am I bloody giving talks about? ACCESSIBILITY 🤦

ANYWAY. Please find my latest Whimsica11y slides here, two very similar-but-different versions from State of the Browser and WeAreDevelopers Accessibility & AI Day - along with links to accessible versions:

slides.sarajoy.dev

...it's never too late to fix mistakes.
Thank you!

Sara's Shower Slides

slides.sarajoy.dev

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Chris Wu :cwy: @MuseumShuffle@mastodon.social
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I was shocked last month when @PleaseDontRainPlease Don't Rain was nominated for a Golden Apple award by @AppleVis .

I wrote a blog post with some thoughts about the experience and bunch of tips that will hopefully help others make their app more accessible.

chriswu.com/posts/swiftui/gold

Thoughts And Tips After My App Was nominated For A Golden Apple Award From AppleVis

Thoughts after a surprise nomination.

chriswu.com · Chris Wu

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper: @sarajw@front-end.social
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For a "developer focused" analyst firm, I feel like this article is somewhat throwing developers under a bus:

redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2025/0

And not one mention - apart from within 3 links, hyperlinked from the single words within "(and some skepticism)" - of accessibility.

She even speaks of past experience of working with marketers when the devs were too busy, who "used Webflow to spin up a quick and dirty website" - exactly. Quick and dirty and not usable for everyone.

Introducing the Designer-First CMS

For years, choosing a content management system (CMS) meant picking sides: a developer-first platform or a marketer-first one, but recently the designer-first CMS has gained traction. Earlier this month Figma Sites debuted at the Config 2025 conference and garnered a lot of buzz. While Figma’s dominance in the design market accounts for much of this

redmonk.com · console.log()

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Alfonso Siciliano @alfonsosiciliano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Weekend goal: a chunk (script) to help sighted users review . It's a great way to understand how visually impaired users interact with a computer using a screen reader and a Braille display. The script is simple and easy to configure. Currently, it offers a learning mode; in the future, a challenge mode will be added, along with a blog post explaining how to set it up.

Link: gitlab.com/-/snippets/4858299

On it should be executable via flua:
% flua learnbraille.lua

after installing liblouis:
# pkg install liblouis

[edit] % /usr/libexec/flua learnbraille.lua

Terminal screenshot of a Lua script called learnbraille.lua running on FreeBSD. The script is titled "LearnBraille 0.0.1" and uses a Braille conversion table. It quizzes the user with Braille character patterns and expects input of the corresponding character. The session shows a sequence of questions with user responses and feedback indicating whether the answer was correct or not. The script is launched using the command lua54 learnbraille.lua.
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