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   Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 02:10:54 JST Bob Jonkman

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   @ELLIOTTCABLE

   A few years ago I (fully sighted) was invited to a discussion on accessibility for people who are blind or have low vision. While Ontario has disability programs to provide assistive devices, they prescribe specific technologies, often years out-of-date. So while there might be new technology that can OCR text-only images, people using ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program) often can't use it or afford it.

   TL;DR: Always provide AltText even for text-only images.

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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 11:56:28 JST Paul Cantrell

   There’s a story we all should remember about what can happen when a corporate monolith decides to co-opt a decentralized open network.

   It’s the story of first Compuserve, then AOL, then Microsoft trying to absorb the World Wide Web.

   Remember: Microsoft originally launched MSN as a •competitor• to the Internet. Then they tried to embrace and extend it.

   TL;DR: The Internet ate them all