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   BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 04:10:26 JST BeAware :fediverse:

   I follow and engage with lots of different people. Of which, some have various disabilities.

   Sometimes I tend to forget which people I interact with are visually impaired.

   It tends to make me feel bad when someone's interacting with my posts and I don't know or remembed if they're visually impaired and it worries me that some of my posts aren't screen reader friendly.

   That being said, what are some things that screen readers have issues with, that might not be very obvious to a sighted person?

   I'm thinking like emojis because of the way Fediverse handles them. Do they annoy you visually impaired people?

   Are there other things that are annoying or just generally unpleasant to come across in a post while using a screen reader?

   Thanks for any info you can provide.

   I want my posts to be as accessible as possible and I'm always doubting that a lot of them are not.

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   Miredly (miredly@raru.re)'s status on Monday, 08-Apr-2024 19:57:44 JST Miredly

   There is an app, called Eclipse Soundscapes, which exists to make eclipses more accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired.

   It's available on iOS and Android, and has a citizen science component as well for those who are interested in participating in some data (as in science, not as in Big) collection.

   The people behind it are good people, and the more engagement they get, the more funding they get for their mission of making science more accessible for everyone.

   There's plenty of information in the app for sighted folks as well, as well as a built in synth, so if it's the kind of thing you're interested in, check it out!

   More info: https://eclipsesoundscapes.org/