Queer Gear is here!
Darlins, BPI celebrates 25 fabulous years with three bold, fun and tactile collections by Blind Girl Designs. Strut your stuff and snag your favorites at https://blindlgbtpride.org/queer-gear/ before they sashay away.

Remember, Queer Gear is here and here is where we'll stay! #Blind #LGBTQ+

Where can I find more sapi voices? I want better voices when I play Jim Kitchen's games. #Blind

I decided that I'm going to read the latest book in Martin Servaz series by Bernard Minier, and then after reading it I will be done and I can say that I've read all the books in that series. I'm not sure what the English title is, but the French one is "Un œil dans la nuit" I'm so happy that I still read one book per day, it hasn't changed. and this particular book will be a good choice for the night, before I go to sleep #Blind #Books.

Are there any other #accessible audio and #music apps for IPhone and IPad besides ableton, garageband, logic and tape it?
#accessible #accessibility #ableton #audio #blind #garageband #logic #music #recording

Are you a #Blind person attending one of today's #HandsOff rallies? We're looking to cover this event in a future episode of #PrideConnection and we'd love to hear from you, and maybe get some rally audio. Reply or email media@blindlgbtpride.org if interested in contributing. Thanks for your help.

So, since Windows this morning proved me again how incapable it is to handle my generic boring computer usage, I feel like I at least need to start looking into Linux. I mean maybe I like it, can't know if I never tried. So my question for all the #blind #Linux folks, what's the best way to get started with stuff like #Orca. Please don't flood me with some advanced whatever stuff. I just want to get something running on VMware to try around, to see how it's actually going. Of course I understand that there is a learning curve but I guess I'll need it sooner or later anyways, for whatever might come.

Personal review of project 2 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.3 Link: https://learn.unity.com/project/inclusive-design-and-accessibility

Follow up on last month's post, in which I talked about part 2.

TLDR: I investigated "BROK the investiGator" by @COWCAT . It's a punch and click game which is accessible to #blind players and has lots of #a11y options.

Read more in the next posts

Have you ever researched an accessibility topic in depth? How did it go? Let me know, I am curious!

Are you a #Blind person planning on taking part in the #HandsOff Day of Action on April 5? Here are some safety tips for you and your guide dog: https://blindlgbtpride.org/power-of-protest-safety-first/ Learn more about this day and find a local event here: https://handsoff2025.com/ And please remember, even if you can't protest in-person, any way you raise your voice against this administration is valued and valid. Wherever you are, you're not alone. Express your anger. Speak your truth!

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Wollte Iceshrimp ausprobieren. Noch bevor ich mich auf iceshrimp.de registrieren konnte stellte ich schon ein paar unbenannte Schalter fest. Naja, ist Opensource und lässt sich ändern, also auf die Registrierungsseite gegangen.
Iceshrimp.de nutzt HCaptcha. Ok, dann eben kein Iceshrimp für mich. Diese Accessibilitycookies funktionieren bei mir so gut wie nie, ich muss einem Service dem ich nicht traue meine Mailadresse geben, was noch ein faktor ist, der gegen HCaptcha spricht. Audiocaptcha gibts auch nicht. Wann endlich Captcha-alternative? #DisabledAlltag #Blind #A11Y #ScreenReader

Just had a wild tech support experience with @InnosearchAI , who run an online shopping platform made to be accessible for blind users. I wrote them with an issue I was having using the site with my screen reader, and they wrote back saying let's schedule a Zoom call so you can show us what's happening, and we'll give you $50 in credit on your account. And then that actually happened. The people on the call were very nice, and I sort of just don't know how to react to a tech company actually valuing my feedback as a screen reader user. Like valuing it with money. #blind #accessibility

Blind people set to lose thousands in benefits still cannot read details of Labour’s welfare reform plans | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/welfare-cuts-benefits-blind-braille-b2723849.html

#Blind
#BenefitCuts

Is it just me, or do other #blind people find knocking things over comes in streaks? I can go nine months at a time without spilling or knocking over anything. Then over the course of a few days, I knock or spill something over once or twice a day. Then it stops and I'm normal again. I haven't changed my environment, or habits, or anything. Let's see if I can get back on track and not spill anything today.

So I seem to be on a bit of an #AI testing kick. A non-critical product I needed (some replacement filters for an air purifier) was available at the best price from a website I really didn't want to deal with right now. So I put the order in via innosearch.ai. I'm mostly suspicious because the marketing is so polished; I've come to distrust well-marketed products. On the other hand, if innosearch makes it possible for me to spend less money on Amazon, and makes distributing my shopping dollars to other places more practical, it's a net ethical win. If I get entirely the wrong thing, or nothing at all, it won't break me. I'll keep this thread updated with my experiences. #innosearch #accessibility #blind

Any suggestions out there on a good way to turn PDFs into an audio file, or at the very least get the text extracted from them? I have a huge number to sort through one time solutions will be a challenge on time. Looking to turn these into audio MP3 files. Any help would be appreciated. #blind #accessibility #tech

Now that I've tried bluesky out for a bit, I'm honestly not sure what I think of it anymore.
I mean it does have some cool things like third-party app-support, the fedi-bridge, starter-packs etc, but only 300 characters with no way to upgrade is a major bummer!.
I'm on another mastodon-instance besides this one which has the mastodon-standard 500 character-limit.
Yeah 500 can also be very limiting, but at least you have 200 more characters than on bluesky, plus the ability to move to instances with larger limits if you want or need to.
#accessible #accessibility #blind #bluesky #fediverse #mastodon

Unfamiliar with the World #Blind Union? Learn more about them here: https://worldblindunion.org/ They also have a brand-new #Podcast which you can check out here or via your app of choice: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2460681

Today on #PrideConnection it's a Presidential summit/travelogue. BPI President Leah Gardner recently visited New Zealand, and met up with World Blind Union President Martine Abel Williamson. Join them for a lively discussion. https://pride-connection.pinecast.co/episode/8e79301b/pride-connection-presents-reflections-on-new-zealand #Blind #LGBTQ #Podcast

This brilliant accessible #Braille station map has popped up outside #Exeter St David's station this week.