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link Wellness Wednesday: Being Perfect, Don’t Make mistakes, and Proving Yourself is exhausting – A General Look at Blindness Awareness, Interdependence, Grieving and Rebuilding media https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/22_WellnessWednesday.mp3?dest-id=254899 In this 22nd episode of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin, LPC and Robin Ennis, LCSW, CPC, have a general discussion about blindness awareness. October has a variety of Blindness relatedContinue reading

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/tvs/watching-tv-while-blind-a3393572533/ Watching TV While Blind Making television accessible to people with vision impairments requires technical and regulatory advances and collaboration to ensure the visual media remains open to all By Brian VinesOctober 19, 2023 Illustration: Lacey Browne/Consumer Reports In 1985, there was not a 7-year-old on the planet with a better working knowledge of the goings onContinue reading

8 ways we’re making task’s more accessible

https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/making-daily-tasks-accessible/ 8 ways we’re making daily tasks more accessible Oct 17, 2023 5 min read New accessibility updates come to Maps, Search, Chrome and more. Today we’re rolling out new accessibility features and updates that make accomplishing daily tasks faster and easier — like taking selfies, getting walking directions or searching the web. We recentlyContinue reading “8 ways we’re making task’s more accessible”

What Is Alt Text and How to Write It

Alt text is a website feature that goes by many names: alt attributes, alt descriptions, alternate text. Whatever the name, this important accessibility feature may be overlooked by web design and development teams or considered an afterthought, given less effort than content featured on screen. In other cases, the alt text may be well-written, butContinue reading “What Is Alt Text and How to Write It”

Microsoft Accessibility Vision Guide

Winaero Tweaker 1.55 Released

Winaero Tweaker is a program that allows you to adjust many Windows settings that would otherwise require registry hacks. The last few versions added some settings in File Explorer options which Microsoft removed in some builds of Windows. It also makes it easier to adjust some Microsoft Edge settings to enhance Edge’s security. A fewContinue reading “Winaero Tweaker 1.55 Released”

Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android

BlindSquare – Friday, June 30, 2023 at 5:50 PM Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android devices In today’s fast-paced world, technology has become an integral part of our lives, shaping the way we communicate, work, and navigate our surroundings. For individuals with vision loss, technology has opened up new possibilities andContinue reading “Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android”

Today on the show, Steven and Shaun talk about the breaking news over the weekend that a group of developers have come up with an alternative to the much-loved Microsoft SoundScape app, called OpenScape. The new app is in a beta phase and is slowly being rolled out to people who want to take partContinue reading

How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/screen-reader-type-control/? How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices “I can do everything you do as a sighted person, but it takes me a little bit longer and it takes me an alternative way of finding it and getting to it. […] The biggest thing we try to help blind people understand is [that]Continue reading “How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices”

25 Smartphone Accessibility Settings You Need to Know About These accessibility settings will change the way you use your phone, whether you have a disability or simply want to make your life easier. We rely on our smartphones for just about everything, but most of us know only a fraction of what they can do.Continue reading