I was featured on NPR Marketplace discussing accessibility and AI. This has been a long time coming, and I am glad to share the episode I helped with.
Listen here:
https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/11/28/ais-role-in-improving-accessibility
#Accessibility #AI #Blind #LowVision #AssistiveTech #Inclusion #A11y #TechForGood

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#BlackFriday #BlackFridayDeals #A11y #Ebooks #Audiobooks #AssistiveTech

#a11y friends. Voiceover (iOS, laptop) is reading all my form controls twice.

The image shows the result on the checkbox, but I'm getting the same on the Email and Password text fields.

Any idea why?

The auto-captioning for these videos has an "accuracy" metric.

They should just rename it what it really is measuring: how middle-class white the speech is.

Technology: trading one form of #accessibility for another. #a11y

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

Altbot now has a public API!

Everyone kept asking, So i finally made it. Generate alt-text for your images programmatically, perfect for photographers, bloggers, and developers who upload lots of images.

Pay what you can ($5 minimum)

What you get: Unlimited API access for a month (up to 5,000 images)

API key sent to your email automatically within minutes!

You can get a Subscription, set it and forget it, which auto-renews monthly.
Or do a One-time purchase, no commitment, buy when you need it.

(You can check your remaining time via the API if you go the one-time route!)

Get access:
Subscription: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/tiers
One-time: https://ko-fi.com/s/a2d4aabd54

Docs: https://github.com/micr0-dev/Altbot/blob/main/API.md

All processing happens locally & privately, no images are stored. Same privacy-first approach as always. And you help support the Altbot project :)

Questions? Reply here or check the docs!

We've just placed an order for our first PCB (Printed Circuit Board). This one is for a 16 megabit SRAM chip that we plan to use in our first accessibility product for blind people to feel visual art through a haptic pen-like stylus interface.

https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-rmlv1616a

Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/4dW1CFCtXIg

Featuring @rachael, @knowbility, @aardrian, @deconspray, @todd@a11y.info, @onsman, @SteveFaulkner, @LFLegal, @vleguru, @netzartist, @tylersticka, @cloudfour, @gerrymcgovern, and more.

Subscribe info: https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html#subscribe

I wish #mastadon saved drafts of posts client side. Mobile web does not guarantee that a page will stay. Especially on lower end phones with lower memory, tabs go away. Which means thoughtful posts disappear, and people who take a while to gather their thoughts into words are disadvantaged.

Why just client side? Because most of the privacy issues are nonexistent. I expect a tiny snippet of JavaScript could be added as part of theme if main clients do not add it.

#Introduction

Howdy, I'm #Knizer - the janitor here at #TootBoston, my tiny #hometown flavored mastodon instance. I live in #SomervilleMA & generally try to boost/promote #Boston #NewEngland #MAPoli #MBTA area events, news, and #a11y tagged photos.

Its smart to build #community - get to know your #neighbors & how your local #politics machine runs!

I encompass multitudes, and also share the #art, #music, & #books that speak to me.

Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post (updated 5/25/24):

Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.

Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.

Currently work in #HigherEducation #a11y #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.

I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @norwescon, a local regional fan-run con, and for @SeattleWorldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025.

I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.

Speaking of the Philip K. Dick Award and #Norwescon, as of #nwc45 (2023), I am the award ceremony coordinator for Norwescon. This means I oversee the award ceremony and work with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.

I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc. These days I occasionally pop up on Twitch, and semi-regularly DJ the Thursday night dance at Norwescon.

Though recently more on the fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. I used to be a regular at The Vogue (on 12th), and these days try to get out to the Mercury once every month or two.

#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.

Oh, and: 51, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.

#IDIC - #LLAP -