Automatically generated image descriptions have come a long way in two years. For most #Blind folk, they are perfectly adequate for images that are to be enjoyed or are used to illustrate a point. When information is to be acted upon, there are techniques that use several models...and even human verification from #AIRA Verify.
#AIRA
Dear #Zoom I can literally say I hate you with the fire of 8 million suns at high noon. You've made downloading meeting recordings and participants list so unintuitive that even the #Aira agent that helped me struggled. But at least he got it done. I usually turn it into an endurance test game but not tonight. Tonight I gave in and cheated and let Matt help me. Thank you @AiraVI for existing.
TyfloPrzegląd Odcinek nr 284
How is the only way to subscribe to #aira to call them and get it done? Seriously? It's 2025, they need a web portal.
ok #Microsoft, this is a new low for you. I went to open the camera app on my windows 11, and #JFW sees the following.
Let Camera access your microphone? Unavailable
I can't access this at all with #JFW, #NVDA, or #Narator! yes, not even Narator, Microsofts own screen reader will let me access this! this is completely sad that I am going to have to use #Aira and let them control my computer just to give the camera app the permissions it wants, and needs!
#volcan #volcano #Aira 🇯🇵 L'activité explosive se poursuit sur le stratocône Sakurajima/Explosive activity is ongoing on the Sakurajima stratocone
#volcan #volcano #Aira 🇯🇵 Une séquence d'émissions de cendres soutenues a démarré le 15/05 et se poursuit aujourd'hui/A sequence of sustained ash emissions started on 15/05 and is ongoing today
Where is my Amazon package? This is a video of me and an agent looking up the whereabouts of my lost package! I can't believe it has 4000 likes already! Crazy! Thank you so much to #Aira for being there for me and for sharing my little story! https://youtube.com/shorts/vN_-YcTOEP0?si=mzRSQg25hGifhuU5
@doubletap Oh, this was a great post! It reminds me of a wonderful time three months after getting the #Aira service which has now been almost 7 years ago. My best friend who is also blind, went on a little vacation with me to the coast. We rented a condo and did everything that two ladies do: Going to lunch, walking to the condo along the beach front, getting settled in and oriented, going shopping the next day, finding the post office so I could return the Braille book I read, doing more shopping and eating, and finding our way to the spot where we could catch the bus home. We did all of this because we had #Aira. I had never been on a vacation with a blind friend before! We didn't have to march to anyone else's drum beat or schedule! It was absolutely fantastic!
#volcan #volcano #Aira 🇯🇵 Une activité explosive se poursuit sur le stratocône Sakurajima/An explosive activity is ongoing on the Sakurajima stratocone
https://www.wacoca.com/anime/1750986/ ダンダダンMomo vs Acrobatic Silky #dandadan #cosplay #shorts ##acrobaticsilky ##momoayase ##アクさら ##いーっつも一緒AlwaysTogether #2024Autumn #aira #cosplay #CreepyNuts #dandadan #momo #otonoke #shorts #アイラ #アクロバティックさらさら #オトノケ #ダンダダン
@AiraVI I think one of the big reasons #Walmart is considering #Aira is that they really, really, really do not want their employees having to help their blind customers in their stores. I know of several recent incidents here in #Arizona where a blind person was flatly denied any shopping assistance at all. It's a basic thing we've been doing for decades now but Walmart just wants to wimp out and find the solution that will be easiest on their bottom line. #accessibility
Good morning, Mastodon family!
With all that is going on, this verbose toot that I am about to write may seem insignificant, but I just had to share with my fellow #blind community members, particularly those who work in #law and have served in #court proceedings, specifically on a #jury. Especially since January 20 of this year, I've been earnestly praying for opportunities to speak up for my disability community. One of my answers came in the form of a jury summons to serve in municipal court later in March. This came, of course, via regular mail, a printed letter which I read using Seeing AI. The letter included a form that needed to be returned within ten days of receipt, so I called the number provided to ask for an accessible form and to discuss the necessary reasonable accommodations.
The first person to answer my call was doing a lot of rattling of things on the desk and shuffling of papers, to the point that I asked if she could hear me. Finally, she said, "Oh, ma'am, I thought you were a recording. Let me transfer you to the person in charge of that court."
When the next person answered, I explained that I am blind and asked what accessible accommodation was available for submitting the form which came with my jury summons. She said, "Ma'am, if you are traveling that week, just mark the box on that form and you can serve at another time."
I said, "No, ma'am, I am not traveling. I am blind (spelling the word blind)."
The response was, "Oh, I thought you said you were flying. Don't you have someone there with you to help you with this form?"
"No, ma'am, do you have a digital version of this form?"
"No, we don't, but I'll just mark down that you are incapable of serving."
"No, ma'am! I will find a way to submit this form."
After a call to the mayor's office, I contacted #Aira, and with a lot of trial and error, my wonderful agent, Nicki captured the form, filled it out on her end and Emailed it back to me. I forwarded it on to the representative of the municipal court, and received a polite response this morning, saying that my completed summons had been received and that I was excused per our phone conversation yesterday.
I responded, explaining that I was *not* trying to get out of jury duty, that I own my home, work and pay taxes, and that serving as a juror is not only my responsibility, but my civil right. I clarified my request for reasonable accommodation per the Americans With Disabilities Act and further said that I had contacted the mayor's office about the inaccessibility of this process.
It was not long before I received an email response, apologizing for the misunderstanding, that I had been marked as serving and that my concerns had been passed on to the court administrator.
Whew! All that, just to serve on a jury! We'll see how things go later in March. At least I got the proverbial brick wall to move a tiny bit, anyway. Thanks for reading this. If there is anything that you think I need to know from the prospective of a blind juror, feel free to comment.
Thank you @AiraVI agent #Brenton you made my life so much easier and happier tonight as you made a task, I needed to get done seem effortless. I appreciate you. And while I truly wish #Aira was cheaper or subsidized in my State I never regret paying for it because it is such a helpful tool to have available 24-7. That is no small thing, and I for one do, not, take, it, for, granted. 👏👏👍👍❤️❤️
@DavidGoldfield @AiraVI Oh, I've been an #Aira subscriber as long as you have and I routinely save manuals to my user manuals folder in the Google Drive that they have. That way we can look up manuals in the future. I think the profile is just kind of like a dashboard that has all of your particulars and they can put a link up there for easy reference without going to various folders in your Google Drive. I can honestly say I've never had a bad call, not ever and I just love love love the #Aira service. We've done so many things together, including all those manual look ups. Glad you found it so very helpful and awesome!
Looks like an awesome weekend. #synthlove #roland #aira #oxione #techno
#volcan #volcano #Aira Une activité explosive se poursuit depuis le cratère Minamidake A du cône Sakurajima/An explosive eruption is ongoing from the Minamidake A crater of the Sakurajima cone
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