#DisabilityTech

Duck Facts Plus+ PremiumEveHasWords@toot.cat
2025-05-25

Due to recent worsening of my Carpal Tunnel situation, I bought an accessibility device from Ikkegol. Unfortunately, the available instructions don't cover how to assign a pedal to the shift key and are a little unclear on how to make a pedal click. I've written How to configure an Ikkegol footswitch to remedy those issues.

I also used my Ikkegol for almost all shifting and clicking during the course of writing this article. I'll grant it's a niche article but it's the kind of thing where if you need it, you need it. I did need it and it didn't exist so I made it.

#Accessibility #a11y #DisabilityTech #RSI

GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People

I chose to write this.
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#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame

**update**: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.

That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.

**Update two**. I have made the decision to pull this post. It is not a good starting-point for a discussion, and just encourages defensiveness on both sides – when there really aren't sides here at all.

As a FOSS contributor, I am deeply ashamed at the way I approached this out of frustration.

2025-05-14

🚨 New Blog Post! 🚨
Ahead of #GAAD, Apple announced a massive wave of accessibility updates—and I had a lot to say.
💬 Braille Access (hello affordable note-taking!)
🧠 Eye & Head Tracking
⌚ Live Captions on Apple Watch
📚 Accessibility Reader & more!
Read my full breakdown and reactions here:
👉 chatgpt.com/c/6823ee9d-6c44-80
#Accessibility #DisabilityTech #Apple #BlindTech #GAAD2025 #TechForGood #MastodonTech #InclusionMatters

Serge from Babkaserge@babka.social
2025-04-19

@railmeat

My goodness are transparent n95 masks a thing?

I have no hearing disorder but a part of my neurological impairment is auditory processing issues. I almost always need some sort of augmentation to understand someone- high compression audio (on a PC or phone), subtitles on TV, or reading lips in person.

Masks are a serious impediment to me understanding someone, and while I wouldn't ask someone to be put at risk of illness, it can be physically painful for me to listen to someone wearing a mask!

If there was an option where I could give someone a mask an option... that would be huge.

#Neurodivergence #covid #DisabilityTech

2024-12-23

I’ve got to say, I’m really impressed with #Firefox so far! 🦊💻 I’ve been using it for the last few hours, and it’s been running like a dream. Right
now, I’ve got 7 tabs open (and at times even more), yet there’s been no slowness or performance issues whatsoever. It’s shaping up to be an excellent browsing
experience—smooth, fast, and reliable!

#Accessibility #Tech #WebBrowsers #OpenSource #Mozilla #BlindTech #DisabilityTech #FirefoxBrowser #Technology #InclusiveTech #DigitalAccessibility

Envisionletsenvision
2024-11-24

Photo dump alert! 🚨 Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it unforgettable! 🌟 Your energy and commitment to accessibility are shaping a more inclusive future. 💙 Check out our blog for highlights and the incredible innovators from this year: letsenvision.com/blog/inin-inn

Audience asking questions to the presenters.woman asking question.Woman asking a question to the presenter.Annick from Bartimeus Fonds in the tech fair having a conversation with the other attendees.
Envisionletsenvision
2024-11-15

Let’s keep building a more inclusive world! Join our Slack community to connect with others passionate about accessibility and assistive tech: join.slack.com/t/inclusiveinno

2024-11-12

Update: I took most of the day to rest after yesterday's marathon #ArchLinux session. Pretty sure I gave myself tendonitis and my right wrist is in extreme pain. But I'm back now because I got antsy and couldn't rest anymore. 😅

Is anyone around with #Linux and #VirtualMachine expertise who'd be willing to connect and help me fix my VM issue? I'm hesitant to try setting it up solo again. If I do, I might switch to a different distro or try #VirtualBox instead of #VMware.

Any takers? Your help would be much appreciated! 🙏

#LinuxHelp #TechSupport #Accessibility #ChronicPain #RepetitiveStrainInjury #DisabilityTech #disability #tech

Charlotte JoanneLottie@beige.party
2024-10-31

I am #Blind – I just had this video described to me by an iPhone app called Seeing AI. Seeing AI is a free app by Microsoft that narrates the world around you using AI. 📱 It can read text, identify people and objects, describe scenes, detect colors, recognize handwriting, and even describe videos – all through my phone's camera or photo/movie library ! It’s like having a mini assistant in my pocket, bringing independence to so many daily tasks. 🌍💙

#Accessibility #SeeingAI #BlindCommunity #DisabilityTech #AI #Independencetu

2024-08-03

Are you looking for a fast-growing market to expand into?
#DisabilityTech market is forecast to grow from $25b to $40b by 2030. Make your existing products and services inclusive to tap into the market and improve people's lives. #InclusiveProducts
bbeb.com/post/102jeuq/disabili

2024-04-14

Technology continues to break down barriers for individuals with disabilities, promoting greater independence. Explore the concept of Disability Dongles in this informative video: bbeb.com/post/102j4l1/what-is- #DisabilityTech #Empowerment #DisabilityInclusion

Betwixt & Betweenblbc@universeodon.com
2024-02-22

My new hearing aids died—almost as if remotely turned off—this week. Fortunately I was able to pull out the old ones, but I must admit this is a bit of a nightmare. I think I worked yesterday half deaf, and the Bluetooth was connected but made everyone on the other side of the phone sound as loud as crickets. #Disability #DisabilityTech #HOH #Lipreading #FirstWorldProblems #Personal

2024-02-07

I have been working on an assistive communication app for iOS, now featuring AI-assisted sentence generation, designed for #stroke survivors in mind but useful for anyone with speech difficulties. If you'd like to test the beta version, even if don't need such an app yourself, I would really appreciate your feedback. Sign up for the beta here: acrossthecloud.net/talk-for-me #disability #disabilityTech

2024-02-01

So glad to have my use of AI by my augmentative and assistive communication app that I’m developing, and my use of copilot to overcome my disability in coding that app, and other software, as “not doing anything meaningful or useful”. Yes, AI has environmental impacts, but so does posting whinges about it. Anyway, if you would like to test the beta I am working on, and you have iOS 17+, the link is testflight.apple.com/join/hCuD #disabilityTech

2023-12-02

Feeling quite pleased with my AAC app, which draws on my lived experience as a stroke survivor, where I was unable to speak for the first three weeks after my stroke and had was unable to use my dominant hand, and features image recognition and OCR to suggest text, and then text-to-speech output. It has come a long way, and I have added new features (categories, and companion watch app) and improved the UI a lot. Free trial for the 1st month. #disability #disabilityTech apps.apple.com/app/talk-for-me

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