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Wow, #Inaccessibility strikes again. I booked a ride for a friend with #Uber. It was canceled. It wasimpossible to dispute my case with #iOS because the buttons weren't labeled, and the same was true for #Android, but thanks to the describe screen feature I could make it work.

Well, it's convoluted as all hell, but you technically can send a message if you're willing to take quite a few steps. If you turn on screen recognition, the microphone button appears at the bottom right, as it always did. Then, you can flick to the message thing and double tap. The keyboard pops up. Type your message, scrub to hide keyboard, and with screen recognition again, the send is at the bottom right. Or, you can just avoid telegram and use something simpler. #Telegram #iOS #Inaccessibility

@lymenzies this level of #inaccessibility needs to be outlawed as discrimination!

🚫404 Error: Journalism Not Found🚫. In a stunning display of cutting-edge #technology, this article offers a mind-bending glimpse into... absolutely nothing. 😅 Apparently, the secret to understanding complex geopolitical issues is to make them completely inaccessible. 🤖🔒👀
https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/gaza-israels-ai-human-laboratory/ #404Error #JournalismNotFound #Geopolitics #Satire #Inaccessibility #HackerNews #ngated

Everyday InAccessibility - Today: Robin

"My partner and I are an international #deaf couple. We want to enjoy movies together, each with #subtitles in our own language. But it’s much harder than it should be.

🎬 Cinemas don’t offer dual subtitles, so we rely on technical solutions. Yet, the few available tools are often faulty, not cross-platform, or simply unreliable.

🫠 Why is it so difficult to learn languages and enjoy movies together, accessible?"

#Accessibility #InAccessibility #HCI

Image 2:
The background is light pink with a dark pink border. In dark text, it says:
'My partner Marcos and I are a deaf international couple, and we love watching movies together.
He’s Spanish, and I’m German.
We want to have different languages for the subtitles.
Should be no issue, right?'
Below the text, there is a sketch-style illustration of a popcorn bucket with popcorn spilling out.

Image 3:
The background is light pink with a dark pink border. In dark text, it says:
'While cinemas don’t provide dual subtitles and access in general, we have to do it on our own. However, watching a movie with dual subtitles has proven to be a real challenge.'
Below the text, there is a photo showing a movie playing on a laptop. The screen displays two subtitle tracks in different languages, overlapping each other, making it difficult to read.

Image 4:
The background is light pink with a dark pink border. In dark text, it says:
'There are only a few plugins available, but half of them don’t work, and the ones that do aren’t cross-platform.
It is frustrating and defeating to have to keep trying something new over and over again. It drains time and energy.'
In the bottom right corner, there is a sketch-style illustration of a battery with low energy.

Image 5:
The background is light pink with a dark pink border. In dark text, it says:
'And when we finally find one that seems to work and start the movie...
The subtitles are misaligned, translated incorrectly.
This happens too often.'
Below the text, there is an image of a laptop screen playing a movie. Two subtitle tracks in different languages are overlapping, making them difficult to read.

The background is dark turquoise. In light-colored text, it says:
'Why can’t it just be...
technically simple to learn a language and enjoy?'
Below the text, the digital illustration of Robin is shown again.

Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog: Accessibility Triumph Thursday: BrokenLifts.org. “BrokenLifts is a grassroots initiative providing real-time information about out-of-service elevators in Berlin’s public transportation system. For wheelchair users and others who depend on elevators, this resource saves people from wasted trips and gives them back some control over their commutes. It’s a shining […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/14/accessibility-triumph-thursday-brokenlifts-org-sheri-byrne-habers-blog/

"Tackling #Ableism, #Inaccessibility and #Discrimination should be a priority for the entire #Music industry”: The startling systemic issues facing #Disabled #Musicians highlighted in new report.

https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/tackling-ableism-inaccessibility-and-discrimination-should-be-a-priority-for-the-entire-music-industry-the-startling-systemic-issues-facing-disabled-musicians-highlighted-in-new-report

Just searched the Uber > Riders website.

No returns for "blind" or "vision impaired".

This is reasonable adjustment?

I don't think so.

#Inaccessibility #UberInaccessible

#Disabled comedians speak out on career barriers due to widespread industry https://bit.ly/4c2AG4n
#inaccessibility #InclusionMatters #disability #DisabledAndCapable #inclusion

photos of three different disabled comedians

#Disabled comedians speak out on career barriers due to widespread industry https://bit.ly/4c2AG4n
#inaccessibility #InclusionMatters #disability #DisabledAndCapable #inclusion

Wellp, its a good thing I'm resourceful, persistent, and know a few things about code. I should not have had to go this far, and I should not have to do what I have to do in order to use my $1,400 network switch. Explnation follows.
But this is what ablism, lack of accessibility, lack of inclusive design, and lack of critical and forward thinking and planning by Netgear UX/UI designers, along with everyone else who does/makes these kinds of things/decisions causes for those who do not fall into their narrow mindset, views, and ideas of what is functional and useful design.
So it turns out that practically the entire web UI is Java script. Surprised, anyone?
On the VLAN membership page, there are ports and link aggregation group designations in a table, but of course not formatted at all like a proper table. Not yet surprised?
That's all well and good. But here's where it gets completely ablist, inaccessible and inconsiderate. The settings that control the port/LAG state is entirely images, and java-based clickable controls that don't actually respond to screen reader clickable identification/listing mechanisms. So if a port/LAG is part, not part, tagged, or untagged in a VLAN is only communicated as a visual signal in an image. And as we've seen in my previous post, even AI can't figure it out accurately more than half the time. Making adjustments to these controls is purely a guessing game.

However, here's where my persistence, resourcefulness, and understanding of code comes in.
After slamming things around for a few hours, including my keyboard, I got the bright idea to start looking through the dev tools as well as page source.
It was then that I got frustrated once again, until I figured out that the VLAN membership stuff was in a separate iframe. So I had to look at its separate source specifically.
Once I found the code I needed, I then discovered that I could figure out what state each port/LAG was in by interpreting the html/java image code/tags and image names for each port. Two examples follow.
The first port is 10, and is removed from the VLAN. The second port is 11, and it is untagged in the VLAN.
<div class='portMember margin'><span class='portword'>10</span><div class='panels'><div class='portImage remImg'></div></div></div>
<div class='portMember margin'><span class='portword'>11</span><div class='panels'><div class='portImage untImg'></div></div></div>
So in the two above examples, we can see that the portword class is 10 and 11 respectively. This tells us what port we're dealing with.
Then later in the code, we can see that the portImage is either remImg or untImg. I've deduced that rem means remove, and unt means untagged.
So this is how I have to do VLANs in my $1,400 switch.
#Inaccessibility #Nonusability #Noninclusive #BadUX #BadUI #Ablism #RealEffects

Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox too accessible?

about:config and:

widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled → false

keeps them fully visible while not however.

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override

can be used to make them THICC (I've set 512).

#Inaccessibility

⸻ @mgorny
https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny/112751700910090648

Sometimes it doesn't pay to be disabled and leave the house. #frustration #totallyblind #inaccessibility #ignorance

2/2
nicht-sichtbaren Behinderungen nicht teilnehmen.
(unable to participate)
▶ Behinderte Menschen werden in der Öffentlichkeit nicht gesehen. (not visible)
▶ Das widerum bedeutet, behinderte Menschen werden als Ausnahme/Seltenheit wahrgenommen. (rarety)
▶ Und darum besteht kein Anlass, sie mit in Betracht zu ziehen.
(no need to consider them)

#inaccessible #inaccessibility #barrieren #barrierefreiheit #autismus #nichtsichtbarebehinderung

Redesigned by siuman

You've heard of the inflatable dartboard, you've heard of the chocolate teapot, get ready for...

🥁

The SAND RAMP

It was installed when my friend complained to the council that there was no way to get down off the pavement and back up the other side as a wheelchair user while the pavement works (courtesy of the council) are happening.

Photo 1: Before I used it.
Photo 2: After I used it in my wheelchair.
Photo 3: The groove left by my wheels, which are at least an inch deep in places, which explains why my push rims (and therefore my hands) are covered in sand now. This photo also shows (middle-right) that after one wheelchair use it is crumbling and splitting apart like a wet sandcastle, because it is a wet sandcastle.

#disability #inaccessibility #ableism