Hey all,
I have a friend who's been trying to get on Mastodon but tells me that it doesn't seem to play well with screen readers. I know there are plenty of people on the fedi who do use screen readers, but I have no experience with them myself, so I can't really direct him.
Can someone who does use a #ScreenReader point me in the direction of some resources that might be useful?
#AskFedi #a11y
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in reply to The Witchy Bitches • •@The Witchy Bitches @π©βπ¦―The Blind Fraggle @Matt Campbell @ADHDeanASL @Panamanianβ€οΈβπ₯ @Superdave! @Lanie I believe he's recently switched to a Linux distribution* (which I understand doesn't play well with screen readers to begin with). I can ask him for more details. Unfortunately he's in the UK, so I can't assist in person.
* I don't know which.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Edit: Just had a look and, of course, @FediTips has something on it: fedi.tips/how-do-i-use-mastodoβ¦
How do I use Mastodon through a screen reader? | Fedi.Tips β An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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in reply to mousebot • • •I wonder if an add on for mastodon.el could make that easier. Ive never tried the reader in emacs, but have always heard good things.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Can the sighted people in this thread kindly be silent and just boost for more reach. Thanks.
A knowledgeable blind person already asked the pertinent follow up question #blind.
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is asking about Mastodon clients and screen readers in the toot above.
Jonathan Mosen
in reply to zl2tod • • •I would add a couple of things.
First, any blind person is very welcome to join us here at CaneAndAble.social, a great community for blind Mastodon users. There are plenty of helpful people here.
Second, if the person uses iOS, I produced an audio tutorial on Mona for Mastodon. This went out as part of the Living Blindfully podcast I used to run, which can still be found in any podcast app.
Mona has been updated since then, but itβs still very relevant, and many blind people appreciate an audio walkthrough.
The URL for the audio is: LivingBlindfully.com/227, and the transcript is at LivingBlindfully.com/lb0227traβ¦
Episode 227:A tutorial on Mona for Mastodon, the most powerful, accessible way to do Mastodon on your iPhone, iPad and Mac
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •I've tried using some of the fedi web apps with a screen reader and yeah they tend to be horrible
There may be some native apps that do better in that regard
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