Veronica With Four Eyes
As a person with low vision and a secondary medical condition that makes it challenging to go to stores, almost every single purchase I make is either through online shopping or browsing a product online before making the decision to go pick it up at…
Over the years, I have been friends with many visual artists who create wonderful amateur art across a variety of mediums. One of these friends often creates unique art with lots of bold colors inspired by pop culture and their own original characters that they…
When people ask me if I have any tips for improving accessibility of social media posts, I like to ask them if they know how to add alt text on social media platforms. While a lot of people know how to add alt text on…
ASCII art and emoji memes are a common fixture of social media, incorporating creative arrangements of letters, numbers, symbols, and emoji to create mosaic-style art, convey a message, or for aesthetic purposes. Many of these images contain a message or reminder, or may contain references,…
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Over the past several years, Instagram has added several accessibility features and tools for creators to make their images easier to see for users with visual impairments and print disabilities, with new features being added frequently. Many of my friends with low vision love using…
One of my favorite things to shop for online is jewelry, because I often struggle with shopping for it in-person. A lot of jewelry racks tend to be visually cluttered or crowded with small price tags, and it can be challenging to visualize how a…
One of my favorite things on the internet is described videos and pictures of animals on social media, especially when people are sharing their own pets or favorite animals. While I can see many details of a video or image when I zoom in, I…
When I had to create trifold posters and present trifolds during class projects in middle and high school, I often struggled with adapting trifold posters or creating accessible trifold posters that I could see with low vision. While I could create a trifold presentation that…
I have several friends who are wonderful artists, and one of them is currently working on a drawing that they plan to give to another friend for their birthday. Since this friend has low vision, we’ve been talking a lot about how to create art…
Since the Shadow Puppet app shut down and is no longer supported, I’ve been working on creating a more in-depth guide on how to create free accessible videos and narrated images with Clips, one of Apple’s video editing applications available for iPhone and iPad. One…
Over the years, I have had many friends who are talented at creating their own costumes, or cosplays, of their favorite characters from their favorite movies, anime, TV shows, and other media. Even though we have different tastes in media, I love teaching them how…