Tag: social media

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

Make school spirit accessible to all! Learn how to create audio description for college fight song and gameday cheers for low vision and blind students

Lemon On A Pear: Accessible Memes For Low Vision

Lemon On A Pear: Accessible Memes For Low Vision

Take my hand, and we’ll make it accessible I swear, learn about accessible memes for low vision in this story about a lemon on a pear/Livin’ on a Prayer

Avoiding Flashing Lights On Social Media

Avoiding Flashing Lights On Social Media

I was first diagnosed with photosensitivity and photophobia as a young teenager due to an intertwining visual impairment and neurological condition. At the time, there was a popular pop song that featured a refrain with a list of all of the lights I found painful…

Online Safety For Visually Impaired Users: Safer Internet Day

Online Safety For Visually Impaired Users: Safer Internet Day

Tips and strategies for digital literacy and staying safe online with vision loss, plus online safety for visually impaired users for Safer Internet Day

How To Write Alt Text For Gifs

How To Write Alt Text For Gifs

As a user with low vision that is sensitive to strobe, flashing, and fast-moving animations, I frequently rely on others knowing how to write alt text for GIFs or how to describe GIFs so that I can engage in social interactions or posts without triggering…

How To Choose Accessible Usernames

How To Choose Accessible Usernames

I spend a lot of time in online spaces, so I often learn to identify people based on their usernames, display names, or similar account names. As someone with low vision and a print disability that makes it challenging to read standard print, accessible usernames…

Choosing Custom Video Backgrounds For Low Vision Audiences

Choosing Custom Video Backgrounds For Low Vision Audiences

As a user with low vision, I have discovered that custom video backgrounds can be either super helpful tools for making it easier to concentrate on video calls or super distracting tools that make it harder to concentrate. Factors such as background choice, environmental lighting,…

Purposes of Media Descriptions for Visual Impairment

Purposes of Media Descriptions for Visual Impairment

Here are specific ways that I find media descriptions and tools like image descriptions and audio description helpful as someone with low vision.

How To Write Alt Text For Digital Comics

How To Write Alt Text For Digital Comics

Learn how to write alt text for digital comics and make comics accessible for blind and low vision audiences

How To Write Alt Text For Memes

How To Write Alt Text For Memes

I started sharing tips and strategies for how to write alt text for memes after I noticed how much accessible memes made a difference when I was browsing online content— things like alt text and image descriptions can help me figure out what is in…

Creating Accessible Crafting Tutorials For Visual Impairment

Creating Accessible Crafting Tutorials For Visual Impairment

Many of the people I meet with visual impairments have an interest in DIY projects or crafting in some capacity. Some are more interested in fiber arts and work on projects like crocheting or knitting with low vision, embroidery, or sewing in some capacity, while…

My Ideas For Improving Alt Text Features On Social Media

My Ideas For Improving Alt Text Features On Social Media

I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal talking about how I would improve existing alt text features on Twitter and other social media. While the actual quote is only a sentence long, I have many other thoughts on improving alt text features on social…