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whumpacabra · 5 months
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Writing Accessibility PSA
Please avoid using long strings of characters as line breaks in your writing - these are not screen reader/TTS friendly!
Every ‘°’ will be read as ‘degree’ - can you imagine how long it takes to read out a string of 25? Let alone more complicated combinations of characters (eg. imagine listening to TTS read out ~*~ |°| ~*~ multiple times per line break)?
A good rule of thumb is to stick with short, 2-3 character line breaks (eg. I don’t find — or *** too egregious to listen to). Your readers can tell there’s been a scene change whether you use two or twenty em-dashes, but if you use twenty, some of us might have to listen for 30 seconds to read the next scene. If you’re more concerned about aesthetics, you can insert an image of your aesthetically pleasing line break with alt text simply reading ‘line break’ for accessibility.
Don’t feel bad if this is something you’ve never thought about before - now you know better and can make your writing more accessible moving forward!
I would like to invite any other screenreader users to add their own thoughts or preferences to this post. We’re not a monolith and there’s a variety to how different softwares interact with repeating character strings and images with alt text, so there’s bound to be some conflicting opinions on what I’ve suggested above. Let’s try to make the stories we share accessible for everyone :]
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autisticdreamdrop · 9 months
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yes yes the answer is yes! we are a mid-high support needs disabled autistic polyfragmented DID system with alters with a wide range of vebralness. a lot of us use forms of AACs or TTS in out of inner world / headspace and in real life. if you think you need it, just use it. it's stressful at first, but nonverbal communication is communication and it's a valid way to communicate. 🧩 - The Dreamdrop System
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sag-dab-sar · 9 months
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Monetizing Accessibility
I wrote a review awhile ago for an app that I heavily relied on due to my dyslexia and TBI— Speechify. Its a text-to-speech reader that I can take photos of text books or signs and have them read to me. I used it plenty. You can take as many photos as you want, upload them, and have it read to you. Well..... thats what you used to be able to do. Then I updated the app and tah dah the main feature is behind a paywall!!! I can upload 3 files (photo/photoset) only! And if I want more I have to pay THIS fucking much:
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So I updated my app review from 5 stars to 1
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Then a long time later I got this email:
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"One time discount" on something that was fucking free. Its the most basic feature. There were plenty of additional features to pay for and ads prior. Now the ENTIER goddamn app, including the absolute most basic function, above 3 files is behind a $140 paywall. I don't want 90% of the features just keeping files like I could before. Its not even a one time fee; its a subscription. As if my TBI and dyslexia only lasts a year. Not to mention I already deleted my entire library.
I fucking hate how goddamn expensive being disabled it is. The email is an insult.
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locketdream · 17 days
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AACs are important for autistics that deal with communication issues. When your mouth parts don't work (verbal loss/ nonspeaking, semispeaking, selectively mute etc) or hell, you don't want to use verbal communication. And that's valid too.
There are plenty of auties that use both verbal and nonverbal communication. There are plenty of auties that prefer nonverbal communication. And that's okay.
we have semiverbal/speaking and nonverbal/speaking alters, alters who have verbal loss. a little too a lot.
in our life we've been forced to be verbal and that's not okay. our system is full of AAC users.
This is our oc Moon (which we wanna change their name) they're an AAC user and uses a wide range of nonverbal communication: communication cards, a tablet with an AAC app, written communication, printed out communication board, and TTS (text to speech). we project oh them. we mainly use text to speech and AAC apps - Honeylily
please remember it's okay to use AACs
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i just wanted to let everyone know about this very simple, free, text to speech aac app. it’s called simple aac.
it’s just text to speech, no buttons or symbols. i know that won’t work for everyone, but hopefully someone finds it useful. i know i appreciate having an aac app on my phone that gives me a reliable way to communicate without having to bring my heavy ipad with me at all times. there’s even a little sentence about trans rights, which i know a lot of us appreciate 🏳️‍⚧️
hope this can help someone!
edit: i don’t know if this is for androids, i use ios
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selectivechaos · 9 months
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just because my aac device is a phone, doesn't mean it is any less crucial that i have it with me.
just because you understand what it is like to have your phone die. and understand that you've lost access to important text and call communication, as well as photos, bank stuff, social media etc, does NOT mean you get to say you know what it's like when my phone dies.
yeah, your phone has emotional and functional significance to you,
🌹but this is my fucking voice.
“glued to his phone” “so much screen time” "get off your phone and have a real conversation for once"
🌹this is my voice.
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haleslugworth · 2 months
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The savage son is outraged lmao.
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chaos-cousins · 4 months
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Sligoogle how to impress new possible thief friend without overwhelming them
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schar-aac · 2 months
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"test-to-speech"
Image: A keyboard with a speech bubble coming from it with lines, representing words, on it.
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sicksadstar · 1 year
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this user wants to use their AACs more
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Ok I just realized:
Text to speech has existed way longer than we (more specifically I) thought
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Exhibit A, Tomodachi life: Nintendo managed to use text to speech in Tomodachi life so the miis could have voices that you can kinda customize
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Exhibit B, Sam: you know fatal error's voice right, yeah his voice is the text to speech voice named "Sam", the voice was made by NASA THEMSELVES which is pretty cool to be honest
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So yeah, that's my mini rant about that, I guess it didn't really get popular until we made text to speech voices of different characters
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I recently went to FanExpo New Orleans, and I had one of the most liberating and validating experiences I've ever had.
On the very last day of the con I had completely lost my voice..I couldn't even manage a whisper. Even tho I wasn't emotionally or mentally ready to do so, I used my text to speech app on my tablet and communicated via AAC throughout the entire day.
It was the first time I'd EVER done that.
What blew me away was the reaction I got. Every single person that encountered me using my AAC immediately registered what was happening and responded so positively. A few began using sign language with me in addition to verbal speech and one even had a conversation with me about my AAC and being autistic.
That was the first time in my life that I've ever been in public without masking. I felt so safe and seen and validated and I never dreamt I could be somewhere like FanExpo, with literally thousands of people, and still feel comfortable enough to drop my mask and be visibly autistic.
I'm genuinely considering using AAC more after that experience and I'm starting to see jus how much as mask in my day to day life. It was eye opening in a way I didn't expect.
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autisticdreamdrop · 9 months
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goals!! AAC + TTS user friendship
credit: Drawn To AAC
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outcasts-redeemer · 7 months
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AU where James Ironwood is just Rogal Dorn
Salem, smugly: "In fact I believe I know your entire plan."
Oscar: "Really?"
Cinder: "Planting Spyware in that shack you call a school was a simple task. *Grimmified ingale* "tinmansayswhat."
James: *Watching from a hidden drone* "What? Ww-I- NO." *eyes glow blue as his semblance activates* "I WILL REINSTALL THE SCHOOL." *cybernetic arms turn into two jackhammers*
Ruby: "Please do not do this."
James: *Starts jack-hammering the floor* "I AM REINSTALLING THE SCHOOL. INFORM ME WHEN QROW IS HERE, I REQUIRE HIS INFILTRATION EXPERTISE."
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locketdream · 3 days
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we love you AAC users. we love you part time AAC users. we love you full time AAC users. we love you TTS users. we love you part time TTS users. we love you full time TTS users.
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thatadhdmood · 2 months
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This is a cool youtube video I just watched!
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