When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
LLMs providing info on topics I don’t know: “wow this is brilliant!”
LLMs providing info on topics I’m expert in; “ugh this is so bad!”
Me: I’m sure there’s nothing I can deduce from these two observations.
Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.
Three-panel comic: A man rides a beloved product, adds AI, crashes, then asks “Why does everyone hate us now?”.
#ai meme for you lol
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
Disabled people who can work are worthy.
Disabled people who cannot work are worthy.
Disabled people who are completely independent are worthy.
Disabled people who rely on others for assistance are worthy.
ALL disabled people are worthy.
Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
What doesn't kill you flares up and tries again
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
All my passwords are protected by severe brain fog
I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
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Oh yay! Can’t wait for medical bias to be ✨ automated ✨
Do not rely on the A.I.-generated alt text in Facebook or Instagram. The result is vague and unhelpful, like "may be an image of food and text," and "may be an image of outdoors." These do nothing to give users the context and content of an image.
People often ask what accessibility considerations to keep in mind when creating data visualizations. For guidance and advice, check out Sarah L. Fossheim's list of 10 things to do (or not do) when designing accessible data visualizations.
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Some frame accessibility around the fear of lawsuits. One problem is that this approach de-centers people with disabilities. Websites should be designed so people can use them. Designing a website just so it can pass a legal checklist violates the whole premise of accessibility.
Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.
Don't forget transcripts for video and audio. These will help blind users and low-vision users, deaf and hard-of-hearing users, people with ADHD, and people with audio-processing disorders. Transcripts also benefit search engines, people in quiet spaces, and people in a hurry.
[Lab Results Came Back Fine]
[Me, To My Body] ACT LIKE IT THEN!
ChatGPT is not a search engine nor a research database. Y'all need to stop treating it that way. You have to verify everything it tells you.
I mostly just keep a bunch of snacks by the bed tbh
My Body: The health flares will continue until morale improves.
Your site's users need enough time to interact with content and fill out forms. People with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, dexterity impairments, and cognitive disabilities might need more time for things such as forms. Allow users to turn off or extend time limits.
Headline and summary of a substack post by Jakob Nielsen. Title: Hello AI Agents: Goodbye UI Design, RIP Accessibility Date: Feb 21, 2025 Summary: Autonomous agents will transform user experience by automating interactions, making traditional UI design obsolete, as users stop visiting websites in favor of solely interacting through their agent. Focus on designing for agents, not humans. Accessibility will disappear as a concern for web design, as disabled users will only use an agent that transforms content and features to their specific needs.
Holy shit this is gross
Focus on designing for ai agents?? Disabled people will only use ai agents??
I’m so tired of all these design and accessibility “leaders” who don’t understand a damn thing about disabled people
Automated captions and transcripts can save time so that you don't have to manually transcribe on your own. But automated captions and transcripts aren't 100% accurate, so they need manual editing before you publish them.
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Why AI Can’t Replace Cybersecurity Analysts
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