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Creating on Crip Time, the restfestfilmfestival.org runs August 15-22, 2024.

It's a by-us, for-us event. They're prioritizing access--including

  • low- and zero-cost passes
  • wide open schedule encourages attending from bed
  • captions (no sign language)
  • audio description
  • video on demand provides a 7-day window 15-22 August to unlock a screening, and then 7 more days to once unlocked to actually watch it
  • content warnings

among other considerations https://www.restfestfilmfestival.org/accessibility

More details Read more... )

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[twitter.com profile] MerylKEvans is a Deaf digital marketing professional — she’s been online since 1993, and she’s been on countless video calls. Here’s her take on the best in automatic speech recognition-driven captions, as of 22 April 2020:

https://meryl.net/best-automatic-captioning-tool-for-video-calls

Sadly, there’s no handy tl;dr recommendation.

For one-on-one calls, Meryl — who speaks for herself and describes herself as a strong lipreader — had the best luck with Google Meet. She dives deep into the vexed question of how to get a meeting’s audio directed to the captioning software when you’ve plugged in your microphone to participate in the meeting.

For autocaptioning video events, there’s no clear winner as summarized at the end of Meryl’s article.

Meryl mentions this site spun up in response to the pandemic by two professionals who rely on captioning. They also declare no winner, while providing lots of links to more resources.

http://connect-hear.com/article-categories/captioning

Meryl’s made hundreds of YouTube videos, including this pungent 42-second opinion on whether autocaptions are better than none:

https://youtu.be/ukJfzPdiHB8

YouTube embed and transcript )

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It’s a cool concept, hides clutter in your room. Also creates barriers.

Zoom virtual backgrounds combine you in the foreground with something nifty in the background. (Think the weather reporter on TV in front of a big US map.) In the past week I've seen the prow of a ship, inside of Tardis, comets, the Hamilton stage and more. Zoom itself says This feature works best with a green screen and uniform lighting, to allow Zoom to detect the difference between you and your background. -- which is not equipment most people have at home!

The Zoom software uses clever algorithms to isolate your outline from what your camera captures. But these algorithms often fail for delicate edges, like hair or hands. Outcome: every movement captured on camera includes Zoom struggling to adjust the edges, which can result in your head and hands sparkling, flashing, or disappearing altogether.

It’s distracting and unpleasant for me when even one user has the virtual background. For some of us with migraine, vestibular issues, brain injury or epilepsy it can be a complete barrier.

Even if the software works perfectly, some of the available backgrounds include so much detail that it overwhelms your image. I can’t read your facial expression, much less your lips. This results in no benefit to using video at all.

Do you have issues with this aspect of Zoom? Are there benefits to the backgrounds that I'm missing?

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In addition to being relevant to many here, this is what online access can look like: American Sign Language, Spanish interpretation, and English live captions will be provided. Multiple breaks will be built in to the webinar.

"Grounding Movements in Disability Justice" will take place this Thursday -- 23 April 2020 -- between 7-8:30 PM EST (in your time zone) via the ZOOM platform.

Presenters include Azza Altiraifi, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Dorian Taylor, Dustin Gibson, Talila A. Lewis, and Nirmala Erevelles. They will offer the perspective of people grounded in #DisabilityJustice work as they all respond to COVID-19.

To receive the ZOOM meeting invite, you must register here: https://bit.ly/djgrounding

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/214085396704598

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Seems like the "Universal Translators" are always auditory, eh?

Lynne Thomas of Uncanny Magazine writes about her daughter Caitlin, who doesn't speak and communicates a lot. Lynne reviews the overwhelming privilege of the spoken word in SF:

https://www.themarysue.com/caitlin-is-not-groot/

One of the commenters points out that Marvel has a new, nonverbal, hero coming:

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/08/04/inhumans-black-bolt-communicates-through-medusa/
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Hello all. I have not yet tested this out but am planning to do so at a later date. But there is now a client that can be used with Second Life, which is accessible for users of screen readers. Actually this client has been around for several years, but the original developer passed away and the new one has updated the client. I can't wait to get started with Second Life. Check out this great article: http://onj.me/2xxc- . Last I checked which was just this past weekend, the latest Mac version of Radegast hadn't been posted to the new site but that may have changed by the time you read this. I was told several years ago that Second Life would come in handy for me in terms of my independent travel skills. I don't know how true that is necessarily, but I still want to check it out at some point.
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Keidra Chaney has posted a most excellent essay on her process of coming to terms with progressive vision loss. You may know her as part of The Learned Fangirl. She addresses the barriers fandom erects as well as her own shame and confusion.

But I didn’t anticipate how much my vision disorder would eventually affect my own view of myself, my work, and my life in fandom.

In pop culture, disability is a trope, especially visual impairment.


http://uncannymagazine.com/article/living-working-fangirling-chronic-illness
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[Content Note for suicide mention at the link]

I'm sharing this absolutely everywhere I think is appropriate, because it is game changing for me.

How ADHD Ignites Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: "Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) is an extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain triggered by the perception – not necessarily the reality – that a person has been rejected, teased, or criticized by important people in their life. RSD may also be triggered by a sense of failure, or falling short – failing to meet either their own high standards or others’ expectations. [...] RSD can make people with ADHD anticipate rejection — even when it anything but certain. This can make them vigilant about avoiding it, which can be misdiagnosed as social phobia. Social phobia is an intense anticipatory fear that you will embarrass or humiliate yourself in public, or that you will be scrutinized harshly by the outside world."

[Image description for the link: Cartoon man paddling through the ocean using an umbrella as a boat]

Hahaha (sob), I even have to deal with RSD when posting this. "But what if it's not fandom applicable enough?" Hush, brain, it's definitely fandom applicable!

Ahem. For anyone who's ever been absolutely terrified to post something fannish because "what if no one likes it," this might just be the answer you're looking for.
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Hey everybody. I believe this is my first post to this comm. In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, I thought these links would be of interest. Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind:
http://www.afb.org/blog/afb-blog/10-accessibility-resources-in-honor-of-global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad/12
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Here's a "call for papers" to be published in an academic volume:

Disability and Social Media
edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent
Internet Studies, Curtin University


Abstracts are due 15 July 2014

Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly social networking sites. Subjects, references to current work in this area, and more in the cut )
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Tor.com is hosting threads on the three episodes comprising Season 3 of the BBC's Sherlock. They're timed to the UK broadcast times, and enthusiasts like me who take advantage of TunnelBear and iPlayer to stream them before their U.S. premiere.

major SPOILERS for SHERLOCK season 3, episode 2 really SPOILERS )

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