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Posts Tagged ‘a11y’

Thread by @jpluimers on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/07

A while ago, I wrote two threads (one in English and one in Dutch) about using the Twitter Alt-badge to make pictures in tweets more accessible.

The English one had the correct quote, but a wrong link which I corrected below (we want editable tweets!).

Two bots that I mention in reply-Tweets usually helps to rudimentary restore the text:

@get_altText @AltTextUtil OCR

in the first Tweet and to the reply that @AltTextUtil gives, I respond with another

@get_altText

Here are the two threads:

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Posted in accessibility (a11y), Development, Power User, SocialMedia, Twitter, TwitterBot | Tagged: , , | Leave a Comment »

Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event (Alys Cole-King, Dom Thompson, Jess Read, Mike Armiger, Knut Schroeder, Tom Cole-King, Andrea Walraven-Thissen)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/18

Important evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide: [Wayback] Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event.

Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Dr Alys Cole-King on X: “Important advice to support young people after a distressing event. Please read and share our evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide Thanks @Walrathis @drdomthompson @MikeArmiger @jk__read We sincerely hope this will help. Thoughts and prayers with everyone affected #Southport” which initially only had a screenshot (see below the signature) but later had a co-author provide a link to the PDF.

Without downloading the PDF document, you can view it on-line here: [Wayback PDF View/PDF View].

Link to the PDF view via this thread:

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Posted in Awareness, Health, LifeHacker, Power User | Tagged: , | Leave a Comment »