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Monki Gras 2019: The Curb Cut Effect

Slides and notes for my talk ‘The Curb Cut Effect’. Making something better for disabled people can make it better for everybody.

Checking Jekyll sites with HTMLProofer

Ten braille facts / ⠼⠁⠚⠀⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠎

Where does braille come from? How was braille originally written? What can you write in braille today? And more.

Making alt text more visible

I wrote a JavaScript snippet that shows alt text below all of my images, so I can see when it’s missing, and review it while I’m editing.

Accessibility at AlterConf

For accessibility and inclusion, AlterConf sets a high bar to beat.

An AppleScript to toggle Voice Control

Making it slightly easier for me to enable and disable Voice Control quickly.

Markdown’s gentle encouragement towards accessible images

The Markdown syntax for images reminds us that we need to write alt text.

Saving your alt text from Twitter

Twitter’s archives don’t include the alt text you wrote on images, but you can save a copy with their API.

Live captioning at conferences

Live captioning of conference talks was an unexpected bonus at this year’s PyCon UK.