#CamelCaseHashtags Could Improve Accessibility
If you’re using hashtags on Twitter, Instagram, or in your Zettelkasten – consider CamelCasing the hashtags if there’s more than one word involved. That acually seems to help screen-readers with pronunciation.
A Short Note on Voice Assistants and Very Old People Who Don't Hear Well
In reaction to my post about the hyperlegible font, from earlier this week, people on HackerNews kindly pointed out that voice-assistants might be a fix. Thanks for all the ideas and comments, folks.
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font May Be Pretty Good If Your Granny Can't See Well
My grandmother is 91 years old and, for about 2 years now, her sight degraded to almost-blindness. She barely sees milky shapes in her central field of vision. It’s supposedly better in the corners of her eyes, but I couldn’t get any reliable confirmation out of her regarding that. So using a telephone is a problem.
Accessibility-Awareness Raising with a Super Mario Video
“Not So Super Mario” was brought to my awareness on Twitter today. This is a very geeky and fun take on accessibility, and it concerns our work of the digital world, too, as you know. Color contrast and larger fonts isn’t for the disabled, only. It benefits everyone. And your app design will be better.