The reader must come first.
One of the main issues with science publications is that for most people they are inaccessible, at least in terms of their complexity. They are written for other scientists. This excludes people from the research, esp if the research is funded by taxes, so the very people who pay taxes, can't easily access the science.
This could be about to change. An Article in Science magazine looks at this issue and is suggesting that science papers must take the reader in to consideration.
Interesting stuff. Lets hope over time we can get more science to the people.
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#Science,#Publishing,#Reading,#Audience,#Accessibility
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Linux Screen reader
I found this earlier this week, looks like a really great project, so another great find from the Fediverse.
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Mastodon – Text Description
In mastodon after uploading an image you can click edit and add a text description to help persons with eyesight problem find out what the image is.
This is an excellent accessibility feature.
On 31/12/2020, I reported an issue with this feature. This is currently under investigation.
On a related note, there is a really nice promotional video for Mastodon.
My Mastodon sign up blog post is here
#mastodon,#accessibility,#picture,#description.
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Free Code Camp progress 8/6/2020
Responsive Web Design Principles component of Responsive Web Design course with Free Code Camp is now complete.
Now moving on to CSS-Flexbox.
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Free Code Camp progress 6/6/2020
Applied Accessibility component of Responsive Web Design with Free Code Camp is now complete.
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Free Code Camp progress 4/6/2020
I have spent the last few days, working though Applied Accessibility, which is the forth component of Responsive Web Design.
I needed to ask for some help on the date/time activity. I therefore wrote this post while waiting. In true fashion, within about an hour I had an answer from the FreeCodeCamp forum. Turns out I had an errant space and period in my code.
I am roughly 50% of the way through so making good progress.
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