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Christian Vogler

@krischi.bsky.social

Technology Access Program at Gallaudet. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Tech for Deaf/HH. Next-gen accessibility. Perpetually vacillating between “this tech is a game changer for access” and “this tech will exacerbate unequal access.”

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MdDoogie3@mddoogie3.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Christian Vogler@krischi.bsky.social · last yr.

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is conducting an in-person deaf-friendly study on text-to-speech technologies at Gallaudet University. Looking for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing loss to join our co-design session

A flyer for a Text-to-Speech study at Gallaudet University with a white background and texts in orange,blue, and black color. At the top, it states the research is IRB-approved (FY25-29), alongside the Gallaudet University logo on the top right. The title reads "text-to-speech study", followed by a sentence "looking for participants" A heading lists eligibility criteria: 18+ years old, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or have hearing loss, able to communicate well in ASL and/or English (interpreter and CART will be provided as needed), be aware of text-to-speech technology, able to participate in-person at Gallaudet University. On the center right, a sentence states: "We want to know what you think!" followed by a brief explanation that the co-design session will involve sharing ideas for adjusting and evaluating voice settings in TTS, like tone and pitch. It also defines TTS as a technology that allows you to convert text to speech automatically. On the bottom left, it says, "This involves a one-time in-person session in ASL and English, on Tuesday June 17 (6:30pm–9:00 PM), 2.5-hour duration, $85 compensation. The bottom right has a heading that says, "Interested?", inviting participants to scan a QR code, visit https://gu.live/tts, or email tap.sg@gallaudet.edu. The QR code is on the bottom right side of the flyer.
Christian Vogler@krischi.bsky.social · last yr.

Deaf and hard of hearing authors have to expend considerable extra time and resources to create multimedia content, compared to their hearing peers. Much of people's attention has focused on consuming accessible content, but not on ensuring that the content creation process is accessible. 1/2

Barriers to Employment: The Deaf Multimedia Authoring Tax

This paper describes the challenges that deaf and hard of hearing people face with creating accessible multimedia content, such as portfolios, instructional videos and video presentations. Unlike cont...

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Jeffrey P. Bigham@jeffreybigham.com · last yr.

code generation presents a new opportunity to make UI code accessible, but @peyajm29.bsky.social's work shows current codex models mostly fail on #a11y; her system CodeA11y improves accessibility of UI code w/ three strategies other tools could adopt 4:20pm in AnnexF206 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

CodeA11y: Making AI Coding Assistants Useful for Accessible Web Development | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Janelle Shane@janelleshane.com · 2y ago

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine@daviddlevine.com · 2y ago

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 2y ago

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options: Require alt text before posting Display larger alt text badges Both are checked
Kristen Shinohara@kristenshino.bsky.social · 2y ago

Amidst a lot of uncertainty these days, @shaunkane.bsky.social and I re-affirm our commitment to diversity and community for ASSETS 2025. With that in mind, accepted papers will appear in the proceedings, regardless of presentation/attendance modality. Please see our blog post for more.

SIGACCESS@sigaccess.bsky.social · 2y ago

The ASSETS 2025 General Chairs, @kristenshino.bsky.social and @shaunkane.bsky.social, have an update on conference planning, maintaining community values, and transparency into how ASSETS functions. You can read more on the website at assets25.sigaccess.org/updates.html

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 2y ago

UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)

For full alt text, follow pastebin link in next post. Partial text: Amy E. Greer, attorney for Mahmoud Khalil provided the following update this evening: First, importantly, today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament. He also greatly appreciates, and, typically for him, is moved by the extraordinarily broad and steadfast support he has received from a variety of communities that understand what is at stake. He is in ICE custody in Louisiana, and arrangements have been made for local attorneys to visit him today and tomorrow. The remarks by government officials, including the President, on social media only confirm the purpose – and illegality – of Mahmoud's detention. He was chosen as an example to stifle entirely lawful dissent in violation of the First Amendment. While tomorrow or thereafter the government may cite the law or process, that toothpaste is out of the tube and irreversibly so. The government’s objective is as transparent as it is unlawful, and our role as Mahmoud’s lawyers is to ensure it does not prevail. Today Mahmoud's legal team, which includes Kyle Barron, CLEAR, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amy Greer filed a motion to compel in federal court in the Southern District of New York, as part of the habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf over the weekend, seeking an order requiring the government to return to New York for any immigration proceedings.
Linda@unewme.bsky.social · 2y ago

I hate to keep reminding people that we are all one car accident or chronic illness away from becoming disabled. We need to use all of our people to make this country work.

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2y ago

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country