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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

@fastfinge.interfree.ca
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Blind computer geek, lover of #litrpg and #sciencefiction. aspe:keyoxide.org:PFAQDLXSBNO7MZRNPUMWWKQ7TQ

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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 13/05/2026
YubiKey And Screen Readers: I couldn't find any real information about how Yubikeys work with screen readers. So I decided to publish some. stuff.interfree.ca/2026/05/13/yubik… #a11y #screenreader #accessibility
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/04/2026
Reminder to various and sundry that visual meme political posts dropped into my comments that don't have ALT text attached are very likely to be hidden for all. If you exclude the visually impaired by choice or laziness I'll assume you don't really mind if no one else sees your contribution either.
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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 02/03/2026
The Games for Blind Gamers Game Jam 5 has wrapped up, resulting in 33 submitted games. You can find them all on this page, where you can also rate the ones you like the most to help determine the prize winners! itch.io/jam/games-fo...
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Submissions to Games for Blind Gamers 5
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
first they came for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and I said nothing, but i did laugh quite a lot
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 12/02/2026
Wanna read something I got published for work? 'Course you maybe do: uxarmy.com/blog/measuring-accessibi… #ux #a11y #accessibility
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Instead of age verification, websites should just make you describe the first time you saw someone die on the Internet. if the story makes whoever reads it sad, you're an adult for Internet purposes.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 06/02/2026
Openclaw Is More Fun to Fiddle With Than To Use: Of course I have to write about #openclaw, the latest viral #AI sensation: stuff.interfree.ca/2026/02/06/openc…
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Amber Hinds @amberhinds.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Usercentrics (the cookie banner solution) is considering building an accessibility overlay. They're asking for feedback and opinions, for which they will give a €30 gift card as a thank you. Opinions about #accessibility overlays? Take this survey... form.typeform.com/to/duFlESXh?... #a11y
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Accessibility Widget Interview
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 30/01/2026
@winter.razorgirl.diy But can any of this really matter without physical and sensory anchors? You're missing an entire layer of associations. The way smells of certain foods make me remember home. The way someone's voice makes me associate with newscasters. A song that takes me right back in time.
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OC Transpo @octranspo.com · 30/01/2026
ICYMI: City of Ottawa is conducting a public survey as they develop the next OC Transpo Accessibility Plan. Your input will help shape a more accessible transit experience for everyone. Get started here: ow.ly/o7VS50Y5Pg5
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OC Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations
Provide input on the next OC Transpo Accessibility Plan The OC Transpo Accessibility Plan is a requirement under the Federal Government’s Accessible Canada Act. It is a three-year plan that includes ways in which OC Transpo will work to reduce or eliminate barriers
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities. www.accessible-social.com
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Accessible Social
Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.
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Laura Kalbag @laurakalbag.com · 27/01/2026
My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
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Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
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Zahra Khan she/her @hellozeik.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If I started an old-fashioned mailing list discussion group for disabled folks who find The endless discord servers inaccessible, would people join? #NEISVOID#DISCO#Disability #Accessibility
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deconspray @deconspray.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Digital Accessibility pro tip ... If you publish about digital accessibility and include a data table image with empty alt text, you are failing the basics and should not publish on the topic. #DigitalAccessibility #WebAccessibility #A11y
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Ms "I Want To Eat Your Brain" ugh, no, not YOURS, gross! 🤢 @brainmist.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm glad for bluesky as an informational clusterf er I mean conglomeration, but I see an awful lot of people posting important stuff while neglecting alt text. It's so easy to make sure you don't forget this important accessibility feature.
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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
News is too important to not use alt text... especially for text. It's difficult to take any news source seriously if they don't use alt text for a couple sentences. Even if accessibility wasn't so necessary, text doesn't always scale well on mobile devices, and alt text increases searchability.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 24/01/2026
However, choice is always good. And I'm glad we can now use both of the "decentralized" platforms. Even if the 300 character limit on bluesky is another thing that bothers me.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 24/01/2026
I'm still not convinced bluesky is really, truely, decentralized. I run my own PDS, but all that seems to mean is I pay the hosting and storage bill myself. It doesn't actually give me any control of anything. For that, I'd have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to run my own app view etc.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 24/01/2026
If you're looking for a #blind and #screenreader #accessible bluesky client for desktop, give FastSM a try: github.com/masonasons/FastSM #a11y
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Ted Tahquechi @nedskee.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Ten useful tups for guiding someone who is blind or visually impaired. I've had quite a few people ask me to put this guide together, so here you go. www.blindtravels.com/how-to-guide... #blind #visuallyimpaired #accessibility
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How to Guide a Blind or Low Vision Person, 10 Tips Every Sighted Traveler Should Know
Not sure how to help guide someone who is blind or low vision? These 10 practical, respectful tips explain what actually helps, from introductions to stairs, curbs, and crowded sidewalks.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 21/01/2026
Hmmm. There are at least some accessibility improvements in the official bluesky app since last I checked.
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Core, The (DO NOT PERCEIVE) @the-core.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I think darts might be my sport because their training regimes, according to the announcers, include “eating fewer crisps” and “working a bit in the garden”
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 22/06/2025
An aborted journey into accessible flight simulation: It's been quiet here for a couple of weeks because a project I was hoping to begin fell through. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/06/22/f... #gaming #games #audiogames #fsx #simulation #flight #accessible #screenreader #accessibility #blind
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Sam's Stuff - An aborted journey into accessible flight simulation
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 01/06/2025
Android Days Five and Six: let's get appy! Probably the final entry in this particular series. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/06/01/a...
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Sam's Stuff - Android Days Five and Six: let's get appy!
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PaAAAAAAAAH!!!z Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
five year old asked me "What are the rest of the lyrics to 'sweet dreams are made of beans'?" so I asked them which they knew and they whipped out an Annie Lennox voice and sang "Sweet dreams are made of beans/Shadow and I are commissary"
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a woman with red hair is wearing a suit and tie in front of a wall of plaques
Alt: Annie Lennox with short short orange hair, wearing a suit and tie and black gloves standing in front of a bunch of golden records asking "who am I to disagree?"
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 29/05/2025
Android day Four: Equality Achieved I complete Android customizations bringing me what feels like equality with IOS, at least for the base system. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/28/a...
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Sam's Stuff - Android day Four: Equality Achieved
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 27/05/2025
Android Days two and three: There has to be a way to make this better. Where I become frustrated with the out of the box experience and try to improve things: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/27/a...
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Android Days two and three: There has to be a way to make this better. Where I become frustrated with the out of the box experience and try to improve things: https://stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/27/and...
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 25/05/2025
Android Day One: How do I go home? The phone arrives, and I unbox and turn it on. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/24/a...
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Sam's Stuff - Android Day One: How do I go home?
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 22/05/2025
Day Zero On My Android Journey: Wherein I talk about what I tried to buy, and why I don't have it yet. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/22/a...
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Sam's Stuff - Day Zero On My Android Journey
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 08/05/2025
Jami could be a skype replacement if only accessibility was cross-platform: Jami is a fully peer to peer chat application that supports text and video, but is only #accessible on mobile: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/08/j...
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 (@fastfinge)
Jami could be a skype replacement if only accessibility was cross-platform: Jami is a fully peer to peer chat application that supports text and video, but is only #accessible on mobile: https://stuff...
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 07/05/2025
My #Accessible Cordcutting Solution: I haven't paid for a cable subscription for years. This is what works for me as a #blind #TV watcher: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/07/a...
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Sam's Stuff - My Accessible Cordcutting Solution
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Kyle Shevlin (he/him) @kyleshevl.in · 05/05/2025
So much code out there is a duct-taped house of cards and the longer I work in this industry, the more I think that the longevity of your career is wholly dependent upon how little that fact bothers you.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 03/05/2025
Innosearch is good because of the humans, not the AI: InnosearchAI is an #accessible shopping solution, powered by #AI. But it's the human support that makes it worthwhile. My review: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/03/i...
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Sam's Stuff - Innosearch is good because of the humans, not the AI
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 02/05/2025
Some Pseudoscientific #Sleep Solutions: These are some of the weapons that are working for me as a #blind person in my on-going battle against #insomnia. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/02/s...
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Sam's Stuff - Some Pseudoscientific Sleep Solutions
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 01/05/2025
Moved The Blog to Static: My adventures in continuing to fiddle with my blog. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/01/m...
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Samuel Proulx's Blog - Moved The Blog to Static
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 30/04/2025
Call of Fate: A Tour De Force in culturally accepted tropes: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/04/30/call-… Call of Fate is a Chinese audiogame released on Android and IOS by Prudence Interactive, intended to be accessible to both blind and sighted players. These are my thoughts ...
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Call of Fate - Accessible Game for Visually Impaired Users
Call of Fate is an accessible mobile game for visually impaired users, offering an immersive experience with audio cues and voice navigation.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 24/04/2025
Review: The New Dawn by Icalos: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/04/24/revie… readers who enjoyed the other four books in this series will find this is a satisfying conclusion, offering closure, and ending the journey nicely.
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The New Dawn: A Humorous Isekai LitRPG (Terminate the O…
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 19/04/2025
They’re not joking: Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News. I arrived at 8:55 AM, five minutes before voting even opened, and the line was already out the door. It moved fairly quick... stuff.interfree.ca/2025/04/19/theyr…
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Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News
Canadians reported long lines as polling stations opened for advance voting on Friday. Advance polls will be open again 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nationwide Saturday through Monday.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
For those who celebrate: may your #Easter weekend be as strange and random as this vintage postcard.
A vintage Easter card showing an army of rabbits riding cockerels into war
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 17/04/2025
Review: The Bee-ginning: A Dungeon-Core LitRPG by Icalos: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/04/16/revie… A positive review, recommending it to readers who enjoy litRPG or dungeon core especially.
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The Bee-ginning: A Dungeon-Core LitRPG (The Bee Dungeon…
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge.interfree.ca · 16/04/2025
Can AI help me read scans of golden-age science fiction magazines?: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/04/15/can-a… I try multiple AI tools to attempt to get an accurately transcribed and formatted version of the Astounding Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy from 1955. This s...
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Astounding Science Fiction 1955-03: Vol 55 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Astounding Science Fiction 1955-03: Volume 55, Issue 1.Digitized from IA1533722-02.Previous issue: sim_astounding-science-fiction_1955-02_54_6.Next issue:...
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