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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Post: Solar, Batteries and Backup: Building the System I Wanted www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/09... #solar

Off-white house with rooftop solar panels and an outdoor battery beside a muted orange sun on a dark navy background, with the text “Solar, Batteries and Backup” and a Tim Dixon watermark.

Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We have a Yale like door on the front which is perfect as it goes on latch as soon as the door closes and you can lock it. On the back it’s a uPVC style door and you have to ensure the handle is up before it can lock. Please ask any questions you like :)

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On this model which is a few years old now, it had a battery you can drop out the box and charge on USB. It needs charging maybe every 3 months. You could also plug a power bank into it to charge it in place.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On the inside of the door we have a box over the lock with a circulare knob you can manually turn to lock and unlock the door. On the know is a button you can press the lock and unlock. From the outside it is just a normal key lock.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks for listening to my rant on DoubleTap. I really do love my smart locks. I have the Nuki Smartlock. It can fit over existing locks. We were having our windows and doors changed so we went with Ultion who paired the locks with the Nuki.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New Post: Making an Accessible Emotion Wheel: Why I Built Mine www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/07... #accessibility #accessible #ai #assistivetechnology #blind #emotionwheel #mentalhealth

A colourful three-layer emotion wheel with a white accessibility figure at its centre on a navy background, beside the text “Accessible Emotion Wheel: Why I built mine”. Tim Dixon watermark at the bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Do you use a screen reader? Complete the Webaim Screeen Reader survey > webaim.org/projects/scr... Webaim help drive web accessibility and their surveys are key to providing data that supports discussions around web accessibility.

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WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Updated Post: World Password Day 2026: Blind Users Need a Password Manager www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/05... #accessibility #cybersecurity #livingwithsightloss #accessibility #assistivetechnology #blind #cybersecurity #jaws #livingwithsightloss

Minimalist illustration on a navy background with a white padlock icon and orange shield inside an orange circle, alongside the text Password Manager, World Password Day 2026, A guide for blind and low vision users, with hashtag pills reading PasswordSecurity, BlindTech, A11Y. Tim Dixon watermark bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Updated Post: How I Built a Free Image Colour Contrast Checker That Runs Entirely in Your Browser www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/05... #accessibility #it #livingwithsightloss #productivity #a11y #accessibility #ai #assistivetechnology #blind #contentcreation

Minimalist illustration on a navy background showing a white eye icon with an orange slash through it, a contrast split bar in white and orange, and a sky blue WCAG tick, inside an orange circle outline, with an AI spark asterisk icon. Text reads: Image Colour Contrast Checker, free browser-only WCAG contrast analysis for images. Hashtags #A11Y, #WCAG, #ClaudeCode. Tim Dixon watermark bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Updated Post: How I Built a Free Image Colour Contrast Checker That Runs Entirely in Your Browser www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/05... #accessibility #disabilityrepresentation #it #livingwithsightloss #a11y #accessibility #ai #assistivetechnology #blind #contentcreation

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New Post: How I Built a Free Image Colour Contrast Checker That Runs Entirely in Your Browser www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/05... #a11y #accessibility #ai #assistivetechnology #blind #contentcreation

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New Post: World Password Day 2026: Blind Users Need a Password Manager www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/05... #accessibility #assistivetechnology #blind #cybersecurity #jaws #livingwithsightloss

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Updated Post: AI Accessibility Barriers: When Tools That Help Get Blocked www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/04... #livingwithsightloss #a11y #accessibility #ai #assistivetechnology #barriers #blind #contentcreation #disabilityrepresentation

Minimalist illustration on a navy background showing a white accessibility figure inside an orange circle, with an AI spark icon, a lock symbol, and an arrow breaking through barriers, alongside the text 'AI Accessibility Barriers' and hashtags #AIAccessibility, #DisabledTech, #A11Y. Tim Dixon watermark bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New Post: Hands-Free Vision: Why New Apps on Meta Ray-Bans Change Everything www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/03... #blog #life #livingwithsightloss #meta #sightlosstips #smartglasses

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Updated Post: KeyClu with VoiceOver on macOS: Becoming More Keyboard-First (Gradually) www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/02... #livingwithsightloss #productivity #keyboardshortcuts #keyclu #mac #voiceover

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

New Post: KeyClu with VoiceOver on macOS: Becoming More Keyboard-First (Gradually) www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/02... #keyboardshortcuts #keyclu #mac #voiceover

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

New Post: IKEA Matter over Thread Smart Home: Cheaper, Faster, and More Reliable with Apple Home www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/01... #applehome #blog #ikea #productivity #smarthome #tips

Branded header image on a dark navy background showing IKEA Matter over Thread smart home devices. On the left, a hand holds a white two-button IKEA remote. In the centre, a white IKEA water leak sensor sits in a small pool of water. On the right, a white IKEA motion sensor and a colour-changing E27 smart bulb are displayed. Large text reads “IKEA Matter over Thread Smart Home” with the subtitle “Cheaper, Faster, and More Reliable with Apple Home”, and a “Tim Dixon.net” watermark appears in the bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Braille is a code. Literacy is the outcome. Access is a right. I share practical steps, lived experience, and reflections on building a more inclusive world. Follow me to keep the conversation going.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Support for braille learning and innovation is vital. Organisations like the Braillists Foundation play a key role in building skills, confidence, and community around braille. I wouldn't be able to read Braille without them providing the training: www.braillists.org

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The Braillists Foundation – Our Mission: More Braille!

The Braillists Foundation

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Learning about braille also matters for people with sight. Games like Braille Story help make the basics of the braille alphabet approachable and engaging. Go on have a go with it now > www.themisgames.com/braille-conc...

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Braille Story - Themis Games

Need a laugh? In the world of Braille Story, everyone has a problem to solve. Help a robot find love, sell dubious cars, and cook French cuisine the only way you know how: through the braille…

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Ny multiline braille display, the DotPad X, has been transformative. It lets me read spreadsheets with real context. Rows, columns, relationships. When auditory overload hits, braille gives me another way in. My reading speed is not fast, and that is fine. Choice is what matters

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

At first, it felt slow. Audio was quicker. Easier. But audio alone has limits. Braille gives structure. Spelling. Layout. Context.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Just as print represents language through letters, braille uses a six-dot cell to encode it. English, maths, music, code. That distinction matters, because braille is about literacy, not format. I started learning braille later in life. Not out of curiosity. Out of necessity.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Today is World Braille Day. A moment to be clear about what braille is, and why it still matters. Braille is not a language. It is a code. hashtag#WorldBrailleDay hashtag#Braille hashtag#Accessibility hashtag#InclusiveDesign hashtag#DisabilityInclusion

Square flat-vector image on a navy background showing white text “WORLD BRAILLE DAY” above a multiline braille display, with hands in orange sleeves reading the device from the bottom and a “Tim Dixon” watermark in the bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Updated Post: CPACC Exam Preparation www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/02... #accessibility #it #accessibility #blog #business #cpacc #iaap #it #tips

A woman in a cozy sweater sits at a desk, sipping coffee while studying with books and a laptop nearby.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I have been working on a new 'Where Do I Start With Accessibility?' page www.timdixon.net/where-to-sta... This is to replace my post of the same name What do you think? #Accessibility

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Where to Start with Accessibility? - TIM DIXON

Where to start with accesibility? with this collection of accessibility resources covering from beginner to expert.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

New Post: Blind and Low Vision Gift Guide – Fall 2025 www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/11... #blindandlowvision #blog #giftguide #giftideas #iphone #life #livingwithsightloss

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

New Post: From Idea to Post: How I Use ChatGPT and AI Images for LinkedIn www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/10... #ai #blog #chatgpt #contentcreation #linkedin #productivity #tips

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

New Post: Meta’s Ray-Ban Glasses: The New Standard for Accessibility? www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/09... #accessibility #blog #developerkit #livingwithsightloss #sightlosstips #smartglasses

Minimalist vector illustration of a person wearing smart glasses, with icons of a phone, brain, mute symbol, and smartwatch representing accessibility features, on a navy background with the title text and “Tim Dixon” watermark.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

New Post: Secondary School Open Evenings: Spotting the Hidden School Accessibility Barriers www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/09... #barriers #blog #life #parents #presentations #reflection #school

Minimalist illustration on a navy background showing a white outline of a school building with an orange clock and flag, beside a presentation board with an orange warning triangle, with “Tim Dixon” watermark in the bottom right.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Updated Post: Travel Router: Avoiding Hotel Wifi Hell www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/08... #it #life #productivity #travel #blog #iphone #it #life #productivity #tips #travel #travelrouter #wifi

Illustration for a blog post titled “Travel Router: Avoiding Hotel Wi-Fi Hell”. The top section has large, bold black and orange text on a light beige background. Below, a flat-design hotel room is shown with a teal travel router emitting Wi-Fi signals on a table next to a laptop displaying a weak Wi-Fi error symbol. A bed, framed picture, and lamp are visible in the background.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Updated Post: Travel Router: Avoiding Hotel Wifi Hell www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/08... #it #life #productivity #travel #blog #iphone #it #life #productivity #tips #travel #travelrouter #wifi

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New Post: Travel Router: Avoiding Hotel Wifi Hell www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/08... #blog #iphone #it #life #productivity #tips #travel #travelrouter #wifi

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Can I ask you to please include Alt Text on all images on Social Media. Alt Text means as a blind constituent of yours that I can understand what the image is. Providing a link to Accessible Social to explain why and how to add alt text. www.accessible-social.com/images-and-v...

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Alt Text on Bluesky

How to add and view alt text on Bluesky to make images accessible for blind and low-vision social media users.

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Reposted by Tim Dixon

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 24/05/2025

lifts.matteason.co.uk now shows historical reliability data for almost every station lift in the UK - for example, lifts.matteason.co.uk/HRH/history I really hope this is useful for people who need to know how accessible local stations are as well as accessibility and disability rights campaigners

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Lift reliability for Horsham Station

This page shows the historical reliability of the lifts at Horsham station.

Last 24 hours
Lift 1 Platforms 1&2
Reliability: 30%

Lift 3, station entrance to footbridge
Reliability: 12%

Lift 2 Platforms 3&4
Reliability: 44%

Each lift has a timeline graph showing when it was broken, in red, and working, in green

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

A huge thanks to That Real Blind Tech Show for mentioning my post on Password Managers for the Blind. www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/04... Hear the episode > overcast.fm/+gPChCU6nY

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Password Managers for the Blind - TIM DIXON

Explore the benefits of password managers for the blind, with accessible options like 1Password and Bitwarden to keep your accounts secure.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The 1st of May is #WorldPasswordDay, so here is an article on Password Managers, the advice is good for everyone, but the Password Managers mentioned are known to be accessible with Screen Readers and make them ideal for #Blind users. www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/04...

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Password Managers for the Blind - TIM DIXON

As more of our daily lives have gone digital, it feels like we have passwords for everything. Passwords are key to ensuring our data is secure and private, we don’t want others to be able to access ou...

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

New Blog Post: Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025. With Meta AI Look and Tell available in the UK, what do I think of the Meta Ray Ban's now? I also explore the WhatsApp Bots expanding the usability for the #Blind and Low Vision community www.timdixon.net/blog/2025/04... #MetaRayBan

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Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 - TIM DIXON

A Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 covering new AI features, WhatsApp bots, and how they support the blind and low vision community.

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Tim Dixon @timdixon82.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

To celebrate my birthday, I am requesting donations to these fabulous organisations, enabling them to continue supporting people through their sight loss journeys. LLBS: www.justgiving.com/page/timdixo... Partially Sighted Society: www.justgiving.com/page/timdixo...

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