Finally! A new blog post! How to Create Audio Description VTT Files for Free: No Fancy Tools Needed. Creating captions is easy. Tools abound. But audio description? Not so much… I found a way! meryl.net/audio-descri...
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Automatic captions make it difficult to watch videos because the viewer is forced to decipher misspelled or mistranslated words that appear in a string of text without any punctuation. These can be distracting and disorienting. Always edit your captions before publishing.
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Thank you to @nature.com for inviting me to write about some of the recent #deaf training program cuts and what we can do to keep going!
You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.
If you are in the US and are doing research on Cognitive Development, Educational Psychology, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience or in related fields, contact me and we can put together an application for these brilliant new programs at Western University. We value diversity & academic freedom!
For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.
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This is why the right relies so heavily on anecdotes, cherry-picked statistics and bizarre niche obsessions: they want to distract from the basic falsehood at the heart of their conspiracy.
They gutted NOAA — is that because the agency “failed to tell the story” about how predicting hurricanes is good?
The people destroying these agencies are deranged conspiracists allergic to basic facts and expertise. *This* is the important thing to stress when describing and responding to it.
From prenatal support to cancer screenings, Planned Parenthood is dedicated to the full spectrum of women's health care.
The Supreme Court is telling women that their lives are disposable and their health doesn't matter. Shameful.
The sun's out, but don’t skip the sunscreen! Learn the science behind what happens when you get a tan!
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The kicker: CDC *had* a dedicated falls prevention team focused on developing prevention programs, issuing guidelines, & supporting local efforts.
But that team was cut in mass layoffs under the Trump administration.
The disregard for seniors’ health disgusts, but doesn’t surprise us.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
It's all just linear models. Statistics is, like, three linear algebra operations in a probability-shaped trenchcoat.
First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.
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The thing about "accessibility" committees is that they should be made up of disabled people. Not abled people, not parents of disabled children, not business owners who hire disabled people, and so on.
Disabled people.
Why do microwaves have spinning trays? It's not for a cheesy reason!
This video stitch (@museumofscience @alex.dainis) explains in ASL the science behind microwaves and shows how you can use cheese to see the length of a wave!
#STEMinASL #258STEMFacts #TheMoreYouKnow #Microwaves #WaveLength
If you liked the Apple+ Deaf President Now! documentary, you'll love texting the governor of NJ and telling him to fund the state deaf school! ✨🌟
If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms.
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
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RTs super appreciated!
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Did you know Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images?
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a great day to help you get that set up.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
#GAAD #GAAD2025
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From Aaron Sanderford and Cindy Gonzalez:
Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant. 3/3
Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. 2/3
Linguists & linguistically minded friends! If you are interested in how signs are organized in the mind, consider joining new seminar series "The Signing Mind" hosted by researchers at @bcbl.bsky.social + IDGS Hamburg University. The first seminar is 5/19 5pm CEST
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Reposting this article again! So important to know that my academic field has been completely decimated by these cuts. STEM education in the crosshairs of an illegal movement. The power of the purse is in Congress, not the white house.
You use federal science every day—whether you know it or not.
Weather forecasts, food safety alerts, job reports—these are powered by federal data.
NPR just did a great piece on how deeply this science shapes our daily lives.
