Hey all,
I have a friend who's been trying to get on Mastodon but tells me that it doesn't seem to play well with screen readers. I know there are plenty of people on the fedi who [em]do[/em] use screen readers, but I have no experience with them myself, so I can't really direct him.
Can someone who [em]does[/em] use a #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=ScreenReader]ScreenReader[/url] point me in the direction of some resources that might be useful?
#[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=AskFedi]AskFedi[/url] #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=a11y]a11y[/url]
Jonathan Lamothe
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2026-01-11 13:28:06 UTC
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