The pity of it is that twitter used to be blind accessible. Once upon a time I could use it with command line scripts and access it with the lynx (the cat) browser. But all that changed as the web evolved more and more towards hiding links behind javascript machinations. The problem with finding any kind of alternative to twitter is one of public embracement. Who will use it except the blind? A better solution might be a blind friendly lynx accessible interface to the general twitter system. Call it blitter. People can access twitter by first connecting to blitter.com and from there, send tweets, read hashtags or do whatever else needs doing in the twitter universe. All through their lynx, w3m, or any alternate browser they want. They could even set up command line scripts using lynx -dump or wget. Doing something like this would cost time and money. But if someone with enough interest in doing so is sufficiently motivated, perhaps they could get a grant to fund it. Just a thought. Rudy On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 08:11:43AM -0800, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > was: [TechTalk] Twitter Bans Third-Party Apps (fwd) > > I'm neither blind nor much of a Twitter user, so YMMV. That said... > > I wonder what Twitter alternatives (could) exist for blind users. Obviously, there are mailing lists (such as this one :-), but these mostly appear to be quite specialized, eg: > > babamm@xxxxxxxxx > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > seeingwithsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > However, I'm wondering if there might be any Fediverse sites or forums that might serve a more general audience. Comments, clues, suggestions? > > - Rich Morin > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com Check out my latest story: From the Journal of Jeremiah P. Sutton https://www.scifishorts.co/authors/rudy-vener _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list