Think mastodon and maybe toot too Those using windows that have twitter accounts may want to follow this lead. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Unfortionetly, that is what a twitter client does or used to do. they have > disaboled thirdparty access to twitter as a resauolt, you could not even get a > weeb browser to d9o it unless it was the twiter web interface. My windows > client still works for now but the day it nio longer works, is the day I will > delete my account. I am on mastodon which a lot of blind users are gravitating > to since the CEO has removed the accessibility team over there. > > > Matthew > > > On 1/27/2023 1:58 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list