Josh Miele

Bluesky has finally achieved minimum viable #a11y. I’m abandoning the X ship. Find me at bsky.app/profile/berkel…

@M_A_Frasca @zoharjacobs @Asimovs_SF A lovely and poignant story!

Still hoping some of my blind Twitter friends can connect me with cool blind / #a11y communities or individuals in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Any suggestions? @BlindUnion @NFB_voice @APHfortheBlind

I’m planning trips to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Any suggestions for blindness organizations or #a11y researchers to connect with while there?

@SaraSoueidan Among other things, it means everyone can use and enjoy it equally, and no one is lying to anyone else about who is able to use/enjoy it. #A11Y

Friends in the Twitterverse, I'm curious: What does "ethical web design/development" mean to you? How do you define it? What exactly makes it ethical to you?

Thought for the day: cheese was invented by very hungry people.

@blindconfucius @AuroraNebulosa @NefMatOli The plan is to convert the event announcement page into an event documentation page where the Zoom recording and other resources mentioned during the program will be linked. It’s not ready yet, but check back in a few days. bit.ly/BerkeleyBlindH…

@AuroraNebulosa @NefMatOli @BerkeleyBlink This was on the UC Berkeley campus, at the Disability Cultural Community Center. It was a hybrid event (Zoom and in-person) and I think there was a Zoom recording. Perhaps @BerkeleyBlink knows about the future of that recording.

@walkside3 OKO is very responsive — the audio feedback on the phone changes with the visual signal. Almost no latency.

@BerkeleyBlink I look forward to hearing how your testing goes!

Score one for the Oko app! Used it to cross a complex intersection today. One of those setups where even when it's all quiet, it isn't time to cross, and reading traffic surges isn't possible. Amazing to be able to cross safely and independently for the first time.

@walkside3 OKO is very resilient to Camera orientation — allows the pedestrian signal to be anywhere in the field of view making it easy to get feedback even if the pedhead is not centered.

@walkside3 Very interesting! Can’t wait to test it out.

@BerkeleyBlink Here is their website which explains a bit more about the app and what it does: ayes.ai

Join us in person or online. Learn about Berkeley‘s blind history and about how blind leaders from Berkeley have shaped the landscape of American and global blindness. Thu, Apr 27, 4:30-6:00 Pacific. bit.ly/BerkeleyBlindH… #a11y

Sign up for the next installment of learning and talking about #AccessibleComics on May 5 @LongmoreInst sfsu.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #a11y

YouDescribe, originally developed at SKERI by Joshua Miele @BerkeleyBlink, is a free, web-based platform for adding audio description to YouTube content. Since 2013, it has built a base of hundreds of volunteer describers and thousands of blind viewers. ski.org/project/youdes…

Congrats to River who just had his Eagle Scout Service Project approved and scheduled! River will be leading a group of scouts in creating #AudioDescription with #YouDescribe to help tackle our wishlist. @boyscouts @A11y

“Global accessibility and disability inclusion are everyone’s business.” - @BerkeleyBlink for @TIME. time.com/6241021/stem-e…

Disability inclusion takes place when people with disabilities are “in the room where it happens,” from the classroom to the boardroom, and have the power to guide decisions that impact our community and our ability to participate as equals @BerkeleyBlink time.com/6241021/stem-e…

“Normalizing disability means changing societal assumptions so that successful people with disabilities, in STEM fields or otherwise, are no longer unusual." Read blind scientist @BerkeleyBlink’s suggestions on increasing accessibility in STEM: zcu.io/UpQp

"I invite us all to re-examine the assumptions we have about disability and success." Fantastic article from blind scientist, community leader, and inventor @BerkeleyBlink for @TIME on disability representation and tackling ableism in #STEM. time.com/6241021/stem-e…

@clifftyll @ppatel @TIME There’s no reason why blind people can’t be absolute experts at tying knots. There’s nothing visual about it. It’s just a matter of engaging with the art in a tactile way and sticking with it.

@BerkeleyBlink @ppatel @TIME In a series of direct messages, the Eagle Scout learned with me how to tie the bowline so he can get it right every time. Still, we stumbled over this issue of communicating about engaging with the rope and the incomplete knot. Success was almost accidental. Thoughts? Tips? /end

Check out my op-ed in @TIME on under representation of disability in #STEM and how ableism is at the bottom of it. time.com/6241021/stem-e… #a11y