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Thanks for textifying this. I am a screen reader user, so your effort is very much appreciated.

• ziml77 6y ago
  I don't use a screen reader and it drives me mad seeing text posted as an image. To me it just helps prove that the whole idea of arbitrary character limits is incredibly stupid. Unfortunately the short content is good for getting people lots of quick dopamine hits which is great for both Twitter and all the brands and celebrities that post there.
  • mlang23 6y ago
    I deleted my Twitter account roughly 3 years ago. That platform never really got me going.
• codeofficer 6y ago
  That's amazing. I can't imagine the experience you must have reading through HN comments with a screen reader. Love to hear about it.
  • mlang23 6y ago
    For the most part, I actually use Lynx to read HN. So it should be relatively easy for you to see how that feels. For added spice, you can install a screen reader like Orca and activate the "virtual braille viewer". That will give you one line of text, usually 40 or 80 characters long. The screen reader will largely follow the terminal cursor. As long as you are just editing text, that is all you need. For reading things other then around the cursor, you basically have a few buttons to move the braille display "window" around on the screen.