@BerkeleyBlink

Teaching, learning, & creating #A11y for fun&profit. Blind designer, cartographer, researcher, advocate and oyster lover. #MacFellow speaking only for myself.

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined March 2008
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Bluesky has finally achieved minimum viable #a11y. I’m abandoning the X ship. Find me at bsky.app/profile/berkeleybli…
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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
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I’m planning trips to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Any suggestions for blindness organizations or #a11y researchers to connect with while there? – at Berkeley, CA
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Thought for the day: cheese was invented by very hungry people. – at Berkeley, CA
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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/BerkeleyBlindHistory #a11y – at Berkeley, CA
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Sign up for the next installment of learning and talking about #AccessibleComics on May 5 @LongmoreInst sfsu.zoom.us/webinar/registe… #a11y – at Berkeley, CA
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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/youdescribe

YouDescribe | Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research

YouDescribe is a free, web-based platform for adding audio description to YouTube content.

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Josh Miele retweeted
YouDescribe@SKERI_YD16 Feb 2023
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
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PEAT@PEATWorks6 Feb 2023
“Global accessibility and disability inclusion are everyone’s business.” - @BerkeleyBlink for @TIME. time.com/6241021/stem-educat…

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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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-educat…

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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“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
From the classroom to the boardroom...disability inclusion takes place when people with disabilities are 'in the room where it happens'...and have the power to guide decisions that impact our community and our ability to participate as equals." -Joshua Miele for TIME. The graphic includes a background of a laboratory setting with people doing scientific research in white lab coats.

ALT From the classroom to the boardroom...disability inclusion takes place when people with disabilities are 'in the room where it happens'...and have the power to guide decisions that impact our community and our ability to participate as equals." -Joshua Miele for TIME. The graphic includes a background of a laboratory setting with people doing scientific research in white lab coats.

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Josh Miele retweeted
Sense@sensecharity27 Dec 2022
"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-educat…
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“Normalizing disability means changing societal assumptions so that successful people with disabilities, in STEM fields or otherwise, are no longer unusual. Global accessibility and disability inclusion are everyone’s business.” @BerkeleyBlink – at Chicago, IL
Josh Miele@BerkeleyBlink16 Dec 2022
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-educat… #a11y

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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STEMM equity is impossible without the disability community. It is clear we must start with anti-ableism and accessibility education across the STEMM ecosystem. This is ALL of our responsibility. Thanks to @BerkeleyBlink!
Josh Miele@BerkeleyBlink16 Dec 2022
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-educat… #a11y

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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Read and share this.
Josh Miele@BerkeleyBlink16 Dec 2022
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-educat… #a11y

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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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-educat… #a11y – at Berkeley, CA

I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had

"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?"

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Find out what obstacle stands in the way with Amazon's @BerkeleyBlink & Peter Korn in a #SightTechGlobal2022 chat with Caroline Desrosiers. youtu.be/Vavs15ngLsk?list=PL…

Accessibility is AI’s Biggest Challenge: How Alexa Aims to Make it...

🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► https://bit.ly/3Fv5L3IAccessibility i...

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LFLegal became my website url, my Twitter handle, my brand because @BerkeleyBlink told me 15 years ago that Lainey Feingold (dot) com wouldn’t fit on a business card in one line of Braille. Possibly my final Tweet: Want inclusion? Listen to #disabled people. #a11y #RIPTwitter
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Absolutely horrifying that this entire team has been disbanded. Prepare yourself for serious #a11y regressions on twitter. – at Berkeley, CA
https://gerardkcohen.me@gerardkcohen4 Nov 2022
Replying to @gerardkcohen
Along with me, my entire engineering team has been let go. Before I get into my own thoughts, I want to honor them. If you are looking to hire some brilliant accessibility engineers, keep reading.
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It was a pleasure to work with the @NewsHour folks on this piece. Thanks to everyone for a great job! #a11y – at Berkeley, CA
PBS News
@NewsHour26 Oct 2022
Joshua Miele, a principal accessibility researcher at Amazon and blind inventor, has dedicated his career to creating and designing accessible tools that ensure people with disabilities have access to the information they need. to.pbs.org/3gKK6uC

This researcher builds ‘cool stuff for blind people.’ He’s also trying to help transform society

Joshua Miele, a principal accessibility researcher at Amazon and blind inventor, has dedicated his career to creating and designing accessible tools that ensure people with disabilities have access...

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