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Profile Photo- [ID: Black text on a white background that reads as, "ID". There is a rainbow border to he photo. /end ID].

Header- [ID: Black text on a white background that reads as, "Peace and love on planet earth". /end ID]

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We mainly aim to provide image descriptions for posts that don't have one/ reblog posts with image descriptions attached already.

You can send in posts you want to request to be described but it may take a while as this is a free made blog and not something we are paid for. Thanks!

Edit: one of the mods is perpetually sleep deprived so if you see images that have not been described it’s probably because they reblogged it to the wrong blog.

Blind Tumblr users: don’t get the latest iOS app update!

I just updated my tablet to the newest version of the tumblr app for iOS and it completely broke screen reader access for both VoiceOver and Spoken Content. This has happened in the past already, so I will file a support ticket and copy-paste my text from last time, but this really sucks. I sincerely hope this doesn’t affect all screen reader users, but I’m unsure how they could program this bug in a way it only affects me. If you rely on a screen reader to use the tumblr app, I’d advice to not get the latest update to be on the safe side.

When I say “completely broke access”, what I mean is that no posts on my dash or on individual blogs get read or recognized at all. No plain text, alt text, tags, etc. Note count and buttons still work though.

If you also run into this bug, here’s my advice. If anyone has something more useful, please tell me

  • File a support ticket and report this bug
  • Use the browser web version, which still works for me
  • Interestingly, if you save a post to your drafts and click on “edit” the post text seems to get read correctly. This might be a work-around for some people.

If you have the latest version but your screen reader didn’t break, also please tell me! I would be fascinated to know if this bug is only affecting some people

TL;DR: The latest tumblr app update for iOS made it so screen readers no longer work in the app

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Remembering the one Hades and Persephone fanfic retelling I read where the author had clearly never eaten a pomegranate in their life and just had the character in the Persephone role take a bite out of the side like an apple

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ID: tag reading “hades watching persephone take a huge chomp out of a pomegranate like an apple: well I can’t NOT marry her”. “not” is all caps. end ID

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For this Disability Pride Month, I saw a post that was shittybad and it made me angry. So have this

[ID: Text reading:

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS CAN AND WILL BE ABOUT ANYTHING. - There is NO limit to what they can be about whatsoever - They WILL be about things you don't want them to be about BY DEFINITION - NO TOPIC is evil or weird enough to be exempt - NONE. NO LINE IS DRAWN. THE SUBCONSCIOUS DOES NOT STOP - It MAY make you uncomfortable to hear about and that DOES NOT give you an excuse to be fucking ableist about it - They cannot be controlled, you cannot expect people to try - They are NOT indicative of someone's true wishes or feelings - REPRIMANDING SOMEONE FOR HAVING THE "WRONG" INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS WILL ONLY MAKE THEM WORSE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (in red, all caps) YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN SOMEONE WITH INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS YOU FIND GROSS OR MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE. YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN SOMEONE WHOSE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS DO NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU. EVEN IF YOU EXPERIENCE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS OF YOUR OWN. IT IS A SYMPTOM THAT CAUSES ENOUGH SUFFERING ON ITS OWN. DON'T JOIN IT.

/end ID]

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