Kestrell

For the next two weeks, I'll be posting on Twitter

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:30:04 GMT

I've had this rather lackluster relationship with Twitter for awhile, but a number of disability-related projects that I'm currently participating in, such as the Disability Readathon, are happening on Twitter, so for teh next couple of weeks at least, I'll be posting on Twitter, where my handle is #kestrell13.

In part, this is also prompted by the fact that, lately, I've been feeling really exhausted all the time, and I'm hoping that the shorter form will prompt me to post a little more often, though it does seem to inspire more swearing.

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On Twitter

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:41:11 GMT

Although it goes against my nature to do anything that sounds so upbeat as "tweet," I'm going to take another stab at it. I recently discovered an app named "Easy Chirp" which makes using Twitter with a screen reader a bit easier.

I don't follow many people, because I find it overwhelming when the interface keeps updating every other second, but if anyone wants to follow me, my handle is kestrell13. The only recent post is one I just made with a link to my Halloween-related post on scare packages and secret witches.

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Initial impression of Twitter

Tue, 11 May 2010 21:46:42 GMT

So...did Paul & Storm invent Lol drunks, or is that just how their unique tweeting style comes across through a screen reader?

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I'm now a tweety-bird

Tue, 11 May 2010 20:52:48 GMT

I realize that I am just about the last blind person to join Twitter and, while it gives me a metaphysical pain to be found doing anything which is referred to as "tweeting," I've gone and done it anyway.

I'm currently reading Anna Dresner's _Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for Blind Users_, so I felt I should at least join Twitter. My username is kestrell13, if anyone wants to follow me because hey, if your life is boring, you should *so* follow the blind woman.

Also, theoretically there is an option in the profile to fill out a bio, but I'm not finding it: any screen reader users have tips for locating this field?

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