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Hai, bumblebees 🐝

Surprise RNIB Stream!
Blades Of Glory: Age Of Legends, an accessible melee combat arena fighter, launches today!
If you’re interested in just how this game works and want to see it for yourself, join me at 17:00 BST (12 PM Eastern) to see the action unfold!
#accessibility #A11Y

Not us getting our self-esteem boosted when we read your comments telling other folk to follow us 🫶

We're sorry to hear that, Ivor. Thanks for sharing with us.

That's interesting, thanks for letting us know, Heather!

That's interesting. We're sorry you had to take your glasses off; not ideal at all. Thanks for sharing with us.

📣 We’d like to hear from you!

Bluesky is rolling out age verification as part of the Online Safety Act, which aims to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content.

We’ve heard that blind and partially sighted folks are unable to verify their age because it’s inaccessible. Have you tried?

RNIBees busy adding alt text. You’re all one in a buzz-illion. 🐝

It’s easy to add: Click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post. Bzz.

That's a very cool fact. We love bees even more!

Bee-utiful!

Does calling you all bumblebees make much sense? No.

Are we going to carry on anyway? Yes.

Bumblebees do important work, so do you when you add alt text to your images.

Bzzz 🐝

That’s a very cool (accidental) move😎

We're normalising wearing sunglasses all year round. 😎

Because if we need to wear our sunnies in a meeting because our eyes are sensitive today, we're doing it.

So, we’re raising a glass to the Lionesses, ITV and Guinness, Channel 4 and inclusion.

Goal-den. 5/5

And they’re not the only ones to have audio described the beautiful game this year. Channel 4 kicked off the season by adding live AD to the semifinals and final of the Under-21 Euros competition in early June. 4/5

But last night, the trophy lift was special; it was so intricate, describing the players hugging, cheering, and kissing the trophy.

The feeling of celebration was inclusive to everyone. 3/5

ITV and Guinness partnered to audio describe the England and Wales games. It was a masterclass in audio description, with every pass, every facial expression and every kick described in detail. 2/5

“Audio describing the Lionesses' trophy lift? Goal-den.” The Lionesses are cheering, arms high in the sky and faces beaming with pride and happiness. In the front, Leah Williamson and Keira Walsh are holding the UEFA Women’s Euros Trophy high in the sky. They look ridiculously happy, because they are. They all wear gold medals around their necks.

Lionesses, our champions! Bringing it home, again 🏆

There’s one other champion of these games: Audio description. 1/5

The team will love to hear your feedback, Harriet. Thank you- w we're so glad you're loving it.

(1/) Was able to do two fantastic things this weekend, all thanks to #audioDescription!
1. Watch the #Lionesses win #Euro2025, with a complete understanding of what happened!
2. Seeing Imagine Dragons and being able to appreciate the visual elements of the show!
#A11Y

We’d like to take a moment to thank the bees of Blueksky. Adding alt text to your posts might be a small thing, but it has a huge impact. Much like the bee in the real world.

Thank you, online bumblebees 🐝

Alt text is our wonderwall.

Humbly entering the chat 🤭

Nor do we. It's a baller move.

To paraphrase Take That, Never Forget to add alt text ever again.

Alt text is a world-class assist. You’re not just scoring points; you’re setting others up to win, too ⚽

It’s easy to add: Click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.

Peak adulthood is getting excited when someone tells us they’ve booked an eye test 😇

PS. Thank you for the shoutout, very kind of ya 🫶

A very fluffy, very large tabby cat has squeezed itself into a very small box made for cat scratch pads. We know this because it says so on the side. Their head and what is essentially a lion’s mane hangs awkwardly out the side of the box. And the cat has squished its eyes closed very hard like it’s proving they’re doing a really good sleep. There are tiny holes in the box where the cat’s fur pokes through and belly fur hangs over the top of the box.

We also do cats (with alt text).

Loving the working pooches means letting them do their thing, as well as giving them cuddles off duty.

FYI, we really love the pooches 🐶