Blind Tumblr Users: Don’t Get The Latest IOS App Update!

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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4 years ago

did i hear somebody say  j o h n  m u l a n y ?

One of the funniest things I ever experienced was when I went to go see John Mulaney live, and halfway through a bit about how expensive college in the States is, he looked down at the sleeve of his suit jacket and just. stopped. dead halt, mid sentence.

And after like three seconds, where we’re all trying to figure out the punchline because the story clearly hadn’t ended, and John Mulaney quietly says, “Has there been tinfoil on my buttons the whole goddamn show?”

He’d taken his suit to the drycleaner, and they’d wrapped the buttons on the sleeves and the coat with tinfoil to protect them, and John Mulaney didn’t notice until half-way through his set, and was SO FLABBERGASTED that he never did finish the story about college and instead did five minutes on how stupid it was that his buttons were reflecting the light and he just didn’t notice, and in that moment I understood more about John Mulaney as a person than I ever have.

4 years ago

reblog this right f!cking now please

Listen up!

Listen Up!

You see a post like this? Where OP might hurt/kill themselves? You hit that button that I circled

Listen Up!

Hit that.

Listen Up!

Click Suicide or Self-harm Concern

Listen Up!

Yes.

Listen Up!

Fill in the rest of it, and hit submit. The “content you reported” will fill itself in

Tumblr will follow up and help them.

Warning: this is only for mobile. If anyone knows how to do this for desktop, please add it!

This could SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO REBLOG THIS.

I DON’T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESN’T GO WITH YOUR BLOG’S THEME.

And yes, REBLOG. Liking does no shit at all. This isn’t ig.

You reblog, people see it. You don’t, people don’t see it. This shit’s that simple.

This could save someone’s life. It’s not a joke.

3 years ago

this is canon

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4 years ago

yo ima draw this as a cryptid now  y a y

In honor of the first frost of the year, I propose a new winter cryptid: the Snow Crow.

Who sparks those ice crystals along rooftops and cars?  If they’re in a good spot for sledding, it might just be a Snow Crow.

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4 years ago

the porcupine sounds liek a  p o k e m o n

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3 years ago

*screaming sounds of being a naughty child*

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1 year ago
Famished Gazans have been eating animal feed to survive. So Israel decided to BAN animal feed as well!

The depravity is unfathomable... pic.twitter.com/SzLvEGgu39

— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) April 13, 2024
The rest of the items banned or restricted from entering Gaza by Israel is even more insane. It includes chocolate pastries, children's toys, stone fruits (e.g. dates, mangos, peaches, cherries, apricots...) & water purification tools.

Engineered famine!https://t.co/kbSEB420vz pic.twitter.com/ixnHgAaoLQ

— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) April 13, 2024
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Maternity kits, medical threads and scissors, water testing kits, anesthetics, mobile desalination units, etc do you see the pattern? Israel is not only starving the people of Gaza but it also wants to ensure the spread of disease through contaminated water and surgical tools, as well as ensuring injured Palestinians suffer through horrendous pain.

It's beyond sickening.

4 years ago

no they are not

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4 years ago

kewl, ima be seasonal depression... or sleep

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