Accessibility on Cups

Something I've been noticing becoming a prevalent issue mostly in user bios is the matter of accessibility, or rather, inaccessibility.

A lot of people dealing with severe eyesight problems, blindness, low vision, partial blindness, etc. need to make use of a screenreader to navigate their devices. A screenreader is a program that renders text on their device as speech; it will read things out loud. For example, someone using a screenreader reading this forum post would hear it being read aloud to them.

Many, many people on 7 Cups deal with blindness and even come here for support with it.

I've seen a lot of bios that use fancy fonts that just cannot be read by screenreaders. An example:
𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓬𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽 (fancy font)

𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭 (fancy font)
When a screenreader tries to pick these up to read aloud, it usually can't--it'll either be completely silent or read out symbol by symbol depending on the font. On top of this, it can even be a problem for people that aren't blind--dyslexic people can struggle reading fancy fonts, too.

A lot of bios also make use of neon colors like bright yellow that are extremely difficult to read for most people, let alone people with eyesight problems.

When providing an image, it's very helpful to add an image description (ID), especially if that image has text on it. For example:

ID: A cup of tea being poured with biscuits on the side.

I just ask that everyone please raises awareness on the matter of accessibility. Don't use fonts in your bio or your content, and don't use difficult-to-read colors. Try to provide image or gif descriptions when necessary. A lot of people say, "Well, what are the chances of someone here using a screenreader?" and frankly it's a lot bigger than many would think.