Text-Only BINGO Cards Now Available

[dawn_felagund]

One of the major drawbacks to this year's B2MeM challenge was that it was not accessible to participants who access the Internet with a screen reader. Since we're very much dedicated to keeping B2MeM open to anyone and everyone in the Tolkien fandom who wants to participate, this was a problem that we needed to address. To do so, we've created text-only copies of the BINGO cards, which can be viewed with a screen reader.

Access text-only BINGO cards

Participants who use screen readers can claim their cards from this page or email us with a list of the cards they want. We will also create text-only player pages for any participants who request them; simply email us at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.

I want to credit and thank my comods for making the text-only cards possible. Because I post most of the announcements, I get to be the face of this challenge, but I think the text-only cards highlight that B2MeM is thanks to the efforts of many volunteers and would in no way be possible for one person to do alone. Many, many thanks to Rhapsody, Angelica, Russandol, and Pearl Took for their incredible efforts in getting over 70 cards transcribed, numbered, and formatted in an incredible two days. This task was both boring and herculean but makes it possible for members to participate who would not be able to if only image-based cards were available. Three cheers for our B2MeM volunteers! :)

Comments

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is why I love fandom. Thanks to all of you for making this possible.

[dawn_felagund]

Working with my comods at the SWG and MPTT makes me very, very proud to be a part of this community. I still can't quite believe how quickly they got this project finished, with almost no notice! :)

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

Thanks to all you guys for making B2MEM accessible to all. Very awesome!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

That's a really excellent effort - well done to all.

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

You guys are awesome!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I caught a little hitch in the "Dwarves of the First Age" card - there's no line break between G49 and G53, instead there's a random v at the end of G49?
No idea how relevant this is, but I thought I'd point it out just in case.

EDIT: And on the "Silm Fanon" card, the heading and the first prompt run right into each other. :(?

Awesome idea, though! Thoughtless individual that I am, I hadn't even realised that the graphics-only cards would of course not work with screen readers. >_>

[dawn_felagund]

Thanks for the catch! I inserted line breaks by copying the code and then pasting it CTRL+V ... so that must have been V+CTRL! :) I must have forgotten to paste in the break on the Silm fanon card. Well, if those are the only copy/paste mistakes I made, then I'm pretty pleased! I'll fix them the next time I have the file open.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I only checked the four new cards I claimed (because I was copypasting the prompts into my masterlist), so there might be others. But you have reason to be pleased anyway, even if there turn out to be more! This must have been a huge amount of work.

[zdenka]

It makes me happy that you all are putting in the time and effort to do this. Inclusive fandom for the win.