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<time datetime="21-11-30" class="post-date">Tuesday, November 30 2021</time>
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<p>In my accidental quest to create accessible diagrams to a computer science student I have been contracting for,
I found in the post-secondary field a massive lack of care given to the topic of accessible diagrams,
even when they are relatively easy to create.
For example, a binary tree, or any tree structure actually has <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_ARIA_trees">native <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">aria-role</code> attributes</a> to alert a screen reader to the presence of a tree object.
A tree is only a list of lists after all.</p>
<h2 id="what-im-doing-now">What Im Doing Now</h2>
<p>Although I sort of thought my career was going in a different direction after starting a full-time job in August,
I think Im the right guy to create a good system for this.
I will be using my existing company <a href="https://bytetools.ca/">Bytetools</a> to create and sell these tools to universities.
It will be all open-source (GPLv3), but access to a website that I maintain for an institution will cost a bunch of money that only a university can afford.</p>
<p>Side note: This is how to make money with open source:
Create the software (free and libre), then host the software for a monthly fee.
<a href="https://www.invoiceninja.com/">Invoice Ninja</a> uses this strategy, and I think it strikes the appropriate balance between the need to live off of something you care about and creating free and open-source software.
For the <em>vast</em> majority of people it makes more sense for them to purchase a subscription to your site than to find someone who can setup a website for them alone.</p>
<p>So, here goes nothing…</p>
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