Emojis for people with Disabilities coming soon!

So, emojis... how many people use emojis on a daily basis? I don't... okay, maybe I do, sometimes. There are some people who do, on a daily basis. There are many emojis to choose from already from a simple smiley face to... well, many things. There are many different faces. There are 'people' emojis and 'hand' emojis. There are even animals, plants, buildings, electronics, etc... There was even a movie with emojis in it!

I remember back then, the emojis would be simple, text-based emojis, like: :) or :( or <3. Now, we have so many colorful emojis to choose from. My favorite has always been the heart.

Last year, Apple made a proposal, a submission, to the Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Consortium is an organization that reviews requests for new emoji characters. In a recent article, it had been stated that they have been approved and we will be getting them in the second half of this year. Yay!

There will be 230 new emojis in this update. The characters include hearing aids, white canes, and guide dogs. This is not mentioned, but I also see a prosthetic arm and leg, wheelchairs (both electric and manual), and a person who looks like they are signing deaf. This is only a very tiny fraction of what we would see in the update.

There are other new images that are gonna be included, meaning not all of them are disability related. One of them is the “period” emoji. The emoji will look like a drop of blood. It is meant to give women a new way to talk about menstruation.

Anyways, I want to know what you think of the new emojis. I personally do not use that many emojis, I only have a select few that I do use. So, I do not have an opinion on this other than the fact that I am happy about this for those who use emojis to express themselves. 

I guess that's it for now.

Until next time, God Bless.

~ Chloe (^_^)

Sources:

(From 2018)

http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43526392

https://gizmodo.com/apple-proposes-first-accessibility-emoji-including-gui-1824032988

(From 2019)

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47144091

Hello...

Happy New Year!!! Wait... It's already February!? Well then...

Hello, how are you? I know, I failed last year at updating every month and I know I already missed January, but I want to try to update once a month, maybe twice or more if I have the inspiration.

Earlier this month, I got an email saying that there would be some changes. Google is ending Google+. I think this largely affects Youtube, but there are some changes that would need to happen with Blogger if you incorporated some Google+ features into your blog, that is, if you are a blogger. This is also a problem for both Youtubers and Bloggers alike if they've used Google+ to gain readers/viewers. I personally have never used Google+, but this is just information in case others have used it in some way.

This post will be a little short, but then again, this is the shortest month of the year, so... Anyways, bad joke aside, I want to know if you have a Youtube channel, whether you are a Youtuber or just someone who watches Youtube, how this change has affected you. I also want to know if you have a blog on here, on blogger, how this change has affected you. I don't think this has affected me personally. I never incorporated any Google+ features here on blogger and I never really got any readers from my account. I think I did have an account, but I never really did anything with that account. I also only watch Youtube, I am not a Youtuber nor do I plan to be one. So, it has not affected me there either. I prefer to just write. I'm a writer at heart.

Until next time, God Bless.

~ Chloe