Perhaps you remember I am occassionally running #emacs on android with speechd-el and espeak-ng providing speech output. Up to now I was using termux for doing that.
Now I'm trying to get it to run on a pixel 9A with @GrapheneOS and the terminal app with #avf under the hood.
The thing is I'd like to get more up to date packages in that virtualized environment running on my phone. I'd prefer #ArchLinuxARM based image or #Debian testing. Upgrading it by following debian's instructions I am getting broken image. I have found there's nixos-avf however I can't find more.
Do you know if someone has succeeded building other images that might help me to get to my goal easier?
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what do you use for restoration of clipped audio? It is not my recording, but one of my coworkers provided me with a broken distorted speech recording. BTW maybe great opportunyty for new function for @Auphonic
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Just discovered pandoc in the browser. pandoc.org/app/
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Dear friends, screen reader users, teachers and assistants.
I am trying to find out what tools can I use to create math content. I know #mathml is supported accross variety of screen readers and browsers but that seems to be only one side of the puzzle and that is reading.
How do I as a student collaborate on math content with my teacher and the other way round, how do I as a teacher create accessible math assigments for my student allowing them to complete it with a screen reader?
For this answer let's explore that both student and teacher are blind or visually disabled or teacher is sighted, student is blind. How to collaborate?
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When I was in college over a decade ago, I used MathType Equation Editor to convert from Microsoft's equation objects to and from LaTeX. Hopefully there are good options now, especially since mathematics wasn't even my field back then.
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@Timothy Wynn hmmm. so far I have discovered mathjax is nice for reading math.
For editing I am looking at equatio however I am surprised that I don't seem to be able to find something else to possibly choose from.
For editing I am looking at equatio however I am surprised that I don't seem to be able to find something else to possibly choose from.
Argh, I am attending a time limited project as a volunteer. The organization I'll be working with asks me to join and participate in a whatsapp conversations. I don't want to register my phone number with whatsapp.
What shal I do?
What shal I do?
@Tamas G Oh thanks.
I did not know such services exist.
Can you please recommend one?
I don't care what a number I'll get if it's for a few euro and can be easily cancelled in a month or so.
I did not know such services exist.
Can you please recommend one?
I don't care what a number I'll get if it's for a few euro and can be easily cancelled in a month or so.
hmm. I think for Europe (I mostly know of US ones) you could try Telfon: mytelfon.com - interesting they use Twilio as the backend for VOIP, so you're kind of paying for two things in one. TextNow and a lot of the US ones don't really tell you the backend bits lol.
Telfon - Cloud VoIP & Virtual Phone System for Business
Telfon offers a Twilio-powered VoIP system for calls, SMS, and WhatsApp. Ideal for businesses seeking secure, affordable, and scalable communication solutions.admin (Telfon)
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What a news" #liblouis our awesome #braille translator is being rewritten in @rustlang
The internal testing is now taking place but since this is an open-source project developed in public meaningfull testing is probably welcome by anyone who is happy to take their favorite braille tables for a spin with this new version.
github.com/liblouis/louis-rs/
The internal testing is now taking place but since this is an open-source project developed in public meaningfull testing is probably welcome by anyone who is happy to take their favorite braille tables for a spin with this new version.
github.com/liblouis/louis-rs/
GitHub - liblouis/louis-rs: A rewrite of liblouis in Rust
A rewrite of liblouis in Rust. Contribute to liblouis/louis-rs development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Hello @Delta Chat and friends
I've written an article about your chat apps targetting #a11y and screen reader users in particular.
The article is written in slovak and it has just been published today at blind revue, an online magazine running by slovak blind and partially sighted union.
“I bought my wife a plush elephant for her birthday. It’s about 120 centimeters tall. Today I discovered that it works really well as echo insulation when recording voiceovers. So it’s actually a gift for me too.”
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This weekend I discovered two AI related things:
1) GPT voice mode is really worse than text chat. It just tells you something which is not true at all. Same question asked via web really better results with sources. I am currently using gpt pro because thei give e one month of free access.
2) Google gemini can transcribe files. Just open gemini.google.com, throw the file and tell transcribe the file. Not sure how long files can Gemini handle.
1) GPT voice mode is really worse than text chat. It just tells you something which is not true at all. Same question asked via web really better results with sources. I am currently using gpt pro because thei give e one month of free access.
2) Google gemini can transcribe files. Just open gemini.google.com, throw the file and tell transcribe the file. Not sure how long files can Gemini handle.
I composed this melody long ago on my old Yamaha PSR 225 keyboard. I forgot that it even existed until Andre released this amazing addon.
#NVDAComposer
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Wonderful track! It could fit really well as a title screen for a Nintendo DS game.
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@ondrosik No fakt sa zdá, že to už funguje. Ale neviem čo som urobil, že to začalo. Ešte dnes ráno som skúšal a bol problém.
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My attempt to recreate Bluepeter using #NVDAComposer I think that beeping is most suitable for this song. If you just want to hear it, click here
s.ondrosik.sk/f/81231e2a95084a…
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Did you know:
If you copied with CTRL+Shift+C instead of just CTRL+C, tempo and any title/notes information you put into F2 would be added to the clipboard as well? This one is better for sharing, since tempo is preserved.
If you copied with CTRL+Shift+C instead of just CTRL+C, tempo and any title/notes information you put into F2 would be added to the clipboard as well? This one is better for sharing, since tempo is preserved.
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yeah, I did that but friendica converted the title to heading so it was broken. I should use code block probably.
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Under normal circumstances, I would be at work this evening broadcasting an interview. But the guests canceled the show, so here I am playing around with NVDA Composer.
First, I created a basic melody in NVDA Composer – it’s a Slovak folk song. Then I imported it into Reaper, added some modern samples from Nexus, and this is the result.
You might ask why I didn’t do it directly in Reaper’s step sequencer. Because that wouldn’t be nearly as much fun. Hmm, seems that for some reason I can not upload mp3 dyrectly to this post, so here it is.
s.ondrosik.sk/f/b0cd4167954446…
#NVDAComposer #Composituary
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@ondrosik Damn, nice #composituary, playing melodies as well as playing with the words. I can totally enjoy using this as a ring tone on my phone. #ringtonuary
any ideas how to install Heaviocity products with screenreader? I have serial numbers but cant access library files, the portal seems inaccessible at all.
You have to download files via the portal e. g. after adding serial you have to manually put native access to folder where the portal downloaded files.
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Interesting that something like this existed. Love that sort of ideas.
Does anyone have a copy of the Minute Marker tape produced by Brayton and Sons Productions in the early 90's? It was a twenty-minute timer on a tape. There were different drum sounds for fifteen, thirty, and forty-five seconds past each minute, then each minute had claps counting the minutes. One side had a tick every second along with all the other sounds, the other side omitted the ticks. I never had or even saw a copy of the tape, all I ever heard was a promo for it he put in Playback Magazine, audio attached.
I just added 13 more instrumental tracks to my collection. If you need some music for your upcoming project (game, podcast, video...), Look at ondrosik.sk/music #cc0 #music
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Just thinking... Would it be possible to vibecode alternative less cluttered more accessible Crowdin interface? Not sure what their api allows...
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I work as an audiobook quality controller. My employer uses ClickUp to manage tasks. Unfortunately, the web interface is unintuitive and inaccessible. It contains unnamed elements, menus that expand in all kinds of ways, and similar issues. I wrote to their developers, but even after years nothing has been fixed. Fortunately, ClickUp has an open API. So I used vibecoding and now I have my own minimalist HTML application that displays my tasks, start and end dates, comments, and attachments, and allows me to post comments. I still can’t change task statuses yet—we’ll see if I manage to solve that with the help of GPT. Of course, this is not how a blind person should function in an ideal world, but it is still a way we can help ourselves. That said, I still need a server where my PHP scripts run; it could probably be done with Python as well, but PHP seemed simpler to me since it’s already running on my server. BTW it would be ideal if Clickup api documentation is one simple document which I can throw to gpt but it seems that chatgpt already know how to use it.
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I have been notified about this #accessible text editor written in rust with a lot of interesting features.
GitHub - Ambro86/Novapad: Modern Notepad in Rust: read PDF/EPUB/DOCX, play MP3 audiobooks, create audiobooks with high-quality TTS, and manage bookmarks.
Modern Notepad in Rust: read PDF/EPUB/DOCX, play MP3 audiobooks, create audiobooks with high-quality TTS, and manage bookmarks. - Ambro86/NovapadGitHub
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here is my tribute to celebrate Braille audiopub.site/listen/3c9fba77-…
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I had some free time today so I created this... audiopub.site/listen/13c92d44-…
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Well, if you still want some fireworks, here is interesting noise generator by @Stéphane (Dr. P) mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/fire…
When it comes to @Delta Chat (39c3) do you know it features 1 to 1 audio / video calls since v2.22?
It has a very lightweight client side app built with web technologies and a minimalist server side component turn server called chatmail-turn.
I am wondering, am I alone running that turnserver behind a nat?
github.com/chatmail/chatmail-t…
Added commandline arguments and functionality usefull to run behind a NAT by pvagner · Pull Request #7 · chatmail/chatmail-turn
This turn server enumerates all the interfaces found on the system, identifies globally addressable addresses and creates an UDP listen socket on the default port. Relay connections for this scenar...GitHub
Dear #QT toolkit, recently I'm again looking into your #screenreader #a11y into #QML in particular.
I'm trying to make one of my favorite apps @Mixxx DJ Software a bit more accessible.
Last night I have managed to turn the menu with items such as 4 decks, Library, Effects and more into aria toolbar pattern in terms of keyboard navigation. It only consumes single tab stop when navigating through it and other buttons can be reached using the arrow keys.
Of course there is much more to do and I've started a forum topic documenting my attempts.
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Good luck. Initially I thought to post it with sarcasm, but now I'm absolutely serious. Good luck, if you manage to do something to QT accessibility which is dreadful, to be honest.
@André Polykanine On linux it's pretty decent after tweaking keyboard navigation as without accessibility specific tweaks even some of the #QML examples are not keyboard navigatable.
I am not yet sure I'm capable enough to make it into at least beta quality, however I'm trying to learn it.
Added some christmas stuff to my free music, also ability to download entire package at once. linkly.link/2TkSe #freemusic #CC0
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@ondrosik Thanks for publishing it online for all of us to enjoy and reuse. It's very important to see an example of real personal creativity these times when AI is dominating the space of background music, jingles and other short tracks.
Huge thanks!
If you're looking for music for your podcasts, videos, presentations, projects… here you’ll find my instrumental creations. Currently, there’s over two hours of music. Just listen and download—no accounts needed. linkly.link/2TkSe
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This holiday season I'd like to make someone I think is very important a bit of joy, however I need your help with it.
National bank of slovakia is issuing so called commemorative and collector euro 2 coins to celebrate historic memories, anniversaries and other special events. A friend of mine is collecting these coins with her dad whenever it's possible.
I have found out this is not specific to our country as european central bank has standardised this process and all the countries that have accepted euro can issue such commemorative coins.
Now the part I'd need some help with.
Can you please check with the national bank where you live if you can acquire some of the commemorative euro 2 coins, make me an offer and send these to me through ordinary post / mail service please?
Thanks for your understanding and possible help you can provide. #fediHelp #fediPower #boostsWelcome
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Sometimes I just like to get random nexus preset and play using my laptop keyboard. audiopub.site/listen/62c3b5f9-…
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Something is changing my default output device to 24 bit 96 khz. It is annoing, because it doesnt change the imput device, so Reaper can not open it in wasapi. Today it probably broke my vdo ninja recording, which was half a speed. It seems that this happens after lenovo or windows update. Lets see if I can create some script which will monitor it and let me know when this happens again
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I've downloaded windows 11 iso image from microsoft download site to find out narrator can no longer be started using ctrl+windows+enter.
Do you know which image to download so I can independently install windows for a friend with a screen reader?
Do you know which image to download so I can independently install windows for a friend with a screen reader?
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It turns out there are patched windows 11 images around restoring narrator functionality.
Here is such an image I have found.
Does anyone know what's modified?
At first it sounds shady however it really seems to work.
Uh oh, I don't think I'd want to run my personal computer with an ISO downloaded from blindhelp. Rather use an older ISO with Narrator functionality and update afterwards...
@Jonathan If you know which iso and where to download it from I would prefer that as well, however according to my internet searches narrator not being available on windows 11 setup is known for almost two years now.
@jonathan859 The issue mentioned was fixed in Build 7019 of Windows 11. Tried it myself on build 7171. Not by installing from the ISO but I reinstalled it so pretty much the same anyway.
@garo Please can you help me to download the appropriate build?
I've navigated to this url microsoft.com/en-us/software-d…
Selected Windows 11 (multi-edition ISO for x64 devices)
Pressed the Download now button.
The iso image I've downloaded does not start narrator when pressing ctrl+windows+enter after fully booting.
The file name of the image is Win11_25H2_EnglishInternational_x64.iso
The direct url to the image I managed to download this way is software.download.prss.microso…
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@jonathan859 The links you sent are cut off. Also, I cannot really help you unfortunately. All I know is that after build 7019 Narator should work - at least by resetting from the settings.
Alternatively, just use a 24h2 iso from the Internet Archive. It's really easy to find and you safely can use it (I did so too). Also the upgrading process to 25h2 is fairly easy.
Alternatively, just use a 24h2 iso from the Internet Archive. It's really easy to find and you safely can use it (I did so too). Also the upgrading process to 25h2 is fairly easy.
Maybe you can enable it here
schneegans.de/windows/unattend…
I see here checkbox automatically start narrator during windows setup and after logon.
I don't have own experience
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I see here checkbox automatically start narrator during windows setup and after logon.
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Did you know it's now possible to select text on the page loaded in #Firefox, press shift+F10 to inwoke a popup menu and translate selected text into a different language?
I like it as I can easily copy text translated locally instead of using online services for the actual translation work.
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@miki We had native selection in Firefox FIRST. Looking at the release notes we've had that in NVDA for Firefox since NVDA 2024.1, and for Chrome since NVDA 2025.1: download.nvaccess.org/releases…
If you try it out, do please let us know how you find it :)
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Yesterday an open-source developer Christian has released life changing update to the privacy respecting #android app called #MakeACopy. The app now features so called #accessibility mode that is enabling #screenReader users to take pictures of the paper documents independently.
Accessibility guide is available on github.
The latest prerelease version provides clear Accessibility guidance phrases with screen readers such as Talkback, Corvus, Jieshuo and others that can handle announcement accessibility event.
I am verry happy about this. We are now getting privacy respecting open-source based screen reader accessible solution that performs very well and is easy to use.
The prerelease version can be downloaded at
github.com/egdels/makeacopy/re…
makeacopy/docs/accessibility_mode_guide_en.md at main · egdels/makeacopy
MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android that allows you to digitize paper documents with OCR functionality. The app is designed to be privacy-friendly, working completely offli...GitHub
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That's awesome. Thanks for communicating with the dev about it. I just saw the GitHub issue. It's cool. I appreciate it.
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hmm, I am getting Cloudflare internal eror 500 on audiogames, audiopub, podbean.
I am wondering what accessible SIP clients do you use on Windows and android? I would like to experiment with odorik.cz as there are plenty options, like IVR setup, call forwarding, voicemail, call recording and similar stuff which we will probably need for our community project.
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