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I need some help with #nvda & #wikipedia.
I'm assisting a blind student in learning how to navigate the web using a laptop.
NVDA reads out the title first, then properties about the document, then the summary box on the side.
I can't find any way to skip that whole box and move straight to the main content. There is no main content landmark, nor is there a heading, not is it in the Contents section.
Take en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood… as an example. How can I navigate to the first sentence of the main article?
Thanks for any help.
#blind #accessibility

US Supreme Court justice from 1967 to 1991

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#Accessibility #blind #wikipedia #nvda
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Jakra

@ppatel after the first heading is a table. After the table is some text, but no heading. I couldn’t work out how to skip the table, but another user @jcsteh pointed out that the comma key will skip the current container, which is exactly what I needed.
It’s be better if either a landmark or header took you to the beginning paragraph after the table, but this’ll do.
@Pratik Patel @Jamie Teh

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Wow. Someone raises millions for a Twitter alternative (Post.news) and says he’s “Not focused on accessibility.” You mean you ARE focused on exclusion? On ignoring the security and privacy of disabled people (yes- accessibility is privacy and security) Accessibility is a civil right. You can’t “let everyone in” and THEN do accessibility because accessibility IS the door. C’mon Noam Bardin do better H/t @blakereid #a11y post.news/article/2I8KY7PphGpE…

Why are we not working on... / Post.

Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
post.news
#a11y @Blake E. Reid has moved!
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Matt May

I would say “if they were building a real public square they wouldn’t be able to cast off accessibility that easily” but then there was this… sigh. hudsonyardsnewyork.com/discove…

Vessel | Hudson Yards

Comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs -- almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings – the vertical climb offers remarkable views of the city, the river and beyond.
www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com

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While many are praising him for his transparency, it reveals a major problem and hurdle with building accessible products. Not to mention the ableism in stating several times, the need to "let everyone in" while choosing not to make sure the application is accessible. Statements like "Our number one focus is letting in the 300K+ users on our waitlist" assume that none of those people have a disability and/or all use technology in the same way.

#a11y

post.news/article/2I8KY7PphGpE…


Why are we not working on... / Post.

Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
post.news
#a11y

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Keyoxide is a privacy-friendly open source tool to create and verify decentralized online identities using a cryptography-based approach to bidirectional linking gadgeteer.co.za/keyoxide-is-a-…

#identity #keyoxide #opensource #technology

Screenshot showing a Keyoxide profile and a verified identity

Keyoxide Is A Privacy-friendly Open Source Tool To Create And Verify Decentralized Online Identities Using A

Just like passports for real life identities, Keyoxide can be used to verify the online identity of people to make sure one is interacting with whom they are
Danie (GadgeteerZA)
#opensource #technology #keyoxide #identity

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Liberating books! #librarygeeking

The Internet Archive has scanned thousands of books that have not gotten the date set via metadata matching, which means we dont know which are public domain... (1927 is coming up on Jan 1!)

so... now I have a command line to find candidate public domain books by grep'ing the full text for "Copyright 19XX" for xx between 00 and 27.

Now we have to QA, update, and liberate!

first results:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…


Potential books dates

more IA identifier,dates,https://archive.org/details/IA-identifier 05292013eyb003,1907 10000dreamsinter0000unse,
Google Docs
#librarygeeking

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Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature: tylercipriani.com/blog/2022/11…

"Git notes are powerful tools. And they could solve so many problems—if only they were better known and easier to use."

"Git is a distributed code review system. But much of the value of git repos ends up locked into forges, like GitHub.

Git notes are a path toward an alternative."

#git #gitnotes

Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature - Tyler Cipriani

tylercipriani.com
#git #gitnotes

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Pinafore v2.4.0

v2.4.0 has a bunch of new stuff and new contributors!

- better indication of boosted/favorited state by @nickcolley
- screenreader and hotkey fixes by @jcsteh and @MarcoZehe
- better page titles by GitHub user g2p
- improved Sorcery theme by @mlcdf
- bugfix for nav bar when pinned to the bottom

To update to the latest version, refresh your browser tab or close and reopen your browser.

Enjoy! github.com/nolanlawson/pinafor…


Release v2.4.0 · nolanlawson/pinafore

What's Changed fix: If the focus is inside a toot, make keyboard commands operate relative to the parent toot. by @jcsteh in #2229 fix: Focus the textarea in the Compose dialog instead of the Clos...
GitHub
@Jamie Teh @nickcolley @MarcoZehe @mlcdf

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I thought maybe instead of trying to post all over again, it could be easier to show people what we are offering. Just a few days left! #Kickstarter #KickstarterReads #Publishing

kickstarter.com/projects/atthi…

Emily in her office

Update 14: The Emily Show! · The Traveling Treasure Trove

Ok, this is all the Emily show, you know that. (A joke about my tired self but also sarcastic, because obviously everything about this is community.
Kickstarter
#publishing #kickstarter #kickstarterreads

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Here's post.news's founder Noam Bardin, declaring in the same breath "we are not focused on . . . accessibility" and "We want to do it all but first, let's get everyone in." In other words, "everyone" does not include people with disabilities. This kind of discrimination is not uncommon from tech companies, but it's a pretty unusual for a founder to state it this explicitly. #a11y must be an MVP expectation for digital startups.

(H/T @jaspar; cc @LFLegal) post.news/article/2I8KY7PphGpE…


Why are we not working on... / Post.

Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
post.news
#a11y @J Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @Lainey Feingold

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twitter.com/noam/status/159687…

It’s your call if you feel accessibility is outside the ability of your devs, but do not kid yourself that you can “get everyone in” when you may be blocking ~20% of your wait-list.

Link: post.news/article/2I8KY7PphGpE…

Focus is what you are not doing - this means that we are not focused on things like dark mode, iOS/Android apps, DM’s, private accounts, power user tools (managing large follower base), activity pub, accessibility, video (you can embed 3rd party players like Youtube for now) etc. We want to do it all but first, let's get everyone in.

Why are we not working on... / Post.

Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
post.news

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Tired of your weather app violating your privacy, e.g. by instantly collecting your location data?

Worried because it has tracking software included?

You may try out the privacy-friendly #TinyWeatherForecastGermany , available at #fdroid :fdroid: :
f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffee…

This is a #floss #android #weather #app using precise and detailed #opendata from the #dwd (Deutscher Wetterdienst).

Supports #forecasts for over 5000 places worldwide, a rain radar and weather warnings for Germany.


Tiny Weather Forecast Germany | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Weather forecast based on open data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst.
f-droid.org
#android #app #fdroid #floss #opendata #TinyWeatherForecastGermany #forecasts #dwd #weather

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So, the European Union has set up its own Mastodon instance, EU Voice, as an official channel/platform for all its many institutions - what a great initiative social.network.europa.eu/about
#TwitterMigration #europe #Diplomacy #Transparency

EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs).
Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu
#europe #twittermigration #transparency #diplomacy

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The new desktop release 1.34 is rolling out!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen and to everyone who helped with testing.

direct download is already available.
flathub, website download link and the other stores will follow soon.

Track release progress: github.com/deltachat/deltachat…
direct download:
download.delta.chat/desktop/v1…

#deltachat #deltachat_desktop

What's new in 1.34.0? ⚡️ Smooth rendering. Much snappier scrolling. The new version is easy on your patience and is the result of a refactoring that took ore than a year (for our tech-savvy friends: we are now using JSON-RPC under the hood and threw away lots of old, annoying code :) 🧹 Clear chat history 🔍 Search for messages in chat ⏬ jump down button 🤗 Friendlier contact lists: ordered by last seen and contacts seen within 10 minutes are marked by a dot 🟢 🎛️ Tray icon is now enabled by default 🔔 when receiving multiple notifications at once, they will be grouped into one single notification 😀 right click to add sticker to the sticker selector ✨ Many smaller bug fixes and general improvements

Release Progress 1.34 · Issue #3026 · deltachat/deltachat-desktop

website flathub github release (https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v1.34.0) downloadable files also on github Mac store (https://apps.apple.com/app/delta-chat-desktop/id146...
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#deltachat #deltachat_desktop
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Anyone out there good with the internal workings of Mac OS and bash? I am looking for someone who is willing to help with audiogame-manager development, specifically making things work as much as possible on the Mac.

I really don’t know much about them, and it sucks that Mac users are getting second rate support when they run into problems. My tech support for the Mac starts and ends with, “follow the wiki.”


Storm Dragon / audiogame-manager · GitLab

Installer and launcher for Windows based audio games under wine for Linux.
GitLab

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In case you missed it, Mastodon now lets you edit posts 🥳

You can edit any post you've made, and it will send a notification to people who have already interacted with it to prevent any hijinks or shenanigans. It also lets people see the previous versions.

You can access it through some third party apps and your server's website. The iPhone/iPad app Toot! has it for example.

(The official app doesn't yet support it, so it's another good reason to check out third party apps.)

Screenshot of Mastodon post viewed through the website interface with Edit button highlighted.
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AnthonyJK-Admin

@blindscribe @andyw I am not at all opposed to having the power to edit toots, and the feature that allows the original toot to be displayed does allow a decent degree of protection against bad actors. And, it just so happens that the option was introduced at the MuskyBird site (prior to Muskrat's takeover/putsch), but only for paid subscribers of the Twitter Blue service. That Masto has now retained that service in its core product is a definite benefit.
@Robert Kingett updates

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I hit 3000 plays on my Bandcamp

Makes me happy that folks have given my beats a chance

Even if you've listened once and thought "man, this shit is wack", thank you 🙏🏾

bluemarvelmusic.com

#blacktwitter #blackmastodon #blackfedi #music #hiphop #beats #beatmaker #musicproduction #musicproducer #bandcamp

A graph displaying the total number of listens for my beats on Bandcamp have reached 3000. My shit john blazing in the streets.
#music #bandcamp #musicproduction #BlackTwitter #blackmastodon #BlackFedi #hiphop #musicproducer #beatmaker #beats

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Interesting article from Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today on copyright issues to consider if you're considering establishing your own Mastodon instance--probably the last thing most people would think about (but it shouldn't be) #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity #Mastodon plagiarismtoday.com/2022/11/22…

The Copyright Challenge with Mastodon

As most people already know, Twitter has had a very tumultuous few weeks. Since Elon Musk purchased the company and made himself CEO, the company has been the subject of a massive layoff, an exodus of
Jonathan Bailey (Plagiarism Today)
#Mastodon #writingcommunity #writerbeware

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blockchain averted

how it started

how it’s going

#LibreOffice

blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…

LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible? Posted in LibreOffice, Technology By Mike Saunders On November 15, 2022
Update 18 November: Based on the majority of feedback, we will not continue the discussion or explore this topic any further, as it is rather clear that the LibreOffice community is not interested. Thanks to everyone who let us know what they think.

LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible? - The Document Foundation Blog

As you’re no doubt aware, LibreOffice is free and open source software, which means that anyone can delve into the code behind it, study how it works, and adapt it for their needs.
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#libreoffice
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The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

Tech titans like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried have been feted for their wealth, but see the world in ways that also merit scrutiny , says Moya Lothian McLean
Moya Lothian-McLean (The Guardian)

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@changeling @blindscribe

Hey, I read fedi.tips/mastodon-and-fediver… as I was looking for someone to write to about the fact that hashtags on Mastodon default to *remove* camel case if you select the drop-down reference when typing a hashtag.

New here and wondering if I can lend my voice to a related discussion or reach out to someone to promote camel case hashtags as a default.

#Accessibility


Mastodon and Fediverse Accessibility Tips | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
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#Accessibility @Robert Kingett updates @Changeling
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lee

Interesting threads. Closed with notes that the issue has been addressed. Does that mean the particular server I’m on has not yet been updated?

I do see this commit is only from November 4, 2022: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…

(Apologies if I’m asking obvious questions. Not up to speed on how the servers operate.)


Fix featured tags not saving preferred casing by Gargron · Pull Request #19732 · mastodon/mastodon

Fix #18184
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I don’t want to boost inaccessible images that don’t have a caption. But I don’t use a screen reader, so it’s been hard to know. Only the MetaText app shows text captions. Or so I thought.

I just accidentally discovered that if you click-and-hold on an image in desktop-Mastodon, you can see if there’s a caption. Requires an active extra step, but at least it’s there.

Sharing in case I’m not the only one who didn’t know this.

#AltText

Screenshot of my desktop Mastodon. I’ve hold-clicked on an image (a nice photo of two teeny mushrooms). A smaller version of same image and the ‘Share / Add to photos / Copy’ menu have popped up. I’ve ringed the top of the menu where I can now see the caption the original poster has included.
#AltText

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CSS Tricks post on custom scrollbars with no consideration of Firefox nor accessibility:
css-tricks.com/classy-and-cool…

I wrote some baseline rules for scrollbar usability in 2019:
adrianroselli.com/2019/01/base…

I left a comment with WCAG links (it awaits approval).


Classy and Cool Custom CSS Scrollbars: A Showcase | CSS-Tricks

In this article we will be diving into the world of scrollbars. I know, it doesn’t sound too glamorous, but trust me, a well-designed page goes hand-in-hand
Saleh Mubashar (CSS-Tricks)

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Ich bearbeite gerade Fragen, die an Digitalcourage geschickt worden sind. Dabei bin ich mal wieder auf unsere hübsche (und kluge) Sicherheitstheater-Kampagne gestoßen. Sie entlarvt Überwachung als das was es ist: Gefährlicher Dauer-Wahlkampf mit unlauteren Mitteln. Eben: Sicherheitstheater: digitalcourage.de/sicherheitst…

Schluss mit dem Sicherheitstheater | Digitalcourage

Was uns als „Sicherheit“ verkauft wird, ist Repression, die uns bedroht. Dies geschieht auf Kosten der Sicherheit, um die sich real immer weniger
digitalcourage.de

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Hello Fedifriends, I need your help!

I've created a bot - @openbenches - which posts every time a new bench is uploaded to our website.

But, to test it, I need people to upload photos!

So, if you're out for a walk this Sunday, please snap a geotagged photo of any memorial benches you find, and upload them to openbenches.org/

Thanks!


OpenBenches.org

- Welcome to OpenBenches
openbenches.org
@OpenBenches.org
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Mike Gifford, CPWA

I'm looking for latt/long for ncc-ccn.gc.ca/business/park-be… & ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-ma…

But really I suspect you want me to visit these places and take photos or something neat like that.

#Ottawa #Benches #OpenBenches #OpenData #NCC #Canada


Park Bench Dedication in Canada’s Capital Region

Celebrate a loved one with a personalized bench plaque in one of the most beautiful parks in Ottawa–Gatineau.
National Capital Commission
#canada #opendata #ottawa #benches #openbenches #ncc
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