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I was thrilled to be interviewed for Double Tap, a daily blindness tech podcast, hosted by @stevenscott and Shaun Preece. This program is produced for AMI in Canada but is available wherever you get your podcasts.
On today’s show, Steven, Shaun and I talk about the BT Speak Pro from Blazie Technologies, a pocket computer featuring a nine-key Braille keyboard and speech output.
doubletaponair.com/relive-the-…

Blazie Technologies: www.blazietech.com
Mastodon: @BlazieTech
(772) 214-1616



#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated apps. And at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk one added #Magisk #module

* StevenBlock | Anti-Malware & Ad Blocker

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:



I'm happy to share that the just-released Rustls 0.23.10 (github.com/rustls/rustls/relea…) adds support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) when connecting to compatible remote servers.

This technology helps protect some of the last bits of plaintext metadata in a TLS 1.3 handshake, most notably server-name-indication (SNI). If you'll indulge me, I'd like to share some thoughts from the process. [1/10]



Dneska mám soutěživou náladu. Tak schválně, kdo pozná, co slyší?

Výherce (prvního správně tipujícího) pozvu na pivo , jakmile se dostavím na #mastopivo nebo až přijdete k nám do civilizace 😁

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in reply to Archos

@archos Já teda od srpna nechladtám, ale whiskey jsem měl vždycky rád. Móda rumů mě trošku mrzí, není s kým si ji dát.

Ještě jiná liga je koňak



The evidence fails to support the claim that homework is academically beneficial for students in any meaningful sense, as I showed in this chapter from my book The Homework Myth: alfiekohn.org/homework-improve….

Many HW defenders quickly pivot to claiming that it promotes self-discipline, responsibility, time management & study skills, etc. Yet over the last 20 years I've been unable to find a single study that supports this folk wisdom about HW's supposed nonacademic advantages.

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in reply to Alfie Kohn

Have you found any evidence that in practice, homework actually has the reverse effect on those non-academic skills? I wonder how much the way we cope with homework contributes to bad habits like procrastination.



Hey #Mastodon! In today's world, software seems to be in EVERYTHING. Your phone, your fridge, even that high-tech "smart" fork you got for Christmas. But here's the real fork in the road: Who controls that software? Big Tech, Big Gov, or Big Brother? Spoiler alert: it's probably not you. #StayInControl with #FreeSoftware fsf.org/about #SoftwareFreedom @fsf


Build the greatest car parks ever in the retro-tycoon styled Car Park Capital gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/buil…

#IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming





There are a lot of amazing free use photos in the Library of Congress, but these are certainly some of the best ones:


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I usually toot new entries here on Mastodon.




To vyberu, tady to znám. Hmm tak ne, nevybral jsem 😄😄😄
#cyklovýlet #garmin #bike
in reply to Archos

Drobné bolístky jsou užitečné. Si pak člověk váží, když nic nebolí :-)


Just came across the news that the UN is replacing email with @matrix according to this article.
floss.social/@downey/112316195…

Anyone see any good reporting on this that goes into more details?


:microsoft: ➡️ :matrix: It's a Big Freaking Deal when we can move any #UnitedNations organization away from #Microsoft.

The system-wide IT shop UNICC has announced its move to #Matrix:

techradar.com/pro/the-united-n…




Want to learn how to schedule and manage Zoom meetings with JAWS more efficiently? Join us Thursday, June 20 and Noon ET for a live webinar. #FreedomScientifictraining
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Does anyone know of a screen reader (or screen reader + browser +OS combo) that treat ARIA live regions as landmark regions?
in reply to Marco Zehe

@Marco Thanks, Marco. I wanted to check because there's some confusing info in front of me. Conflation of regions and live regions, I think.
in reply to Large Heydon Collider

@Large Heydon Collider @Marco Zehe Perhaps the closest to what you are looking for is orca feature to review to the 9 live regions that triggered a notification recently.

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#LAS2024 #GNOME #KDE #OpenSource

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Want a USA-made Phone? The Liberty Phone is designed to protect your privacy and put you in control. With open-source software and hardware kill switches. Check it out now! #Purism #LibertyPhone #privacy #MadeInUSA
puri.sm/products/liberty-phone…


Good things come to those who wait... But you can help us to test a preview of our next major update, #LibreOffice 24.8, due in August! We'd especially appreciate testing help from #Windows 7 users: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #opensource

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in reply to ralen

@ralen Did you contact us with your details already? If so, please wait a bit longer – we need to collect all responses first before sending them out (and it's just one person handling them all, so it needs a bit of time 😉) Thanks for your patience!
in reply to LibreOffice

ah i'm writing an email!
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Chrome / TalkBack bug I first reported in 2020, and which was fixed for a time (?) appears to be back. Looking for confirmation before I file yet another one.

A named region with a `tabindex` does not expose its contents. Chrome / TalkBack only announces its accName and role.

I think I have an ugly workaround (“Shawarma” heading).

Test case:
codepen.io/aardrian/pen/Exzyad…

Similar to issue I filed earlier this month, which I limited to APG tab panels.

#accessibility #a11y

in reply to Adrian Roselli

As expected, the Chromium intake person was unable to reproduce the issue (it may have been kit this time?), so I got 5 people to confirm and added a video:
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

I really do hate how hard it is just to get a bug to get taken up.

I mean, I had to re-file this one because the original was closed due to not reading instructions:
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

Anyway, thanks for those who helped.

#accessibility #a11y #Chrome

in reply to Adrian Roselli

Good news, everybody!

Fix coming in v128, or 20 Aug 2024 (stable release), for this Chrome / TalkBack bug:

Named regions with `tabindex` hide content from TalkBack
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

There are two related bugs that I am hopeful it will fix but no idea?

Anyway, file bugs. It’s the only way stuff has a chance to get fixed.

#a11y #accessibility


in reply to SunWu

@SunWuKchung na dážď to moc nevyzerá, možno trochu večer... a nech má radosť, bude pršať a bude potom špatný a nepríjemný haha


Ohne #Blutspende würde es den zitierten Post nicht geben!

RE: social.bund.de/users/PEI_Germa…




Maryland launches web accessibility training program | StateScoop by statescoop.com

statescoop.com/maryland-launch…



Well now I can't stop thinking about this daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/11…

Thanks @bagder ! Now I don't want to use GitHub anymore! Or to work with my teammate (and myself sometime) that writes poor commit messages because nobody cares since GitHub hides them...

I also know why sometime I feel stupid writing commit messages that nobod will look at xD

😩 when reading blog post makes me sad! 😅

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

@indrora I understand and appreciate that these don’t fit your workflow, but neither of these mitigations specifically are mentioned in the blog post? Which, fine, I totally agree with the main thesis and I also hate that so much of our UX these days is on websites.

But mostly I just wanted to mention them for folks stumbling on this thread for whom they *might* work.

in reply to Juan Nunez-Iglesias

@jni @indrora ok, I added the mention of how squashing is not good enough. The changing of a default commit message is too specific (and crazy) that I don't see how it fits in my post. I have never seen not tried that option.





I started a discussion (well, Friday afternoons are good for those) on the possiblity/benefits of a 'curl-agent'.

github.com/curl/curl/discussio…

#curl

#curl


Privacy is a marathon, not a sprint. Let's check out the highlights in a 🧵.

If we missed anything, let us know in the comments and let's spread the word!

in reply to Tuta

🧵5/5

Friday: Employee surveillance is on the rise. Wells Fargo has fired employees citing "simulated keyboard activity" as a grounds for expulsion.

Meet the team fighting surveillance 👉 tuta.com/team

in reply to Tuta

my current company has stated the same as well. We are required to use tracking software on our personal devices for them to monitor. This software takes screenshots of all displays every 10 minutes, tracks mouse and keyboard activity, tracks the apps I’m using and for how long, and the same for any URLs visited.

Management can then view all of this information on an online dashboard.



Mark James, Songwriter Behind ‘Suspicious Minds’ & ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ Dies at 83 tvinsider.com/1139751/mark-jam…


How My Dad Impacted My Work in Accessible Tech wayaround.com/how-my-dad-impac…


„Česko je spokojená země plná nespokojených lidí.“

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

great, now you make me want to register `xn--exampe-7r6v.com` on top of the existing IDNA domain I already own, šøñđĕŗźęıċĥëŋ.de ...
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

waves from xn--p1a1c.net

Which shouldn’t exist, but is also why I keep it, because yes, registrars are supposed to deny domains which conflict with other characters after Unicode normalization. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicod….

Windows dns will also potentially behave differently as well depending on just how close the normalized forms are.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wind…




If you want to contribute to everything #curl, we have a list of things here: github.com/curl/everything-cur…
#curl