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Webinar, July 30 at 12pm ET: Preparing for Your Digital Accessibility Journey tpgi.com/webinar-preparing-for…


One of the best devices I used last week was not even electronic. It works with your smartphone, but it doesn't have a battery.

I am a huge fan of the Dot Card as it lets you share your contact information without the need to give out business cards. I think the interface could be a bit more user friendly, but it is still a fantastic device.

Check it out at dot.cards



I hate my brain sometimes. I woke up with the phrase 'wonking with equal abandon' in my head and I now have to reread whichever novel it was that was in, regardless of the book I had originally planned to read next.
in reply to Sean Randall

Well at least you know which book it came from. What gets to me is when I hear a snatch of dialogue or snatch of music in my head. I know I know it, I just can't place from where. It can drive me bonkers for days on end.
in reply to Lulu Hartgen

@lulu_bear :) I get that a lot too. I had this phrase about someone spinning like the top of a lighthouse for ages, and it took months for me to find the book.
Even just tone of voice from a line in an old drama or movie will torment me sometimes.
in reply to Sean Randall

@lulu_bear Oh god yes i had that happen to me, it was the phrase The gate boy the gate, I eventually found it was sherlock holmes the speckled band:


🚚 apkeep — инструмент командной строки для скачивания APK из различных источников.

github.com/EFForg/apkeep#readm…

Для поиска приложений используются их идентификаторы. Например, у Telegram `org.telegram.messenger`. Он находится в ссылках: play.google.com/store/apps/det… и f-droid.org/packages/org.teleg….

Скачать приложение (в данном случае Firefox) из источника по умолчанию в текущую папку: `apkeep -a org.mozilla.firefox .`

Источник по умолчанию — APKPure (apkpure.com). Это зеркало Google Play, которое не требует авторизации. Для скачивания напрямую с Google Play нужен логин, но это нарушает условия пользования, за что Google вправе заблокировать ваш аккаунт.

Параметр -d указывает источник: `f-droid` [1], `huawei-app-gallery`. Список версий: --list-versions. Скачать определённую версию: идентификатор@версия.

📥 Скачать apkeep для Windows, Linux, Android:
GitHub: github.com/EFForg/apkeep/relea…
Cargo: `cargo install apkeep`
Termux (Android): `pkg install apkeep`

[1] github.com/EFForg/apkeep/blob/…

#android





How would peer-to-peer collaboration work in #LibreOffice? Our Design community has been exploring ideas and working on mockups: design.blog.documentfoundation… #foss #opensource #p2p

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in reply to LibreOffice

I was literally having a conversation about this just the other day. Hope the experimentation goes well.



It's striking that so many continue to deny the Nakba when it's all so well documented. This excerpt is about the ethnic cleansing of Lod (Lydda) in July 1948:
- it's very clear that the intent is on driving out all residents of Lod, not just those who could pose military threats
- Israeli heroes (David Ben Gurion, Yigal Allon, Yitzhak Rabin) were directly responsible for ordering and implementing the expulsion

#Israel #Palestine #Nakba




The application installed at searxng.cz was updated.

Changelog:

Update SearXNG to 9a4fa7cc4f0



The application installed at peertube.arch-linux.cz was updated.

Changelog:

Update PeerTube to 6.2.0

Full changelog



Hey Mastodon!
#helpwanted

I've been quietly working on a fast and lightweight neural Text-To-Speech (TTS) model for NVDA/SAPI.

The next step is training the model, and that requires some serious GPU power. Unfortunately, those resources are a bit out of my reach right now.

This is where I could really use your help, if you're interested!

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Hey, I'd like to contribute some financial support. Can you ballpark how much you'd need to spend to train a voice?
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in reply to Roberto Perez

@rperez030
Thanks for your contribution. Really appreciate it!
For this month, Pneuma Solutions provided GPU resources for training. But I still accept donations to ensure we have enough resources for future training needs.
I'm happy to receive your donations via my colleague's paypal address:
paypal.me/geotts
or
Email:
info@geotts.ge
Please mention mush42/tts in the transaction note.
in reply to Musharraf

@alexhall I have a GPU that I would love to rent out for this project. How would I get started?


Please vote for an implementation of VJOURNAL in Thunderbird. 👇 This would REALLY improve the ecosystem and usability of open protocols! Currently there is almost no software on the desktop to sync your notes and journals with a CalDAV server and TB could fill a huge gap here.

connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/s…

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If anybody makes a strong “100%” claim on accessibility or security, or claims to fully—or even mostly—automate compliance:

Do not walk away.

Run away.
RE: toot.cafe/@aardrian/1127978669…


#DisabilityIN The Evinced CEO referred to the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Working Group as one of the three pillars of creating accessible content. Using it can guarantee “100% accessibility”.

#accessibility #a11y


in reply to Seirdy

a single technology automatically making it possible to guarantee “100% accessibility” is at least as ridiculous as a single technology guaranteeing 100% security. This doesn’t just apply to automation/overlays; it applies to every technology used on any nontrivial project.

Replacing the word “accessibility” with “security” and vice versa is a good bullshit detector for marketing material.

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i wish everyone who works on overlays a speedy retirement
in reply to Seirdy

A Lisp REPL kind of works for the first.

Assuming you can implement the method you need.

Ultimately, nothing short of allowing the user to remake the entirety of the program's human-interaction layer to their liking will provide 100% accessibility.



#DisabilityIN Luncheon Plenary: “Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility Innovation, Leadership, and Impact”

Microsoft’s CAO discussed one challenge of #accessibility is non-practitioners creating accessible content. She talked about advances in tooling to solve that, using this slide.

#a11y

in reply to Adrian Roselli

#DisabilityIN The Evinced CEO referred to the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Working Group as one of the three pillars of creating accessible content. Using it can guarantee “100% accessibility”.

#accessibility #a11y

in reply to Adrian Roselli

access capitalists, grifters who are holding back us back from what needs to be done while profiting off disabled people's oppression.


[Blog Post] An Important Update on AppleVis Founder David Goodwin and the Future of AppleVis applevis.com/blog/important-up…

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in reply to AppleVis

Right now, the most important question to me is, if someone is free to answer, how is David doing?
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield i saw him post on this topic yesterday. He was very thankful for all the support. He said he's on the road to recovery. I'll check and see if there's any further updates.


Recently, user Jordan shared a small but meaningful experience made possible with #NVDA: "When NVDA by NV Access reads alt text from your favourite #restaurant menu, now I just found a new #dessert I want to try! Thanks to NVDA, my day is getting off to a perfect start."

NVDA changes lives by providing access to #education, #employment & #connection. If you'd like to support our mission, you can #donate to NV Access here: nvaccess.org/support-us/#donat….

#ChangingLives #RealImpact #MakingADifference




If, like me, you've put off upgrading from a gas range to an induction electric range, I have some fantastic news. In most of America, you can now pre-order a battery-equipped range, which just sips from your normal household outlet, and can work during a power outage. #ElectrifyEverything
copperhome.com/products/charli…
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Discover how to automate cloud backups for critical data using AWS tools like Lambda, S3, and CloudWatch, ensuring reliability and security. #DEVCommunity
dev.to/emma_olatujoye/automati…



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PyGObject, the #Python bindings for #GTK, have recently merged support for asynchronous programming, closing an orthogonality gap between Python's async support and GTK having been single-threaded / event based since forever: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobje…
This ends a decade of using projects such as gbulb that kindly bridged that gap.

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I'm not sure he is on the fediverse, but huge kudos to long time GNOME contributor Benjamin Berg for this. This is such an amazing gift that he has worked on for the last couple of years and it really levels up PyGObject. 🤩 #Python #GNOME



Is Ohio Ballot Access Deadline a Reason for Democrats to Push through a Virtual Roll Call Vote Before the Convention to Choose Joe Biden? Almost Certainly Not electionlawblog.org/?p=144570


Report: Microsoft shuts down DEI team, ex-lead claims similar programs at risk gamedeveloper.com/business/rep…


Good job everyone still using Twitter because "I'm just a smol bean how else will I promote my work UwU 🥺👉👈"


9 Things You Didn’t Know About the Ancient Olympic Games
smithsonianmag.com/history/nin… #olympics


Okay, #Emacs users, does anyone still use Helm? Gonna get back into it, and setup is kinda different, so yeah. I loved it though when I had it working last time.
in reply to Devin Prater :blind:

@Devin Prater :blind: Perhaps emacspeak has some code to handle helm auto completions. I think with speechd-el I did not managed to use it properly. Or that might be just me not being clever enough. I'll try looking into it again.

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Tech firms are using troves of content they don't own to train their AI models. One dataset includes Taylor Swift lyrics, MrBeast videos, and even two clips from PCMag. pcmag.com/news/nvidia-apple-ai…


#GUADEC2024 starts this weekend! Are you ready? Make sure you're registered and be sure to check your email for event updates and links. Haven't signed up yet? There's still time, let us know if you're attending in Denver or online here: events.gnome.org/event/209/

#GUADEC #GNOME



Looking for participants for my son’s #linguistics dissertation on #language online and the movement of words from the internet into #EnglishLanguage #Scots #AmericanEnglish etc... ‘The aim of this #research is to broaden our understanding of how language is spread throughout the #internet, and into the #offline world’. Please #boost for attention: form should take around 15 minutes to complete and is live until the end of July. forms.gle/F2eR86zBBSyVRWuE9
in reply to Janet Foggie

Incredible how much I change language when not online. Fascinating.


A short story about a layoff.

redeem-tomorrow.com/layoff



The Apple Watch Series 9 is On Sale For $309.99 Its Lowest Price Ever on Amazon cordcuttersnews.com/the-apple-…