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#AudioMo Day 23: I've been thinking about this for a few days, and finally got around to making it happen.
I decided I would take an electromagnetic pickup, plug it into my recorder and capture the sound of my electric toothbrush directly.
I take that sound into an audio editor, top and tail it, add that to Ableton Move as a sample, then turn it into a melodic instrument.
This is the result of that.
It's not long, but it's an idea of sorts.

#audiomo

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My curated weekly UX Research, Design, Accessibility & Tech Newsletter is out:
- The Disability Caste System
- Working From Home Makes Us Happier
- Post-Chat UI
- Reinvent The Wheel
- A Designer’s Guide To Engaging With AI
- The False Confidence Of AI
- Beautiful Covers
- Leaf Art
- A Game Level Editor
- Design Concepts
- Free Icons
- Making Scannable Web Pages For Assistive Technology
- The Role Of Captions And Transcripts In Accessibility

👉🏻
stephaniewalter.design/blog/pi…

Pixels of the Week – May 4, 2025 by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.

Accessibility for designer workshop, a new contrast analyzer tool, evaluating qualitative research, helpful error messages, keyboard navigation, Japanese inspired linocuts, a fun passport photo series, design systems tactics, exploring AI's role in a…
Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)

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I rather not have my Open Source projects' communication live or die at the mercy of Salesforce (Slack).

Seems Kubernetes' slack gets to live for now.

github.com/kubernetes/communit…


community/communication/slack-migration-faq.md at master · kubernetes/community

Kubernetes community content. Contribute to kubernetes/community development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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Hallo zusammen, ich habe eine föderierende Ecke im Internet für #Fotografinnen und #Fotografen gebastelt. Flausch und Plüsch liegen bereit.

Ich lade alle fotografierenden Menschen ein, eine aufgeschlossene, freundliche und inklusive Community für #Fotografie mitzugestalten.

Helft mit, ƒ/1 zu einem Schmuckstück werden zu lassen. Ohne euch geht es nicht. :D Boosts sind willkommen.

f-stop.one

#Photography #Community #Forum #Join


ƒ/1

ƒ/1
#photography #fotografie #community #Forum #join #Fotografinnen #fotografen
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See Japanese Musicians Play “Amazing Grace” with 273 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls–Then Learn How They Perform Their Magic

openculture.com/2017/03/japane…

See Japanese Musicians Play "Amazing Grace" with 273 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls--Then Learn How They Perform Their Magic

In the arts, technology, or any other realm, Japanese culture encourages taking one's chosen pursuits to the limits, even when their material comes from other cultures.
Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)

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NVDA 2025.1.2 has been released: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-…

This release fixes a crash when opening certain Microsoft Word versions before version 16.0.18226.

Also, a reminder that if you have downgraded from 2025.x to earlier versions, your profile may become corrupted. This can cause your profile to be reset to factory defaults when you update again, but NVDA should work correctly after that.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewVersion #Update

NVDA 2025.1.2 with the same image from the 2025.1.1 release with the last 1 crossed out in purple and a 2 stamped over the top.

NV Access | NVDA 2025.1.2 Released

www.nvaccess.org
#screenreader #nvdasr #update #nvda #newversion
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America summed up in one poster.

EDIT: please read the comments in this thread regarding juvenile diabetes. A lot of misconceptions have been brought to light and I think it’s important to admit when we don’t know as much as we thought we did.

Thank you again to all of those who corrected me without being insulting. Learning is always a good thing.

This image shows a promotional sign, likely inside a KFC restaurant, advertising a large Pepsi soft drink called a “Mega Jug” for $2.99. The sign says: “Complete Your Meal With A Mega Jug — for only $2.99” Below the drink image, it states: “And KFC Will Donate $1.00 To JDRF” (which stands for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation — this is spelled out in a small box next to the acronym). At the bottom, it says in big red letters: “Help Us Find A Cure!” The irony here is that it’s promoting a giant sugary soda, which contributes to diabetes risk, while claiming that a portion of the sale will go to a diabetes research foundation.
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Want to hear how my Apple Watch didn’t call emergency services when I cracked my nose on the concrete? Maybe you’d like to hear how we cracked the code on recording the Remote Incident Manager, or learn about Guided Hands for those with fine motor control issues, or learn the latest in Security Bits from @bart. We’ve got it all!

podfeet.com/blog/2025/06/nc-10…

#Apple


NC #1050 Apple Watch Doesn't Call Emergency Services, Remote Incident Manager Take 2, ImaginAble Guided Hands, Security Bits - Podfeet Podcasts

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, June 22, 2025, and this is show number 1050.
podfeet (Podfeet Podcasts)
#apple @Bart Busschots

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New Casilda development release!

A simple Wayland compositor widget for @GTK

Release Notes:

- Add dmabuf support
(@valpackett )
- Do not use wlr scene layout
- Render windows and popups directly in snapshot()
- Position windows on center of widget
- Position transient windows on center of parent
- Fix unmaximize
- Added vapi generation (PaladinDev)
- Add library soname (Benson Muite)

You can read more about it at
blogs.gnome.org/xjuan/2025/06/…

Gtk 4 shadertoy demo running at 60fps under Casilda Wayland compositor widget.

Casilda 0.9.0 Development Release!

Native rendering Release! I am pleased to announce a new development release of Casilda, a simple Wayland compositor widget for Gtk 4 which can be used to embed other processes windows in your Gtk...
xjuan (ar.xjuan.Blog)
@GTK @Val Packett 🧉
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The internet blackout in #Iran is ongoing and I am trying to find information about how its actually enacted. Hearing that local services are working. Would like to understand how exactly the blackout is enacted. Are they filtering IP blocks? Are all .ir domains still accessible? The media keeps talking about it like it's a big on off switch but that's obviously not the case
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_I…

week-long total internet blackout ordered by Supreme National Security Council

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#iran
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Revisto

As a person living in Iran, I can explain the situation. For almost 3 days, our connection to global websites was blocked completely (it's a bit better now on home WiFis, but still a living nightmare), and only the local websites hosted on Iranian servers worked. We didn't have Google, GitHub or any other websites; we couldn't connect to our servers outside of Iran through SSH. The only way a very small number of people had access to the internet was that they bought...

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I just submitted a feature request to #NVDA regarding creation of a more useful mechanism for editing the configuration on secure screens, to replace or augment the current clunky and all-or-nothing settings copy feature. Please give it some love! I don't think @NVAccess actually partakes in the whole vote with thumbs-ups to increase priority, but doing so might serve as a useful metric for how widely desired this is anyway, which could theoretically help with triage. If anyone who sees this is skilled and willing enough to actually turn this into a pull request, I would be very greatful! Otherwise, hopefully someone at NVAccess will take it up! It's about time we got a more useful means of customizing that other layer of NVDA.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
#NVDASR #blind

Add a more useful mechanism for modifying the secure mode config

The current means of editing the config for NVDA on secure screens is rather clunky and has been giving many users issues for a long time. Much discussion has been had on the matter, and I'm coming...
ultrasound1372 (GitHub)
#blind #nvdasr #nvda @NV Access
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NV Access

@ginsenshi Which feature is failing for you? Do you mean the "Use currently saved settings during sign-in and on secure screens" option? As it notes, it "requires administrator privileges", so you do need to acknowledge the user account control (UAC) dialog, and then it will copy the settings to the profile used on secure screens.
@Sean | Ginsenshi The blindwolf
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NV Access

@ginsenshi Can you send us a copy of your nvda.log and nvda-old.log after trying please? If you press NVDA+control+g to open NVDA's general settings, set the log level to "Debug" then NVDA+q and "Restart with add-ons disabled". Recreate, then press windws+e to open file explorer, then F2 to go to the address bar, type in %temp%
Note the percent signs either side of the word. Please attach the files to an email to us at info@nvaccess.org & we'll see if we can figure it out.
@Sean | Ginsenshi The blindwolf
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NV Access

@ginsenshi Thanks Sean! I got your email ok. It looks like you have a number of add-ons which are not compatible with 2025.1 which you've overridden compatibility on. Please note that does NOT make the add-ons work, it simply stops NVDA from telling you they are not marked compatible. In this case, they are causing errors, and this may be leading to random issues. Please restart NVDA with add-ons disabled and see if the issue still occurs.
@Sean | Ginsenshi The blindwolf

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Prodlužovací kabel SKOTAT s vestavěným 45W USB PD zdrojem konečně už i v České #IKEA a za pěknou cenu!

ikea.com/cz/cs/p/skotat-prodlu…


SKOTAT prodlužovací kabel, zelená, 1.8 m - IKEA

SKOTAT prodlužovací kabel, zelená, 1.8 m Také prodlužovací kabely by měly vypadat dobře a ladit se stylem místnosti! SKOTAT má minimalistický design a tvar, díky kterému se snadno vejde do rohu nebo na stůl – umístěte jej tak, jak chcete.
IKEA
#ikea
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Ondřej Caletka

@pavel v obecné rovině souhlasím. Na druhou stranu, ukazuje se, že USB PD je dostatečně stabilní už posledních ca. 10 let a nejspíš ještě pár let vydrží, na rozdíl od všech proprietárních Quick Charge standardů, které se měnily každý rok.
A zdroj od IKEA aspoň žere bez zátěže kolem 50 mW, takže se dají přimhouřit oči nad tím, že je trvale zapojený.
Jinak je samozřejmě možné koupit přesně stejný zdroj i v samostatné krabičce jako SJÖSS:
ikea.com/cz/cs/p/sjoess-45w-2p…

SJÖSS 45W 2portová USB nabíječka, rychlé nabíjení - IKEA

SJÖSS 45W 2portová USB nabíječka, rychlé nabíjení K nabíjení 2 zařízení současně použijte USB-C nabíječku SJÖSS, 45 W. Rychle a efektivně – doma nebo na cestách. Vhodná na telefony, tablety a většinu notebooků.
IKEA
@Pavel Machek

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ChatGPT’s Mac app now records meetings, but it’s nearly unusable with VoiceOver.
Buttons are unlabeled, transcripts are hard to access, and navigation is broken for blind users.
Full write-up: taylorarndt.substack.com/p/cha…
Demo: youtube.com/watch?v=nGhfTH1ZNW…
OpenAI needs to include accessibility in every release. This one missed the mark.
#Accessibility #ChatGPT #VoiceOver #MacAccessibility #BlindTech #InclusiveTech

ChatGPT for Mac’s New Meeting Recording Feature Is Powerful — But Almost Unusable for Blind Users

When OpenAI released the Meeting Recording feature in the ChatGPT for Mac app, I was excited.
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#Accessibility #voiceover #chatgpt #inclusivetech #blindtech #macaccessibility

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postmarketOS v25.06 - "the one with systemd" is out now!

* Camera for OP6/6T and others 📸
* #GNOME 48 + 48.mobile.0
* #PlasmaMobile 6.3.5
* #Phosh 0.47.0 with Stevia now installed by default
* #Sxmo 1.17.1 (again, but this time with a systemd preview too!)
* os-installer images
* mobile-config-thunderbird

Thanks to all the amazing people who contributed to this release! :blobcatheart:

Thanks to @nlnet and @NGIZero for funding most of the infrastructure and maintenance work that went into this release as well as a lot of the systemd related work.

postmarketos.org/blog/2025/06/…

#linuxmobile


v25.06: the one with systemd

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
postmarketOS
#gnome #phosh #linuxmobile #plasmamobile #sxmo @NGI Zero open source funding @NLnet

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We have stolen the labour of artists to *checks notes* automate murder

#Guillotine #EatTheRich #Spotify

faroutmagazine.co.uk/spotify-c…


Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, becomes chairman of AI military start-up after €600 million investment

The company is now valued at approximately €12 billion
Rachael Pimblett (Far Out Magazine)
#spotify #eattherich #guillotine

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PM Carney on X endorses US bombing of Iran:

"Iran's nuclear programme is a grave threat to intemational security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
While U.S. military action taken last night was designed to alleviate that threat, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile..."

I guess this is what Carney meant by "a new security relationship with the United States."
#cdnpoli

Mark Carney on X 1h Iran's nuclear programme is a grave threat to intemational security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. While U.S. military action taken last night was designed to alleviate that threat, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile. Stability in the region is a priority. Canada calls on parties to retum immediately to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis. As G7 leaders agreed in Kananaskis, the resolution of the Iranian crisis should lead to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,
#cdnpoli
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