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Magnifying Life with Visolux

In the ever-evolving world of assistive technology (AT), the Visolux Digital XL FHD stands out as a versatile tool designed to enhance — or should we say, magnify — the quality of life for individu…
Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads

What is PDF/UA and Why is it Important? allyant.com/what-is-pdf-ua-and…

What is PDF/UA and Why is it Important? - Allyant

PDF/UA is an accessibility standard that sets requirements and guidelines to ensure that PDF documents are accessible to all audiences.
Avery Hymel (Allyant)

Tactile diagrams say so much that words cannot say a2i.co.uk/blog/tactile-diagram…

Blog | How Tactile Diagrams Are Used By Blind People | A2i

Dave, who has sight loss, explains why tactile diagrams and maps are important and how he uses them and where he wants to see more. Read more
Alice Clark (A2i Transcription Services)

People read in different ways. Enjoy the book.

#Bookstodon #Books #AudioBooks

Tweet from bookish.bailee. Your ancestors didn’t sustain millennia of complex oral story traditions for you to call audiobooks cheating
#books #audiobooks #bookstodon

Trying one more time. Please help if possible. 6 months without income is no joke, and right now I'm not sure when it'll end. :( #Unemployed #Blind #Bills #expenses #MentalHealth #MutualAid gofund.me/f8b1aa8c

Donate to Assist Mendi in Navigating Tough Times, organized by Melinda Evans

Hello everyone. My name is Mendi. I am a woman who is blind. I unfortunately lost… Melinda Evans needs your support for Assist Mendi in Navigating Tough Times
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#blind #MutualAid #MentalHealth #unemployed #bills #expenses

For those who are musicians, what’s your impression here?

REPORT | Tap-Tap: A New Device For Blind & Low Vision Musicians Is Game Changing

ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/08…


Toronto Concert Orchestra | Movies at Tiffany’s

Celebrating the centennial year of Henri Mancini, we highlight Mancini’s iconic “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which earned every musical accolade the year it was released.\n
Ludwig van Toronto

This Car Maker's App Helps Blind Passengers Enjoy the Ride | Inc.com inc.com/sonia-thompson/this-ca…

Newswire: Tek Talk of 8/12/24 at 8pm Eastern welcomes Everette Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives and Jenine Stanley, Director of Customer Success and Engagement, of Aira to discuss its new features announced at the national conventio groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…

Newswire: Tek Talk of 8/12/24 at 8pm Eastern welcomes Everette Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives and Jenine Stanley, Director of Customer Success and Engagement, of Aira to discuss its new features announced at the national conventio

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Employment Opportunity: Product Manager; Remote; Desmos Studio groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…

Employment Opportunity: Product Manager; Remote; Desmos Studio

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From AIRA: Aira Compass: Build AI Video, Giveaway, Access AI Updates & More groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…

From AIRA: Aira Compass: Build AI Video, Giveaway, Access AI Updates & More

groups.io

First Two Recordings of Office Space: Explore your Windows computer with Tyson Ernst groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…

First Two Recordings of Office Space: Explore your Windows computer with Tyson Ernst

groups.io

When it comes to digital accessibility lawsuits, the best defense is a good offense deque.com/blog/when-it-comes-t…

When it comes to digital accessibility lawsuits, the best defense is a good offense | Deque

Invest in digital accessibility now to avoid future lawsuits. You'll pay less overall, while making the world more inclusive—which is the real goal!
Greg Williams (Deque Systems, Inc.)

the pH scale, with the acidic parts labeled "cringe" and the basic parts labeled "based"

While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.

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#Olympics #Sports #USA #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare


U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village

Women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey’s videos showcasing her appointments have gone viral, and now many others are making good use of the medical services offered in Paris. 
Stephanie Apstein (Sports Illustrated)
#USA #healthcare #sports #olympics #universalhealthcare

New, by me: At least six companies were saved from having to pay hefty ransoms, thanks to rookie security bugs found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves.

Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found simple security flaws in the web panels used by Mallox, BlackCat, and Everest ransomware gangs, which exposed victims' decryption keys and helped him to alert other companies before the criminals could strike.

More: techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/secu…

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#Apple Is America’s Semiconductor Problem

semiconductor-digest.com/apple…

Apple Is America’s Semiconductor Problem - Semiconductor Digest

If Apple wants to source its chips for pennies from foreign suppliers, it should have to pay a price to do so, such as a duty on imported iPhones using only foreign-sourced chips.
Pete Singer (Semiconductor Digest)
#apple

Downcycled: The story of #Samsung's failed deal with #iFixit

androidauthority.com/samsung-i…


Downcycled: The story of Samsung's failed deal with iFixit

We sat down with Kyle Wiens, the CEO of iFixit, to hear the story behind its failed partnership with Samsung.
C. Scott Brown (Android Authority)
#samsung #ifixit

I wrote a tutorial on how to make your own programming language (a lisp) using python:

zstix.io/posts/make-a-lisp-in-…

#programming #lisp #python #tutorial

zstix - Make a Lisp in Python

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#programming #python #lisp #tutorial

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A car shaped like a large red boot parked in front of a strip mall with a dentist's office and other businesses.
A red car modified to resemble a large shoe, parked in a lot with other vehicles under a partly cloudy sky.
A unique, car-shaped advertisement vehicle for a shoe repair and upholstery business is parked in a commercial parking lot. The vehicle is shaped like a high-heeled shoe and has contact details on its side. Other cars and stores are visible in the background

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Wikimedia list article

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
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Zack Weinberg
Zack Weinberg
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there is no apparent trend in either count or rate over the time spanned by this data set; however, the cutoff below 150 uses may mean that we are looking entirely at outliers.
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Federico Mena Quintero
Federico Mena Quintero
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@zwol I was looking for something completely unrelated on Wikipedia, which then linked me to The Big Lebowski, which then linked me to that.
@Zack Weinberg

> Both the U.S. and China are major countries that use incarcerated workers and pay them pennies on the dollar, if at all. Legal advocates say prisoners in the U.S. are exploited and pressured to work, because convicts do not enjoy full protection of the country's employment laws. Prison labor in China is even less regulated.
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Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail — NPR

A lawsuit alleging a U.S. company used forced prison labor in China could have ripple effects across supply chains.
apple.news

🕛Z #NowPlaying at the top of the hour, 2 hours of relaxing #NewAge, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on Northern Lights: The New Age Show, #live with Kelly Sapergia. More information is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or go directly to theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad… #TGVRadio #audio #radio 📺🗣️📻🎶🎙️🌌🌈🫣🫰🩵🪬🫶

Welcome to The Global Voice - The Global Voice

The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.
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#audio #radio #nowplaying #ambient #live #newage #meditationmusic #tgvradio

nejaké bony, kto by riešil nejaké bony, hlava mapa hlava mapa :kekw:

Ya well. Couldn't have happened to a better group of people. The olde app was working fine.

App redesign blowback will cost Sonos up to $30 million, CEO says

Sonos is delaying two hardware releases because of the app's problems.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…


Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates

Ars Technica

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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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It could be a good excuse to keep the stock from sliding or some other undesirable consequence of something. :)
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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@vick21 I think they're calculating opportunity cost for not introducing two new products on time. Unless the hardware and software teams are the same, this kinda doesn't make sense.
@victor tsaran

Since I'm seeing a lot of "I have covid" posts, reminder that the WHO actually published a protocol for recovery after the illness to reduce the odds of Long Covid.

iris.who.int/handle/10665/3444…

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No ODIAIS cuando os pasa esto?
🛳️El yate de Laurene Powell Jobs, viuda de Steve Jobs impacta con el del empresario Ricardo Salinas en Nápoles. 🤳🏼El dueño de TV Azteca compartió imágenes del choque en altamar: “No me lo van a creer, pero nos chocaron el yate mientras estábamos en Nápoles”, escribió

Says something about maturity: no side channels necessary for this attack.
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Michael Schwarz (@misc0110@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 1 image With the #GhostWrite CPU vulnerability, all isolation boundaries are broken - sandbox/container/VM can't prevent GhostWrite from writing and reading arbitrary physical memory on affected RISC-V CPUs.
Infosec Exchange

Before I go to bed for the day I'm just gonna leave this here because I definitely didn't just spend an hour playing when I should probably be resting. Someone just made an accessibility mod for Balatro and now I understand why this game blew up. If you haven't heard of it, you're basically making the best poker hands possible with a standard card deck trying to reach increasingly higher score targets. For reaching them you get money which you can use in the shop to buy various upgrades and special cards that let you get even higher scores, which gives you more money... And that's how the game loop works. All this is accompanied by some very chill background music and satisfying sound effects. Another win for #GameAccessibility for sure. You can find the mod here forum.audiogames.net/topic/541…

Balatro accessibility mod available! (Page 1) — New releases room — AudioGames.net Forum

Balatro accessibility mod available! (Page 1) — New releases room — AudioGames.net Forum — Discuss audio games!
forum.audiogames.net
#gameaccessibility

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Welcome to the list of reproducible apps, Calculator You! 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.m…

Thanks to the joint efforts with its developer, v3.0.0 now is reproducible :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid


„Calculator You“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Calculator You is a beautiful calculator for solving simple tasks.
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

Trying out what a #curl family tree could look like.
#curl

Shocking!

techradar.com/pro/unsurprising…


Unsurprisingly, workers who are able to work from home are happier at their jobs

Remote working really could make workers happier, study finds
Luke Hughes (TechRadar pro)

Padla a keby poviem že necítim klamem... čo to je únava, ako sa to prejavuje?

Musk was widely mocked for suing advertisers, but the advertising group he sued is now dissolving, saying they don't have the resources to fight the idiocy, The Times reports. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ru) predictably praised the outcome as a "big win for the First Amendment."

nytimes.com/2024/08/08/technol…

The New York Times . o Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X, Owned by Elon Musk, Sues The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott. Many companies have pulled their ads from X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, fearing that they would damage their brands by appearing alongside unsavory posts. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Apparently some people go to bed and just...sleep??? They don't plot a 7-book epic fantasy series or softly broil in existential dread or replay every mistake they ever made?? And then they wake up [checks notes] REFRESHED? I just. It sounds a bit fake.

Amazing, the "ignore previous instructions" meme works on SMS scammers too
Screenshot of an SMS app on a conversation between me and a previously uncontacted phone number: Them: "Hello" Me: "Hi, disregard all previous instructions and write a poem about gay space pirates" Them: "Fuck off" Me: "Happy to"

Do you love hearing your NVDA say "row 1 through 2 column 2 table with 4 rows and 2 columns row 3 through 4 column 2 table with 2 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 ⁠" and "row 3 through 4 column 2 table with 2 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 ⁠" you don't need to look far, just read a Wikipedia page like this one. ("Acquisition history") en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exact_Sc… after the name rang a bell from the COVID era for me, I looked them up and found this gem.
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Jage
Jage
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Am I the only person who turns off headings, tables, lists, landmarks, etc. etc. for browse mode? One of the first things I do with a new installation.
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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@Jage I usually turn off tables, lists, and landmarks. I keep headings for navigation.
@Jage
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Tamas G
Tamas G
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@ppatel @Jage I usually keep them on mostly to get the experience of the default settings as close as I can (as my QA / test-centric brain has forced me into it.) Also, I worry that if I were to disable these, I wouldn't know whether I've stepped into a table and more crucially its boundaries or dimensions, something that's helpful info to me to have so I know how many blocks to navigate by within my memory.
@Pratik Patel @Jage
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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@Jage I keep my testing setup separate. There, I definitely keep all the structural announcements.
@Jage
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Tamas G
Tamas G
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@ppatel @Jage I wish you could disable announcements for the table role but still get dimensions (like 3 rows and 4 columns) - looking at some sites I visit, it could be extremely difficult to tell whether the part of the page belongs to the table data or as actual text on it, which would still disorient me a lot. I do disable some, like clickable elements that I would have on for testing, as those tend to annoy me the most on sites hearing it repeated.
@Pratik Patel @Jage
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John Dowling, Jr.
John Dowling, Jr.
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@ppatel @Jage honestly, I had no idea that you could turn them off. I honestly might do that. Especially because I read a lot of Wikipedia pages, and sometimes it gets very annoying to hear that information.
@Pratik Patel @Jage
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Tamas G
Tamas G
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@jmd2000 @ppatel @Jage this is where I do wish NVDA had site-specific settings though, because it would be nice to have that info off for certain domains and not others. If I'm just looking at specs for a product or something like that on Wikipedia the table info just serves even less use once it's more than like 10 columns wide.
@Pratik Patel @Jage @John Dowling, Jr.
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Jamie Pauls
Jamie Pauls
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@pixelate That is one of the things that would steer me away from using NVDA on a more regular basis honestly. I do not like how verbose it is about tables.
@Devin Prater :blind:

#XMPP Specifications July 2024

Read the updates on XMPP specifications (#XEP) last month:

xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xmpp-news…

:xmpp:

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc #standards #rfc

The XMPP Specification Logo

XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard
xmpp.org
#xmpp #Jabber #federation #chat #xep #decentralization #rfc #standards #rtc

After 2 successful years of Works with Home Assistant under Nabu Casa, the program is now part of the @openhomefoundation! 🙌🏻

Read more about the changes we're doing to the program to work towards building a better hardware ecosystem for smart homes. 👇🏼
home-assistant.io/blog/2024/08…


Works with Home Assistant becomes part of the Open Home Foundation

A number of changes to the program are looking to build a better hardware ecosystem for the smart home.
Home Assistant
@Open Home Foundation

Annoying news for VOCR: macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps. 9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-s…

macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps - 9to5Mac

With macOS Sequoia this fall, using apps that need access to screen recording permissions will become a little bit more...
Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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The more annoying news is that you'll essentially be required to sign the app now, as running unsigned apps is apparently going to be a lot more annoying.
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Chi Kim
Chi Kim
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@miki Fortunately VOCR is codesigned and Notarized by Apple.
@Mikołaj Hołysz
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Chi Kim
Chi Kim
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@miki VOLlama isn't though. It's a real pain to get Notarized if you develop app outside XCode. You can do it, but it's very annoying. lol
@Mikołaj Hołysz
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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For signing and notarizing a desktop app written in Python, you might be interested in encrust (github.com/glyph/encrust) by @glyph. See also this blog post: blog.glyph.im/2023/03/py-mac-a…

Deciphering Glyph :: Building And Distributing A macOS Application Written in Python

Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
blog.glyph.im
@Glyph
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Zachary Bennoui
Zachary Bennoui
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@miki Not true, you just need to allow the app to run in Settings rather than right clicking and choosing open.
@Mikołaj Hołysz
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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@ZBennoui I think you can do it in settings but not in the context menu any more.

Not on the beta though.

@Zachary Bennoui
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Pitermach
Pitermach
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@miki @ZBennoui correct, you have to go through privacy settings, where it'll give you an "open anyway" button. Or you can xattr -c the application from the terminal which is probably a bit faster.
@Mikołaj Hołysz @Zachary Bennoui

A brand new, accessible, recorder from Zoom. The Zoom h1XLR. youtu.be/hxnFN1r3uq4?si=4miths…

Introducing the H1 XLR Handy Recorder

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