@cachondo @FreakyFwoof Oh, I don’t use it myself. I don’t know if VoiceOver people will be using those.but for the case of losing your voice and being able to type out phrases with your voice this could work very well, but using this with VoiceOver is definitely creepy.
@cachondo @kevinrj @FreakyFwoof Oh really, that’s interesting. Just a bit about how this is working under the hood for people that might be curious. I believe it’s using a language model to synthesize the speech rather than the older neural approaches used by personal voice up until recently. This is the same technology 11 labs, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are using. That’s why it sounds so good and you don’t need to provide as much training data. To my knowledge, this is the first time an LM based TTS system has been deployed for screen reader use, and I’m wondering if later on in the beta cycle they will add the newer Siri voices that are based on the same technology. It sounds really good, and you didn’t mention this during the demonstration, but the voice breathes as well at punctuation marks.
Včera jsem si v HA všiml, že teplota střídače okolo poledne a vyšší dodávce leze celkem vysoko. Večer jsem vytisknul držák a namontoval do něj zkusmo dva 80 mm ventilátory. Ráno jsem to zapnul a rozdíl dnešní teploty oproti včerejší je celkem markantní. Spotřeba hodně podobná, jen ještě víc svítí. Takže to aktivní chlazení dodělám napořád, jen to musím zautomatizovat podle teploty, termostat objednán, zítra budeme bastlit 😋
@sesivany Hele, možná to není problém, pravděpodobně není, ale když jsem chodil do školy, tak nás učili, že pokud udržuješ součástky na nízké teplotě, odmění se ti dlouhou životností. Tak tam ty ventilátory dám 😁
@bycx To je pravda, druhá věc je, že jsem jel tak na 60% výkonu. Až budu časem dobíjet auto, nebo používat jiný spotřebič, který to zatíží na max, tak očekávám, že to ještě poleze nahoru, je to prostě čistý pasiv. @michal
@bycx @michal Nemáš přetoky do sítě, takže ti to po nabití baterek omezuje výkon? Já dnes jel na 85 % instalovaného výkonu, vyrábělo to 7,2 kW a teplota nešla přes 62C.
Even if I didn't share @glyph's ethical concerns, reading your latest follow-up (lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/6/12/age…), plus your post here about generating 12K lines of code in 2 days, is enough to convince me not to jump on the "agentic coding" bandwagon. I still want to do more with less code, through powerful languages and libraries, not use an inscrutable tool to crank out large amounts of rote code, which means more to review and more places for bugs to hide.
And #Fujifilm boasting the X-E4 before introducing the X-E5.
It should be noted that when the X-E4 was discontinued, many many pre-orders were still not fulfilled. So maybe the should just forget about it. It still takes a lot of time to get a #Fujifilm camera.
—A heavily loaded 787-9 with full fuel tanks crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad. Looking at the photos, the death toll will almost certainly include people on the ground—a 787-9 carries up to 126,000 litres of fuel (over 100 tonnes), and this one was scheduled to fly over half its maximum range, so had at least 50 tonnes of fuel on board.
Calling out this bullshit. I deliberately chose not to subscribe to marketing in the first place but was forced into using their app if I want to make use of the tickets I bought. Less than a week later i'm getting marketing crap.
@HarmonthSeeker That's true: Under GDPR, implied consent isn't valid for marketing purposes. Todaytix are in breech of that, but then so are thousands of other people. I could spend half an hour writing a complaint to the ICO but they'd just get a slap on the wrist.
#AudioMo Day 12: A short clip in which Jake and I go around the electronic store Curries, which is a chain that sells all sorts of things such as computers, TV's, bluetooth speakers, keyboards, phones etc. I just clipped this specific bit out because it's fully of music and ambience.
I love electronic stores, and sumtimes, my family take me. However, it was a much more enjoyable endever back in the day, when technology was new, and mobile phones were just taking off. I used to especially love going, from the years 2007, all the way up to 2012, when it was clear, that the formfacter of phones was permanant, and it got to busy, as i got older, and did more outdoors activities like day camp in the summer, and cheer leader practice during the main school year. After 2013, i especially began to focus on not just my outdoors activities, but schooling, learning piano, and supporting the community around me.
My biggest memory from the days of those type of phone was the huuuge array of models, and loads of plastic versions of the phones so you could see and feel them. I never understood why Braille Display and assistive technology manufacturers didn't produce similar plastic models of their devices, so the blind could get a real feel for them without having to buy and return models.
@fireborn Honestly, i loved the phone carier stores the most! The nice workers, and the phones i got to touch! Because i had a disability, they would let me feel the new phones, taught me how to eject and incert simcards, and let me operate the sellabrite, when that was a way you transfered the data from one phone to another.
"French authorities are already progressing with efforts to force certain social media sites — including X, Reddit, Bluesky and Mastodon — to introduce age verification"
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-social-media-ban-minors-france/
🔎 Niesłyszący Tomasz, opiekujący się samodzielnie najukochańszą 90-letnią Babcią – szuka pracy zdalnej (IT Helpdesk, administracja, social media)
Mam 47 lat.
@Piciok I nikt jemu pracy nie da, jak zresztą też mnie. Co z tego że skończyłem studia, jak każde moje Cv i podanie jest odrzucane? Total shit. Hipokryzja kultury korporacyjnej. Niby inkluzyjni i zatrudniają niepełnosprawnych, a tak po prawdzie jest chujnia.
@Piciok Nie widzę w tym sensu. Niestety, nie mówiąc tutaj w tonie narzekacza, ale niewidomy jest zawsze przegrany, bo jest niewidomy. Większość pracodawców woli wierzyć stereotypom, przynajmniej w Chorwacji.
@Piciok Nie mówię to z jakieśtam toksyczności i chęci zdołowania, a po prostu wiem jak to wygląda, bo sam szukam pracy, której mógłbym wykonywać po ukończonej rusycystyce i polonistyce. Poprostu, możesz mieć jakikolwiek super-duper cv, i tak cię odrzucą półswłówkami, albo co gorsza ghostingiem.
Hmm, it would be interesting to gather this somewhere central, say a simple website with a timeline, a bot on Mastodon etc. Best if it were crowdsourced so everyone could add the occasional app update they've spotted. Thanks for doing this.
Regina Henschel writes: Susanne Mohn asked on the German-language user’s mailing list how to create a colour wheel with LibreOffice. It was not about the colours themselves, but about the geometry.
Spraying the ICE agents with paint using a repurposed fire extinguisher appears to be a turning point in this confrontation in Tucson today. A similar tactic worked well against around thirty cops at a Montreal protest in November 2024, blinding at least one and forcing their whole unit to retreat down an alley.
For no reason at all, we want to share this how-to guide for filling fire extinguishers with paint. Only open on Tor Browser! While the guide uses a large model, we understand there are methods for smaller, more portable extinguishers too.
Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info Fire extinguishers filled with paint have been useful to anarchists in Montreal fighting gentrification, surveillance, and most recently, colonial advertising. 1.
Let me first say that this is another outstanding update on the hole, and I've never used one of these before. I was going to ask if triditional mode could be kept verses blazie mode, but the reason for naming it blazie mode makes sence. This is a very small thing, and I love what you guys are doing. Do you think it might be possible to have grade 2 braille in the desktop side at some point?
That would make an already epic device legendary. ANd I"m glad to leave feedback. You guys do a really good job of listening, which makes wanting to leave feedback that much more enjoyable.
We are very excited to see this launched. A collaboration between The Amber Trust and RNIB, the directory was developed in response to community feedback that said it can be difficult to find a music teacher who is confident in supporting blind or pa…
In a bold move signaling Hollywood’s growing concerns over artificial intelligence, Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, a generative AI startup, accusing it of widespread copyright infringement.
This article is based on a talk given by Kai Wong and Asha Sachdeva at A11yNYC. They delivered an engaging and insightful talk on championing digital accessibility, emphasizing that anyone can drive change.
Soon, you'll be able to buy music on the Fediverse.
Bandwagon, the music-sharing platform built on Emissary, has seen a lot of success over the past few months. The site has grown to a catalogue of over 300 different musicians, spanning a wide range of different sounds and genres. After refining search and discovery features, project lead Ben Pate has decided to focus on introducing a payment system for music sales.
In-Process is out, featuring the latest on NVDA 2025.1, the recent NV Access strategy session, and Should you use Screen Layout? (H/T to @jscholes for your recent poll)
@cachondo I did read it at the time, but I'll have to go back and have another look. Maybe an article about how we decide on defaults would be interesting? In the meantime, we DO have an issue requesting changing the default here if anyone is interested in working on it or has any comments not already covered in the issue: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. For an in-depth discussion, see: #11187 Essentially, screen layout can cause important information to be missed by users, the need for...
This was a great post! I'm curious from a technical standpoint, does having screen layout on or off use any more CPU while loading content in browse mode? This is just something I get curious about sometimes, or if one will load content faster.
@BTyson it can certainly impact speed of browsing. if you're using something like a neural voice, for example, sending a massive string with a single line of 20 horizontal links has a significant speech output delay when compared with browse mode off. No worse than reading a whole paragraph further down the page, of course, but perhaps more common, depending on the sorts of sites one browses.
We have a new update for Victor Reader Stream three. Here is Mathieu's mesage from the Stream List. Hello everyone!
I am really happy to announce today the release of version 1.5 of the Stream 3 software.
With the help of our wonderful development team here at HumanWare and our great beta testers, we have today a release that has both new and returning features, as well as bugfixes, that will please you.
I've attached the full release notes for the version to this message, but here are the highlights:
Ability to rename notes Upped the limit to 24 hours on recorded notes in mp3 and flac format - wav remains 8h due to file size Bookshare API 2.0 support (reading list support and human narrated books) Bookmark alerts are back Audio/text switching for books that have both Browse beyond the first 100 results in Internet Radio searches (ooTunes) Volume warning happens less often (every 20 hours of use, suspended on shutdown or suspend) Bluetooth volume controls now enabled (play/pause will NOT work for now)
Rachel and myself will be hosting a webinar tomorrow (Thursday June 12th at 11am Eastern) to discuss and demonstrate some of the new features. Join us by registering at: humanware.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Our website will be updated with the release notes, updated user guide and links to manually download the version later today.
Thank you all, looking forward to hearing your feedback!
While it's a step toward inclusion and awareness, one expert says, educators should be mindful of language in the bill that might leave some topics out.
This has been a very special week. I’ve started a new adventure and joined Yoto as an iOS Engineer!
Over the past year, as a customer, I’ve been incredibly impressed by what the team is building, and I’m beyond excited to now be part of it and contribute to something so meaningful and fun.
Oooh wow, an interactive audio platform for children? Congrats! That's such a perfect fit for you and your background, they could not have found a better person to work with them. Wishing you just the best in that incredible journey of a job :)
Každý pracujúci by sa mal prebudiť: spoliehať sa na štát, ktorý aktívne sabotuje budúcnosť vlastných občanov a II. pilier bezohľadne devastuje, je samovražedná naivita.
But, they were evil. Even if you happen to be descended from them. They did a definitively evil thing, and it was a defining choice of their lives. Everyone knew that the war was about continuing and entrenching slavery. More than any modern war, it was feasible for conscripts to escape service, either by paying or by running west.
I guarantee that every person reading this has some evil ancestor.
it's just deliberate rewriting of history to ignore that so many in the south refused to join the Confederacy
"In fact, one quarter of the entire U.S. Army during the Civil War was made up of Unionist southerners and those from the border states. Forty percent of West Pointers from Virginia stuck to their oaths. Unionists dominated the mountainous areas of the South, sending soldiers north, helping escapees from Confederate prisons, and raiding Confederate supply lines. One entire section of Virginia remained loyal – we know this today as the state of West Virginia."
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I find it creepy!
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