Worth reading: this piece from Cat Valente @catvalente on the strip mining of online communities. With some history & big picture analysis to boot.
“One awful man should not be able to destroy something the world created together, for good or ill. No, we didn’t create the code or rent the offices, but without the words we put together in those little boxes, Twitter is and was nothing. Humanity made that place, and it is all our best and our worst.”
“Don’t ever stop talking to each other. It’s what the internet is really and truly for. Talk to each other and listen to each other. But don’t ever stop connecting. Be a prodigy of the new world. Stand up for the truth no matter how often they take our voices away and try to replace the idea of reality with fucking insane Lovecraftian shit. Don’t give up, don’t let them have this world. Love things. Love people. Love the small and the weird and the new.
I like this potential change for US federal government contractors, would like to see this more broadly implemented - govexec.com/management/2022/11… - we need to see that our incentives line up with #ClimateAction
A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services, from app stores and calendars to messaging and push notifications. Most of them have open alternativ...
Hundreds of reports have surfaced of people stuck with phones that randomly locked up, being unable to access the phone or its contents. This issue is affect...
Today I am playing with a WS2811 LED chain 🎄 The fun is that every individual light can be controlled separately. I am using #ESP32 and #ESPHome to create light effects and #HomeAssistant to connect it to home automations.
Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
Dear people at @thunderbird : Will there be a christmas miracle and Thunderbird will finally be able to rest in my tray? Thank you so much for your work!
Each week I’ve been catching up with Sidney Imbun founder of Out and Seek, an accessible & inclusive events platform. As a care worker Sidney struggled to find accessible and inclusive events and venues, so he built a platform which launched in Melbourne. He’s now adding Sydney venues and events, If you can help please reach out 🙏 #accessible #inclusive #diversity #impact
Put your phone's screen on your computer. Connect & control your Android device from your PC with the scrcpy app. github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy Then use an app like WeZoom to turn your phone & computer into a video magnifier. #lowvision #visuallyimpared #a11y #android
I've noticed that sometimes people on here post replies as public posts, while others seem to post them as unlisted instead. Is there a particular rule/convention for this? #FediHelp
I've read that unlisted is preferred because it prevents long threads from cluttering local/federated timelines. Interestingly, unlisted is not the default for replies in some (most?) clients, though. Personally, I try to remember to set unlisted unless I think the reply might be of interest to more people beyond my own followers; e.g. if it's useful information others might benefit or learn from.
@Mohamed Al-Hajamy💾 @Jamie Teh There are even some clients that don't allow changing visibility for individual posts e.g. #Friendica and the messages sent from there are either public or direct.
Společnosti Firefox a Tumblr se připojily k podpoře sociální sítě Mastodon
Elon Musk přiznává, že zákaz odkazů na konkurenční sociální sítě byl chybouMastodon má nyní 2,5 milionu uživatelů Chaotický podzim Elona Muska na Twitteru přinesl jednoho jasného vítěze: Mastodon, open-source sociální síť, se rozrostla na 2,5 milionu uživatelů - což vyv...
Elon Musk přiznává, že zákaz odkazů na konkurenční sociální sítě byl chybouMastodon má nyní 2,5 milionu uživatelů Chaotický
podzim Elona Muska na Twitteru ...
Happy to know that Spring 4 is the Best App Update Runner-Up of @macstories Selects 2022. Thank you so much for your support, and I can’t wait to share more info about Mona the Mastodon client with you soon. macstories.net/stories/macstor…
this is great news. Loved your twitter client but leaving twitter ended its use. Looking forward to your new app. For me solid lists usage would be important. I use lists over the timeline. If Testflight starts I would like to volunteer!
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
Thank you for your reply on the Fediverse! Thunderbird is currently out of the office for a holiday break, but we look forward to catching up with you next year.
@ondrosik I'm testing it right now and I seem to be unable to locate the text entry field after hitting the reply button, so I need to investigate. #Pinafore is even listed as a supported client app in the #Friendica FAQ
I co-authored a Mozilla blog post about our #a11y work in celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I'm posting it a bit late here, but better late than never, I guess. :) How we’re making Firefox accessible and delightful for everyone: blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f…
For the future would it be doable to wire tesseract into this so we can get a bit of joy on linux as well? Or is it too complicated? Still I believe it's a nice design choice it does not use its own cloud implementation.
@pvagner I believe there has been some discussion there. Even though my team has been helping to ensure the UI is accessible, I'm not on the actual team responsible for this feature. I'll see what I can learn though. CC @asadotzler
@asadotzler @pvagner Oh, there are absolutely performance and accuracy concerns with Tesseract. OS OCR is far better on Windows and Mac. However, Tesseract might be the only option if we're ever going to support this on Linux.
@asadotzler @pvagner That's certainly a concern, though I think it's less of a problem with OCR. I think OCR has been around long enough that there's some intuitive understanding that it isn't perfect, plus when it fails, it (usually) fails in such a way as to be very clearly incorrect, rather than plausible enough to be misleading. That said, there's also the question of the technical feasibility of bundling Tesseract for a single OS, etc.
@Jamie Teh @Asa Dotzler Since tesseract v4 accuracy is greatly improved. For adding text layer to scanned pdf files I am using an app called #ocrmypdf which uses #tesseract and it works sufficiently well for me. There are even some unofficial builds of tesseract for #android. Other than self packaged tesseract there is mlkit by google people are using on android for recognizing images. Performance and interfacing with tesseract may not be that great, I understand.
@pax We have a small team and a lot of high priority work to juggle. When that bug was first filed, MacOS 13 was in beta. None of our team were able to run it; running a beta OS (or even a newly released OS) is not without its risks. That bug is also very obscure; it seems to be due to a somewhat inexplicable change in VoiceOver, and as usual, Apple's documentation is poor to nonexistent.
Calling for feedback from Women in the Blind and Visually impaired communities who use Reaper and Osara. We need your opinions regarding the start of a regular women only Reaper meetup.
"Hey there people,
A while back someone asked me (not in so many words) "have you noticed that these DAW accessibility communities tend to be sausage-fests?" It's a fair question. I know that women are out there working on music, podcasts, sound design and everything else that we talk about here. So, how come we're not seeing posts from them as often?
JennyK and I would like to find out how women feel about the REAPER accessibility community right now, and we intend to bring about more of a balance. One idea we've been batting around is that Jen could start a regular meet-up for women who are either already using REAPER and OSARA, or who're interested in getting started. With the balance of regular posters being what it is at the moment, perhaps slotting a question in around 600 sweaty dudes waxing lyrical over workflows might be a bit overwhelming? We want to make absolutely sure women feel welcome here, and figure out whether there are things we can do to increase the presence they have in this nerdy space.
The first task is to identify whether what's written above is on the money. If this sparks any interest with you, pop your thoughts into this form. With Jen being an energetic Excel enthusiast, she's well-placed to collect and crunch some data. There are fields in the form to include your name and email, but they're optional, choose what you're most comfortable with. forms.office.com/r/B3smmbLyQ3
Just so you know, Jenny will be the only person receiving your responses in their entirety, handling your data with care and making sure that everyone remains anonymous when she summarizes the findings.
All thoughts and opinions welcome, every take matters as we work out what's best to do next.
Cheers,
Scott and JennyK"
JennyK / TechnoWitch, Jenny Brennan Scott Chesworth
The Firefox accessibility engine is responsible for providing assistive technologies like screen readers with the information they need to access web page co...
I've always thought it was awesome that long before any technology for astronomical observation, our ancestors figured out, through observation only, that the movement of the Earth on its axis made certain times of year the peak of its curve, and other times the center of the transit. And that at both the peaks (solstices) and centers (equinoxes) everyone went "Woo!" and built fires and held festivals.
NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2022.3.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. For more info & to download this patch release, please go to: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2022-3-…
NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2022.3.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. Pleas…
Law enforcement has the ability to get stored communications from companies like Twitter under 18 USC 2703(d). This is a famous "d-order" that has to be signed by a judge.
Companies can demand reimbursement under 2706. You can argue that 2703 should have a higher standard, but if the government can get to user data should it be free or should the companies ask for a nominal cost?
This is absolutely nothing to do with content moderation.
Thinking about whether an audio player component should use be a toolbar role with a roving tabindex, even though HTML audio controls do not, and if they should, what happens when the left and right arrow keys get you to a range input uses those arrow keys to adjust the number on the input. #a11y #webComponents
It's a tricky one. On one hand, a toolbar reduces clutter in the tab order, which can make things more efficient. On the other hand, it has the range problem you describe, plus it makes it harder to have keyboard shortcuts which don't require you to focus the specific control. For example, in Firefox, when you're focused on the play/pause button, you can use left/right/home/end to seek, up/down to adjust volume, all without having to find the specific control. But you can still tab to the control if you wish, which is great if you don't know about the shortcuts.
I guess the other question I'd ask is why not use the browser's builtin controls, but I'm guessing you have a good reason for that, otherwise you wouldn't be investing time into this.
You're welcome. In case it's helpful, here's the Firefox bug where this was discussed (at length, over a long period of time and with many differing opinions). I'm linking directly to the comment where the most recent plan was laid out, but earlier comments might provide some interesting food for thought. Or alternatively, they may make you wish you'd just been rickrolled instead. :) bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
props to the @matrix team for making a software that doesn't break every time I update. It just works™ . I set it up once and never had any problem whatsoever
He does an excellent job! 🎄
Erin Fulmer
in reply to Erin Fulmer • • •“Don’t ever stop talking to each other. It’s what the internet is really and truly for. Talk to each other and listen to each other. But don’t ever stop connecting. Be a prodigy of the new world. Stand up for the truth no matter how often they take our voices away and try to replace the idea of reality with fucking insane Lovecraftian shit. Don’t give up, don’t let them have this world. Love things. Love people. Love the small and the weird and the new.
Because that’s what fascists can’t do.” 🔥