👁🗨Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics
"A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago..."
#a11y #webDev #HTML #screenReaders
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A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago, the screen readers tested did not signify the semantics of text...Steve Faulkner (TPGi)
You might have noticed some people publish much longer posts than the usual 500 character limit. There are three ways this is possible:
-The server owner has customised their Mastodon server's software to change the character limit
-The server owner has installed a pre-customised version of Mastodon such as Glitch or Hometown
-The server isn't running on Mastodon software at all, but something totally different such as Friendica, WordPress etc
More info:
➡️ fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-o…
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
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As a front-end developer, there are some things that jumped out to me in the recent screen-reader survey. I'll share a couple of them, but keep in mind that I don't typically use a screen reader myself. You can take a look at the results yourself at:
leave #reddit now
{ Reddit said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that its users’ posts are “a valuable source of conversation data and knowledge” that has been and will continue to be an important mechanism for training AI and large language models. The filing also states that the company believes “we are in the early stages of monetizing our user base,” and proceeds to say that it will continue to sell users’ content to companies that want to train LLMs and that it will also begin “increased use of artificial intelligence in our advertising solutions.” }
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Reddit's filing with the SEC makes clear that training AI with user posts is a core part of Reddit's new business model.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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The table shows how much of the web is being broken with the release of iOS 17.4.
via infrequently.org/2024/02/home-…
Cupertino's attempt to scuttle Progressive Web Apps under cover of chaos is exactly what it appears to be: a shocking attempt to keep the web from ever emerging as a true threat to the App Store and blame regulators for Apple's own malicious choices.Alex Russell
Via @kconnormartin on LinkedIn: "The Oxford English Dictionary has an opening for an entry-level lexicographer.
"This is a rare opportunity for someone who is interested in researching the history of the English language:"
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Microassist's Accessibility in the News is a widely read free weekly newsletter that compiles accessibility articles, news, jobs, events and announcementsMicroassist, Inc.
I bet @bagder loves this little gem of #AI auto-created PR! Just 3158 changed files, all have to be reviewed manually now.
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Summary This code change adds comments to the entire Spring Boot code base. The content of this PR has been created entirely using a custom fine-tuned AI model. We are conducting large-scale experi...GitHub
Did you ever believe that Hunter Biden took a #laptop full of incriminating information into a computer repair shop and abandoned it there? That the repair shop decided to examine its contents and transmit them to Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon?
Of course not. Because you have more common sense than reporters and editors at every major news organization.
The whole thing was a Russian disinformation op, in partnership with the GOP. And it's ongoing. Where's the press?
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I know that’s a big headline that promises a lot. But I...TPM
I know right.
Also, I find “illustration” suggests a person being creative and illustrating something. Not some Schmuck sitting behind their keyboard trying to get a prompt right.
For a company or institution ostensibly fighting for the rights of the little guy, it seems out of tune to use a technology that makes billions for unethical corporations whose product takes a giant dump on creatives and was developed by exploitation and theft of their work.
I (Monica here) asked our community member to use this image from one of his many helpful Thunderbird updates in German. I provided the info about the image to provide honest attribution. I've taken him off the replies. He isn't a schmuck, and he shouldn't bear the brunt of criticism for saying yes to my request.
There's a valid discussion to be had about prioritizing humans over AI tools, but the onus is on me for using the image - not our community member for saying yes.
Yep, cool feature! Try it out when you get it! #accessibility #andorid #ios #google androiddev.social/@MishaalRahm…
4) Last October, Google launched Lens in Maps (formerly Search with Live View). This feature uses AI and augmented reality to help you find information about nearby stores. Now, this feature has been upgraded with screen reader support, so you can point your phone’s camera at your surroundings and have TalkBack read the place’s information out loud.(3/7)
Google’s latest Android Feature Drop for February 2024 is here, bringing you 9 new features to help you stay productive. These include:
1) You can now chat with Gemini right in the Google Messages app on Android! You can ask Gemini to do things like draft messages, come up with a joke, and more. This is available for beta users in English.
(1/7)
2) Android Auto can now use AI to summarize notifications. AI will also suggest relevant replies and actions, so you can just tap a button to send a message, share your ETA, or start a call. (This was announced at Galaxy Unpacked last month but should be rolling out now.)
3) Lookout’s Image Q&A feature is now rolling out globally in English! This feature left closed beta last September & was available in the US, UK, and Canada. Image Q&A uses AI to auto-generate descriptions of images.
(2/7)
4) Last October, Google launched Lens in Maps (formerly Search with Live View). This feature uses AI and augmented reality to help you find information about nearby stores. Now, this feature has been upgraded with screen reader support, so you can point your phone’s camera at your surroundings and have TalkBack read the place’s information out loud.
(3/7)
You know the "horseshoe theory," right? "The far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear continuum of the political spectrum, closely resemble each other, analogous to the way that the opposite ends of a horseshoe are close together":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsesho…
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2024/02/26/hor…
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#AndroidAppRain today at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid with 8 updated and 1 added apps:
* Chronos: simple alarm clock focused on simplicity, usability and modern design
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzySoftRepo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
One of the things I enjoyed improving on Synapse was the URL preview capability. I was curious how much it improved over the past several years so did some experiments:
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Matrix includes the ability for a client to request that the server generate a “preview” for a URL. The client provides a URL to the server which returns Open Graph data as a JSON response.Patrick Cloke
📝 What Is A Single-page Application?
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A quick explainer about single-page applications are what they are good for.Heydon Pickering (heydonworks.com)
With some very hard work from my amazing co-admin @beardedtechguy I am proud and happy to announce the new #AllThingsTech #Blog has been launched!
We have a new look, new layout and lots of plans for the near and far future.
You can check it out here: blog.allthingstech.social
You can also follow my personal blog account from there here on Mastodon via this account:
@cliffwade@blog.allthingstech.social
On 14 February, we joined many #FreeSoftware communities in celebrating I Love Free Software Day 💕, an opportunity to share gratitude and appreciation with those who make #FreeSoftware possible! 🚀
We have collected the stories and great 📸 pictures you sent us, and summarised this year's celebrations in this news item and accompanying report. 💭
Check it out!
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#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS24 #ILoveFS
Together with hundreds of people and several organisations, we have celebrated another "I Love Free Software Day" on 14 February! On this day, we reached o...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
#FluffyChat v1.18.0 has been released 🥳
FluffyChat v1.18.0 adds some new features, fixes a lot of bugs and improves the notifications on Android by showing them in a conversations style. Voice messages got the ability to change the play speed and the status header is now optional.
Read more at: ko-fi.com/post/FluffyChat-v1-1…
Viele löschen Whatsapp und zügeln zu Telegram, Threema und Co. – dabei wäre es Zeit, die Messenger-Welt komplett umzukrempeln.Olivier Baumann (Republik)
I was invited to join the Matrix Spec Core Team -- the technical stewards of the Matrix protocol.
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I was recently invited to join the Matrix “Spec Core Team”, the group who steward the Matrix protocol, from their own documentation: The contents and direction of the Matrix Spec is governed by the Spec Core Team; a set of experts from across the wh…Patrick Cloke
This week’s #WeRateLaptopLids submission comes from @mb. Let’s get right into it:
✅ Has both real and mystical creatures
✅ Is ThinkPad
✅ Owner loves record stores
✅ Obligatory VLC sticker
✅ Pleasing arrangement of hexagon stickers
🪧 SCORE: 11/10
In order to make MSAN happy: ==2200945==WARNING: MemorySanitizer: use-of-uninitialized-value #0 0x596f3b3ed246 in curlx_strtoofft [...]/libcurl/src/lib/strtoofft.c:239:11 #1 0x596f3b402156 in Curl_...GitHub
Thanks Fast Company for featuring Be My AI in this great story about the next #AI wave! 💙
Since its early days, Be My Eyes has proven itself as one of the most effective initiatives in the blind community, serving as a connection between blindKareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)
Surveillance capitalism is predatory data mining typically via addictive and harmful sites and applications with social validation feedback loops/intermittent variable rewards posing threats to end users.
Read more at: puri.sm/posts/missing-from-pri…
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Today's match is Aye-aye vs Rat! Vote in the toot below!
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#nature #animals #UnusualAnimalMessages #vote #image
Aye-aye vs Rat, here we go!
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In the past few weeks, I spent a bit of time on a set of #OpenPGP hobby projects around #rpgp (github.com/rpgp/rpgp/). Today I'm happy to announce:
rsop v0.1.0 (crates.io/crates/rsop), an early stage "stateless OpenPGP" tool based on rpgp.
Relatedly, I also released rpgpie 🦀️🔐🥧 v0.0.1 (crates.io/crates/rpgpie), an experimental high level OpenPGP API based on rpgp (rsop is built on top of rpgpie).
Pure rust implementation of OpenPGP. Contribute to rpgp/rpgp development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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News from the machine room: the pure #rust end-to-end encryption engine, "rpgp", saw quite some work and a new release in recent weeks and now @hko released a higher level "rpgpie" interface for application developers ( see fosstodon.org/@hko/11199799800… ) which also powers running the IETF #OpenPGP #interoperability test suite quite successfully .... Delta Chat's security-audited encryption engine is in fact used from several other projects and in other contexts these days and we are happy about it!
In the past few weeks, I spent a bit of time on a set of #OpenPGP hobby projects around #rpgp (github.com/rpgp/rpgp/). Today I'm happy to announce:rsop v0.1.0 (crates.io/crates/rsop), an early stage "stateless OpenPGP" tool based on rpgp.
Relatedly, I also released rpgpie 🦀️🔐🥧 v0.0.1 (crates.io/crates/rpgpie), an experimental high level OpenPGP API based on rpgp (rsop is built on top of rpgpie).
GitHub - rpgp/rpgp: Pure rust implementation of OpenPGP
Pure rust implementation of OpenPGP. Contribute to rpgp/rpgp development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
When do you have the right to record with a security device in your home, and when is it a privacy violation? These tips will help you stay safe and avoid potential legal problems.Tyler Lacoma (CNET)
This sale is the perfect opportunity to grab tablets for everyone in the family.Albert Bassili (CNET)
We had a great talk with XMTP_Labs last week 🎙️
blog.xmtp.com/tuta/
We love seeing more companies embrace #privacy & join the fight against #bigtech & government #surveillance. ✊🔒
Here's to making the #web a better place #together! 🥂
"If encryption is broken, our society as a whole is at an immense risk."Esra'a Al Shafei (XMTP Labs)
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