Imagine getting accepted to college, finding an apartment, signing a lease and showing up to discover your room looks like this.

Austin, Texas, is putting a stop to windowless private dorm rooms.

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I have been reading through the State of HTML 2023 results site (2023.stateofhtml.com/) and I am so disappointed in the overall #accessibility efforts — both in the questions and in the code.

This may become a blog post.

I filed 3 issues today, have filed 15 since late 2022, and only 2 have been addressed:
github.com/Devographics/Monore…

But these surveys keep pushing problematic info in problematic UIs, giving the wrong impression of… everything.

#a11y #HTML

testing three sets of binaural microphones. The Sennheiser for iOS, Roland CS10EM, and sound professionals, master series in-ere drewsound.com/2024/05/19/testi…

Inception to Reality: How APH and its Partners Created eBraille OR eBraille: Inception to Reality aph.org/inception-to-reality-h…

Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and it did anyway theverge.com/2024/5/20/2416125…

The verdict on the new Oreo Sour Patch Kids Cookies? It's as though if the lemon Oreo got maried to a raspberry-tart Oreo. While I can't classify it on any degree of sour scale, I can say it's more tart and has a satisfying sweetness as well at the end, so I did still feel as though they are quite counter-balanced. There you go. Sadly I do think they're US only, based on this press-release: mondelezinternational.com/news…

When I was 18 and going to University, I applied for student aid because my parents weren't rich enough to help out. I was denied because I had outstanding debt. From when I was 16 months old. It took a while to get that sorted.

Look. I have kids. Quite a few of them. I love them, and I think they're downright adorable. Regardless, you won't ever see them until they're adults. I talk to them about privacy, and the risks of online life. I think it's important.

npr.org/2024/05/20/1251819597/…

New: recently we reported that a nonconsensual AI porn creator was making so much money from Patreon that they quit their full-time job. After Patreon kicked them, the creator informed their subs... but CC'd all of them, showing us their identities 404media.co/nonconsensual-ai-p…

Your restaurant has kiosks, and a patron who is blind attempts to use it. Will they be able to make a purchase independently? Is your legal risk low?

Stop by booth #5536 to see the industry-leading and most widely used self-service screen reader software, JAWS for Kiosk.

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#Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #Kiosks #SelfService #2024RestaurantShow #ADA

The deskilling of web dev is harming the product but, more importantly, it's damaging our health – this is why burnout happens: baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-d…

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 6 updated and 1 added apps:

* CaptureSposed: Xposed module to disable the screenshot detection API introduced in Android 14

And thanks to NAveen from Fossify, display of the app icon in repo list and details was slightly improved 😍

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

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