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Well now this is living in my mind rent free forever :blobfoxdeadinside:


Still awake? Done with the kangaroos?

How about pretty cammels?

[Over 40 Camels Disqualified From Beauty Contest After Receiving Botox](people.com/pets/over-40-camels…)



Today, thanks to @BTyson I learned that you can open blutooth file transfer by typing FSquirt in the run dialog.

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Interested in accessible gaming or want to learn more about games that are out there for blind and low vision people. Here's a website that might get you started.
blindgamingclub.com
#accessiblegames #accessiblegaming #blindgaming #bgc #blindgamingclub


My latest NVDA bug report:
Updated Windows 11 23 H2 Notepad: NVDA improperly identifies misspelled words at the beginning of lines not where they actually occur:
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
@NVAccess
in reply to NV Access

It's a pleasure. It seems that Narrator does it properly. Not sure about JAWS though.
in reply to Amir

I know how Narrator grabs some information off screen is different to how we do it - so knowing that Narrator works is useful in that we know it CAN be accessed correctly - but whether it is because they have specifically worked around a bug in Notepad or DON'T have a particular processing bug NVDA does.... or whether it is simply that they are collecting the same informatin in a different way is harder to know. Either way, thanks for all your help :)


We do have to keep ourselves awake, of course. 1 result early doesn't mean the other 649 will appear within minutes. The phrase 'double-pronged penis' is not something one ever really wants to come across, is it? But the article is on my list to stop me drifting off when I've maxed-out on the coffee ...

[Kangaroo genitals are weirder than you ever thought possible | Grist](grist.org/animals/kangaroo-gen…)



i have been using gdb for more than 20 years and just now got around to enabling persistent history. wingolog.org/archives/2024/07/…
this public service message was brought to you by chairman mao. i was going to speak but first i had to investigate #praxis marxists.org/reference/archive…



supposedly the #android 15 betas allow for BT-HID #braille displays to connect without having to use USB. Has anyone gotten this to work? I just tried it with a Mantis q40 and while the device is detected, when trying to connect it just says " failed to connect to [bluetooth_name_here], try again", so this does not quite appear ready for prime time. Makes sense given its a beta, just curious if its a pebcac issue

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NBCUniversal Enhances Accessibility For Its Coverage of The Olympic Games Paris 2024 corporate.comcast.com/press/re…
in reply to David Goldfield

@lerven wish more events did that but I've got a feeling that might be changing slowly. The six nations had AD commentary on one of our TV channels, the Olympics coming up and the Euros in progress, the quarter finals of which start tomorrow, again with AD.


Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive

You can either scan or upload various document formats into Paperless-ngx.

It will organise and index your scanned documents with tags, correspondents, types, and more. Your data is stored locally on your server and is never transmitted or shared ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/paperless-ngx-…

#archiving #documents #opensource #technology

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Celebrating the elections by playing Alt-Frequencies on my twitch channel twitch.tv/object_inspace
in reply to Drew Mochak

The audio filter when the time loop kicks in is definitely not new.
in reply to Drew Mochak

Hey, I figured out why you weren't hearing the status of the closed caption setting. The screen reader support does something kind of ugly where it waits a certain amount of time between sending chunks of text to the screen reader, based on the length of the text, to try to make sure the speech isn't interrupted. But of course, that code doesn't know how fast your speech is, so there can be long delays.
in reply to Matt Campbell

That's why, as we discussed on Twitch, we really need proper UI accessibility in games, not in-game TTS or hacks using the screen reader APIs. But I don't have the extra time and energy to bring something like an AccessKit Unity plugin to production on the side.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt That’s totally fair. Unity should be doing the work. Do you think they could use what you have built as a foundation or would they need to start from scratch? I have heard that there were talks and a plan and all that but I have no idea where any of it went. Hoping to learn more at GACon in October.
in reply to Drew Mochak

Yes they could definitely use what we have as a foundation. And of course AccessKit has continued to move forward since that Unity proof of concept 2 years ago, which was Windows only for starters. I'm even about to start on an Android back-end for AccessKit.
in reply to Matt Campbell

That old proof of concept is here: github.com/AccessKit/the-inter… It's a simple choice-based narrative game, but it *is* using Unity.


@aardrian I used to think web.dev was a good WebPerf resource if you just ignored the articles with bad accessibility advice. but publishing advice to use positive tabindex values to “modify DOM order” in 2024 is so laughably off the mark that I think I’ll stop linking this site altogether.

That’s…not how the DOM works! This was an article with four authors on an official Google web development resource and nobody called the BS. I can’t trust anything I read on web.dev anymore.
RE: toot.cafe/@aardrian/1127238642…


10 years ago I wrote about *not* using positive `tabindex` values. Today I added a warning about two Google web-dot-dev articles that a reader thought *promoted* it:
adrianroselli.com/2014/11/dont…

At what point will people recognize that #accessibility info from that site should be ignored?

Filed two issues:
issuetracker.google.com/issues…
issuetracker.google.com/issues…

#a11y


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in reply to Seirdy

Is tab index universally bad? We've used it for a couple of elements (2 of them, exactly) on our site, with a very deliberate ordering...
in reply to Miru

@miru a value of 0 or -1 is fine. natural numbers are generally a bad idea.
@Miru


Which Tory safe seat are you most excited to see fall, and why is it North East Somerset?
blop.social/users/jess/statuse…



Here’s a fun thing that just happened on my #framework16 running #debian and #gnome on #wayland. I woke my laptop up and typed my password. The built in screen of the laptop (on the left) is working. I can type, work, etc. The external monitor shows only 4 letters typed in the password box, and it’s still acting like it’s locked. If I mouse to that screen the pointer disappears. I’ve never had a laptop unlock one screen but not the other.

My power button is set to suspend. So I pressed the power button, let it suspend, then woke it up again. This time it woke up normally.



When a Linux user becomes drunk and tries to explain the Traditional Linux Desktop model to his partner:


Naše instance Mastodon :arch: byla aktualizována a již běží na verzi v4.2.10
Tato verze opravuje bezpečnostní problém.
Hezký prodloužený víkend přátelé #fediverse
Full changelog:
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…


The Fedora Accessibility Working Group presented to our highest decision-making committee on the state of accessibility in our distro. It's packed with information, context, and perspective for where we are today and how we can change things for the better.

If you would like to contribute after learning more about this priority, please join the matrix room!

Presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=fovBYceMCX…

Accessibility WG Matrix room: matrix.to/#/#a11y-wg:fedorapro…

#Fedora #Accessibility #a11y #Linux

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in reply to Fedora Project

A long time ago when Fedora was RH based I use to use the distro with Speakup before a gui for Xwindows was developed. I haven't used it on my personal machine since but have used it on remote servers. Can this distro be installed by a blind individual with out help?


They Beat Open AI to the Punch... But at What Cost? youtube.com/watch?v=9K5ibfEnkP…


Stealing and reposting this with proper alt-text cause it's pretty good memeage.

Don't boost bad alt text. Just fucking don't.

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(YouTube) Lies and hallucinations for the blind? Revolutionary AI smart glasses: #Solos #AirGo #Vision with GPT-4o now unveiled! youtube.com/watch?v=TvSId9u98S… #AI #AR #GPT4o

(AppleVis forum) Solos AirGo Vision: the future of smart glasses for blind and visually impaired users? applevis.com/forum/assistive-t… #blind #a11y

in reply to The vOICe vision BCI 😎🧠

GPT 4 hallucination rate is 28.6% on a simple task: citing title, author, and year of publication medium.com/@michaelwood33311/g…

Hallucination rates and reference accuracy of ChatGPT and Bard for systematic reviews: Comparative analysis jmir.org/2024/1/e53164 #AI #LLM

#AI #llm


Random #Windows tip of the day

What to do if the text on your screen is too small? 👀

Well, there are a few options

If everything is a little small, you might consider changing your scaling in Display Settings

If just one random thing is too small, even if that app doesn't have zoom, you can always pull up Magnifier with WIN + Plus to zoom in (WIN + Minus to zoom out, WIN + Esc to close)

If text in general across Windows is too small, then check out the text size option under Accessibility

in reply to Jen Gentleman

In the latest Beta Channel build we've started rolling out text scaling support for the Run dialog, which makes me happy as a big fan of Run

blogs.windows.com/windows-insi…




10 years ago I wrote about *not* using positive `tabindex` values. Today I added a warning about two Google web-dot-dev articles that a reader thought *promoted* it:
adrianroselli.com/2014/11/dont…

At what point will people recognize that #accessibility info from that site should be ignored?

Filed two issues:
issuetracker.google.com/issues…
issuetracker.google.com/issues…

#a11y

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Wine 🍷 is now 31 years old!! Gets finer every year ❤️
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If anyone is interested in following the progress I'm making on fixing accessibility issues in #OPNSense, follow this issue on github: github.com/opnsense/core/issue…

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in reply to Jason Fayre

@Jason Fayre That's perfect timing. One of the sites where I'm working as a sysadmin have just received their new opensense based gateway. Next week I'll start learning the platform.
in reply to Peter Vágner

@pvagner Very cool! They have already excepted a few of my poll requests. I’m not sure when these changes will make it into the official packages, but should be soon.


asking the Magic 8 Ball which email program to use

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*sigh* again, privacy focused tech locks us out by designing a document solution that doesn't work well with the keyboard and or screen readers. In my brief testing I couldn't review any text I typed, at all, nor review a document someone else made as a test. The menu bar items also didn't have labels on them, it seemed. When do Disabled users have access to #Privacy too? proton.me/blog/docs-proton-dri… #Proton #Accessibility
in reply to Robert Kingett backup

To answer your question, how about never, is never good for you? Sorry to be facetious, I'm just annoyed. There seems to be this idea, I'm not quite sure where it originated, that disabled people (I'm blind so have seen this very plainly when dealing with things supposed to be accessible to the blind)... There's this idea that blind people are supposed to take the most basic crumbs and shut up. That is, if you can use something to some extent, it doesn't matter what you have to give up. Your time, energy, privacy, and so on aren't important, you should be happy just to use the product in a somewhat limited way. People say that a product is usable with Amazon's Echo, and seem to be dumbfounded when I say that I am not remotely interested in having a constantly recording microphone, or even a microphone which may be constantly recording, in my house. Indeed, I thought that's what distinguished pre-1989 eastern Europe from the west, I have read of people who believed, whether rightly or wrongly, that their phones were recording even when on hook and they ought to speak in a room away from the phone if they wanted privacy. I don't need to guess that things like Echo are listening, I know they are, how could they identify their wake word, or even pretend to do so, if they weren't? All that is to say that people take the view that blind people should just be happy to use anything and forget about the luxuries available to others, such as basic privacy. With the greatest regrets, I have to say I'm not happy to do that. Not, of course, that any of this will change.


Searching a good youtube client /downloader besides the elten crap? Anyone?
in reply to Jonathan

Foobar2000 with Youtube Source addon. Besides downloading it also has a built-in Youtube browser if I remember correctly.
in reply to Steffen

Sorry, but what do people have with Foobar2000? I tried it 2 times now but I just can't get the hang out of it. Like, when I start it I just get this huge interface I don't understand a single bit from, and how would I get that addon or use it or, waaa? Are there any docs about it to start of?
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in reply to Jonathan

Then you might try 3d Youtube Downloader as standalone solution, thats what I use currently to download stuff yd.3dyd.com/
in reply to Jonathan

@Jonathan @Steffen I think if you only would like to download youtube videos and not use it for managing your music library, tag your media files, convert to different audio format, handle huge music playlists then you will perhaps like a different tool better.
in reply to Peter Vágner

@pvagner @radiorobbe Well I mean it seems interesting, but its so big and I never knew where to start of, thats the issue.


This is truly so moving to me. Having gone from a far more diverse professional field into this one has been incredibly difficult, like a kind of grief that no one over here understands unless they've made a similar journey. It's been impacting me a lot lately and it's wonderful to see change examples.

cosocial.ca/@mattwynne/1127255…



Clickworker – Ausgebeutet für künstliche Intelligenz

Damit eine KI ein Auto oder eine Katze erkennt, muss sie trainiert werden. Diese mühsame Handarbeit erledigen oft „Klickarbeiter“ in armen Ländern wie Kenia

swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/clickw…



Long COVID can change your life--even if you've seemingly recovered. “People who have recovered from long COVID can suffer relapses or flare-ups from new viral infections — not just from COVID but from cold, flu, and other viral pathogens, researchers have found.”

The ONLY way to prevent Long COVID is to avoid your next infection with #COVID19.

medscape.com/viewarticle/cold-…



#Buffalo-centric article from the BBC:
“US cities are advertising themselves as ‘climate havens’. But can they actually protect residents from extreme weather?”
bbc.com/future/article/2024062…

It points out the fact that everywhere is getting worse, Buffalo just less rapidly. It also ignores the fact that the city’s mayor of 18 years has still not figured out how to handle blizzards. So, come join us in Buffalo, where the frog boiling is slower and the leadership is yet slower than that!



The Evolution of Disability Language and Labels: A Complete Guide | Aaron Di Blasi | AT-Newswire.com
at-newswire.com/the-evolution-…

This article explores the evolution of disability language and the significance of using inclusive terminology. As our understanding of disabilities and the experiences of people with disabilities has evolved, so too has the language we use. This evolution reflects broader changes in societal attitudes, cultural values and the tireless advocacy efforts of the ...



NFB Live Presentation in 1-hour! Join Ryan Jones in Grand Ballroom D, Level 1, at 11 AM for the presentation Navigating the Future: Unveiling AI-Powered Innovations in JAWS. You don’t want to miss learning about Picture Smart AI™, Face in View, and what we are doing next! Check out our #NFB2024 schedule: vispero.com/events/nfb-2024/


🎉 🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day to all who celebrate! 🇺🇸🎉

We at Tuta are proud to offer a truly private email service so that you can continue to exercise your freedom of speech!

How are you celebrating the #4thofjuly ? 🎉

#freedom #independenceday #tuta #privacy



The latest development version of Papers is looking hot 🔥

Huge kudos to @pabloyoyoista, Qiu Wenbo, @camelCaseNick, and everyone else involved for their work on this!

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The Liberty Phone. Declare your digital independence this July 4th. True privacy, no tracking, open-source freedom. #LibertyPhone #DigitalRights
puri.sm/products/liberty-phone…


Good morning, any suggestion for an accessible and friendly RSS feeds reader for Windows exxcept Thunderbird, please?
in reply to Cleverson

About updates of feeds, very older versions of the add-ons check for new articles at NVDA startup, but I preferred to deactivate it. Also, I thought about making possible to get notifications of updates of the default feed, now that NVDA includes a schedule module, but finally I decided that this is not needed and maybe anoying. Anyway, suggestions are welcome. Thanks.