Derek attributes his experience with NVDA instrumental to his career success and since working at Google has found numerous ways to improve accessibility, both internally and externally.
"A product built by the community, for the community, is better than one built by some company, simply because the community is in charge of what goes into it." - Derek Riemer
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
GitHub has released an insightful article to accompany the documentary shared earlier showcasing NVDA, OSARA, & REAPER. The article interviews NVDA co-founders, Mick Curran & Jamie Teh, as well as Derek Riemer, who has used NVDA since 2011. Derek has contributed to NVDA itself & written over 20 add-ons. He also now works as a software engineer at Google.
Find the full article (& short documentary) here: github.com/readme/featured/nvd….
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
Coding accessibility: Software by the blind, for the blind
NVDA and OSARA provide access to information, employment, community, and more, as well as empower a new generation to build a more accessible world.Mike Melanson (GitHub)
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Who Runs Your Email? Revealing Tuta's Security with Hanna Bozakov
In this interview, we chat with Hanna Bozakov, press officer at Tuta (formerly Tutanota), a leading secure email service provider. Dive deep into the world o...YouTube
@ludiofines Hi there, you can send encrypted emails to Gmail and other platforms by sharing a password with that recipient. They will receive an email to their Gmail account which includes a link to an encrypted Tuta mailbox where they can use the password to view your message.
We recommend sharing these passwords via an encrypted messaging application like Signal.
Trump reportedly pressured architects to remove braille from Trump Tower elevators
Barbara Res, the former vice president of construction for the Trump Organization, recently published an op-ed in the New York Daily News, which alleges that Donald Trump once pressured an architect to remove the braille signage from the elevators in…Jon Cornachio (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Kamala Harris accommodating disabled people provokes GOP attack
The Vice President began a recent meeting with “I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."Eric Garcia (MSNBC)
Přispívání do OpenStreetMap: chytání „pokémonů“ se StreetComplete
V dalším díle seriálu o přispívání do OpenStreetMap se věnuji tomu nejméně náročnému způsobu – doplňování informací k již existujícím objektům. Dozvíte se, jak na to ve skvělé aplikaci StreetComplete.
#MapComplete #mapy #OpenStreetMap #OSM #StreetComplete
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CSUN 2024: Index Braille High-Speed Embossers - Podfeet Podcasts
Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use.Steve Sheridan (Podfeet Podcasts)
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So automattic/Tumblr's CEO is making the company email servers to redirect all mail from teamblind.com to his own personal address instead of the actual person who registered to Blind, so he can know who signed up using their corporate email (the only way to sign up).
Not only that, but by doing this, he could just go through the company email address list, hit the "forgot your password" link, and find out who already has an account, and even steal it.
Very sane, not creepy, absolutely not sociopath move, sire. Absolutely normal and not crazy maniac behavior.
‡ If you don't know blind, it's a platform that let employees of a company to anonymously talk between them about their employer
Blind - Anonymous and Professional Community
Blind - Join a vibrant community where professionals discuss careers, workplace dynamics, and more. Get career advice, engage in debates, and connect with peers.Blind
Letter: "We are Volunteers for Paris 2024 and we resign due to the lack of Covid-19 measures"
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We are Volunteers for Paris 2024 and we resign due to the lack of Covid-19 measures
We have been enthusiastic in the preparation of the Games as international volunteers. However, we are more and more worried at the lack of any actions from the organizers to address the epidemic of Covid-19 that is still going on across Europe and t…Volontaires Inquiets Paris 2024 (Mediapart)
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Cool URLs Mean Something - The History of the Web
Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a virtual archive of pop culture news stories that date back to 1997.Jay (The History of the Web)
Excuse me we are now living in a time where search engines strike exclusivity deals with websites to exclusively show results of these websites on the one search engine?? Will I need to go with Google to look up reddit posts, Bing to see movie information, and DuckDuckGo for info on ducks now?
I love our post-capitalist cyberpunk dystopia.
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Mojeek (@Mojeek@mastodon.social)
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal “They’re [Reddit] killing everything for search but Google,” Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the search engine Mojeek told me on a call.Mastodon
@Jessica @404mediaco @Mojeek @privateger That's pretty much what I expected, yes.
Or for them to completely destroy what remains of old.reddit and only have a captcha-intensive basically mobile-only site.
How to use Windows Pro's BitLocker device encryption on any PC
BitLocker is officially only available for Windows 10/11 Pro. However, the tool is actually also included in the Home versions, just hidden.Peter Stelzel-Morawietz (PCWorld)
[Checklist] How to make back-to-school (and family life) easier with a password manager | 1Password
Discover the top back-to-school checklist by 1Password for students and parents. Learn how to manage digital identities and passwords effortlessly, simplify logins, and ensure online security.Agile Bits, Inc.
Guide Dogs and Tech innovations: Celebrating International Assistance
AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson explores the cutting-edge technologies enhancing the abilities of assistance dogs, showcasing the incredible synergy between traditionalabilitynet.org.uk
We Asked a Top Criminologist How Burglars Choose Homes. It's Easier Than You Think
We got the lowdown on burglaries from an expert. Here's what they suggest to foil common home thieves.Tyler Lacoma (CNET)
«Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal»
We move to the next level of information feudalism: some of the few bits of human-generated things left on the internet are now blocked off from being openly searchable…
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Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Another reason to use ALT text which some people might not have considered: it benefits people who are not visually impaired as well.
As #Mastodon is #decentralized there is no central network hosting all of the images. Should the admin of a server decide to purge old images to save space, users accessing older posts will not know what an image was without an ALT text.
Take this post from 2022 for example.
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated and 2 added apps:
* TaskLabAct: save and sync on your git server a TODO list and shareable links
* Fossify Calculator: Simple and open-source calculator for quick and easy calculations – and app number 12 in your green collection. One app for each month now!
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
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
X redesigns water pistol emoji back to a firearm
Link: blog.emojipedia.org/x-redesign…
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X Redesigns Water Pistol Emoji Back To A Firearm
X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as a firearm. This diverges from the cross-platform conversion of this emoji from firearm to water pistol from 2016 to 2018.Keith Broni (Emojipedia)
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Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir
Fred Trump III writes that his uncle, Donald Trump, made the shocking suggestion during an Oval Office meeting in May 2020Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)
CrowdStrike is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology for crashing millions of computers around the world due to a defective software update.
“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!,” says the email from CrowdStrike's chief business officer Daniel Bernard.
But some found that the gift card didn't work, while others got an error message saying the voucher had been canceled.
More from @lorenzofb: techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crow…
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Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!
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Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.Axel Thévenet
🚨 New pre-print – dark times for privacy. Not only announced Google yesterday to continue allowing cross-site cookies. We find that Android's central privacy options are ineffective and arguably misleading for consumers.
For 10+ years, Google has allowed #Android users to limit data sharing for online ads. We find that this setting does... NOTHING much. The same goes for Californians, when they exert their LEGAL right to limit sale or sharing of their data. #GPC
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2407.14938
From Ad Identifiers to Global Privacy Control: The Status Quo and Future of Opting Out of Ad Tracking on Android
Apps and their integrated third party libraries often collect a variety of data from people to show them personalized ads. This practice is often privacy-invasive.arXiv.org
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@mwl@io.mwl.io people love to say "we" when they mean "somebody who is not me".social.polotek.net
I think I also need to ask "who is they?" More often. It's always "we" against "they" without a lot of explanation.
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@tab2space @jrconlin @lightweight who is "they"? Overruled by who?
More importantly though, every actor in this dynamic feels that it's not their own actions that need to change. It's always somebody else that needs to change.
That's why I end up poking people about this. Even though I know it often just makes them defensive. Each of us has to understand that we don't have any control over what other people do. The only thing we can actually make a decision about is whether our own actions in the system match up with our stated values.
"Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel""
"em setembro de 2020, o valor os testes covid em Portugal estavam ao nível dos preços na Europa, em junho de 2021 Portugal era o país europeu com o preço por teste mais elevado."
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Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel"
A Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) condenou uma associação empresarial e cinco dos principais grupos laboratoriais a operar em Portugal ao pagamento de coimas superiores a 48 milhões de euros por "envolvimento num cartel que operou no mercado portugu…RTP
Restriktive #Bezahlkarten mit pauschalen Bargeldlimits gehen nicht klar, sagt das Sozialgericht Hamburg: netzpolitik.org/2024/sozialger…
Die Beschränkung muss - wenn, dann - an den Einzelfall angepasst werden. Das würde Bezahlkarten zu einem Bürokratiemonster machen.
Die Konsequenz muss jetzt sein, dass man die ganze populistische Diskriminierungssymbolpolitik einfach ganz sein lässt.
Sozialgericht Hamburg: Pauschale Bargeld-Limits bei Bezahlkarten sind rechtswidrig
50 Euro Bargeld für Geflüchtete und dann ist Schluss? Nein, sagt nun ein Gericht in einer Eilentscheidung. Wie viel Bargeld Betroffene für ihr Existenzminimum brauchen, hänge vom Einzelfall ab.netzpolitik.org
🗓️ Sábado 27 de Julio de 11:00 a 14:00
🏚️ Colonia Centro - Ciudad de México
Entrada Libre, Cupo limitado
#autocuidadodigital #cuidadocolectivo #infraestructura #linux #laboratorio #softwarelibre #mexico
Skeletor
Skeletor (born Simon Keldor, 1955-2005; 2008-present) was an American actor who enjoyed brief success in his eponymous role in the Masters of the Universe cartoon in the 1980s.Uncyclopedia
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