Habe gerade eine Vorstellung des Projekts "MetaBraille" gesehen. Das ist ja saustark! Open Source Tools haben die verwendet und sich eine eigene Braille Tastatur gebaut, die im Prinzip von jedem blinden Menschen nachgebaut werden kann.
Sogar die Steuerung vom 3D Drucker.
Die 3D gedruckte Tastatur kann man dann an das Handy koppeln. Klasse!!

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#Inklusion #Braille #tastatur #opensource #blind

When I think about reading, the activity, I think of it as something distinct from listening to an audiobook. I enjoy the physical and mental act of reading. It is recreational for me in a way that listening to an audiobook isn’t.

But I do love and listen to audiobooks, and listening to audiobooks “counts” as reading, whatever that means. If you ask me what books I’ve read, I’m going to list those I’ve read and those I’ve listened to (and in some cases I’m probably not going to remember which is which). urusai.social/@nazokiyoubinbou…

🎉 We've released a September 2024 update to the Snikket server software, read all about it here:

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72 Stunden – insbesondere über ein Wochenende – sind kaum ausreichend sind, um auf ein hochkomplexes Gesetzesvorhaben in angemessener Weise zu reagieren.

Die betroffenen Verbände und Organisationen, darunter auch der Verein Tacheles e.V., hatten gerade einmal drei Tage Zeit, um eine Stellungnahme zu einem Gesetz zu verfassen, das weitreichende Veränderungen im Bereich der Bürgergeldgesetze und Arbeitsförderung vorsieht.

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🔗 Understanding Cumulative Risk -- The health implications of repeated COVID infections longshadowofcovid.substack.com…

@pandemicene

#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver

Welcome to the home of the Cane and Able navigators. Follow this account to keep up with all
 
the latest happenings with the CaneAndAble.social Mastodon instance for blind people, as well as handy tips and tricks for mastodon and the Fediverse in general.
At CaneAndAble.social, we’re passionate about the benefits of social network that no one individual can control, no matter how wealthy they are. That has benefits for blind people, who wish to participate in social media via a range of access technology on many platforms. Mastodon’s openness means that anyone with the skills can create an app for the Fediverse, and that’s good news. We are always sure to have accessible means of participating fully. If the accessibility of one app happens to break, or it is no longer developed, there are others, and there are few barriers to entry for new developers.

So, about this name of ours. How did we get it, and what does it mean? It is a pun. For those unaware, there is a story in the Bible, Genesis to be precise, chapter 4 to be preciser, (OK that’s not an actual word), of two brothers, Cain and Abel. But changing the spelling to Cane and Able sends a powerful message. The white cane blind people use for travel is seen as an international symbol of our independence. Able, as in ability, reflects the values by which many blind people live our lives.

So often, we are limited not by our blindness, but by other people’s perceptions of it. This manifests itself when we’re passed over for a job, because an employer closes their eyes and can’t imagine how they would do the job if they couldn’t see, and concludes that we can’t do it either. Limited perceptions result in us struggling to get the accommodations we need to succeed in education, to function optimally with technology, and so many other pursuits. CaneAndAble.social is a slightly tongue-in-cheek way of making an important statement. Our blindness doesn’t mean we’re not capable.

You will have read the rules before signing up here, so we won’t revisit them in this post. But here are a few things that make our community special.

First, while there are other instances where blind people hang out, CaneAndAble.social is a domain that is up-front about our blindness, much like there are other communities on Mastodon that directly identify with many other minorities. It clearly speaks to the kind of people we serve. This helps with discovery. You know that by looking for people on CaneAndAble.social, you’ll find blind people like you. Over time, you will find more businesses serving the blind community as well.

Second, our friendly team are here to help with any questions you have about using Mastodon accessibly. Direct your requests to this account by mentioning it. Not only will the navigators, Lynette and Jonathan, do what we can, but other people who follow this account have plenty of knowledge to share too. We know that Mastodon is a bit of a different way to do social media, but it represents a better future and we want you to have the help you need to make the most of it.

Third, you have room to express yourself with clarity and courtesy. Mastodon by default gives you 500 characters per post. CaneAndAble.social gives you a whopping 10,000. If you find that’s not enough for a legitimate reason, we’ll gladly consider increasing it.

Fourth, one of the things we often hear from new community members who join us is, “dude, this thing is fast!” And it is. We take good infrastructure, and providing you with a quality service, seriously.
Fifth, Some instances have chosen to block Threads, the Meta social network that is now part of the Fediverse. We have chosen not to do this, because we support people being in touch with as wide a group of people as possible. As technology evolves, we will embrace bridges to other social networks.

The site’s Community Manager is Lynette, @lynessence, and Jonathan, @JonathanMosen, chips in and pays the bills.

We strive to bring you a reliable, helpful, friendly community and are so glad you’re here. Let us know if we can help with anything.

Since @loshmi and @jwz 's post about the #enshittification of #FireFox yesterday, I've been test-driving #webbrowsers suggested by people in response to my request for suggestions of browser alternatives. I thought I'd give a quick review in case anyone else is interested.

Suggestions:

@JayLittle Zen Browser

Downloaded AppImage of Zen. Feels very similar to FF, as it is based on it, but has a Vertical Tabs interface, which I don't like. I ran with it all morning, but it feels too alien to me. Import option only showed Chrome, not FF, but FF Sync is supported, and worked, so I have all my FF passwords, bookmarks and history. Gmail, ebay, Youtube all work.

@aspragg #Epiphany

Installed Epiphany from stock Debian repo. Very minimalist feel (which I kind of like). Says it supports FF Sync, but I couldn't get it to work - just displays a dialog saying "something went wrong". Gmail, ebay, Youtube all work, albeit with manually entered credentials.

@eliteamdgamer #Floorp #servo and #ladybird

Floorp makes you agree to a privacy agreement which is in Japanese, and I couldn't find an English version, so I have not tried. Servo looks interesting, but I don't get the impression it's "production ready" yet. Ladybird, as far as I know is developed by some rather bigoted techbros, so also not tried. Sorry eliteamdgamer, but thanks for the suggestions.

@IzzyOnDroid #LibreWolf

Installed LibreWolf from external repository (followed easy instructions to add to my apt/sources) so it will get updated with my normal system updates. Again, import option only showed Chrome, not FF, but FF Sync is supported (after tweaks in about:config to enable it), and it worked, so I have all my FF passwords, bookmarks and history. Gmail, ebay, Youtube all work.

So, in summary, I now have three extra browsers installed, and am feeling more positive about not having to resort to Chromium any more. I'm favouring LibreWolf at the moment, as it feels a lot more homely. Will continue flitting between all of these for a week or so, as I need to use other websites I haven't yet tested. I'll be surprised if anything flat out fails to work, but time will tell.

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Neděle mám ráda. Půlku si užiju v práci a zbytek s dětmi. Jupí, neděle!

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I've just gotten an automated email, send via Mutt/1.5.21 (released 2010-09-15), from the root user, on a server whose timezone is most likely set to UTC+2.

This is from an institution that has all my personal data.

Seeing stuff like this makes me extremely unsympathetic to the "Google shouldn't be handling email in public institutions" crowd. At least Google knows how to do IT infrastructure, because these people clearly don't, and I know for a fact they have more IT infrastructure and people working on IT than the vast majority of public institutions here. Despite that fact, those things still happen.

Maybe it's time to admit that we lost?

I'm just going to say it. Whoever designed the new notifications layout and design for Mastodon needs to go back to the drawing board (and UI design school). In some cases, esp if you start off with a tag, it looks and works horribly. (desktop view). Way worse than the old way just a month or two ago.

#mastodon #fediverse #design #uidesign