Let's face it. Switching screen readers can feel like picking a new pair of shoes. We know our trusty old shoes, or TalkBacks in our case, have gotten us
After 6 years – we finally got to close our longest-running #accessibility ticket in Wagtail, github.com/wagtail/wagtail/iss…. Thank you @mush42 for reporting this initially. We benefitted immensely from your accessibility expertise and first-hand experience with a screen reader ❤️
This was the ticket I created our "accessibility" ticket triage label for. 38 of those still opened, 165 closed. Kick-ass!
Hello everyone, After reading the docs, I've decided to use Wagtail on one of my personal projects. Since I'm blind, I've discovered that my experience on editing content would be rather unpleasant...
For me personally – this was a definite inflection point in my career, as I started investing way more into accessibility expertise. For Wagtail, we followed this with a project for a large govt agency to do even more testing and improvements of the CMS admin. Then got our accessibility team started. Then the accessibility team for @django. An #ATAG audit for Wagtail. Yearly reporting on our accessibility. There’s a long way to go but the journey’s been great already 🌈
Happens here in Canada w/ Post Merdia [not a typo, they're quite literally shit], as almost all of Canadian media have decided that the leader of the official opposition is justified in not obtaining a security clearance and that the LPC needs a new leader.
MSM DRIVES THE NARRATIVE.
Pollsters asking, on a scale of 1 to 10 how much I hate Trudeau? [I don't]
None ask about how concerned Canadians are about PP NOT having a security clearance.
Despite having a Harris endorsement ready to go, The Washington Post, AKA Jeff Bezos, is refusing to endorse a candidate... hedging their bets... scared to piss off the orange shit stain.
Apple has today released macOS Sequoia 15.1, bringing the first set of Apple Intelligence features to Macs with Apple Silicon outside of Mainland China and the European Union.
Finally got the chance to dig more into this story ”Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said”
What’s confusing is that it mixes anecdotal evidence with studies, on diff versions of Whisper, wrapped in a range of different software, using a variety of audio types. Audio quality, length, number of voices, speech patterns all matter a lot. And the longer the recording the more likely it is to have errors
The slides = https://www.slideshare.net/DanielStenberg7/mastering-the-curl-command-linepdf0:00 Mastering the curl command line0:16 Daniel Stenberg0:36 curl s...
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.
In which Jake's school friends possibly think I'm a lazy sod who sits at home and does nothing all day, and Alice tells the story of how we got some very nice, free cupcakes delivered that weren't for us: #StroongeCast E07: Jake And Alice youtu.be/Xcckya9tKKs
Welcome to episode 7 of StroongeCast with Andre, Kirsten, Jake and Alice Louis.In this episode we thought we'd bring the kids in for a bit of a chat.As a bli...
Hey! Loved the episode so much I tried to subscribe with this RSS feed, but it constantly throws up an error when I try the podcast app of my choice or even previewing it in Firefox. onj.me/media/stroongecast/inde… @FreakyFwoof
@WeirdWriter LOL well done, it looks like a feed now. Still a few minor problems but I think most readers would ignore those. You can see the [validation results](validator.w3.org/feed/check.cg…)
"The Unfettered Selfishness of Digital Nomads Behind the facade of high-tech bohemianism lurks something dark and reactionary." thrillist.com/travel/nation/di…
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is a lot to read, and also we missed the toot about last week.
In short: - F-Droid client 1.21 was released, but you should wait for 1.21.1 before you update - there were some bugs in DAVx⁵, Nextcloud and Tailscale, so be careful in updating these too - we're working together with @Codeberg to get our builds from apps hosted there working again - any much more
This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024, Week 43F-Droid coreJust after the last TWIF was published we thought it will be just another nice...
Our admin tried something one or two days ago and it seems like, as of the time of publication, cloning from Codeberg with your provider works again: monitor.f-droid.org/builds/log…
Interesting Python job on an AI Forensics team: you will work on algorithmic investigations techniques to hold social media accountable to their users and to the law.
I've recently had a renewed appreciation for the First Doctor stories, particularly since there are still missing episodes that I'm only starting to listen to on audio. Enjoy.
ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Claire Stanley joined Carl Richardson and Kim Charlson at a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Disability Advisory Committee meeting. The meeting covered a range of topics, including gaming accessibility and the use of artificial intelligence to caption live video programming.
The DAC provides a means for stakeholders with interests in accessibility issues to exchange ideas, facilitates the participation of consumers with disabilit...
#RIPE89 kicks off online and in Prague, Czechia! From IPv6 to IoT, we’re diving deep into the future of the Internet this week. Tune in and follow the talks live at: ripe89.ripe.net/live/ #RIPEMeeting
A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather.
My wife and I did an interview with storycorps which was archived at the Library of Congress in teh United States. If you'd like to learn more about us and our story, have a listen. It's free and fun, and there's thousands of stories from others like us ready for the listenin. archive.storycorps.org/intervi…
Spouses Tabatha Brown (43) and Noel Romey (44) discuss how they first met during guide dog training, their long distance friendship, and finally deciding to get married.
@snyco The entire encryption takes place on the client - it's end-to-end. We plan to release a small server for self-hosting in the future, but our current version is too large and complex for that.
The fact that the Whisper transcription service from OpenAI just fills out gaps and silence with nonsense, demographic stereotyping, perpetuation of violence and sexal innuendo should get it recalled.
But no, as long as OpenAI say they are continually working to improve the tool, everything is apparently good to go.
One example: What the person said: “Someone had to run and call the fire department to rescue both the father and the cat.”
What Whisper transcribed: “Someone had to run and call the fire department to rescue both the father and the cat. All he had was a smelly old ol’ head on top of a socked, blood-soaked stroller.”
Hospitals routinely use a tool powered by OpenAI’s Whisper transcription model, which researchers find can hallucinate entire passages during periods of silence.
I've told this story at conferences - but due to the general situation I thought I'd retell it here. A few years ago I was doing policy research in a housing benefits office in London. They are singularly unlovely places.
It's been a fascinating process. Mray also created the librecast matrix room, so he's a great community player. Having such a contribution is amazing, our ecosystem needs more than code. It needs people being inspired and contributing by documentation, packaging, talking to others about the projects you love.
Helping us to improve.
Thank you so much Robert, for contributing so much of your time to create this logo for Librecast!
They go against hospitality! [¡Van a por la hostelería!]
Pubs and restaurants warn of closures if taxes rise and business rates relief ends | Hospitality industry | The Guardian
Os traigo esto para que sepáis que la hostelería no es solo un refugio de llorones explotadores e incapaz de vivir sin subvenciones sólo en España. Aquí además la calidad es pésima.
In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Writing Tools in iOS 18.1. Writing Tools, released as part of the first set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.
Last Friday I left my job of 21 years by way of redundancy. That’s a pretty significant chunk of my adult life invested into a single place. So it’s going to be a big change.
As I step into the first Monday morning in years where I haven’t had anything scheduled in an Outlook calendar… I say ‘fuck it’ and opt for McDonald’s Breakfast.
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