Our not so spooky Halloween In-Process blog post is out - No tricks, but plenty of treats - particularly from NVDA 2024.4, including all the highlights, and the new options for reporting font attributes. Plus a big walkthrough of NVDA's stability in the leadup to 2025.1. All that and more, here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News
In-Process 31st October 2024
It’s that spooky time of year for all those who celebrate Halloween. And it’s also Diwali for our Indian friends. Whether you participate in either of these or not, there is something we defi…NV Access
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Interview with Newly Certified LibreOffice Developer Rafael Lima - The Document Foundation Blog
The LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) has appointed Prof. Rafael Henrique Palma Lima, from Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPr) as the newest certified LibreOffice developer. Prof.Olivier Hallot (The Document Foundation)
Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine
Move by Beijing leaves California company rushing to find new battery providersFinancial Times
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Vyšel Thunderbird pro Android
Před více než dvěma lety vývojáři Thunderbirdu oznámili, že plánují převzetí projektu K-9 Mail a jeho proměnu na Thunderbird pro Android. Cesta trvala…Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
Je joue un peu avec XMPP voir si c'est assez confort pour le suggérer comme alternative à Signal (qui tournera pas sans douleur pour les gens sans smartphone).
Pour l'instant mon souci c'est de trouver aucun bon tuto pour gérer une salle. Autant en créer une, ok. Autant tout le reste, que ce soit l'encodage des échanges, la gestion de l'historique, les permissions des utilisateurs, voir même des trucs de base comme la description du salon. Nope je trouve pas... Je te tombe sur des bouts d'xml sans trop d'explications du comment-pourquoi T_T
#xmpp
ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH
Dubya's grandda, Prescott, most likely bought his way out of a life in prison when his bank was closed down by FDR because he was the main banker to the Nazis.
this from the Guardian, back in 2004:
"How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power"
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the Senator for Connecticut got away with it and that ushered the era of USA nazis hiding in plain sight, in and outside the government.
The Bushes are literal architects of American #Fascism
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's…Duncan Campbell (The Guardian)
Exploring Samsung Galaxy AI's Live Translate: In-Call Translation Put to the Test - Accessible Android
This is the AI Era. Companies are racing to incorporate as many AI features as possible into their devices. While some features may seem like gimmicks, othersSalih Kunduz (Accessible Android)
AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses | AppleVis
Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.applevis.com
"I went to work for VICE, and made working at VICE part of my identity. I wanted the company to succeed so badly because I believed in what we were doing and I believed in the institution. I worked zillions of hours of unpaid overtime, took on side projects, canceled vacations and worked on vacations thinking that, if I did my job well enough, the company would succeed and we would get to keep doing what we were doing. I spent the vast majority of that time doing work that made money for an over-bloated apparatus that existed to make a bunch of middle managers and executives large salaries and bonuses."
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The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution
Jeff Bezos is not the answer at The Washington Post. And billionaire funding is not the answer for journalism.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Trying an accessible way of shopping with Innosearch | AD - My Blurred World
There are one too many barriers when online shopping as a vision impaired person, here's what I think of Innosearch which promises an accessible experience.Elin (My Blurred World)
As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors.
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
See my reporting on their previous violation, which is being reviewed by the FEC: citationneeded.news/coinbase-c…
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake cryptocurrency-focused super PAC in May 2024.Molly White (Citation Needed)
SiriusXM Unveils 2024 Slate Of Christmas/Holiday Music Channels Including New Jimmy Fallon Channel
SiriusXM has unveiled its suite of Christmas and Holiday music channels for the 2024 season with many launching on Friday,Lance Venta (Radioinsight.com)
Stereo audio support for regular voice chatting · Issue #5626 · mumble-voip/mumble
Context I know there have been other tickets relating to stereo audio functionality in mumble. They appear to have largely been dismissed because they involve using mumble for use cases that are ar...GitHub
My first thought
man, we're so spoiled on Mastodon. There are like four #accessible web apps, multiple accessible IOS and Android apps, at least two accessible Windows apps (even if they both have some issues), and a couple accessible mac apps. As #screenreader users we can actually choose the one we like, rather than picking the one where the largest number of features actually work with a screen reader.
My Second Thought
Man, this should just be the default state of existence. #Blind folks need to demand more. But I get it, it's so easy to just accept the current state of accessibility as normal, and then be surprised by things that actually work.
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Meet Steve: a photographer who is deaf and low vision - TetraLogical
Meet Steve, a photographer from London who is deaf and low vision. He is an ex-civil servant who then went on to do freelance technology journalism and travelled the world.TetraLogical
Thunderbird for Android 8.0 Takes Flight - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird for Android takes flight today! Find out what's new in the first stable release, where to download it, and how to get started!Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)
I'm thrilled to announce my first blog post on my homepage. Finally, after months of setting my site up, I now have acquired ✨content✨. In this one I share my experience as a volunteer for the matrix conference 2024. Thank you again for this opportunity @matrix @plainschwarz
10/10 would do it again
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Volunteering for [the matrix conference] 2024
Images by Jan Michalko for the Matrix.org Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 Intro From September 19th to 22nd of this year the Matrix.org Foundation held their first own Matrix Conference in person here in Berlin.Arti-s homepage
The History of Radio!
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History of AM/FM Radio | From Waves to Airwaves | 1.1
Dive into the captivating history of AM/FM radio in our latest video. Join us as we explore the origins, technological advancements, and cultural impact of o...YouTube
AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses | AppleVis
Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.www.applevis.com
Did you know undergrads at Oxford in 1335 were solving homework problems about objects moving with constant acceleration? This blew my mind.
As I explained yesterday, medieval scientists were deeply confused about the connection between force and velocity: it took Newton to realize force is proportional to 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. But in the early 1300s, a group of researchers called the Oxford Calculators made huge progress in understanding objects that move with changing velocity.
They discovered something called the Mean Speed Theorem: an object moving at constant acceleration over some period of time goes just as far as if it were moving uniformly with the velocity it had at the middle instant of its motion!
That's really cool. But it gets better. They gave homework problems called 'sophisms' to the students of Merton College at Oxford. And in 1335, one of them named William Heytesbury wrote a book called 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠, which gives us a look at what these problems were like. Some of them required students to know the Mean Speed Theorem!
Later in the 1300s, Nicolas Oresmus in Paris gave a picture proof of the Mean Speed Theorem. For example, he pointed out that the triangle ACG below has the same area as the rectangle ACFD.
Why did it take so long for Galileo to rediscover this stuff? How did the knowledge of the Oxford Calculators get lost?
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Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know
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Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know
Git is a version control system that developers use to track changes in their code, cooperate with other developers, and even revert changes if something goes wrong. While most developers know common…Nipuni S Ranathunga (Code Like A Girl)
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