Is this correct? I always thought Access technology was a UK thing. Later I was told Access Tech was the old fashioned term…
“Access technology and assistive technology are closely related, yet they serve slightly different purposes and audiences. Access Technology is a subset of tools and devices specifically aimed at making mainstream technology usable by people with disabilities. For example, screen readers, like NVDA or JAWS, open up digital content to blind and visually impaired users by converting text to speech or braille. Similarly, captioning on videos makes audio content accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Access technology is about creating a pathway to existing environments—digital or physical—so people with disabilities can engage equally with content and experiences designed for a general audience.
Assistive Technology on the other hand, encompasses a broader range of devices and software designed to assist individuals with disabilities in performing functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. This can include mobility aids, like wheelchairs or walkers, augmentative communication devices, or adaptive tools for daily living. For example, a braille note-taker supports daily productivity and communication for someone who is blind, while a prosthetic limb aids physical mobility for someone with an amputation. Assistive technology covers tools that provide support specific to the user’s needs, beyond accessibility in mainstream contexts.
Imagine a visually impaired student navigating an online course. Access technology, like a screen reader, bridges the gap by converting on-screen text to speech, allowing her to participate in the course as fully as anyone else. But to take notes or organize her studies, she may rely on a braille note-taker—an assistive technology uniquely tailored to her needs beyond just accessing information. For many, these tools are more than technology; they’re lifelines to independence, connection, and self-expression—bridging gaps and lifting limitations in ways that honour each person’s unique journey.
In simple terms:
• Access Technology helps people with disabilities use mainstream technology.
• Assistive Technology provides personalized support and tools for individuals to live more independently, across both general and unique contexts.
Their paths intersect because many access technologies—like screen readers, magnification tools, or voice recognition—are also considered assistive technology due to their role in supporting independence and empowerment. However, assistive technology is a broader term, often including unique tools tailored for very specific personal needs beyond mainstream accessibility.
As we look to the future, the lines between these two types of technology may continue to blur, with innovations that address complex needs across all contexts. Imagine AI-powered apps that identify objects, read text, or recognize faces in real-time—tools that simultaneously provide access and enhance day-to-day living.
While access technology aims to bridge the mainstream gap, assistive technology offers tailored support that supports each individual's independence.“
#Accessibility #AccessTechnology #AssistiveTechnology #Blind #Disability
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Edit: Just noticed I'd already noticed that...`E_TOO_TIRED` today 😆
We are very happy to present you with GIMP 3.0.0 RC1! 🥳
This is our first release candidate for what will be GIMP 3.0.0. Now is the time for everyone to test!
It is the result of years of work. I'm sure it still has many bugs (and you should report!), but we hope you will still appreciate the new version. 🤗
Ja, Rousseau heeft zijn partij aan de NVA verkocht.
"Nick Serneels neemt ontslag als voorzitter van Vooruit district Antwerpen. Dat blijkt uit een mail van Serneels naar de leden van de districtsafdeling van Vooruit. Hij voelt zich gepasseerd tijdens de onderhandelingen voor een nieuw districtsbestuur."
Rousseau maakt manu militari coalities met NVA en passeert zelfs de lokale partijleiding ..
Congratulations to the awesome Jen Linkova, winner of the 2024 Itojun Service Award for her work on #IPv6!
She has played a key role in blazing a path towards IPv6-mostly deployments in Enterprise environments, including bringing the Google network to IPv6-mostly. It has been a great pleasure working with her over the years and this award is very well deserved!
With #matrix and oidc I was thinking about offering an official FluffyChat server. It would have some benefits, right? I could have more control over the UX and would be kore independent. On the other hand it would require a lot of work and eval a public legal identity with either an expensive impressum service or publishing my physical address. Also a lot of legal paperwork.
So I came up with a new idea. A new login UX flow where the user picks the homeserver from a trustworthy list
The Macroeconomics Of Privacy and Dignity - Mike Hoye at the @matrix Conference 2024
"This is not your privacy this is OUR privacy this is the public good"
Love this. Very much agree with this thinking
There seems to be a timid uptick in new accounts on the Fedi, for reasons
Please, don't start acting OG HOA on them. They'll post intro if they feel like, they'll add alt text if they understand why. They'll stay if Masto feels fun, not because you say "we're a no-shoes house" or some shit...
And if it is minorities sharing their lived experience, please shut the fuck up and resist the urge to chime in, explain or police tones...
thank you (a witness of the Great Replying of Autumn 2022)
Adopt NeoChat!
This chat client works on both your desktop and phone and will let you communicate over the free and de-centralized and secure Matrix instant messaging platform.
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“But Democracy Is Not Over” Are you really absolute sure about that? I think it very probably is.
Trump has been screeching since 2015 about wanting to imprison and kill his political opponents, and how he needs people around him who would will do it when ordered because that’s why he couldn’t from 2016-2020. And guess who he’s surrounded by now?
Are you REALLY FUCKING SURE that democracy wasn’t just murdered by all the stupid fucking idiots who didn’t vote for Harris yesterday?
/cc @gruber
Thanks @PaulaToThePeople for the shout-out, and welcome to your encrypted email account. 😍
Let's make the world a better place together! 💪
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How does it handle a shared family calendar? That's vital for us.
@patrickleavy You can share entire calendars with all family members, it syncs instantly on all devices. You'll need Revolutionary or Legend for this, and support needs to activate the family option. Do contact us via the question mark to the right of your mailbox once you've subscribed!
This is old, but it shows how you can share the entire calendar and how it then shows up in the other account instantly: youtube.com/watch?v=n8l_xV6z8E…
Tutanota Calendar: How Alice shares a calendar with Bob
The Tutanota encrypted calendar now offers a collaboration feature that let's you share your calendar with other Tutanota users. Alice and Bob show you how t...YouTube
After yesterday I plan to close accounts with any company based in the USA... Which means
- Mastodon as only social media
- tutanota for email
- Linux for OS (already been using this for 20 years)
Any suggestions for search ?
@Tutanota a reminders feature would be a nice thing to have.
So I can switch away from using google calendar for reminders.
I meant more like google tasks or iOS reminders.
i want to see a list of reminders separate from the calendar.
QuicTLS will now pay for vulnerabilities reported (via HackerOne). We promise to share with OpenSSL and the major forks.
See github.com/quictls/quictls/blo… for details. TL;DR, only HIGH vulnerabilities.
Please boost for reach.
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FLOSS Weekly Episode 808: #curl
Me. Blabbing. Again.
hackaday.com/2024/11/06/floss-…
FLOSS Weekly Episode 808: Curl – Gotta Download ’em All
This week, Jonathan Bennett and Randal Schwartz chat with Daniel Stenberg about curl! How many curl installs are there?! What’s the deal with CVEs? How has curl managed to not break its ABI f…Hackaday
Rock-solid #curl: long-term support releases
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/11/07…
Rock-solid curl
I am thrilled to announce: Rock-Solid curl: long term supported curl releases Basics We make long term support releases of curl that we call Rock-solid curl. We support each release branch for at least five years.daniel.haxx.se
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Ya ha pasado una semana de la #Dana de #Valencia, y creo que es apropiado hablar de responsabilidades.
La delegada del Gobierno Central llamó hasta 4 veces a la responsable del Gobierno Valenciano ofreciendo ayuda y esta no aceptaba la ayuda.
Hago hilo🧵
cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/11…
La delegada del Gobierno llamó tres veces a la consellera de Justicia para ofrecer medios ante el riesgo de la DANA sin recibir petición alguna
La Generalitat solo decidió lanzar la alerta cuando en medio de una reunión del CECOPI "inoperante" la alcaldesa de Paiporta telefoneó advirtiendo de que su municipio se estaba inundando.Miguel Ángel Campos (Cadena SER)
Como bien comentan por aquí, la responsabilidad no se limita a esta semana.
Hay responsables en toda la cadena que se forró construyendo para especular con un bien básico como la vivienda.
datadista.com/playa-burbuja/tr…
Tres de cada diez viviendas afectadas por la DANA en Valencia se construyeron en zona inundable durante la burbuja
Un análisis realizado por DATADISTA de todos los edificios para uso residencial ubicados en la zona delimitada por Copernicus EMS muestra que más de 75.000 viviendas se encuentran afectadas por las inundaciones de Valencia.Antonio Delgado (DATADISTA)
La Comunidad Valenciana no solo no movilizó sus propios recursos, sino que rechazaba los recursos ajenos que le ofrecían (como señala @qualcu ) . En este caso, los bomberos de Catalunya:
diarilaveu.cat/politica/dana-l…
Nova polèmica: Mazón rebutja ajuda catalana per la DANA i s'encén el debat
DANA | La Generalitat rebutja una unitat de bombers catalans d’elitDiari La Veu del País Valencià
Australia plans social media ban for under-16s
The government says it wants to mitigate the "harm" social media is inflicting on children.Hannah Ritchie (BBC News)
Ako budú rozoznávať, že som austrálčan?
Pri registrácii? Podľa toho čo vyplním? Podľa IPčky? V prvom prípade budú deti klamať, v druhom použijú nejakú pokútnu proxynu alebo VPN.
Alebo to budú sledovať podľa IPčky neustále? Čo potom zahraniční návštevníci?
Toľko otázok, a to som sa ešte nedotkol toho AKO by prebiehala taká verifikácia? Neviem, či a aký doklad austrálski teenageri majú, ale cpať oficiálny doklad do ľubovoľnej sociálnej siete nie je vôbec dobrý nápad a zároveň sa opäť sa vraciame k tomu, kto všetko bude spadať pod tento "geniálny" nápad.
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Tony has done political songs before. He and I even did one as a duet once or twice: "Blame the Bible" by Panzy Division youtube.com/watch?v=XiGAylyOL0…
Now that I think about it, there's another karaoke bar in town, a gay bar, where Tony can also add tracks. The song would likely be better received there. They do karaoke on Mondays.
Pansy Division - "Blame the Bible" (official video)
The official music video for Pansy Division's "Blame The Bible" from the album "Quite Contrary," conceived and edited by John Austin Childress, copyright 201...YouTube
Když to tady dneska kluci nakousli, co bylo vaše úplně první auto?
Já měl svoje první MBčko (rv1967). V šedé barvě, krémový interiér a tu vůni si dodnes pamatuju. Koupil jsem ho tehdy za 2500 Kčs od mého dědy, který už nemohl řídit.
To byl rok 1990 (bylo to o tři roky dřív se narodila moje žena 😂)
Ale na druhou stranu, to byl jediný problém s tím autem. Jinak v pohodě.
Seirdy’s Adventures with Kronicle
“platform for developer dashboards.”
I wonder what they look like. Can I see screenshots?
“Open source MIT Licensed.”
Where are the screenshots
“Simple deployments”
This is a tool for visualization right? where are the visuals. Let me check the tutorial.
“The following software is needed to follow this tutorial” … “Once they have started, open the following URL in your browser”
Ok, no dice. I’ll just try the demo.
“Connection error: domain name not found.”
Please, I just want to know how the dashboard looks. Okay, let’s try the git forge.
- instructions to run
- links to repos with config templates
- last commit: 1y ago
screaming and crying.
André Polykanine (@menelion@dragonscave.space)
Re last: Please please please, don't use #HCaptcha! We blind people call it HateCaptcha, and it's for a reason. Their accessibility so-called innovative technology is simply broken and doesn't work reliably.The Dragon's Cave
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Social Media Accessibility: Guidelines and Best Practices
Find out our checklist for social media accessibility. Learn the best practices to create accessible social media posts and reach every customer.David Gevorkian (Be Accessible)
Rudolph & Frosty Ditch CBS for NBC After 50 Years But Not on YouTube TV, Fubo, & Others | Cord Cutters News
In a move that’s sure to shake up holiday traditions, Christmas classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman are leaving their longtime home on CBS after more than 50 years.Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)
Bell Canada Buys A US Internet Provider For $3.6 Billion | Cord Cutters News
Canadian telecommunications giant BCE Inc. announced today that it will acquire US-based internet service provider Ziply Fiber for C$5 billion ($3.6 billion USD) in cash.Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)
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