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Looking at the Bixi a l'annee program they seem to improved it this year from "no bixi stands anywhere near your origin or destination" to "no stands anywhere near your destination"

Maybe next year.

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I keep hearing “we need a liberal version of Joe Rogan’s podcast.”

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The HTTP workshop, day one: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/11/13…

The 2024 HTTP Workshop

Day one. For the sixth time, this informal group of HTTP implementers and related "interested parties" unite in a room over a couple of days doing a HTTP Workshop. Nine years since that first event in Münster, Germany.
daniel.haxx.se

The BlindShell 3 looks okay, if pricy. It has a touchscreen and an app store now. (Aurora Store, for anyone curious.) But it's astoundingly expensive, surpassing the iPhone SE and many powerful Android phones in price, and yet it still has only 3 GB RAM, 32 GB storage, and whatever Android version runs comfortably on that kind of hardware. Maybe the target audience doesn't care, but I wouldn't be surprised if some apps already don't run on it, and in another five years that'll be even more true. I wish people who need or want button phones didn't have to make that kind of compromise. Realistically, if I were still working as an AT trainer, I know for a fact I'd be telling people about this phone, but I also know they'd run up against software and hardware limitations. It's just a matter of deciding whether pure touchscreen is more annoying than outdated, expensive hardware and all that comes with it. Also, note that I'm not blaming the company for any of this; I have no way to know whether the price they're charging for it is fair, given the costs associated with manufacturing a device that will be vastly less popular than mainstream phones, the likely lack of a favourable bulk contract with whatever company produces the chips they're using, the cost of development, etc. It could be a completely fair price. It's certainly less revolting than paying $6000 for an outdated tablet with a Braille display attached. But let's be honest, most of you reading this post have probably spent more money on at least one phone. As a person who still appreciates buttons and likes to hack on Android devices, I wish I *could* justify one of these, but it's definitely not going to happen.
in reply to Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)

David Goldfield
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My guess is that many of BlindShell's customers are just wanting a tactile phone that they can call and text with. Anything extra is a nice bonus but I suspect that, for most of their customers, it's more than enough phone for their needs. That is in no way meant as an insult. There are lots of consumers who want a phone with basic features which is both tactile and accessible. Believe me, with VoiceOver on iOS being as flaky as it is, sometimes a phone like that sounds very tempting to me.
in reply to David Goldfield

Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
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@DavidGoldfield Yeah, I totally understand that. It hink the Blindshell is at the point where most of the people I know who had trouble with touchscreens could use it easily, and that's excellent. And it sure does sound nice sometimes with Voiceover and Talkback both having their own unique brand of weirdness.
@David Goldfield
in reply to Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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I doubt I would ever give up my iPhone and go to something like a BlindShell because I'd be giving up too many features that are too important to me. But I'll bet it's a perfect phone for a lot of people.
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Tech Singer
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@DavidGoldfield Also, phones like it are good as secondary phones though, again, bought used. I have a Smartvision which I'm using as a sound and USB transmitter/receiver. It has yet to see a SIM card, but works very well as it is, and the SIM is always an option.
@David Goldfield
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Jeffrey D. Stark
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@DavidGoldfield as an android user; this has no appeal for me either; but my father would have loved it; as he had the shakes and couldn't swipe on a touchscreen so felt left out of people's device options for folk who are blind
@David Goldfield
in reply to David Goldfield

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Also, there are probably a lot of BlindShell users who want more than a basic phone but who either can't work with or just don't want to work with touch screens. I'm glad there are phones for those users, as well.
in reply to David Goldfield

Tech Singer
Tech Singer
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@DavidGoldfield Granted, but frankly, with keyboard access on iOS, I don't remember the last time I touched my touch screen.
@David Goldfield

We’re thrilled to be launching our new technology podcast, Access On, tomorrow.
In episode 1, @President Riccobono will officially launch the podcast, and you’ll hear an introduction from its host, Jonathan Mosen.
Our regular News Bits feature looks at some tech news through a blindness lens.
Jeremy Curry from Microsoft joins Jonathan to talk about a new AI product, called Ask Ma, which provides #accessibility specific information on using Microsoft products and services.
#Accessibility @President Riccobono

To my followers: whenever I post about a TV show or a book, such as Doctor Who or Babylon 5, I'll try to remember to add relevant hashtags, such as #DoctorWho or #Babylon5 to allow those who are not interested in those topics to filter them out.
#doctorwho #babylon5
in reply to David Goldfield

S. John Ross
S. John Ross
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And for those of us who subscribe to those hashtags to see them. 😊

Hey, Who fans. Sadly, Mastodon didn't pan out the way I hoped, there wasn't much of a community that built up and there still isn't that much really. So...

We've just set up on Bsky if you want to connect and chat there - bsky.app/profile/bigblueboxpod… and (for now at least) still on X/Twitter - x.com/bigblueboxpcast

Whatever social channel you're on, let's connect and chat #DoctorWho

For now, Mastodon, peace out. It's been fun.

#doctorwho
in reply to The Big Blue Box Podcast

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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I'm sorry to hear that. As my followers will surely verify, I never resist getting into a conversation about #DoctorWho. Please, don't give up on Mastodon.
#doctorwho

This is a wonderfully even-keeled and informative Rust vs. C++ Exchange on the SE Daily Podcast with Steve Klabnik and Herb Sutter. If you are looking for some ideological slug fest you will be disappointed. Check it out! #rust #cpp #programming youtu.be/XdHBSxDsVlM?si=gS2kzj…
#cpp #programming #rust

If there are JAWS users interested in learning more about how to use the Thunderbird email program with JAWS, Vispero is hosting a webinar on this topic.
Thursday, November 14, 3:00 PM Eastern Time
mastodon.social/@freedomscient…
@thunderbird

Freedom Scientific

2024-11-12 16:06:02


Tune into ACB Radio on 11/14 at 3 PM ET for the Vispero Presentation: Use the Thunderbird Email Client with JAWS. We’ll show you how to navigate the app, read messages, compose new emails, and more. Request an invitation at community@acb.org
#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS

@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Tune into ACB Radio on 11/14 at 3 PM ET for the Vispero Presentation: Use the Thunderbird Email Client with JAWS. We’ll show you how to navigate the app, read messages, compose new emails, and more. Request an invitation at community@acb.org
#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS
#jaws #freedomscientifictraining

Hello, This is my first post here. I look forward to getting to know this space!!!

@DesireeRenae Desiree, it's great seeing you out here on Mastodon. I'm quite the fan of your work. Thank you for your service to the community.
@DesireeRenae
in reply to David Goldfield

Desiree Renae
Desiree Renae
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Aww, that is a super complement!!! Thanks so much! Love all the work you do as well!!

Zum 20jährigen Thunderbird-Jubiläum habe ich heute an @thunderbird gespendet und damit den den Datenschutz für die Online-Kommunikation unterstützt.

updates.thunderbird.net/de/thu…

Das Bild zeigt das Thunderbird-Jubiläums-Logo. Dieses besteht aus einer Vereinigung des klassischen Thunderbird-Logos und der Zahl 20. Darüber steht geschrieben: "Thunderbird - Wird 20 Jahre alt, vielen Dank!"

20 Jahre Thunderbird!

Thunderbird ist eine freie E-Mail-Anwendung, die sich leicht einrichten und anpassen lässt – und wir haben viele tolle Funktionen hineingepackt!
Thunderbird
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thank you so much for donating! Our communities are lucky to have you and your support! 💙 🙌

Wooooow… It’s been so long. Still love you, @thunderbird!

updates.thunderbird.net/en-GB/…

#email #thunderbird #foss #openSource


20 Years of Thunderbird!

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customise - and it’s loaded with great features!
Thunderbird
#foss #email #opensource #thunderbird @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

If you can have Outlook save the individual .eml files instead of as a Pst, you can use this Add-on to then import them into Thunderbird: addons.thunderbird.net/en-GB/t…

This Mozilla Support questions goes into a little more detail - and also has a link to a third party provider that the OP found useful: support.mozilla.org/en-US/ques…


ImportExportTools NG

Adds tools to import/export messages and folders EML, MBOX, HTML PDF , Plaintext Support and CSV support with indexes and file naming.
addons.thunderbird.net
in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

🔗 David Sommerseth
🔗 David Sommerseth
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Oh.that's cute. Outlook doing anything else than .pst?!

There's some libpst/readpst projects worth checking out. That worked for me some years ago when some huge Exchange server collapsed and we were given .pst files in return.

One of more pointers ... howtoforge.com/convert_outlook…

Script for converting Outlook pst to Thunderbird/Evolution compatible format on Linux

Script for converting Outlook pst to Thunderbird/Evolution compatible format on Linux This tutorial will show how to convert Outlook PST into Thunder...
Srijan Kishore (Howtoforge)

"Simplify your sign-in with a passkey" is one hell of a bald-faced lie.
in reply to Taggart

Taggart
Taggart
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Passkeys solve a problem introduced by first parties not having a password manager in their products. They solved it in the worst way possible.

@thunderbird Hey Thunderbird!

So the Android app is finally there. Yay! Job well done! And the export QR code is visible, too!

Buuuut. On the very same email Server, with the very same connection options, 1 account can be exported, 3 are not shown. The only difference? The Username and password.

Is this known?

#email #thunderbird #mobile #android #bug

#android #email #mobile #thunderbird #bug @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
in reply to Christian

Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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This is a known issue (included in the bottom of our article on exporting and importing settings: support.mozilla.org/bm/kb/thun…), and we've asked our team about best practices for this situation!

Import settings and data into Thunderbird for Android | Mozilla Support

How to import email settings from K-9 and Thunderbird for Android
support.mozilla.org

Open #PgP ist seit einiger Zeit in @thunderbird@mastodon.online integriert und vereinfacht die E-Mail-Verschlüsselung.

Was mir daran nicht gefällt ist, dass man nun zwei unabhängige Systeme zur Verwaltung der Schlüssel auf dem Rechner hat.

Oder wie macht Ihr das?

#pgp @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

A New Anaconda Web UI Installer Coming To Fedora Linux 42 linuxtoday.com/blog/a-new-anac…

A New Anaconda Web UI Installer Coming To Fedora Linux 42 | Linux Today

Fedora Linux is getting a brand new installer with a modern Anaconda Web UI, designed for ease of use. Learn more about its features and how to try it out!
LinuxToday
in reply to LinuxToday

Khronos
Khronos
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Does #fedora support the old #kickstart format or some other format that allows for install templating?
#fedora #kickstart
in reply to Khronos

Adam Williamson
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@khronos yes. the installer is built so the backend and UI layers are very separated, so this change doesn't actually affect kickstart support really at all.
@Khronos

Tens of thousands of exposed D-Link routers that have reached their end-of-life are vulnerable to a critical security issue that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to change any user's password and take complete control of the device.

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

Sorry, but requiring me to provide an email address is a paywall. It's worth something to both of us.

Otherwise you wouldn't ask for it.

x.x.x.x - - [10/Nov/2024:00:02:37 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 301 162 "-" "okhttp/4.9.0"

You know what’s interesting about this log line? It repeats 56,686,963 times in www.kernel.org logs for yesterday, across 4 nodes. That’s about 700 times a second, and this has been going on for months.

These requests aren’t intentionally malicious – they issue a simple GET /, receive their 301 redirect, and terminate the connection. From what I can tell, this is some kind of appliance or software installed on mobile clients that uses “can I reach www.kernel.org” as a network test.

This wouldn’t be that big of a deal – a single plaintext “GET /“ that triggers an immediate 301 is very cheap for us to generate, but the number of these requests has been steadily growing.

If you have any idea what this is and how to make it stop, please reach out?

The Linux Kernel Archives

www.kernel.org

@thunderbird In the Linux version of Thunderbird, the release notes link in "about" goes to a non existent link thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderb…
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Mark Fraser
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Ubuntu using the Mozilla PPA. launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+ar…

Firefox ESR and Thunderbird stable builds : “Mozilla Team” team

Mozilla Team's Firefox stable + 115 ESR and Thunderbird 115 stable builds Support for Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 ESM is included for 115 ESR based releases only.
Launchpad
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Brilliant. We'll get this fixed as soon as we're able - thanks for bringing this up!

Donated to @thunderbird! It has been my faithful email client throughout the years. Keep up the good work!
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thank you so much for your donation! This kind of support will keep us doing good work for many more years to come. 💙 😊

@thunderbird I have a minor bug to report regarding drafts savings with an Office365 account on the latest update (multiple drafts are being continuously saved for a message that has been sent) - is there a starter guide out there for reporting bugs and what y'all need and how to access it in terms of logs and such?
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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This KB article not only links to Bugzilla, but links to a bug writing guide with tips on what to include in your bug report! support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/f… - thanks in advance for contributing to help us squash bugs!

File a bug report or feature request for Mozilla products | Contributors Help

Learn where to report a bug or file a feature request for Firefox, Thunderbird and other Mozilla products.
support.mozilla.org

Get ready for the transition to @thunderbird mobile!

blog.iode.tech/get-ready-for-t…

#thunderbird #android #rom #privacy #cybersecurity #adblocker #iodé #degoogle #opensource

Get ready for the transition to Thunderbird mobile! - iodé

We will replace p≡p (pretty easy privacy), our default email app, with Thunderbird. Here's all you need to know for the transition.
antoine (iodé)
#android #opensource #privacy #thunderbird #cybersecurity #degoogle #adblocker #iodé #rom @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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This is exciting news! Thanks so much for making us your new default email app! 💙

"Thank you for buying our thing. No, we won't be fixing the flaw we included. Buy a new thing from us. Discount? Don't be silly."

D-Link DSL-6740Cs have a critical RCE flaw. It's exploited and won't be patched.

🙃

supportannouncement.us.dlink.c…

D-Link Technical Support

supportannouncement.us.dlink.com
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Extremadamente cansado. A ver si duermo.

codastory.com/stayonthestory/n…

"I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me"

This interview confirms all the things I have been going on about for the last year.

"I don’t think the goal is really to provide a safety net for everyone — I think it’s actually to speed us up, so we can see more patients, reduce visits down from 15 minutes to 12 minutes to 10. Efficiency, again."


I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me - Coda Story

The healthcare landscape is changing fast thanks to the introduction of artificial intelligence. These technologies have shifted decision-making power away from nurses and on to the robots.
Isobel Cockerell (Coda Story)
in reply to tante

tante
tante
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I wrote my own essay on #AI in healthcare a few weeks ago which aligns very well with the interviewed nurse's position:
tante.cc/2024/09/24/a-choice/

A choice

When I was young, Germany still had conscription meaning that every (able bodied, there were many reasons the military wouldn’t accept you) boy/young man would be forced to spend a few months doing military service after school (or in some cases afte…
tante (Smashing Frames)
#AI

When will projects realize that not everyone wants to watch a video to learn how to use your stuff.
A well written website how to goes way further than a video.
EVERYTHING seems to just have a video now.

Grrrrrrr looking at you #ServerPod @serverpoddev #shoutingAtTheInternet

#serverpod #shoutingattheinternet @Serverpod 🚀
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Hey Banking smartphone developers, account numbers might sound better with screen readers if you put spaces between all digits, but all screen reader technology has features that deals with that sort of thing. Puttings spaces on account numbers just makes it that much more tedious for braille users. Stop over-thinking text-to-speech.

reshared this

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Just Martin
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@KaraLG84 @simon Oh wow! That's, hmm, interesting. I always wonder how many hours of meetings these sort of things have. Unfortunately, in my work, this usually comes to me after the fact and I have to tell them that they've wasted their time. I guess that's what happens if they don't actually ahve a screen reader tester on their team.
@Kara Goldfinch @Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
in reply to Just Martin

Sean Randall
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@KaraLG84 @simon We had the whole 'you can't just time things' discussion for the umpteenth time today.
"People use different speech speeds, you know."
"They do? So I can't use my emulator as a catch all? to know when an error has finished reading?"
"nope. Sorry. Different levels of punctuation, too. Different voices. Voices from different suppliers."
"Ah, that makes things harder."
And then I said, "And you know you can install a variety of third party screen readers on Android, right?"

* Silence. *

Personally, my view is that they send us the text and we choose how we deal with it.

@Kara Goldfinch @Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated, 3 removed & 1 added apps:

* PicGuard Pro: actually, just rebranded (so you need to uninstall & reinstall the watermarker)

Removed as outdated and reportedly broken were Hello Music, Remote control PC & PixelBar.

RB status: 330 apps (27.3%)

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk today saw 1 added and 3 updated #Magisk #modules

* DynamicSystemTweaks

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. 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
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #magisk #izzyondroid #modules

@thunderbird

Thunderbird a 20 ans... cela se fête !

Et cela se soutient aussi :)

updates.thunderbird.net/en-US/…


20 Years of Thunderbird!

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!
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We couldn't agree more! Thank you so much for contributing towards the next 20 years!

I have a love hate relationship with bard.
in reply to Kaya!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I have a great relationship with books. I am the book monster, nom nom books, for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

It may be Thursday in Japan by the time my machine makes it outta there. Latest disturbing update says: A mechanical failure has delayed delivery. We're adjusting plans to deliver your package as quickly as possible. Whoops

VMware Workstation and Fusion are now free for everyone theverge.com/2024/11/12/242946…

VMware Workstation and Fusion are now free for everyone

VMware is making its desktop hypervisor and OS virtualization software Fusion and Workstation free for all, including commercial users.
Umar Shakir (The Verge)

Sharky is sharing his favorite keyboard shortcuts! Did you know? The keyboard shortcut INSERT+SPACE, then F1 opens FSCompanion, the new AI tool in JAWS! What is your favorite Sharkvember Shortcut? freedomscientific.com/sharkvem…

#Sharkvember #JAWS #KeyboardShortcuts

Sharky saying: "Did you know? The keyboard shortcut INSERT+SPACE, then F1 opens FSCompanion, the new AI tool in JAWS!" Text along bottom reads; Sharkvember Shortcuts!

Sharkvember Shortcuts – Freedom Scientific

www.freedomscientific.com
#jaws #sharkvember #keyboardshortcuts
in reply to David Goldfield

Chris Cooke
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@DavidGoldfield I love this shortcut! So glad you mentioned it. I use it pretty frequently! It's a little bit of finger gymnastics to do it, but I'm happy it's available.
@David Goldfield
in reply to Chris Cooke

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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@CreativeChris Yep, being able to append to the clipboard is incredibly convenient. You can also avoid the finger gymnastics by either reassigning the shortcut key or by just adding it to another key using the JAWS Keyboard Manager.
@Chris Cooke
in reply to David Goldfield

Chris Cooke
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@DavidGoldfield Oh, that's brilliant! I never thought of reassigning the keyboard command to this. Awesome!
@David Goldfield
in reply to David Goldfield

Michael Babcock
Michael Babcock
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@DavidGoldfield @CreativeChris I might have to demo this Friday, thanks :)
@Chris Cooke @David Goldfield
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David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Also, you can append text to the clipboard with NVDA, using the same hotkey that JAWS uses for this function, if you install the Clip Contents Designer add-on from the add-on store via the NVDA menu. The add-on also lets you clear the contents of the clipboard as well as being able to view the contents of the clipboard. Hotkeys for this add-on can be reassigned or added to other keys by using NVDA's Input Gestures dialog, as it has a category for the Clip Contents Designer add-on once that add-on is installed.
Any NVDA user who needs to do a lot of clipboard management shouldn't be without this add-on. #NVDA
#nvda
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David Goldfield
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@payown @CreativeChris I should also mention that, if you want that newly modified keystroke to be available globally, don't forget to choose the default configuration from within Keyboard Manager by pressing shift+ctrl+D. You guys likely already know that but it's worth mentioning for those who are new to Keyboard Manager.
Also, as an odd keyboard shortcut, insert+8 (on the row of numbers) can be used to open Keyboard Manager; that one's been in JAWS for ages. It's a bit faster than the other ways of opening Keyboard Manager but it's not as intuitive. I still use it as it's one of the first ways I learned to open Keyboard Manager.
@Chris Cooke @Michael Babcock

So, a collegue of mine spent 90 days cycling through the USA, from East to West. He tells Americans hate cyclists (all Dutch folks/for that matter) because they consider them to be 'left'. They even seem to have a tailpipe soot button to annoy them if they don't have an Americans flag on display somewhere on the bike.
WUT?
#USA #Bikes #Left
#USA #bikes #left

Did you know? The H in HCaptcha stands for hell.
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