Hi visually impaired people 👋 Does your screen reader read out text in bitmaps for you?
I.e. if I post a jpg of text, does your speech thing decode and read it out to you?
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- yes it reads out text in images (0%, 0 votes)
- No, give me alt text if you can (8%, 7 votes)
- it does, but its wonky so alt-text still helps (2%, 2 votes)
- not visually impaired but want to know (89%, 76 votes)
Greatest #astronomy #space headline ever
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Wind Blowing Out of Uranus Makes It Hard to Probe, NASA Complains
Scientists found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus messed with our understanding of the planet.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
1. Launch a web page.
2. Press JAWS Key+6 to move into Settings Centre.
3. Now to the shortcut. Press Control+Shift+W. This allows you to customise settings for a specific domain.
Of course I've got a lot of customisations for various domains for my own use, but I've been getting at this feature another way. I didn't know about that Control+Shift+W shortcut to take you there directly. #SharkVember @freedomscientific
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Check Out This Impressive Doctor Who Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana
This gorgeous museum is packed with some 5,000 Doctor Who items!The Doctor Who Companion
If you harbored any doubts regarding #Bluesky and their claims of decentralization, you HAVE TO read this brilliant, insightful toot by @jonny about the impossibility of multiple relays and what would happen if one tried to split off from #Bsky the corporation: neuromatch.social/@jonny/11336…
I actually recommend you read the whole thread - and follow Jonny! (Thank you for the recommendation @oblomov!)
jonny (good kind) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)
Content warning: long, bsky, atproto, on the impossibility of multiple relaysNeuromatch Social
Sharkvember Shortcuts Weekly Roundup
Here at Freedom Scientific, we have renamed the month of November to Sharkvember, a month-long celebration of accessibility, creativity, and community. Visit the Sharkvember page for a list of even…Freedom Scientific Blog
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Fiala: Dejte mi ještě čtyři roky a budete mít platy jako v Německu
Premiér Petr Fiala (ODS) uvedl, že považuje svoji vládu za nejúspěšnější v české historii a chce příští rok na podzim vést koalici Spolu do voleb a znovu kandidovat na premiéra.Oldřich Danda (Novinky)
"Premiér Petr Fiala uvedl, že považuje svoji vládu za nejúspěšnější v české historii."
Byl jeden světový politik, jmenoval se Biden a ten taky tvrdil, že jeho vláda je velmi úspěšná. A ona objektivně v mnoha ohledech úspěšná je, ale když se tváříš, že je vše "nadmíru výtečné", a nepřiznáš, že i tak můžou mít lidi problémy, i když za ně tvoje vláda ani přímo nemůže, prohraješ volby.
Izzy's freie Bibliothek
Katalog mit freien eBooks (Public Domain, Creative Commons): kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung stöbern und herunterladen!ebooks.qumran.org
I was doing so good there for about a week. Now I'm back to this thing where I sleep for no more than two hours, then I'm up for the rest of the day.
I've gotten about 8 hours or so of sleep in the last four days.
I guess it's better than being awake for many days straight, which I've also done somewhat recently.
In related news, stress sucks.
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Vnímám 17. listopad jako druhou šanci. Před pětatřiceti lety jsme dostali možnost změnit sebe, svůj život, okolí a zemi. Tehdy si nikdo z nás neuměl pořádně představit, jak by měla demokracie a naše země vypadat.bird.makeup
But only FF on Windows, nothing else. Although, I do have Chrome installed for these 1% of the time when some app decides it's going to say it doesn't support FF.
Holy crap Samsung Health on my watch is abysmal. I'm sick of trying to make it work properly.
Back to Google fit, even if it can't find me on my walks.
Will avoid both these brands for my next watch.
@fireborn the GPS is terrible. I'm constantly walking through buildings or stumbling around like a drunk. I can deal with that but the constant checking that I'm still on my walks despite the elevated heart rate and (drink) GPS activity is infuriating. Sometimes 10+ "are you still walking?" Prompts per 30 mins.
Today it just paused the workout for no apparent reason. I didn't notice for 10 mins even though I have to check it every minute or two for that above-mentioned prompt.
So bad.
Interestingly, I have a Huawei GT3 which is fantastic with fitness stuff but it doesn't play nicely when synchronising the date over health sync. I might try it again, it's been long enough for an update 🤣.
I submitted the manuscript for my next book!
It's a collection of folktales about misunderstood / underappreciated animals. Bats, sharks, wolves, rats, spiders, etc. I managed to find cool stories for each, and in every one of them the animal is portrayed in a positive light.
It was one heck of a research project, and I really enjoyed it 😄
i'm going to make a radical claim:
the "phone" has basically ceased to exist.
these devices we call phones? they're pocket computers that just happen to have cellular connectivity. they should be treated as such - which means open specs, unlockable booting, replaceable operating systems.
if you need to blob the cellular bit for regulatory approval, fine, do that, but agree a standard interface to it (like AT commands for old modems, or the interface to the Pi's GPU capabilities) that all OSes can use on all cellular devices. but there's no excuse for locking down any of the rest of the device, is there?
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This one’s quite important, thespinoff.co.nz/atea/25-10-20….
While Māordom has been in an uproar about the Treaty Principles Bill, which New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says is “dead in the water”, the coalition government has quietly set the wheels in motion for at least 28 pieces of legislation to have their Treaty clauses reviewed and potentially removed.
Key terminology here is “investors.” This seems like just the right sort of trickery perfected by conservatives in America.
thx @ClareBear
The under-the-radar Treaty clause review that could have far-reaching consequences
Shane Jones has the Treaty clause in the Conservation Act in his crosshairs – and it's just one of an estimated 28 laws set for review.Liam Rātana (The Spinoff)
The Conversation Africa has published a number of articles explaining the continent’s sanitation problems – and potential solutions.
blue-community.net/blue-news/
#medieval #MedievalArt
This is gonna sound a little wonky. But have you ever been scrolling late at night and you come across those videos of that guy cleaning those filthy rugs?
That's what meditation feels like it's doing to my brain.
#meditation #buddhism #buddhist #buddha #meditate #meditationpractice #JapaneseBuddhism #MentalHealth #mensmentalhealth
Boosnout to nejde, bo je to od @Petr90 🔒, tak alespoň takto:
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Snad máte lepší #dobréRáno.🙂
Takhle by to přátelé nešlo.
Ale jinak #dobrerano všem
Patřím mezi ty, kteří se v listopadu ‘89 zapojili do dění. Když jsme se poprvé v úzkém kruhu sešli, abychom založili místní Občanské Fórum, ještě jsme měli strach, že nás rozežene Veřejná bezpečnost.
A že to schytáme, jako všichni ti, kteří byli odvážní před námi.
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Patřím mezi ty, kteří si přejí, aby se nic z toho bolševického zla už nevrátilo. Jistě, mnoho věcí se dalo udělat jinak a lépe. Nikdo ale neměl manuál, jak na to. Proto jsem spokojena s tím, co se nám, naší společnosti, podařilo. Není to málo.
Dost lidí ale už zapomnělo.
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Patřím mezi ty, kteří nikdy nezradí myšlenku, se kterou jsme v listopadu ‘89 vyšli do ulic.
Pokud nás bude víc, neprohrajeme. Možná se zdá, že tentokrát dostaneme přes držku. Možná. Ale naši oponenti nemají, kromě lží a prázdných slibů, co nabídnout.
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