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So looks like Matt Gaetz withdrew from the AG nomination. Guess a better phrase would be he pulled out.


8 of the Best Podcast Clients for Linux lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Your horoscope for today:
Be like coffee - hot and invigorating, but leaving some with headaches and others exhausted and asking for more.


So why does #hCAPTCHA still insist on forcing blind people to retrieve their so-called “accessibility cookies”. Not only does that compel us to go through many more additional steps than a sighted person would have to do to verify their humanity (irony!) but I gather this dreadful workaround is not really even secure! Have they not heard of a simple thing called “audio challenges”…? Is this really “accessibility”…? (#Discord, #DoBetter!)
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in reply to Misty-don 👩🏼‍🦯

I believe that HCaptcha has an option for audio challenges but it doesn't seem to be available or enabled on every site that uses it. Even with that, audio challenges still lock out deaf-blind people.
Sometimes, when I try to sign into PayPal using Brave, I get an HCaptcha challenge with no audio challenge. It's very tricky getting those "accessibility cookies" to play nicely with Brave and it's a step I shouldn't need to go through, anyway. What usually happens is that I give up and my second authentication attempt, for whatever reason, results in bypassing HCaptcha. Blindness organizations like the NFB or @ACBNational need to engage in advocacy with HCaptcha with the goal of getting them to be more inclusive and less discriminatory. If that fails, there needs to be a law suit filed against them.


WhatsApp Gains Voice Message Transcripts macrumors.com/2024/11/21/whats…


New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: Startpage accessible accessibleandroid.com/app/star… #Android #App


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in reply to David Goldfield

That will be really cool to listen to. I got my first copy of jaws, 3.70 in 2000. So, this will be a stroll down memory lane.




More thoughts on the STUN server fallback question:

· This is something other #XMPP Clients just do quietly without having a big debate about it¹

· I don't think users should configure this. Anyone who knows what a STUN server is will likely switch to a server offering one.

· Treat it like channel search. On first use (call, file transfer), ask once: Use our fallback STUN server? Yes/No.

¹: github.com/dino/dino/blob/v0.4…

#xmpp
in reply to Daniel Gultsch

Another thing to think about is that STUN servers being used in reflection attacks. Doesn't amplify a lot, unless you enable authentication(?!?). So encouraging all server operators to deploy more STUN servers isn't without its complications.


Still wish I knew how to modify Vocalizer Expressive V1 dictionaries to not say "Northern Mariana Islands" for "MP" when combined with a number in the string, if anyone has ideas, hit me up.
in reply to Tamas G

Is that on PC or smart phone? I can't seem to get that sort of behaviour here with JAWS and the Daniel voice.
in reply to Martin from Toronto

@mcourcel weirdly you need a string which has less than 6 digits in the first set of digits but 6 digits in the second. like:
MP 99316/170106


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in reply to Tuta

I am always happy to refer people to use Tuta and I very much like the Black Friday and Cyber Monday special going on right now.

app.tuta.com/signup?ref=RWFUMz…
#BlackFriday #CyberMonday #Tuta


in reply to Tuta

I use it for work cause it sends other providers' mails in spam


I've just scanned through the Main Menu podcast of yesterday where they were talking about JAWS, and in particular, the ideas that came out of the Next Big Thing contest.

I've been around this industry for about 30 years now and so it takes a lot to cause some excitement, and I've got to say, I didn't think personally that the ideas were that exciting, but that's just me. But keep reading because I'm going to be positive at the end.
Let me sketch out the ideas that were in the top 3.
1. To have some additions to the Settings Centre so that various JAWS settings could be applied in different situations. The way this was sketched out in the podcast wasn't that clear, but presumably it would mean that specific settings could be applied for various applications and situations. That can vary enormously from one person to another.
2. To have specific codes or key words one could use between assistant and the person being helped in relation to JAWS Tandem. I think there are far more fundamental things which need to be done with Tandem before that is thought about to make it a viable proposition for regular use these days.
3. The winner. If you receive an application with what one might call an allegedly inaccessible button or control, using a combination of OCR and AI technology, JAWS could find that and click it. Now presumably, although again it wasn't clear, the user could interrogate it so as to identify what it was that he or she wanted to click.

So there you have it.
But in passing, Jeff Bishop, one of the podcast hosts, made some remarks relating to FSCompanion.
He wondered if it would be a good idea to have it so that, if desired, one instruction could be given at a time. The user could then hear the first instruction, carry it out, and then hear the next one. Now that is an idea which should have won the contest. That is well thought out.
I'd go a bit further. You should be able to work through the instructions with global keystrokes so you could carry out the activity and step through the instructions at the same time as working within the chosen environment.
That would be a tremendous training aid. I'm almost tempted to steal that idea because I think it's so good.

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in reply to Brian Hartgen

I thought a lot about a context aware training tool for students when I was at the college. based on the window title and potentially even the current control, guided help or very context sensetive information about hotkeys and prior tasks learned could have been provided.

Never had the time to develop it, of course. They'd not have paid me for it in any event, and the numbers didn't really scale for mass-production.



At #MatrixConf, Jan Kohnert from gematik presented #TI-Messenger, the secure real time communications standard for the entire German healthcare system.

It uses Matrix to federate separately hosted systems to support 74M public insured citizens.

youtube.com/watch?v=MoA2cYfHly…

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Did you know the
#Kamailio project has a public @matrix room (and space if you're into spaces)?

Come join the discussions and talk with others about #SIP, Kamailio, and troubleshooting...

matrix.to/#/%23kamailio:matrix…

#voip #matrix #MatrixElement



Want to scrub up on your old JAWS 3.0 skills? Me neither, but you can listen to them old tapes here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/dsym0zeif6h…

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in reply to Martin from Toronto

My inner perfectionist wants to restore things to close to cd quality every time I see tape being mentioned lol.


Third time I see a train’s position stuck at exactly 23 kph in Nieuw Vennep – when it is actually about to arrive at Science Park. Wonder what causes that.
in reply to Martin Hoffmann

I think they have some timezone issues, possibly since 27 October.

If you open treinradar and click on a train on the map, it will show you a timetable of a train that was passing that place 2 hours earlier.

Let's hope they will fix it before it gets automatically fixed at the end of March. 😉



Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as Ever wired.com/story/at-age-50-micr…


Dear friends #blind athletes in particular. Do you know #Showdown Slovak Open is happening at the end of february 2025 again in Samorin? If you are playing showdown, take a look at the event details, the invitation and the entry form. ibsasport.org/event/showdown-s…


I'll be on Zoom calls from 9:30 AM through to 4 PM today, non-stop. Send help and/or supplies.
in reply to Jakob Rosin

@jakobrosin There's a VST plugin called codec that lets you run the audio through I'm guessing the opus encoder in realtime. Just run your mic through that, then slowly start to decrease the bandwidth and increase the packet loss slider and then people won't even question your supposedly shitty internet :)


Alright, someone please help out a lost me. I just bought factorio, installed the mod, but it's not reading anything, it shows user login when I OCR the window, but no tutorials or mod scenarios. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Thanks. #Factorio #Gaming #AccessibleGaming.
in reply to Richie

Yeah, except I had to grab all the mods from the mods folder and copy them that way, but now it says this, even though I have the latest version from the repo.

Error loading mods
Failed to load mods:
• FactorioAccess
• Incompatible Factorio version (current: 2.0, required: 1.1)
• Kruise Kontrol Remote
• Incompatible Factorio version (current: 2.0, required: 1.1)
• PavementDriveAssistContinued
• Incompatible Factorio version (current: 2.0, required: 1.1)
• VehicleSnap
• Incompatible Factorio version (current: 2.0, required: 1.1)
• stop-on-red
• Incompatible Factorio version (current: 2.0, required: 1.1)
Mods to be disabled:
• FactorioAccess (O. 15.2)
• (O. 1.11)
• PavementDriveAssistContinued (4.1 1)
• VehicleSnap (1.18.5)
• stop-on-red (00.5)
Disable listed mods
Disable all mods
Manage mods
Restart
Exit

in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

That's telling you that you have downloaded version 2, which is the new release. I don't think that's accessible yet. You'll need to grab the older version 1 of Factorio
in reply to Richie

It can't be that old though, it tells me to create a map... What in the world of a mess is this...
in reply to Richie

I've been at this for 3 hours and a game shouldn't be so hard to fix, right? This is awful.
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

You downloaded version 2, which has an entirely different gameplay.

Download version 1 and it'll work fine

in reply to Richie

YEs, I downloaded it, and it tells me to create a map when I start a new game. Wow this is messed up.
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

I've not played it in a few months. They have a friendly support system on their Discord. I highly recommend that
in reply to Richie

I am not well with comms. I dislike discord. I don't have it on windows. I just don't get which contents I need to paste into the data folder, because there are folders in the folders. This is confusing. :(
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

You paste the contents of the unpacked mod, files and folders into the root folder of Factorio
in reply to Richie

Well, I did that, and it's factorio access folder with some settings files and a mods folder. Except, now I go to launcher, and it's not letting me start at all.
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

I don't know why not. The only place I know of to get help is Discord.

Sorry I can't be more help

in reply to Richie

That's okay. I just don't use discord. Well, at least there is someone I can give the game to play it. :)


I just realised that the work laptop has an Orbit display, a mantis, a USB keyboard and a hable all connected to it.
That's a lot of keyboards.
in reply to Sean Randall

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Keď si pozerám fotky takto z pred roku tak ma prepadá taký divný pocit, celý minulý december som bol rozjebaný.


Breaking: The US sees a surge of criminals crossing the border into the Cabinet.



Morgen ist der 100.Metaday! 22.11 um 20:00in der Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Wien

Es gibt Kurzvorträge zu den Themen:

3D-Druck auf dem Mars, Politiktrends und Vegetative Vermehrung von Pflanzen (+ mehr!)

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Hey y’all, how’s it going? Quick question for those on Bluesky: I just started trying it out this morning, and it’s pretty cool so far. Are there any third-party apps you’d recommend that are more accessible? The official app is good, but I’m curious about other options out there. Let me know!

#Accessibility #Bluesky #ThirdPartyApps #BlindUsers #TechSupport

in reply to Matthew Whitaker

I've been using Skeets and like it a lot. It works really well with VoiceOver and the developer's very receptive to accessibility feedback.


Dear @libreoffice ,
I believe it is time to change the default interface layout to a design that is much more intuitive, accessible, and easy to understand for those unfamiliar with LibreOffice.
I would like to suggest making the default interface layout “Contextual Single” when it is ready, if only for the sake of those using LibreOffice for the first time.
Thank you! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

#LibreOffice #UI

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I wished Thunderbird had the same translation stuff that Firefox has.
in reply to Hubert Figuière

Found hack. With cut and paste in Firefox.

Funnily the translation stuff fail at unicode.



Yup, my ISP raising the price because we have the most corrupt fucks in charge of regulating the telecartel.


we don't get the Christmas Train, instead we get the fucking Coke Truck? come onnnnnnnn #thesoo

sootoday.com/local-news/the-co…



“If it's not ready for everyone, it's not ready for anyone.”

Just heard this sentence in a presentation and I like it!

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Niektorí hostia jedia to isté a celej veci prospeje ak si pamätáte čo. #protip



The thing with the court wanting Google to sell off Chrome and stop paying for search engine placement is that the latter is what fund Mozilla. Granted they have a hoard of cash, it's not a good news.

Also who would "buy" Chrome? Microsoft? That would be fucking ironic.

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in reply to Hubert Figuière

Do they need to buy it? They can just take it and hire a few more developers. And maybe regretting abandoning their own engine. Or not.
in reply to Hubert Figuière

TBF I don't expect much to happen.

Lawyers will be paid, things will drag away, and then the orange fascist, after being properly bribed, will get the whole thing thrown out.



Don't forget to join this years Matrix fridge event at FOSDEM! matrix.org/blog/2024/11/matrix…
You can meet cool people like... well, I don't know who confirmed they will be there yet, but last year lots of developers and users where there and it was lots of fun and there was some free food, which is the most important part for a fridge!

(Also, if you joined last year, remember: this year it is in a different location with likely more heat and better toilets!)




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