The EFF has been libertarian-influenced since its origin in the early 1990s, and is now 34 years old; AIUI only one of the founders (Kapor) is still engaged, 34 years is enough time for institutional policy drift and regulatory capture to set in … circumstances.run/@davidgerard…
AI email tools can help write your emails quicker, but the risks of granting them access to your private mailbox often outweigh the benefits. Here’s why not to use AI email writers.
@ZenHeathen Reason 7) Your recipient will probably notice it was written by AI and feel disrespected that you couldn’t be bothered to write it yourself.
this image is pretty bad IMO. Points 1, 2 and 3 are basically the same, and anyone who knows why "AI is not open source" get's zero value from that statement.
En direct, guerre en Ukraine : pour le gouvernement français, Vladimir Poutine a mis des conditions « pas réalistes » pour un cessez-le-feu en Ukraine lemonde.fr/international/live/…
Dans le fil ci après je vous propose d'analyser sa situation et de voir si 5 ans après on est en capacité de répondre à son problème et si oui comment.
C'est justement mon boulot que de proposer des réponses sur ces problématiques.
Donc Roland a 84 ans. Il a besoin d'aide pour tout ce qui touche à ses démarches numériques. La probabilité qu'il puisse devenir 100% autonome est faible. Ce qui ne veut pas dire qu'il ne peut rien apprendre. Concrètement il a besoin que quelqu'un accomplisse les démarches à sa place, au moins partiellement.
Et il a des difficultés de mobilité. Notez qu'il habite dans une grande ville mais qu'on pourrait vouloir avoir le même niveau de réponse en campagne en territoire de montagnes.
Comme il a des soucis de mobilité , il faut que la solution vienne à lui. Inutile de lui dire de se déplacer à l'espace ressources à 10 minutes, ce n'est pas possible ou difficilement réalisable. Il reçoit l'appui de professionnelles du soin, du social, et du bien être à son domicile. Il assurément une personne qui l'appuie pour faire son ménage par exemple. Ce n'est pas hors de propos d'imaginer quelqu'un qui se déplace à son domicile pour les aspects administratifs et numériques.
Question 1 ? Est-ce la mission d'un professionnel dédié ? ou est-ce une mission supplémentaire qu'on intègre à un professionnel existant ? si oui quelle pro ?
Je vous laisse répondre. Il n'y a pas de mauvaises réponses dans l'absolu. Par contre cela demande de vérifier si les formations ont évoluées ou non.
Assez peu dans les formations initiales liées aux professionnelles de l'accompagnement et du soin.
Plus dans la formation continue, mais c'est toujours plus difficile à intégrer.
Pour que la pro puisse intervenir au domicile de Roland, cela suppose que Roland ait une connexion internet à son domicile. C'est bête mais c'est la base. Et s'il n'en a pas il faut donc l'amener avec un clef 4G. Ce qui suppose donc que ces pros soient équipées en conséquence. Avec des proxys qui permettent d'accéder aux boites mails des individus.
est-ce que ça ne demande pas un conseiller numérique pour aider à des tâches techniques (itinérant ou sachant intervenir à distance comme on le fait ici) + un médiateur social lorsque la base technique est posée (connexion Internet, boîte mail, surveillance régulière)?
Vous allez me dire mais si Roland n'a pas Internet chez lui, il n'a pas de boite mail non plus. Il faudrait donc que je lui en crée une. Et accessoirement que je me souvienne de son mot de passe. Voir aussi que je consulte sa boite mail pour savoir s'il a reçu des notifications importantes entre 2 RDV physiques.
ce certificat n'est-il pas une bonne base? francecompetences.fr/recherche… (complété probablement par aidant connect et bien sûr, la culture du distantiel, qui échappe souvent aux accompagnants voyants)
le qui fait quoi ramène à toute l'ambiguïté initiale du CNFS qui tente d'être un peu levée: le conseiller numérique devrait gérer les aspects techniques & usages; le France service les aspects démarches, éventuellement coordonnés par une relation armonieuse entre coordinateurs CN et FS
je sais que la bonne part des conseillers numériques que je vois passer utilise des mandats papier en effet. Mais par contre, puisque Roland peut apprendre, pourquoi créerait-on à sa place? Ne peut-on pas l'accompagner à distance pour ce faire? Pour ouvrir une ligne, il peut se faire aider de son aide à domicile pour appeler un numéro (genre Free au 3244 et ouvrir
pas étonnant, car ce genre de situation implique une rigueur méthodologique énorme, un temps relationnel important, et sur des terrains où les professionnels ne sont pas à l'aise (le distantiel, la coordination entre métiers). mais très beau cas exemplaire en tout cas
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From the American Library Association: FAQ: Executive Order Targeting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/88…
This is cool! I think you can send the book to these guys. They are somewhere in Sofia, but I am also registered with them, and it's only for blind and visually impaired folks. knigi.nllb.bg/login.php I didn't find the contact because I was too lazy to login.
But always. :) I don't mind asking for a book, but if I ask that way, it'll reach only me. If I give you the contact for the library for blind peoples, it will probably reach more people. So I hope it reaches more people. I don't remember their street address, but it is somewhere near the place where the open bookshops used to be. I haven't been in Sofia in soo long. And what I know is mostly because I used to go with my mother to different places, otherwise I only studied in the school for blind and they didn;t let us go out. So books were a great entertainment, and still very much are. Something about the best text descriptions to experience the world if you can't see it. In any case, I digressed too much. 😆 I wish lots of success with your books and translations. Yep, I read. I don't like Patreon though, because they take a huge fee off people :( But you get double thumbs up and 🤗 Now I am going to tell websites their accessibility sucks. ;)
Awesome! :) I hope they know how to make it TXT, because all books there are TXT. Don't know what's with that, only that I know it best works on Windows. I like epubs, they are good for your phone. ;) :)
The Deprecation HTTP response header field is used to signal
to consumers of a resource (identified by a URI) that the resource will be
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Good idea. We like it in our company and will probably use it. I like the idea of an endpoint consuming library that checks for presence of the header and logs warning when the header is set. 👍
RFE/RL - EU looking into possible support of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after the US government moved to cut the broadcaster's funding, sparking concern over the silencing of pro-democracy media. rferl.org/a/trump-executive-or…
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to reduce seven federal agencies – including the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other federal broadcasters.
Švédský institut V-dem vydal každoroční srovnání demokracií ve světě. Česká republika skončila celosvětově na 7. místě, navíc se stoupající tendencí. Lepší je Dánsko, Estonsko, Švýcarsko, Švédsko, Norsko a Irsko, mezi srovnatelnými zeměmi navíc žádná nevykazuje takovou míru zlepšování demokracie.
@stepan Hi Stepan, fedisearch.skorpil.cz is currently down unfortunately. We really like this keyword search tool. a lot Are you able te restore? Many thanks in advance!
Hi everyone, apologies to those who got tagged many times in a thread earlier today. Someone saw comment made in a GitHub issue a month ago. Instead of commenting on the issue to seek clarification, they took it out of context here to social media, which further worried a bunch of users.
So, a gentle reminder, if you see something you aren't sure of & want to question it: 1) Don't panic! 2) Reply to it on the forum you found it on 3) Take it to the official source - if it's about NVDA, ask us!
@simon That was much of the problem, I spent half the day trying to work out what the source was. If the question had been asked on the original GItHub issue, it could have been easily resolved without panicking anyone :)
@simon The issue in question was mentioned in the very first post of the thread. Furthermore, as far as I'm aware contributors don't get emails for comments made on closed issues until they're reopened, so commenting may have gone unnoticed. If this is incorrect please feel free to correct me, but the poster did give the issue number, all be it not a direct link, in their very first post.
@TheQuinbox @simon Yep I acknowledge we missed that - but even so, the original poster is WELL aware of how to contact us to raise questions and that social media is NOT the best way to do that - unless the goal was to stir up the community. For anyone it is common courtesy to reach out privately to confirm a serious concern first, but even so, in this case it was just deliberately stirring people up rather than expressing a genuine concern - The issue had also been closed as a duplicate
@JStark @TheQuinbox For the record, I completely understand and empathize with the frustration, but I don't think this was done to stir things up intentionally. I think we can all agree that there were lots of ways he could have double-checked the info, but I don't think this was intentional misinformation. He's stated he... "took a comment that was on a closed issue way too far" and... "it would've been better to start by contacting NV Access". As someone who's known him for a pretty long time, I'm inclined to take that at face value. I've jumped the gun on some of my own posts, and I'm just lucky they didn't reach as far as this one did.
Thanks for the clarification, must suck to wake up to a ton of misinformation all of a sudden. I do have to admit though that this feature, as it currently stands, is very poorly designed and needs a redesign. I want my settings on the sign-in screen, but I don't want all my 49 add-ons copied along, so selecting what gets copied would be great. I personally manually delete the add-ons I don't want from the system config folder, but it would be great if I didn't need to.
@NikJov That's a good point. The projects we are working on will likely give us scope to provide additional options and a better experience here, I'm not sure we're at the point of saying "This is exactly the workflow we'll have to do things how you want, and this is when it will be availbale", but we are definitely aware that is an issue
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Posting my interviews with various CSUN exhibitors in this thread. This one is with View Plus. We talked about the Rogue embosser ($6000), the MBraille ($2000), the Tactile slate ($600) and Inclusio, an upcoming marketplace for interoperable tactile displays.
Humanware talked about about the new Keysoft version for their notetakers, which includes an email client. They also showed me the Odysee, a portable document/item scanner for $1600.
I talked to Agiga about their EchoVision smart glasses designed with the blind in mind to provide constant realtime updates about the world around you. $550 plus a subscription, price TBD. Preorders cost $449 with no subscription. Set to Ship in H2 2025.
I talked to Glidance about their autonomous self-guiding mobility aid to lead blind people around obstacles. Preorder price is $1200, plus a $30-per-month subscription service.
It successfully displayed the ability to steer me around obstacles, however there was no wayfinding of any sort. It appears this capability will not launch with the device either, but will be added later.
For a $1200 device that’s supposed to replace my guide dog or cane, I was not impressed.
Might check it out in 2027, if they last that long.
Dott told me about the Dott pad, a $5900 multiline braille display that also has a line of refreshable braille along the bottom. We also discussed their kiosk solutions for inaccessible wayfinder panels and ATM machines.
Next up is Iriee-AT, who distribute several blind and low vision products. I took a look at the Eurobraille bBook 32-cell braille Windows laptop ($5800) and the 20 and 40-cell BNote displays/notetakers. $2700 for the 20, $3565 for the 40. Notetaker functions cost an additional $800.
I (and some others) talked to Orcam about the new AI features in their wand and glasses products for blind and low vision people. ($1900 for the wand, $4000 for the glasses) We also addressed the persistent roomer that they do not exist!
My last CSUN interview was also one of the most interesting! Ashiraise is an indoor navigation solution which attaches to your shoes and vibrates to let you know which direction to turn. I found it simple but quite effective! Cost $600, with a $4-per-month app subscription.
Me and my friend Nina stop by the Orbit Research booth. We look at their single and multiline braille displays, tactile display, talking scientific calculator, braille bluetooth keyboard, book reader, Framework-powered braille laptop, and the Orbit Speak voice-only notetaker. They have a lot of products, look them up, or wait to the end for prices!
I looked at the Blind Shell Classic III, a candybar-style Android 10 phone without a touch screen designed for folks who want a simpler phone experience. Costs $700.
Voxiweb demonstrates their phone-based portable e-reading solution for blind and low vision people. It will be sold in the US starting next year, for $2000.
I wasn’t sure what Code Factory’s up to these days. Turns out they are selling kiosk overlays for restaurants and the like. The price? “it depends on the business.”
I meant to ask them about my expired Eloquence license, but it didn’t come up for some reason!
I got to check out the OneCourt tactile display, which shows a map of a sports arena and then updates the position of the ball in real time. Definitely the highlight of the conference for me! Tragically, they will be nowhere near me anytime soon.
@fireborn I think EuroBraille were the first to do this. The ElBraille came afterwards. The ElBraille didn't really survive in my opinion and relied very heavily on JFW to do the grunt work. The EuroBraille system and I think the Optima will have more specific keys so they can be used with any screen reader. The EuroBraille system had a Windows based notetaker app on it that could do Braille music. I think they did better in Europe than UK/US.
@fireborn The main problem with these which is something the Optima is trying to deal with by the use of Framework components is upgrading the base system. In most cases the display is fine but the computer is outdated. I would only look at these if I could get something like a new Framework motherboard at the same cost as sighted users. I don't want to be sending the machine back for an expensive upgrade.
@fireborn I think also an important considderation is system maintenance and troubleshooting. The ElBraille failed fairly spectacularly on this front, requiring either someone to use an external keyboard or a remote session with Freedom Scientific. This is something we shouldn't under-estimate and is probably the hardest issue to get right.
Last product demo! This one was from XR Navigation, who is designing a 3d audio approach to accessible virtual maps. Runs in a browser. Free to the user but costs the venue that would like to be mapped.
Apologies for the audio quality, all my interviews from the first day had a noise canceling setting I’d forgotten to turn off.
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Forty-five years ago today, on March 16, 1980, television history was made as the first closed-captioned series aired across three major U.S. networks, opening a new era of accessibility for millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
Hi David, would you please tell me where I might find Blazie on mastodon? I received some really unexpected and very awesome customer service, and I would like to mention it publicly and mention the company. Essentially, I'm super impressed that you guys not only sent me a replacement unit, but my job just about hit the floor when I got a message from Dean today letting me know they were sending back my microSD card. I figured they would just ditch it, and rightly so. It was one and a whole series of day makers today.
During the 2025 ATIA Conference, Peter Tucic showed us the BrailleNote Touch Plus 32, which is a braille tablet and note taker, which allows someone who is blind to take notes, write assignments, c…
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