@textoo that's true, although the hole for the chimney is permanent and can be seen at (41.9029867, 12.4546558), just south of the eastern peak of the Sistine Chapel
A look at the smoke system in the Sistine Chapel for Papal conclave voting and announcing a new Pope to the world through black or white smoke being issued.
Notwithstanding that, it needs to be resisted. At some fairly low percentage of a different semantic meaning for the tag, the original meaning is lost catastrophically. The impact is mist significant for analytical uses.
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One of our Red Teamers came across a massive SharePoint, too much to explore manually. So, with some careful prompting, they asked Copilot to do the heavy lifting...
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Jami could be a skype replacement if only accessibility was cross-platform: Jami is a fully peer to peer chat application that supports text and video, but is only #accessible on mobile: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/08/jami.html
Your links in these posts don't work in Tweesecake unless I view post and manually copy paste: Consider including https:// or something it would probably work then.
@serrebi As I say in every thread, yes, they do. Tweesecake removes them because it doesn't understand HTML formatting, and isn't smart enough to find the text only version of the post that's included just for that purpose, because it's a deeply, deeply broken application.
I'm not sure what happened here. I saw info about a release yesterday but now it's gone. lol. I know it was twblue though, and it seems to be active so I must not be seeing things.
@serrebi It's still listed on their website but not their github for some reason. Then when you download it from the website it asks you to update to the old version again.
No, Delta does not need a central server. One can use any #chatmail or classic e-mail server. Moreover, there is a P2P-system in-built, see delta.chat/en/2024-11-20-webxd…
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@delta@clv0@pixelate I’m pretty uncomfortable with how delta still sends all messages via a central server, and how it makes email protocols do things they were never intended to do. History shows this always leads to suboptimal designs. Technology like dht is well set up to allow for messaging without any gatekeepers or middlemen. Never the less, thanks for caring about accessibility! Blind folks need to be able to use what our friends use, whatever that turns out to be.
virtually all internet protocols are used today in a way they were not designed for. HTTP was meant to transfer static HTML files (also CSS), nowadays it's driving all the web applications which were not considered or designed for, earlier on. As to P2P, DHTs have "central" root servers because otherwise newcomers can not start discovering anything. Delta's P2P-networking doesn't have any root server but the root is the group chat ;)
@delta@pixelate@clv0 Yeah, I would consider the modern web one of those non-optimal designs resulting from extending protocols in ways they weren't intended. Now we get cookies and javascript and no privacy. And DHT has a bootstrap server, yes. But it's easily changed. And even if it goes down, existing nodes can still connect and route messages. And everything doesn't go through the root server. If I'm sending my friend sitting in my living room with me a 3 gig file, I'd rather that not go through a mail server, fast or otherwise. And it has all the problems of Mastodon: if you get banned from your mail server, now you have to update your chat address. DHT doesn't have that issue, either.
> History shows this always leads to suboptimal designs
I am trying to wrap my head around hearing this in the same thread you recommend #Jami which the times I have tried I was never sure if my messages would ever arrive, some messages stuck in pending forever in a limbo for days even after subsequent messages to that contact were delivered.
Don't get me wrong I like Jami so much that I have it installed even having literally ZERO contacts/chats in it
Curiously, there appears to be some problem between you and me too. I have followed you, but your posts don't appear on my main timeline; they only appear in my mentions timeline, when you mention me.
> Technology like dht is well set up to allow for messaging without any gatekeepers or middlemen.
DHT is a really bad single point of failure. All it takes is a bad actor to flood it with fake data and the entire system falls apart for everyone under the load.
edit: here's a very recent paper showing a PoC defeating the current mitigation strategies
> When evaluated against the most recent known mitigation, it successfully denies access to the target content in approximately 80% of lookup attempts.
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) storage that relies on Kademlia, a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) structure commonly used in P2P systems for its proved scalability.
@pixelate @clv0 @delta yes but those are not being attacked by a government to censor dissidents. It's not important enough; it's not a threat to the status quo.
As soon as you give them a reason to do so, they will, and it will fall over.
edit: they can also block traffic to the DHT bootstrap servers which adds additional complications
@feld@pixelate@clv0@delta I think the RIAA and MPAA would disagree. The large multinationals are, at this point, unfortunately both bigger and better resourced than governments. And if our only plan to decentralize is "let good people (TM) run the servers for you or learn selfhosting", we're just never going to get anywhere.
> And if our only plan to decentralize is "let good people (TM) run the servers for you or learn selfhosting", we're just never going to get anywhere.
That's why DeltaChat works the way it does. If you're a dissident in Russia, they can (and do) block Signal. They can and do successfully block services that rely on Tor.
But the Kremlin can't block all email without destroying their own ability to operate. So while they can block/censor private email servers, they will never shutdown providers important to their own economy like Yandex. So you can use DeltaChat with Yandex to successfully setup E2EE communication channels.
Email is basically a "utility" that has to be available for governments, economies, and the internet to be useful. That's why DeltaChat is leveraging it.
@feld@pixelate@clv0@delta I doubt delta's encrypted messages look anything like normal emails. In a case like this, just using delta chat at all would be enough to get you arrested. And that's not even getting started on the spam filtering and message modification done by...pretty much every single mailserver, these days. It's also not possible to encrypt the metadata (who you talked too and when) if you're basing on email. And again, that's enough to get you arrested.
@🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @Billy @Hunter Jozwiak On linux QT uses at-spi2 for accessibility on windows it used to use IAccessible2 and it's transitioning to UIA. It's different to GTK.
Back on topic I was trying out Jami a few months ago on android. The app seemed quite accessible however I had connectivity issues. On linux the app had more accessibility issues. Latelly jami have introduced so called open dht proxies that have reportedly improved connectivity for mobile apps though however I haven't played with jami with this inprovement in place.
These days I'm really excited about deltachat as I have recognized how much accessible the deltachat apps became latelly.
The fact messages are end to end encrypted as much as possible, chatmail does elliminate what makes email slow incl. spam / virus filtering, ability to migrate to a different chatmail relay is being considered / worked on.
Not to mention simple colaboration webxdc apps with p2p connectivity e.g. for handling file transfers, possibly audio calls in the future and other real time data.
So it is decentralized, it's federated, it's secure, it attempts to be lightweight as much as possible and as compared by other attempts it really turns to be that. Creating a profile, adding multiple devices, exchanging contact data is easy. Apps are very similar and simple at the same time on each platform. I believe it might be easy to use even for non tech savvy users.
Here is the blog post that is verry accurate and describes all of this in more details.
Update: without any outreach, advocacy, or prompting on my part, I received an email from one of the #Jami developers letting me know that they're aware of the #accessibility issues with the desktop application and are working on fixing them. I have updated my original post with the text of the email: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/08/jami.html#a11y
I'm really interested in this one as well, got it installed on windows but all the unlabelled buttons make it hard to use. I think it would be just about bearably doable for voice calls, but haven't had the chance to try it yet.
@Cleverson @Devin Prater :blind: @🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 Frankly, we had an attempt to test and use this about a year ago. At that time I was also excited. I'd be interested if you can say the accessibility of jami has improved since that time...
I am just testing @Jami with a #screenreader on both linux desktop and android for #accessibility. Initial setup is accessible on both the platforms. Listing conversations I can't really say as I only have single contact. Audio calling is working fine. I am impressed that the call setup took just a moment. On android controls like microphone toggle, speaker / earpiece toggle and hangup button are working fine. I am unable to find out in call controls with the keyboard on linux. On both desktop and android I can write messages. On android I can read messages, find and execute additional actions in the popup menu. On the desktop I can't read incoming and outgoing messages with a screen reader. I haven't discovered on how to copy them.
In conclusion comparing this to the tox chat the Jami is more accessible with a screen reader. Perhaps I will be able to figure out how to handle the calls with a keyboard shortcuts however the fact message text is not readable with a screen reader on desktop linux and perhaps other platforms sounds dissapointing. The idea and decentralized nature of this communication app sounds really amazing.
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never understood why people don't just use the calendar for this. Android, iOS, Google Calendar and Outlook all have perfectly accessible, interoperable calendaring systems.
@cachondo Good point! However, I don't use calendar invites for Zoom meetings unless one is provided because not everyone has the ability or need to send one. Sometimes meetings are more spontaneous or set up through messages, especially in community or async work settings. I’ll still join as scheduled, just without a formal calendar invite unless it’s sent.
sure, not every meeting needs to be sent as an invite. but if you're the sort of person who needs to keep on top of things, a calendar is the perfect tool. :)
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Thanks for the article. It is a good read, and I appreciate your approach for both PCs and 'Phones.
I've had a wee saga recently getting a privacy-respecting 'phone that supported VoLTE. Does the Librem 5 support VoLTE, in both hardware terms and success reports with carriers?
An analysis by Bloomberg in the USA found that about two-thirds of AI-driven data centers built or in development between 2022 and 2025 were “in places already gripped by high water stress.”
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Today we're releasing #LibreOffice 24.8.7, the last update to the older branch. After this, all users are recommended to upgrade to LibreOffice 25.2, the newer stable branch: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
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Can anyone recommend a really simple screen and audio output recorder for Windows? Either command-line or with a screen-reader-accessible GUI. Just something that records system audio output plus continuous screen capture to a file.
@cachondo Its simple if you know how to get around with NVDA and Objectnavigation, but for Non-Techies its more difficult I think. You also need to embed the Sound.
@svenja I use it daily at work, but I don't recall having to use object navigation to get started. I needed sighted help because I do title cards and transitions and all of that stuff, but if I wanted to record my screen, my screen reader and my microphone altogether, it was a very straightforward process.
Obviously there's a lot more to it; I record with 3 audio tracks usually, for instance. But for the very basics I found itt quite forgiving.
@cachondo Was not that simple for me when I first installed it four Years ago. If I need to dublicate a Scene it still messes things up here, so I need my sighted Boyfriend to do it right, but yeah thats a different Story than just wanting to record your Screen. didn't have to set it up freshly for Years, but if I want to add a new Source I still need Objectnavigation somehow.
OBS (maybe isn't?) the easiest way to do this. I have as of 10 minutes ago added a Window Capture on my own. Would be willing to give detailed steps if needed. You do need to add what you want to capture, because by default it's meant for recording your audio and a camera feed. I don't think you can have it record your whole screen output...Oh, you can by using a Display Capture Source. Yeah, Zoom might be the *simplest* way to do this after all.
Bit convoluted perhaps but you could use a zoom meeting for this purpose as well provided you're the only participant. I've done this at times when I had to create a screencast and didn't have OBS or other tooling handy
I use Captura. The UI is not very accessible but I set everything up in the JSON config file manually so that when I press Alt+F9 globally, it starts and stops recording of screen, microphone, system audio, and a log of timestamped keystrokes.
Let me know if a sample config file would be helpful.
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I'm physically located in #Mexico, and just tuned into an Irish #radio station only to be presented with this quite chilling message in Spanish warning off illegal immigrants.
Of note is that despite the announcement beginning with "I'm Kristi Noem," I'm pretty sure this is not the voice of the Secretary of Homeland Security. I'm not even sure if Kristi Noem speaks Spanish, let alone with the polish of a professional voiceover artist. The first three letters in the name of the referenced CBP Home mobile application are also spoken in English.
Additionally, this station doesn't usually run ads before their stream starts, but clearly the streaming provider has been convinced to run this anyway.
@BorrisInABox Also, I think the way she pronounced Trump was a bit too native speaker like. It is also possible the voice was AI-generated Too young for Christine though! Bad take? But then who would know? .
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Reusing the tag for the one on the Sistine Chapel would degrade the semantics of the existing objects tagged man_made=chimney.
This may have already hsppened if someone used it in micromapping houses.
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