Hi, I want to setup an rss reader, and I can't pay for an app :) I just downloaded omnivore a couple of hours ago, I haven't tested it yet. I am wondering if you have an rss reader, if yes, then please any suggestions? Thanx
@arfs6 Hi. If you're asking what RSS reader I use personally it's Lire on iOS although the app is not free. I believe it costs a few dollars but I can't remember the price.
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So, somehow I ended up playing a βdunnetβ text adventure game in Emacs. I wanted to learn about its creator and ended up on this page about Ron Schnell: driver-aces.com/ronnie.html Wow, do such people really exist? I do wonder how many hours (if at all) he sleeps? :) #amazing
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@Bruce_Toews That's quite a journey. I do remember those early days when you had to manually expand pages. Yes, things did improve and the overall speed eventually increased, making it much more efficient.
@Montrealmarc The VersaBraille that used cassette tapes had a lot of limitations. The newer 2 and 2 Plus models had significant improvements although I didn't care for the newer keyboard.
I had The II plus and loved it and I always had a backup of my cassette tapes as I used to make copies in my double tape deck and so it always worked well for me. I really enjoyed the device and had a good experience with itl
@Montrealmarc @Bruce_Toews I don't think I'm familiar with Totaltalk. That wasn't the one from Maryland Computer Services, was it? I certainly heard about Artic but that was one screen reader I never used. I know it had a couple of Dos versions along with Winvision but I never saw it although I knew it was popular. The voice was pretty responsive, I think.
@Bruce_Toews Artic business vision and JAWS3.0 was my second experience with a computer at work and then eventually on my home computer too. The first computer I got when I started with the Feds in the 80βs was something called a total Talk PC.
@Bruce_Toews All I can tell you is that it was something purchased for me by Ottawa and it was around before Jaws. It was more like a typewriter with a built-in speech synthesizer as I recall and you could store forms letters on floppy plastic cards which felt similar to those cardboard records you used to find in print magazines or get in the mail occasionally.
@Bruce_Toews @Montrealmarc Wasn't there a foot pedal accessory for Artic where you could control some of the voice parameters with the pedal or did my brain just totally invent that? With so many keyboard commands I once thought about this and how cool of an idea that was.
@Montrealmarc @Bruce_Toews I wonder if something like that would be successful with today's modern screen readers. Maybe a device with a foot pedal that moves in two directions for speech rate, another for say all and you could even have a utility to redefine the actions of the pedal; think JAWS Keyboard Manager or NVDA Input Gestures but for foot pedal actions. You couldn't have two many pedals or switches but you could have a few on the device. I wonder if people would take to something like that or if it would just be too weird. If I had an engineering background I'd love to build a prototype. If @freedomscientific or @NVAccess ever had lab week projects I'd certainly suggest something like this even if it's just a proof of concept. I suppose that for those who can speak voice control is probably a better investment and I certainly get that.
@Bruce_Toews @Montrealmarc It certainly existed. I used to use that pedal with the Artic Transport, which was their external (serial) synth. It worked reasonably well and plugged directly into the synth, as I recall. You could control the rate quite easily, and there were several other functions which have slipped my mind. It was helpful when reading, though I only used it when I was at a more or less stable location, it was one more device to carry around if I was carrying the laptop.
@Montrealmarc @Bruce_Toews @freedomscientific @NVAccess Nothing is stopping anyone from doing that now. USB foot switches are certainly available, and they can be mapped to the keyboard command of your choice, so they'll control the screen reader in whatever way you like. I'm doing something similar with the bluetooth remote controls (volume up reads battery status, volume down starts reading, mute stops reading, the homepage button goes to the menu...). The idea is to make the reader open and read the book, in my case, without bothering with the keyboard. You could certainly do the same with a pedal.
Wow! First of all, I got my first iPhone on May 2, 2014. I don't remember the day I got my first Braille 'n Speak, but it was June of 1990 and it changed my life! I hope the BT Speak is as good as the BNS.
The AI revolution continues this year. Companies have introduced AI tools or upgraded their existing programs with AI functions. However, safety and energy consumption also remain important topics.
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SCaLE, the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, will take place for the 21st time on March 14-17, 2024 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth again. Use the "DEB50" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/eβ¦micronews.debian.org/2024/1708β¦ #debian
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Hello everyone, Thank you so much for taking the poll. It helps the dev team understand what we need to focus on first. We've implemented some key changes this week that will help with stability and reliability (especially from the user perspective). They will be available in our next release.
In the meantime, to understand Jami, we have to understand how users connect to each other. We use distributed networks every day without even realizing it. Let's dive into it π
I think they want to focus on fixing it first. The android app has always been known for having a lot of issues, and still does sadly. Sometimes it just stops working. Maybe when that's over they'll implement these other features
Hello @ivan @qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm Yes, they are a lot of features we would like to add. However, these coming months, we are only focusing on reliability. Before adding features, the app and its core functionalities have to work properly. We still encounter stability and connectivity issues that need to urgently be fixed.
We really appreciate your patience and your support. It's always a pleasure to read your messages, through thick and thin!
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in reply to David Goldfield • • •I want to setup an rss reader, and I can't pay for an app :)
I just downloaded omnivore a couple of hours ago, I haven't tested it yet.
I am wondering if you have an rss reader, if yes, then please any suggestions?
Thanx
David Goldfield
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