A nice homage to the PC/GEOS operating system. Also lots of video clips that show how quick and zippy it was (remember, this thing is running on DOS-era hardware).
I’m happy to help anytime as well.
Is it weird to be nostalgic about high pressure sodium lamps?
I really do miss the orange Glow and I only really see them during travel in other countries now
Я отвечаю за сказанное мною, а не за то, как вы поняли мои слова.
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I work at a public administration with an obligation to keep its software and systems #accessible for its civil servants, who like me might be disabled, as well as for citizens who use its systems from the outside.
Recently, #Firefox stopped working with my screen reader, after it was updated to version 115. After some investigation, requiring the aid of a coworker and far more knowledge about computers and #accessibility than should be expected from a civil service end user, I worked out what was happening. Can you guess?
Someone had the brilliant idea to set, as group policy, the following Firefox directive: accessibility.forced_disabled: 1.
Yes, that does what you think it does. It disallows accessibility providers such as screen readers to connect to Firefox and use the APIs. Who thought this was a good idea and why?
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I'm a bit more willing to give benefit of the doubt--I suspect ignorance rather than malice--but the effects are pretty bad all the same.
I might also add I issued a ticket on the user support system, and after a couple of days I only got confirmation that my diagnosis is correct, but no fix so far.
In tech, we need more people who enjoy maintenance and polishing existing features and fewer who enjoy adding new features. (And I’m saying that as a member of the latter group.)
Companies keep adding new features to useful products until they are no longer useful.
(As @Schrank points out, that’s partly due to how the economy currently works.)
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Well y'all, I broke something. I was using Emacs, and was committing a change to a repo like always, when my audio started to studder a bit. I'd noticed that Emacspeak sounds were a big sluggish, but I thought that was Sox being sox or Pipewire messing with something as usual. So I unplugged my Dell docking station, plugged it in again, and things returned to normal until the next time I committed. This time, audio stopped, and, well, never came back. I plugged the dock into my iPhone, and it worked. Windows, worked. Linux though? Nope. Not sure what's going on, but goodness I'm tired of technology. So tired of everything changing and breaking. Google Drive changed, so I'm having to redo the whole course on Google Docs/Drive. And this was not something I was expecting and definitely not something I needed today. So I'm gonna have to look for a way to reset the dock or something.
#linux #foss #accessibility #blind
Ideally, you want to report issues to the app's repository. The main repository, which covers a lot of general issues, is this:
github.com/nextcloud/server/is…
If you're unsure which app has the accessibility bug, you can try reporting it in the main repo.
The term "Mentions" on here means when you type an @ symbol and then the address of the account you want to mention. This is also known as @-ing (pronounced "at-ing").
Mentioning an account causes the account owner to get a notification about the post where they were mentioned, so they can go and see it.
There are lots of questions answered about mentions on Mastodon here:
➡️ fedi.tips/what-are-mentions-on…
If you have any other questions, let me know in the replies!
If you’ve heard of the old REAPER Dropbox folder, it’s been retired, and all the content has moved to The Hoard. No subscriptions, easy search, and no drive space worries – just grab what you need when you need it. You can download the whole package or pick specific files. It's a great resource for anyone learning/using REAPER!
Check it out: hoard.reaperaccessibility.com
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"Kto by povedal že to príde až sem
človek - smrtelný vírus pre Zem
ten čo miluje sladký sen
Kopec sladkostí Zukerberg
les v plamenoch fauna sa flambuje
nikoho to netankuje
nikto nič . . . tak to je
na Titanicu sa stale tancuje"
~ #Supa, #Vec, #KrissKrimm: Stačí
Recommendations from your own personal experience, please!
I have a lot of DRM-free ePubs for which there is no audiobook.
I'd like to convert one or two of them into audiobooks.
I use Linux.
I don't have any high end machines, but I am happy to wait for a conversion process.
I want all conversion to be done locally, using FOSS.
I am content with a generic voice, else I could provide voice samples.
Have you done this and, if so, would you recommend what you did?
If you have some extra money and would like to donate to assist with the Helene disaster in North Carolina, here are two reliable charities.
Money will be spent on food and personal supplies:
Money to help the many artisans and craftspeople who live in western North Carolina (including local acquaintances):
cerfplus.org/get-involved/ways…
instagram.com/p/DAjc1yIPp90/?h…
Please boost!
1. Digesting Knowledge: You could say that you "eat" JAWS by consuming and digesting the knowledge it provides. This means learning how to use the software effectively, understanding its features, and applying them to navigate your computer.
2. Feasting on Features: You could say you "feast" on the features of JAWS by exploring and utilizing all the different tools and commands it offers to enhance your computer experience.
Necesito un violín de tamaño subatómico para el señor que ganó un concurso de arte con una imagen hecha con IA y ahora se queja de que no puede registrarla ni percibir derechos por ella y todo el mundo se la está copiando.
Federico Mena Quintero
in reply to Vertigo #$FF • • •I made so many homework assignments using its word processor, and even a little newspaper. I even sent them a letter, asking for an SDK in Pascal rather than C!
(I think that was part of why I decided to learn C back in the day)