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#LibreOffice not working very well with #NVDA today. I have a form that has been filled by someone else and can't read any of the text it contains. Select all, copy, doesn't copy it. I had to ask a sighted person if the form contained any data at all. This is not a reasonable way to work and makes maintaining my own professionalism difficult.
in reply to modulux

Are you able to send it to us at info@nvaccess.org so we can investigate please? Also which version of NVDA and LibreOffice are you using? (And if you just updated, eg to NVDA 2024.4.1 which came out yesterday) - Have you restarted the computer? And did that make a difference?


🎅🐼 Save the date 🐼🎅

We're having a release event for the new @p2panda stack, and a hackfest to start working on a new native GTK local-first collaborative text editor!

Join us December 7-8 in Berlin (location and details TBA)

#p2panda #p2p #localfirst #gnome #gtk #berlin



📣 Do-It-Blind (DIB) online Besprechung am Montag, 11. November, um 19:00 Uhr. Du bist eingeladen! bbb.metalab.at/rooms/joh-szv-o… Wöchentlich am Montag um 19:00 besprechen wir neue Formen der digitalen und inklusiven Zusammenarbeit. Mach mit! 🛠️ #make #blind #inklusion


I don't see any reason that #SesameStreet can't be in the same universe as #DoctorWho.

bleedingcool.com/tv/doctor-who…

in reply to Mike McCaffrey

For years, I always imagined Oscar the Grouch to be a time lord due to everything he supposedly was able to fit in that trash can. #DoctorWho


Breaking News: New BlindShell Classic 3 has been launched. Full details with the team from BlindShell on today's #DoubleTap. Read more here: blindshell.com/?gad_source=1&g…


Windows 95 Turned 29 This Year: What One Of The Best Operating Systems Taught Us howtogeek.com/windows-95-turn-…




Měli jsme koláčky.
Manželka snědla jeden a pět jich nechala v krabičce, s tím že ji moc nechutnají. Tak jsem je sežral.

Po půlhodině manželka jódluje, že jsem snad nesnědl všechny, že to měla na snídani. Tak jsem se omluvil a ona říká , že ji teda musím ukojit chleba.

- Říkám, neřekla jsi kouzelné slovíčko.

- Kurva tak ukrojíš mi ten chleba když jsi mi sežral koláčky?

- To nebylo to slovíčko!

Myslím, že dnes spím na gauči





Did you catch up on our last In-Process blog at the end of October? If you haven't yet read it (or even if you have) you'll be pleased to know I've now FIXED the table of contents links so you can easily get to:
- the 2024.4 release info
- Info about add-ons
- Emphasising stability
- Benefits for users and developers in our add-on approach
- And all about reporting font attributes

nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #Blog #Info

in reply to NV Access

And as previously posted today, updated since that post, NVDA 2024.4.1 is now out, which includes everything from NVDA 2024.4, as well as one key bug fix. More on that update here: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4-…
in reply to NV Access

For those on the Beta / RC branch, we have also pushed a Release Candidate build of 2024.4.1 for you - note this is identical to the 2024.4.1 from yesterday, but will keep you on that path so you'll be the first to get NVDA 2025.1 Beta 1 when it comes out in time.

If you want to be on the beta / RC branch, download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4-…

If you want to be on the stable branch, download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4-…

Apologies for any confusion caused!




@Tutanota

Ich nutze euren Kalender, um zu dokumentieren, wann ich mein Akutmedikament nehmen muss und was da gewesen ist. Wenn ich das dann meiner Ärztin zeige, möchte ich aber natürlich nicht, dass sie meine sonstigen Termine sieht! Da wäre es wichtig, die Ansicht filtern zu können!

Kalender können sehr viel mehr sein, als nur Terminplaner für Geschäftsleute!

Broaden your mind!

@Tuta
in reply to Tuta

Danke!
Das war wirklich nicht eindeutig, bzw. für mich nicht intuitiv. Deshalb bin ich auch nicht auf diese Idee gekommen. Im Dreipunktemenü rechts habe ich geschaut. Da habe ich die Funktion erwartet.
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in reply to Foxle

Freut mich, dass ich helfen konnte! :) Bewerte uns gern: trustpilot.com/review/tuta.com


NV Access | NVDA 2024.4.1 Released nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4-…


Ya know, Earlier, I was asking myself, “How can I still love someone who did the things they did and said what they said? What’s wrong with me.” Upon thinking on it furter, what came to me was that if I stopped loving them despite their flaws and wrong doings, that would mean that my love had conditions, and it stopped me in my tracks. Love is such a powerful thing, it’s a gift, and it shouldn’t be taken for granted.
in reply to Silly Millie

Yes, love is love when it is unconditional. When it has conditions, it turns into conditional, and you start wondering about the conditions instead of appreciating love for love itself. Conditions break love, every kind of love.



Creating a Music Video as a totally blind producer drewsound.com/2024/11/10/creat…




Thanks to inspiration from @cachondo , I have produced my first braille word search.

A great way for me to engage the kids in braille too. #Braille

in reply to Tim Dixon

:) great to hear.
I do mine in an A4 ring-binder. The right-hand page is the search and the left-hand page lists the words. So effectively it's double-sided Braille with the words to find listed on the back of the previous search sheet.
I haven't tried making it smaller yet. I like A5 for carrying about so I might have a go at making a travel pack for my next vacation.








This is the line I see over and over again:

“While technology offers promising alternatives, it's essential to recognize the unique benefits that guide dogs provide beyond navigation, such as companionship and emotional support.”

If this is true, if these benefits are so unique, why do only 2% of blind and visually impaired people in the UK currently use a guide dog?

#Accessibility #AI #Blind #Disability #GDBA #Glide #Glidance #RNIB

in reply to The Blind AI

Fascinating discussion, as always.

I was a guide dog user for a decade or so. he was useful when my daughter was young. At first I carried her around because she was too young to walk, then too small to walk far. So in that regard, he took my concentration off the route somewhat and let me chat to her and be more of a passive part of the navigation process.
I learned to use a white cane and am incredibly confident, but the tactile awareness of your surroundings are far more limited with a cane, of course. I certainly feel that walking around in any sort of busier environment with my daughter aboard was easier, less stressful and more natural with the dog to keep us on the path and stop for problems.

After his death, naturally the number 1 question was whether I'd be getting another one.

We now live in a small village. there's a church and a post office, a social club and a few public houses. the nearest city or town is 10 to 12 minutes away by car or a little longer by bus. Getting to and from any of these local things is more than doable with a cane, and even if I were in the office more than a few times a month, it seemed to me that having a dog just to get me there and back was counterproductive. he'd have about 20 minutes of work a day. The free running, grooming, finding him a sitter for any holidays and general maintenance required for that level of practical intervention wasn't worth it, in my judgment. Sure, he'd been a part of the family for a long time and we would never have gotten rid of him, but to establish a whole new dog in very different circumstances wasn't part of the agenda. First and foremost to me a guide dog is a navigational aid, and you only get that in the right situation. For me, that's not here and now.



websites in 2024:

1) decline all cookies
2) decline notifications
3) disable JavaScript to bypass paywall
4) no videos, images and popups work now
5) finding the page completely useless and irrelevant
6) returning to play Doom 3

#humor

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For you Harry Potter nuts, there's a LEGO themed advent calendar at Costco.


Jeez! Things get pretty quiet at 1 Eastern on Mastodon. Maybe I should talk about farts again.
in reply to Just Martin

LOL, stop following only americans and Canadians, and things will be quite noisy, again. I promise! :D


there should be a class in school about the basics of proper eating, explaining why it's important to have a good balance of carbs, protein, electrolytes etc. like they do for sports.
this could enable kids eat proper before exam time.
#showerthoughts


Coming soon to #LibreOffice: instant previews of the "insert break" options. Find out more in our QA and development report for October: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


Por cosas que he leído por aquí.

Primeramente recordar que la comunicación se realiza a través de herramientas convencionales. No existe una forma objetiva de comunicarse, pero tampoco cada cual puede inventarse la suya, porque está forma debe ser compartida, por lo menos entre el emisor y el receptor, y habitualmente compartida por una comunidad extensa. La convención en la comunicación exige que la forma de hacerla sea conocida y aceptada por la comunidad. En resumen, nadie individual, ni un grupo, por grande que sea, puede *exigir* una modificación de esa forma de transmisión. Y menos para adecuarla a su ideología.

La ideología política, que es también ideología social en tanto que la política es la forma en que regulamos las relaciones de los individuos en una sociedad, tampoco es objetiva. Dentro de unos ciertos límites que marca la propia función de la política: procurar una convivencia social estable (no he dicho justa, sino estable), no existe una política objetiva ni subjetiva. Como con la comunicación, nadie puede imponer individualmente a los demás su ideología (necesitará al menos de votantes o de militares que compartan su ideología), pero tampoco existe una forma objetiva determinable por métodos científicos de determinar una "ideología cierta".

Dónde quiero llegar? Pues a algo que ya he dicho muchas veces, que los humanos tenemos demasiada tirada a exigir que los demás hagan las cosas a nuestro modo, porque siempre estamos convencidos de que nuestra ideología no es como la de los demás, sino que la nuestra es la correcta o la mejor. Y señores, hay una palabra para cuando alguien intenta imponer su ideología a los demás, y está palabra es "totalitarismo" y esto vale para los que quieren obligar a los demás a cambiar en cualquier aspecto que no sea objetivo.

in reply to Xavier 𒊭𒁉𒂊

Por indagar un poco:

1. Que se entiende por exigir? Cual es la diferencia con persuadir?
2. Por qué "menos para adecuarla a su ideología"? Por qué la consideración ideológica es merecedora de menor respeto que cualquier otra, por ejemplo, estética?
3. Que significa imponer? Como se distingue de persuadir, convencer, impulsar?
4. Cual es el riesgo de esos mecanismos de "imposición"? En que medida se puede o debe equiparar la actuación política en si misma que requiere de la coordinación y el establecimiento de pautas de comportamiento con el totalitarismo? Es toda acción colectiva totalitaria, y si no, por qué se trae la palabra a colación?



I have now written to both Sky News and an MP about the widespread lies spread by news media and government about the events of #amsterdam

Lies? Yes - the evidence is there for us to see, if we look.

1. youtube.com/watch?v=clHlvgOPrW…

2. youtube.com/watch?v=pTFovHpft5…

Why should we be bothered? -- Because if we don't resist where do you think this will end?

#gaza #palestine #genocide

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If you haven't already talked to your friends who have lived under authoritarian regimes about how to get out/survive/resist/organize/rebel now would be a good time to start.


Včera večer som šiel do postele okolo pol desiatej a do jednej ráno sa dusil kašľom, v podstate sa dusím skoro stále ale včera v noci to bol děs. #dobréRáno Skúšam zostať doma ale neviem či sa mi to podarí...
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Do piatku môžem byť doma! Okrem čaju nič nechcem... kašlem také šedo čierne malé guličky hlienu, sú aj tehlovej farby a keď ma dusí dlhšie tak aj krv ale iba trochu.
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Making blind accessible video games has been truly life changing, and it all started with making a game for a blind accessible game jam. I learned so much about accessibility, met wonderful people, was exposed to video games made in new and wonderful ways, and felt inspired in new ways to be creative. So that's why I help a yearly jam all about blind accessibility in video games, and I genuinely hope anyone reading this considers joining. itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-ga… #indiedev #Blind #gaming

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I followed this post to amazon.com an discovered that the website now offers new keyboard shortcuts, like option+shift+o for Orders, option+shift+c for cart, and others. Wow, that’s a welcome change. #accessibility mastodon.social/@appleinsider/…
in reply to victor tsaran

@technocounselor I’ve been seeing those links at the top of the Amazon website for a while now, and haven’t gotten around to looking at them. Thanks for the prompt to do so.
in reply to Kevin LaRose He/Him

@Thumper1964 @technocounselor I don’t go to Amazon’s website unless I really have to, but this time I did, I was rather surprised. It’s a sacred cow for Amazon, so no wonder the accessibility improvements have been so slow and rather sporadic.
Anyway, happy to see any improvement bit coming along our way!