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@Bubu thanks, that is very useful. Is there a link I can point to (in German is fine) ? It might make an interesting conversation topic for the book club after we discuss the book.
@Bubu I don't really know, I was just thinking of something I could put in the chat when we discuss the book. Just a thought, I will have a look at Wikipedia. Thanks.
It looks like somebody had one job to stick this floor sticker at Schiphol right. It ended up asking people who arrived by train to check in and people who just landed to "check out train."
Yes, sure, do check out train but then if you decide to take it, don't forget to check in before your ride 😉
I wish there was a tool or DLL hook that translated calls from NVDA Controler Client to JFWApi, that is all. Sadly, no such thing exists, so unless I can recompile sourcecode, I guess stuff designed for NVDA-only won't talk to JAWS. Sad times today. (update: one does exist! at nsstudiosweb.com/ on the programs page, this is awesome, happier times!)
ahah hugs back! Wish I could say that it is old, but they're like, pushing the edge with their new face-in view and things. Not to mention the Leasy scripts you can buy for JAWS. Sometimes I crave it like crapes in Hungary, you know? Especially the ones with Cacao powder in it, yum yum. Either way, yes. It would be nice to find something that makes the apps made for one or the other flip to talking to one they don't support, but guess in the computing world, we can't have everything either.
Aww. Yay crapes! I can make those, kinda hard and we need a crazy sighted soul to flip them, but mmm. That with chocolate. :D When I was in the US I wanted to go back home and eat every single possible Bulgarian food available. So I was eating cold yoghurt soup a whole week lol it was summer.
Also, everything older that uses Sapi works with both readers. So, I wonder. Hey, old Bulgarian voice from when I was a baby, super tool for catching people's spelling mistakes too, without a checker. I had a friend of super awesome best person who owns the instance and he the friend disassembled the dll and now it's gotten a faster rate so you can't have everything, but I guess, you can pout at the world. :D
but look at this, this is GPT 4-O: "You're correct; there is a project that facilitates compatibility between applications designed for JAWS and NVDA. The Jaws Access Bridge is an open-source project that acts as a bridge, translating calls from applications using the JAWS jfwapi.dll to NVDA's nvdaControllerClient.dll. This allows applications originally developed for JAWS to function with NVDA without requiring significant modifications. You can find the Jaws Access Bridge project on GitHub. By integrating this bridge into your application, you can achieve compatibility with both screen readers, enhancing accessibility for a broader user base." Uh, buddy. You're confusing Java Access Bridge maybe? The repo it links to does not even exist: github.com/Elv1s42/jaws-access… - that's right. There goes GPT hallucinating links again, conflating information it may have little data about. This is why I don't yet trust it as a search tool, not for everything, that is. Sure, finding info about hotels? Airlines? A software component's purpose or something? Yes. Using it to find an obscure function call or what overridable method calls a certain DLL supports? Forget it! This is proof, do your homework, because such a thing does not exist either, and if I would have trusted GPT I would have been duped. When they first launched their Search GPT thing, I stayed quiet, and now you know why. While people keep raving about it in mainstream media, I don't.
@WeirdWriter don't think there was ever a project that did it, to be honest. I tried to research the project by name on Google to see if it's even mentioned on mailing lists or other sources but nope. So I'm calling this one made-up until someone can confirm it did exist in the past or something.
@esoteric_programmer @WeirdWriter aah this is superb, could even be used with WSL however or virtualized Linux machines, super cool. As long as the VM has that internal port mapped that should work too, so I think I'll find these useful in other situations :) very neat!
yeah, I don't know of any either, however I got involved with a different side of the lenze, making apps which only speak to nvda, also speak to speech dispatcher on linux, and here comes what I did in this part of it, making apps which speak only via the tolk API also speak to speech dispatcher on linux. So anyway, this could technically be changed to speak the jfw api using com, because only the server has to, the dll that injects those functions uses websockets to talk to the server, so technically speaking this could even work network wide. Anyways, here are some relevant links, consider it prior art
here's a python server someone else made, which means you don't need rust for that part of the component, but the client is a dll, so yeah, rust is still required there github.com/the-byte-bender/nvd…
and here's my spd tolk bridge, which uses a lot of the same structures as the original nvda2speechd, for compatibility reasons, so it should technically be usable with both the rust and the python server implementations git.sr.ht/~tec_geek/tolk-spd-p…
I have no idea how com works in detail, what interfaces you have to bind to, if there's any docks about the com interface of jaws, but the rust server of nvda2speechd compiles on windows, there are com libraries for rust, you just have to either have typelib files from somewhere or a manual in which they're described, then the binding generators should do the rest for you
@TheQuinbox it works great! Only one minor downside where if multiple messages get sent to the controler it always interrupts (no message queuing when using JAWS) otherwise really solid in terms of performance.
@enne @TheQuinbox oh I wonder if it's just a mismatch between the controler client functions that are in newer DLLs and the slightly older one? Not sure, it's very minor but in my audio game, they use both polite and assertive-type notifications. The polite ones don't queue but instead behave as though they're assertive as well. Otherwise this is so solid and I'd totally do a donation to the slight / or the projects because stuff like this isn't two seconds of time to construct.
@TheQuinbox Updated the zip with the new build that doesn't force interrupt with JAWS, also put the interrupt-forcing version under the interrupt subfolder just in case that might be useful in certain situations. nsstudiosweb.com/downloads/NVD… I hope that helps. Feel free to let me know if there's any issues.
@enne @TheQuinbox it for sure works! Also sent a little donation through the site for the great work and resources there + this one. I like NVDA but there's for sure times when I'm switching to the other for testing or with Office products (then, ironically of course, NVDA is better for VS code, so you just can't win, heh)
@luiscarlosgonzalez @TheQuinbox so if you have your game or program, inside of it there's already an NVDA Controler Client 32 (or 64) .dll file. I would recommend backing that up or adding a .back to the end of the file, but then you need to paste the two corresponding files for either 32 or 64.
@Tutanota@mastodon.socially I thought you were bought and would be closing shop. That’s why I cancelled my account. I don’t want to be merged with a company I didn’t choose to join. Have things changed?
99% of my mail can go through any mail server and it doesn't matter. 1% of it needed to be secure and I needed a mail service that was secure. At that time, Tutanota was the best I could get for free. Since then, it's only gotten better.
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Constantly begging for donations or ratings is not something you will see #Conversations_im do. An instant messaging app should benefit its users not its developers.
Thank you for this! And thank you for creating a XMPP app for Android that's easy enough to use that I'm able to recommend it to people for chatting on my own private XMPP server.
That is very noble of you. But I certainly wouldn't fault you if you made a donation link at least easier to find. Free software only exists because its developers are in the privileged position of being able to afford the time for maintaining it. If a FOSS developer wants financial help, I think it's totally okay for them to ask for it. I think it's okay for FOSS developers to also have some "benefit". Thank you for conversations and all the work around it you do! ❤️
I agree with not soliciting reviews, being able to pay people to work on the project would make a lot of stuff easier and would lead to faster development.
For example, it's impossible to expect someone to do a code review in a short amount of time when they're not being paid for that work.
I know you're aware of all of this, but wanted to state it explicitly as this example and many others often get overlooked.
Gotcha, we have this new notification view in pidgin 3 and I've be contemplating adding a notification that shows up once a month or something in it mentioning donations. That said, it'd be nice if there was trying to disable it but then again, I'd guess most linux distros would patch it out anyways...
I’ve told LF (and others) repeatedly that “education” as the leading point is insulting. Many maintainers know exactly what they need to do, but they lack time and energy for it. Lecturing them, I mean “giving them skills”, is… rarely the need or solution.
But “education” allows LF (and friends like GH) to continue elephant-in-the-room-ing the actual solution, which is paying maintainers for the trillions of dollars of value they create.
I've been expecting something like this since the XZ hack, but still ... frustrated/annoyed/sad to see Microsoft and 13 (!) partners jointly announcing that their answer is to “educate” open source maintainers.
Or to put it a different way: open source maintainers are some of the most verifiably self-taught people in the history of the world, *when they want to be*. Happy to dig into tools, Google, books, mailing list archives, source code, stack traces, whatever. *If they’re motivated and have time for it.*
Saying “what they really need is… an online course” is… actually a tacit admission that what’s actually missing is time and motivation.
inconsistencies in the HTTP cookie specification and its implementations have caused a situation where countless websites (including Facebook, Netflix, Okta, WhatsApp, Apple, etc.) are one small mistake away from locking their users out.
@bagder this reminded me of seriot.ch/projects/parsing_jso… which is basically proof that as a community we also fail with newer standards unfortunately
Introduction This is the handout to accompany our November 2024 Monthly Meet-up Session. James Bowden, Braille Technical Officer at RNIB, demonstrates how to access all the basic functions of the Sao Mai Braille (SMB) app using screen reader and keyb…
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Yowell, who writes: Tom - next week Disney Plus is premiering a new documentary from Martin Scorsese focusing on the Beatles arrival in New York in 1964. This film has footage from the famous Maysles brothers who produced several documentaries in the 1960’s. For most of the scenes of the Beatles in limousines or in their hotel room in Manhattan you see them listening to a…
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Yowell, who writes: Tom – next week Disney Plus is premiering a new documentary from Martin Scorsese focusing on the Beatles arrival in New York…
Že si vládní sestava nevede v průzkumech necelý rok před volbami zrovna dobře, je známé. Listopadový volební model NMS Market Research ale dopadl pro vládní strany vyloženě katastrofálně.
tvářili se jako jako hnací síla vládní koalice, nejsem si jistý jestli zbavili státní správu vlivu "babišových lidí ", výkony pana Blažka na ministerstvu spravedlnosti jsou strašlivé. Zvládli energetickou krizi, příliv ukrajinských uprchlíků, máme dobré jméno v zahraniční politice. Nedivím se, že ztrácí voliče.
Nějak jsem si nevšiml, že by to někdo dodržoval 🤔, samozřejmě až na jednotlivé výjimky, míry 0. Vlastně celý začátek vlákna je 🔒, pokud neexistoval nějaký jiný primární toot, který ale nevidím, takže to beru tak, že to nechceš boosnovat. Respektuji to. Nelze vyloučit, že n-tý toot bude pro čtenáře nejzajímavější a nebude ho moci boosnout 😬. Bude muset boosnout celé vlákno, kde zapadne ten toot, který zaujal 🤷🏻♂️. Budu to respektovat, ale jako z mého pohledu úchylku 🤷🏻♂️. @mkyral @lubosblazek
@ferda Taky jsem nikdy nepsal, že se to má dodržovat 😀😀 je to svobodná síť. Zase na druhou stranu, když někoho to vlákno nezajímá, tak vlákno neotevře a na domácí ose nemá ani odpovědi. Jinak jestli je celé vlákno zamknuto, tak jsem ho určitě nezačínal já. @mkyral @lubosblazek
Že si vládní sestava nevede v průzkumech necelý rok před volbami zrovna dobře, je známé. Listopadový volební model NMS Market Research ale dopadl pro vládní strany vyloženě katastrofálně.
I summarize the changelogs of 0.3.0 and 0.2.1 (because maybe you missed that patch):
* feat: possibility received text and images from other apps and create post; * feat: add possibility to change system status/navigation bar theme; * feat: add support for announcements (Mastodon); * fix: settings load for anonymous users; * fix: notification type serialization for filtering and push subscription; * fix: poll footer layout; * fix: make user names/handles clickable; * enhancement: change “Send" button position in post creation; * enhancement: change open circle/list in circle management screen; * enhancement: make legacy login less visible; * chore: add description for non-textual UI elements; * chore: add new l10ns (ua, fi); * chore: add more unit tests and coverage report; * chore: update dependencies.
Hope you are having fun on Friendica (or Mastodon) and as always #livefasteattrash
@dado il progetto è piccolo e non ho spese di mantenzione (dove uso servizi di terze parti rientro nel free tier).
Però sicuramente puoi donare agli amministratori delle istanze (Mastodon o Friendica) che usi e se mi aiuti con un po' di passaparola sul progetto, segnalando bug o potenziali miglioramenti, sappi che fai già moltissimo.
Se prende piede Raccoon in futuro potrei raccogliere donazioni, ma vorrei organizzarmi per rendere poi noto ai contributor come vengono usate. E per ora non ho fatto setup di nulla di tutto ciò.
letto la tua puntuale risposta :) Immaginavo fosse una questione di API differenti. Tuttavia, se dovessi riuscire a implementare anche #peertube, sarebbe l'app definitiva per il #fediverso ;)
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Pořádný krajíc opravdu dobrého chleba dokáže udělat skvělou společnost prakticky čemukoli – můžete na něj jít s máslem, marmeládou, sýrem i šunkou. Dáte si jej k polévce i ke guláši a vždycky se z něj dobře najíte.
When you see in your timeline a discussion between lead dev of three major project of the #xmpp ecosystem, you can be sure that this federated network is on the good way
@alienghic Nearly all clients are connected via ipv6 on my server, but you can never be sure, people can use a stupid wifi etc. So it's good to have a turn server just in case.
My Alditalk mobile contract gives me ipv6 @daniel Some in my family had ipv6 not enabled in the APN settings. I turned it on then then it just worked. Don't know why it isn't always the default.
“Surprising no one, Donald Trump has selected a chief architect of Project 2025 to manage his budget and spending priorities,” says Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), appropriations committee chair, after the president-elect announced his intention to nomi…
If you still wonder about the dogma of how SARS-CoV2 (the virus for COVID) isn't considered airborne by the various public health authorities, read about hand washing before surgeries:
📣 Attention all custom ROM users and advocates for digital rights! 📣
Google's Play Integrity is limiting access to certain functionalities and applications for those using custom operating systems. This is a direct attack on the open-source community and a step towards further consolidating Google's monopoly in the mobile ecosystem.
1/N Starting to write an outline of article about how open source maintainers (especially of data science and scientific computing libraries) can reduce carbon emissions, and realized I might get to talk about my favorite ACM Computing Survey paper, "Systems Approaches to Tackling Configuration Errors: A Survey" (tianyin.github.io/pub/csur.pdf) and related research by Tianyin Xu and collaborators.
This is just one point out of many, but it's maybe the most surprising—
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