I live in America, a country of opportunity, where just about anybody can become the librarian of congress, even if they've never actually been in a library in their entire life. npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-53958…
You think you know the story of VoiceOver? Think again. Apple’s bold move changed accessibility forever—and most people don’t even know how it happened. 🔗 doubletaponair.com/
Double Tap is the world's most popular podcast where blind people talk tech. Hosted by Steven Scott and Shaun Preece the duo talk about blindness and tech.
Here's the only sample we have of the CyberTalk synth, reading a part of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. You will hear the male voice first, than the female voice.
Neither Simple, nor Intelligent parking system for disabled drivers.
So, you park, get into your wheelchair, wheel yourself 100m to the building where the scanner is (inside the Medical Centre), scan your badge, wheel yourself 100m back to the car, return the badge, wheel yourself 100m back to the Medical Centre for your appointment.
I was cleaning out my desk, and I found a mystery thing. It's a thing that generates numbers, probably as two factor codes. But I have no idea what the codes are for, where I got the thing, who made the thing, or if I can somehow reset the thing or do anything else with it. Based on where I found it, the thing has to be at least four years old, if not older. Being a blind person, I of course recorded the thing. Do you have any advice about what I could do with my mysterious thing other than throwing it out?
@cachondo I only have had two bank accounts in my entire life, though, and neither of them use it. I mean it's obviously giving me a code for...some useful purpose. I just have no idea what that purpose was.
Yeah its super frustrating isn't it? My device did something similar and there was no way to reset it other than getting a new one. The devices given out to sighted people were tiny in comparison and had non replaceable batteries. When my device expired in 2019 I got it replaced with a phone token as it was the right thing to do. If I remember correctly the token comes from the factory with a specific shelf life of 5 years.
I used to have a device very similar to this for a job. It was a SecureID token generator from either RSA or SafeNet. The end of life means that the codes are probably useless at the remote end and the only thing you can do is throw the device away. I'm not sure whether its still fashionable to give out these hardware tokens, I haven't had one now since 2019, everything being done on my smartphone.
Wer #Nextcloud unter #Android über den #GooglePlay installiert hat kann nur noch Fotos und Videos hochladen, Dokumente funktionieren nicht mehr. Hintergrund ist, dass #Google wegen "Sicherheitsbedenken" den Zugriff für die App entfernt hat. Wer andere Appstores wie #FDroid nutzt ist nicht betroffen. nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-a…
The GitHub Copilot Accessibility video series launches today in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) which is Thursday, May 15th 🎉
Each day this week, we’re spotlighting a new video featuring a person with lived experience using GitHub Copilot to solve real-world challenges — both personal and professional. These stories show how AI can reduce barriers, boost productivity, and unlock creativity in coding and beyond ✨
Less than six months ago we launched GitHub Copilot Free for all our users, starting a new era of possibilities. So many possibilities in fact that it can be easy to miss all the great ways you can...
First up: Meet Vytautas, a screen reader user who codes in Visual Studio Code. With GitHub Copilot by his side, editing becomes faster, smoother, and more efficient 💪
For more videos please follow along, share widely, and help us spark conversations around accessibility, inclusion, and AI 💬
Vytautas takes GitHub Copilot with him step-by-step in the editing process of Visual Studio Code. Copilot_Accessibility_Vytautas_FINAL_Captions.mp4 This video is part of our Five ways you can use G...
BTW I didn't write any of the discussion post titles if those are what you are concerned with, but I can share this feedback with my colleague who did.
I know they didn't intend to offend either, but will also appreciate the feedback from the larger community.
I'm just one guy, nobody else seemed riled-up! I guess it's just been a long day of me trying to explain to colleagues that the AI isn't coming for my job and if it does, they'll need me back pretty quickly LOL.
@cachondo Actually, it's not, I use GitHub Copilot extensively and it helps me with lots of boilerplate code. I wish it was smarter though, but I'm sure it will come. I do have one small problem with it though for some reason: when it says "Next edit suggestion", it doesn't tell me the whole code of the next suggestion, unlike with the first suggestion it has. I'd like to see where its development goes, actually.
@menelion oh I'm not objecting to it in the least! I use it, too. It was just the framing of the title that pulled my string. we're already seen as so helpless as blind people, the cruch-level input of the LLM was my problem, not in any way its promotion per se.
@cachondo @menelion As someone who is nobody's idea of a programmer, I don't use copilot admittedly but I do use AI in-general to help me with bash scripting etc. Two of the most useful are running on my Raspberry Pi's and though searching for code snippets could have aided me I suspect, having an AI write the code out for my specific usecase meant that I could look at each line and understand why something does what it does. There is legitimately a lot of AI hate but on the other side of the coin, a lot of good uses for it. Tailor-made scripts which might be childsplay for some of you, aren't things I think about or know how to do, so AI has been super-useful in making my wishes a reality. Nothing overcomplicated or anything, but useful none the less.
@vick21 @cachondo @menelion I have two of them. One does NVDA remote, PiHole for adblocking and runs the mics for my outside stream in the garden, the second one runs a VPN server, a secondary PiHole server, Homebridge and a TV server.
@vick21 @FreakyFwoof @cachondo @menelion Blocking ads on my home network, and running the stream to a low power FM transmitter to cover the next few houses over with internet radio.
Best kept secret: the IBM accessibility checker, blows other #a11y testing tools out of the water ✅ open source and well maintained ✅ Free and ad free ✅ multiple rulesets ✅ export results to excel
Jacket.fm is a voice-first platform where users can share audio content, build communities around their interests, and connect with others. The app allows you
@archos Jasný, uvidíme jak mi to bude vyhovovat, ale já jsem celkem nenáročný uživatel, úplně mi stačí sdílení souborů a dokumentů mezi mými počítači a telefony a automatické zálohování fotek z mobilu a tak. To bude myslím dobrý.
I poznámky jsou super, já mám ještě kuchařku. Na poznámky, kuchařku je i aplikace na mobil. Ono je dobrý moc aplikaci nainstalovat, tohle mám vyzkoušeno a léta funguje bez problémů.
Microsoft layoffs may hit 3% of global workforce | The Seattle Times (Stay safe Masto Microsofties, used to work there, fingers crossed for you) seattletimes.com/business/micr…
New bug posted to the bug tracker: TalkBack navigates between keyboard items instead of moving focus out of the Gboard window when swiping accessibleandroid.com/bugs/tal…
Issue Description: When using Gboard with TalkBack, swiping right or left to navigate to the next window (e.g., to access "Submit" or "Send" buttons) causes
Issue Description: When using voice input with TalkBack (version 14 and later), multiple beep sounds play simultaneously, disrupting the typing experience.
The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country's median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980.
I can't see my sequel to my book coming out for another year give or take (I work slow and part time) so until then, enjoy my first book Taliesin, Chief of Bards!
Young Taliesin is a prince of a mythical Welsh kingdom, but when his foster-father is taken prisoner by Maelgwn of Gwynedd, he must realize his incredible gifts to save him and stop all-out war.
Not sure it's quite what I planned on having on my Kindle in the sun next week, but I have a week off and it's a good price! So thanks for the book. :)
OPEN LETTER TO JOHN SWINNEY FROM SCOTTISH BUSINESS r.e SUPREME COURT RULING
If you are a business or enterprise you may like to sign up to this open letter to the First Minister and Minister for Business expressing concerns following the Supreme Court ruling.
The letter has a particular focus on business and enterprise and appeals to him from this perspective.
Look And Tell Me This: Does This Feature Work for Users Who Have a Combined Hearing and Vision Loss? – Helen Keller Services groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/92…
When the Rabbit R1 was first announced, it generated a lot of buzz—this tiny, stylish device promised to reinvent personal computing with the help of artificial intelligence.
Closed captioning for television and movies has remained largely unchanged for decades, but a new design aims to give people with disabilities a better idea of what's happening on screen.
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