Okay, I finally decided to check out what everyone is on about and try Braille screen input on my IPhone.
I definitely needed to look for and read some instructions, since I needed to know how to calibrate it, and how to enter a space, and how to erase the last character that I entered.
Anyhow, as an experiment, I went into Notes and tried typing "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" with touch typing and then with Braille screen input, timing myself.
Took me around 40 seconds touch typing and around 35 seconds with BSI. I might be able to do BSI faster if I practiced some. With touch typing, I feel like I'm slowed down waiting for Voiceover to tell me if I, in fact, typed the correct key.

We are @fdroidorg (#fdroid)
Meet us at #fosdem #fosdem2026
Our stand will be at UD1 (Building U, Entrance D, Floor 1). We are also close to Saturday's FOSS on Mobile devroom (located at UB4.132, just on the opposite side of the Group G Square).

openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.8…

fosdem.org/2026/stands/

@seabass @neil @eighthave @fbinin & the rest if the team will be there.

Also, do not forget to attend the main track session on Sunday which will be at 12 by @marcprux

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

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@lerven If you don't mind digital, I'd recommend the C.Crane CC Pocket portable. It has built-in speaker and also can play audio through stereo headphones.
It's AM, FM, NOAA weather radio.
FM sensitivity is improved when headphones or supplied wire antenna are attached.
For its size, it's quite sensitive on all bands and is quite selective, as well.
5 memory presets each band. Tune in the desired frequency, press and hold memory button until you hear beep.
Selectable AM filtering to improve selectivity by pressing 1 and 3 buttons to toggle through options.
Tuning is by up/down buttons, 10KHZ AM, can't remember FM steps.
75 hours battery life claimed on two AA batteries.
$74.95 on Amazon.
It's definitely a good stadium or arena use.
If you don't mind the digital and lack of tuning knob, it's a good choice for a small compact portable. Comes with ear buds and wire FM antenna.
Want more recommendations?

Trace shortcuts in the Windows File Explorer. I'm not sure when these were added.
Tested on Windows 11 25H2.
Control+windows+shift+l: produces a notification that a trace log is being generated, followed by a second one when the log finishes that has an option to open Feedback Hub to submit it.
Control+windows+shift+t: produces a notification that an error occured while getting a trace.

European Union companies' annual purchases of cloud software services that benefit the US economy amount to €264 billion … If the EU were able to produce 15% of the cloud software services it currently purchases from the United States in 2035, this would result in 463,000 additional jobs in the EU. cigref.fr/technological-depend…

Mark Carney essentially said that the liberal rules based world order was a convenient lie everyone went along with because American hegemony opened up markets and sea lanes for them.

After decades in which the imperialist neoliberal order was not even questioned in the West, less than three weeks into it 2026, Canada, one of the biggest US vassals is saying this. 😆

weforum.org/stories/2026/01/da…

#canada #cdnpoli #geopolitics #liberalism #imperialism

What made me decide on a settings panel? Honestly, the consensus on the LegacyPitch is very, very mixed. I see that there's plenty of people who like the ESpeak style intonation, while others don't. So then I realized I can ship the packs with it off by default and people can toggle it somehow. Hmm. But how. It's going to be real good. Comboboxes are exposed in voice settings, but then you also have the choice to edit numeric values in a pack via the panel. At least, that's where this is headed.

Extremely cool concept from #Wero: use the #DMA to roll out a alternative contactless payment solution based on Wero instant SEPA transfers, with fallback to card payments for incompatible terminals.

An entirely independent, European payment solution.

#EUpol

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