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Dear friends, #screenreader users, #blind users and #accessibility professionals in particular.
Are you using chat over traditional email as provided by #DeltaChat / #DeltaLab / #ArcaneChat?
I like it uses traditional email infrastructure, is federated, supports end to end encryption, rich content including audio / voice messages. I have even recognized @adb has implemented screen reader accessibility specific features into the android app.
However I have quickly tried electron based app on linux with orca screen reader, exchanged a few messages back and fort between two of my personal accounts using the DeltaChat app and thunderbird and I haven't found the user experience verry appealing. I can't understand how to effectivelly navigate in the list of conversations and list of messages.
Therefore I would be interested to hear a few comments from people knowing this platform better. How accessible is it on different platforms?
On the desktop is the electron based app a prefered choice?
Also some other questions. For the best experience, do I need a new email address or can I use my existing self-hosted one I have already configured in thunderbird?
Ffeel free to point me to a FAQ, some up to date introductory documentation if you think my questions don't make much sense please.
#Accessibility #blind #screenreader #deltachat #DeltaLab #arcanechat @adb
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WofWca
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The accessibility of the desktop version of Delta Chat is frankly quite terrible right now, I agree. But me and @treefit started working on this a few months back. Expect further improvements in the next months.
@treefit
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Peter Vágner
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@WofWca @treefit @adb Yes, that sounds amazing. I should perhaps retest the app, look at the accessibility improvements you are working on and try to make sure I can get the most of it.
Huge thanks for working on it and for the pointers.
@adb @treefit @WofWca
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WofWca
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and for Desktop there is also @deltatouch, and I think I've heard of some CLI version. But the Electron version is the "main" one, yes.
@DeltaTouch
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@WofWca Thanks for mentioning DeltaTouch. It may not yet be suitable for use with a screenreader at the moment, however.
@WofWca
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Peter Vágner
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@WofWca Looking more it looks to me you are working on some amazing accessibility related improvements. While I was testing a few weeks ago I had issues navigating the lists. hmm, perhaps I need to figure out how to build with this PR and see for my-self if it might be related. github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

Edit: oh, there are more PRs resolving keyboard navigation and accessibility related issues. It's really right about perfect time I have discovered this thing.

Thanks and keep up the great work please

@WofWca
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WofWca
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for a specific MR you can download a preview build that is linked it the bottom of the MR page.
Thanks! But we're still far from done.

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
If you have ever wondered how S.M.A.R.T. output of a failing hard drive looks like
# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdb
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.12.4-arch1-1] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       90%     29550         3432497913
# 2  Conveyance offline  Completed: read failure       70%     29550         3432490825

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Dear friends #blind athletes in particular. Do you know #Showdown Slovak Open is happening at the end of february 2025 again in Samorin? If you are playing showdown, take a look at the event details, the invitation and the entry form. ibsasport.org/event/showdown-s…
#blind #showdown

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Woohoo! It's a pity I haven't tried the #tuba #fedi client built with #gnome technologies earlier. It's verry accessible with a #screenreader. I am running it on the desktop using the keyboard to navigate.
#gnome #screenreader #fedi #tuba
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