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So now that I have a working #matrix#homeserver, what #screenreader#accessible clients for matrix do folks like? #elementX is...fine on #IOS with #voiceover. But it's kind of annoying with #NVDA. Is there a better desktop client? Thunderbird, I guess?
#accessible #matrix #ios #screenreader #nvda #voiceover #homeserver #ElementX
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Brandon

In thunderbird there is, but I don't gthink there's much with Element, but if you're using a element X compatible server maybe you need it. I'm not an expert on the changes there. I'm still confused on which matrix server is the best one. Looks like there are two of them being maintained: An official one and unofficial.
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Erion

Love Dendrite, but Element a year ago or so was horrible, and I don't know about any other accessible client. I am seriously thinking of writing my own, or modifying one, such as gomuks with a virtual UI, I just need to motivate myself to sit down and do it.

I'm also not quite sure of the state of clients on mobile, Element seemed all right when I tried it, but it had issues with scrolling on iOS.

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Erion

I totally understand that, I just wanted to have something better than Synapse a few years ago and Dendrite was the only viable option, being fast, lightweight and implementing most things.

Mind you I am not sure how XMPP is on mobile either, I used to have a Prosody server running but accessible mobile clients were just not there. Same for IRC. That's my history of hosting a messaging server lol.

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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

@erion There are a couple of open source projects I work with that use it. So that's my interest. But honestly everything but Discord is pretty dead. Sad. Though if we had an accessible client, someone could run a decent business selling access to a server with all the bridges configured. Matrix bridges to pretty much all the existing networks (Discord, Signel, Telegram, Twitch, IRC, Facebook, Watsapp, etc etc). If I wasn't already employed full time, this is something I'd investigate.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

@menelion@erion And honestly grant proposals are pretty formulaic and boring. Follow the instructions precisely, get AI to help where needed, and you'll be fine. The issue is that every grant wants something slightly different, they all want enough documentation to sync a ship, and you need to submit a ton of them before you get anything. If you had enough time and money to apply for grants, you'd have enough time and money to just do the thing in the first place.
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