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The Architect is listening: a sequel to The Architect's Eclipse by Ion Stream, with new ambient electronic textures and an update from our Architect.Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon (myNoise)
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Pocket TTS? More like possessed TTS. Listen to what happens when I perform the steps listed below:
1. Pick voice 'Fantine'.
2. Set 'End of Sentence Sensitivity' (EOS) to 100.
3. Enter Input Help with NVDA +1.
4. Try different characters repeatedly, but don't press the same key immediately, as sometimes the craziness isn't instant.
I used 0 and dash (-) for my characters, you may find plenty of others that go a bit mad. Other voices may also exhibit the same behaviour, I haven't tested yet.
If you don't have this and want to download it, go here: github.com/timonvanhasselt/poc…
Contribute to timonvanhasselt/pocket-TTS-nvda-screenreader-addon development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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New free app for my blind and low-vision friends: ElevenLabs TTS Studio — an accessible desktop app for ElevenLabs text-to-speech.
Keyboard-first and screen-reader-first: searchable voice picker, generate, play, save, history. Every control announces properly. Bring your own API key.
Built by a blind dev, tested with a real screen reader — because accessibility is the point, not an afterthought.
github.com/tonygeb23/eleven-tt…
#a11y #accessibility #NVDA #ScreenReader #TTS #OpenSource
Accessible ElevenLabs text-to-speech desktop app for screen-reader users (wxPython, NVDA/JAWS-friendly) - tonygeb23/eleven-tts-studioGitHub
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How to break any AI scam phone call in just a few easy steps :)►Try Cape: https://cape.co/kitboga0:00 AI Scam Calls1:29 Odd Instructions2:24 Limits5:28 Albuq...Kitboga (YouTube)
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Kristen DiMercurio and Tawny Platis are some of the voice actors in your headphones and other devices! Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/V3BUlzk6qNUString and Tell (YouTube)
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I'm also very amused by the revelation that the reason why some automated voice bank voices sound so condescending was because the voice actor kept getting the direction to "smile more" with her voice(?) until she went into the 'asshole' register with her voice and they where like "perfect!"
It honestly highlights how uncanny corporate-approved customer service voice sound like. Corpos evidently seem to think that's what 'happy and service minded' sounds like, but it sounds like someone is making fun of you.
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A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience....GitHub
A lot of this won't be original and you may have heard of it, but here goes.
ExplorerPatcher, OpenShell, and Win11Debloat are my go-to tools.
Open-Shell gives you a very snappy start menu reminiscent of Windows 7, including the ability to hit tab and junk to your home folder. 0 web components, uses the Windows search index.
ExplorerPatcher gives you a quick way to change some Explorer settings, some of which can't be done as simple registry tweaks. Mine brings back the menu bar, takes a lot of junk out of the desktop/taskbar shell, and gives me old XP-style listviews. Keyboard navigation in the properties dialog is 100% fudged and a little weird; left/right arrow switches tabs and the space bar interacts with lists/comboboxes.
Win11Debloat uninstalls a whole bunch of apps, gets rid of many AI/telemetry/etc. and also gives you a quick way to turn on some common settings like file extensions in Explorer.
Two of these are in WinGet:
winget install open-shell valinet.explorerpatcher
For win11debloat, type this in a powershell. Note that this downloads a script off the internet and runs it without confirmation, so the usual "don't run things you don't trust" applies. You can presumably just access this URL and feed it to Claude.
irm "debloat.raphi.re/" | iex
I need to give the Windows 11 task manager a chance, but in case you do give it a chance and hate it, there's a version of the Windows 7 task manager floating around with an installer that replaces the built-in one.
Lastly, I turn off the lock screen, which makes Windows go straight to the logon screen instead:
slj.io/software/lockscreen_off…
Got a new app.
FileDentify.
Accessible Windows file identification utility for checking what a file is from its actual contents, rather than relying only on the file name or extension.
It's a part of mine and @arfy's SendTo package but you can also download it from github: github.com/OnjLouis/FileDentif…
It was able to pull all sorts of info out of VMDK disks, Roland expansions and all sorts of other weird and wonderful things.
This all stemmed from a conversation I had recently with someone about how the Linux file command doesn't exist for windows.
I've tried to address that as best I can.
Try opening a file and then going to 'Readable Text' and well, see what happens...
Accessible Windows file identification utility. Contribute to OnjLouis/FileDentify development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS. - horsicq/Detect-It-EasyGitHub
@brian Not sure if you heard this yesterday, but this was one of the major new features in 1.6 released yesterday. If you have multiple machines you may like this one.
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Piper Voice Cloner GUI v1.1 - Release Notes This release introduces robust UI localization, automated dataset export checks, and translation view enhancements to ensure a seamless experience when s...GitHub
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DOWNLOAD LINKS BELOW:just thought i would SPRING into action haha do you get it?DOWNLOAD MP3 HERE:https://drive.google.com/open?id=19I35wENzuSurflfOdhULE2F1Y...Beeble (YouTube)
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This add-on implements a speech synthesizer driver for NVDA using neural TTS models. It supports Piper - austek/sonata-nvdaGitHub
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Maybe @Stéphane (Dr. P) would be interested to see this: gigasoundproject.com/projects/…
Release Notes - v1.5 This version introduces significant upgrades including a cross-platform auto-updater, support for the latest state-of-the-art Bandit and SCNet architectures, a dynamic preview ...GitHub
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OptiLab Core v1.0.0 Initial public release of OptiLab Core. OptiLab Core is a free JSFX audio processor for REAPER with three main controls: Mode Input Auto-Adapt Included modes: Podcast Leveler...GitHub
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Bat Outta Hell is now playable on mobile. Not gonna say it's perfect, but the start is there. It supports tilt steering. It calibrates after a short countdown when you hit start game if tilt steering is on / available. On iOS, this requires accepting a permission. Touch gestures available if you don't wanna use the tilt steering. I probably need to run through the how to play section and do some updating, but controls are:
Swipe up / down: Throttle
Flick left and right (when tilt steering is off or unavailable): steer
Two finger single tap: Activate power-up
3 finger single tap: Pause / unpause
Two finger up / down / left / right: Announce various bits of info
These work on most of the playable area, but two vertical strips on the left and right are dedicated to the horn / horn ball.
On iOS and Android, touch controls are unavailable unless screen reader is off. Thus, there's a use TTS checkbox in options. On iOS, every time the TTS fires, it significantly ducks audio. This is far from idea, but completely out of my hands. I would therefore recommend becoming familiar with the game / sounds on PC or Mac, then turning off the automatic speech announcements on mobile once you know the sounds well enough. This will still let you use the two finger swipes to get info.
For those who need the link: ironcross32.github.io/Bat_Outt…
#blind #gaming #AI #a11y
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All right, for those who say Bat Outta Hell needs a page, here's a page: ironcross32.github.io/Bat_Outt…
It will always have the latest builds. @ZBennoui @jonathan859 @pitermach @andrew
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Just saw this in someone's email signature:
"Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off."
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Check out flowkey to learn the piano! 60% off all yearly plans with code SYNTHET60. https://go.flowkey.com/yt-synthetHuge thanks for Taileon for his Fahhh-in...Synthet (YouTube)
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A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.Since You Arrived
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The date is Dec 30 2013:I took a trip to Estonia from London Gatwick. I thought I'd put microphones inside of my suitcase to see what kind of sounds happen w...Andre Louis (YouTube)
Initial public release. RABBIT is a REAPER accessibility bootstrap and bundle installer with a screen-reader-friendly GUI wizard and a matching CLI, packaged as a single self-contained executable p...GitHub
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there is beauty in simplicity
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in reply to there is beauty in simplicity • • •Autoplay video starts playing.
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Stopping it again.
Clicking on the very small close icon.
Next popup window appears... @maxleibman
Chris Hessert
Unknown parent • • •Ditto. Sites only get one strike from me now, not three.
Scotty Trees
in reply to Max Leibman • • •nicolaottomano
in reply to Max Leibman • • •- No Ads
- No tracking
- No sign-in required
- Anonymous, local-only stats
- Cookie banner (but it's mandatory)
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in reply to nicolaottomano • • •@nicolaottomano
Cookie banner is only necessary if you share the data with third parties. If you have everything locally, you don't need the banner.
I use locally run analytics, have no ads, and no cookie banner.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •[1 hour later]: *email ping*
Subject: Where did you go new friend? We miss you!
Alexandre Oliva
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •"Oops, our database got hacked, your PII may be compromised"
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Don't forget:
13. Click the back button to return to your previous page and find yourself looking at a page of ads you never saw when you arrived.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •8 b. Use whatever means necessary to stop reading/close policy.
Go to Step 3.
Trash Panda - now diagnosed edition!
in reply to Max Leibman • • •Gotcha!
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Kuketz-Blog 🛡
in reply to Max Leibman • • •The Kuketz-Blog is basically the exact opposite: No ads. No tracking. No cookie banners. No account. No newsletter pop-ups. No app. No paywall.
Just the article you came for. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/
#Privacy #Web #KuketzBlog
Kuketz IT-Security Blog
www.kuketz-blog.devon Menschen enttäuscht
in reply to Kuketz-Blog 🛡 • • •@kuketzblog
Das wird sich nie durchsetzen. 😎
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Keine Basis für Palantir
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Jan Peters
in reply to Max Leibman • • •It also prevents me from reading many of the links here. However, the good thing is, if the post peaks my interest I will search for it myself and try to find information on a source that does not want my soul. Bonus, I have checked if there is more than one source talking about it.
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7. Subscribe to our newsletter.
happens even when you've come directly from the newsletter and
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is right there in the URL
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Retrospectively Gopher was pretty good. No images let alone video ...
Christo. London, England.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Donty
in reply to Max Leibman • • •People have given up on the challenge of controlling their destiny as they are too busy just surviving.
The internet used to be stuff that anyone could provide and support. Email, chat, web, news, files, search and a whole world of control and interaction.
The corporate world is doing what it does best making things shittier and making us dream smaller and imagine the world can't be more than they offer.
Patently not true but they drip the message in constantly.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Anthropy
in reply to Max Leibman • • •if the website requires any of these steps then it is not the content I was looking for
more websites need to realize how optional they are. there is no shortage of better things to do in this world.
Max Lee
in reply to Max Leibman • • •🫧 Social coding commons
in reply to Max Leibman • • •1. Get shown intricate cookie dialog.
2. Skip site.
☭ Father Hardstone
in reply to Max Leibman • • •Jörg Markert
in reply to Max Leibman • • •Norwegian Consumer Council spoofs ‘enshittification’ in hilarious ad
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •IT-Awareness, Fabian Lucchi
in reply to Max Leibman • • •- update your OS because it decided it was time *now*
- update your password manager
- update your browser ; oh crap, session is lost. Start over at nr 2 above
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •By no mean should we turn uBlock Origin off since PRIVACY ISN'T NEGOTIABLE.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •13. Uninstall app,
14. Unsubscribe from newsletter,
15. Cancel subscription and request refund if possible,
16. Disable notifications,
17. Clear site data,
18. Re-enable adblocker
19. Request all data about you to be deleted (if possible/within EU),
20. Data breach time!
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •einfachnurRoland
in reply to Max Leibman • • •The reason why we only find such useless websites is the same reason why #AI is helpful: technical marketing like #SEO generates more dangerous #slop then AI.
#Capitalism eats it's own childs.
Gregoa
in reply to Max Leibman • • •And help those dudes to collect from first hand.
HumanBeing
in reply to Max Leibman • • •This may be similar. I'm older and to calm down a bit, I'm watching Hallmark. $80/yr for HM is too much. An ad ran on at least two of HM websites for $39/yr. Tried finding rules; bupkis or I needed stronger glasses. Emailed them about offer (signed in but no option). Rep said it's a 3rd party ad and Hallmark doesn't accept them. I said it's on their websites. Tech - HM allows that. My response: HM is scamming people for a click.
I want to go to bed for 100 yrs.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Often it'll be something we want to know.
Sites that don't do that will usually not be doing that.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CET
in reply to Max Leibman • • •14. Switch to supported browser (Google Chrome)
15. Start over with steps 1 – 13
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