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hello everyone. the first version of whatSnap, the WhatsApp client made by @Aman and I is here.
It’s built from the start for screen reader and keyboard users. The interface is Rust with wx dragon.
however, There’s no browser or Node.js like Most other accessible clients which run WhatsApp Web in a hidden browser, which eats RAM and breaks whenever WhatsApp changes its web app.
The installer is about 13 MB, and the app uses well under 100 MB of RAM.
It’s free and open source!
Note: this is a third party client. This meens that firstly, Meta doesn't officially support this, meening that in the rairest of rair cases you mite get banned, though if whatsapp has a problem, at least with a linked device, it just logs you out these days. This app trys to follow all the things official whatsapp does, like it doesn't show spammy signels to meta, nor ddoes it try to give any features that officially would require an hack. still, you have been warned.
now, back to the project and download links.
GitHub: github.com/aryanchoudharypro/w…
download(exe) github.com/aryanchoudharypro/w…
download(zip) github.com/aryanchoudharypro/w…
thanks to at @amir and @Jonathan for testing this before the release!

GitHub - aryanchoudharypro/whatSnap: A native, blazing fast, whatsapp client for windows.

A native, blazing fast, whatsapp client for windows. - aryanchoudharypro/whatSnap
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@randomfelix whatsneow didn't, but we patched things ourselvs, also we also use meowcaller for calls but both of the things, whatsneow and meowcaller are my own fork, as I have did a lot of fixes that are required to match the whatsapp multy device protocol.
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✋ Have you seen vphone-cli? It’s a comprehensive toolset to download, prepare and run virtual iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, HomePods, and more, using the full OS image, on your Apple Silicon Mac. Not just a simulator but a full virtual machine, with native speed and graphics rendering, and jailbreak-level root access and OS introspection. VMs are exposed to Device Hub and Xcode natively, and you can build, run and debug. It just added support for iPhone Duo.

(Yes really)

github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli

GitHub - Lakr233/vphone-cli: Run a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac.

Run a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac. Contribute to Lakr233/vphone-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
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For those of us who, like me, only have access to Mac OS but want to mess with all the shiny new games that are being released/modded: I've just released Crosstalk, a little hack for Crossover/Wine that pretends to be NVDA just enough to catch speech sent to it via the controller client/RPC/UIA messages and forward it to a synthesizer on Mac OS.

github.com/guilevi/crosstalk

GitHub - guilevi/crosstalk: NVDA stand-in for CrossOver/Wine bottles that speaks through macOS voices

NVDA stand-in for CrossOver/Wine bottles that speaks through macOS voices - guilevi/crosstalk
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Is this for games that are released natively on mac but the mod author didn't support Voiceover? They should use a different library for speech, like Prism github.com/ethindp/prism

GitHub - ethindp/prism: The Platform-agnostic Reader Interface for Speech and Messages: a new universal text-to-speech and screen reader abstraction library

The Platform-agnostic Reader Interface for Speech and Messages: a new universal text-to-speech and screen reader abstraction library - ethindp/prism
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This has nothing to do with pleroma but I also made a discord replacement that uses mumble under the hood, it's the kind of thing you like if you like that kind of thing: kallisti.chat

Kallisti

Voice and text chat for your group, on your own server. Built on Mumble.
kallisti.chat

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looks really neat. The getting started docs on this are well-written. May give it a spin sometime. github.com/TurnOver-For-Mac/tu…

GitHub - TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover: A screen reader for the Mac that works alongside VoiceOver. Free and open source.

A screen reader for the Mac that works alongside VoiceOver. Free and open source. - TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover
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2026-10-26 00:56:22

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OK, I may be late to the scene, but as a blind Mac user, I am finding the TurnOver screen reader to be a refreshing alternative to VoiceOver. Anyone else try it?

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Tried to get it to work, I gave it input monitoring access as well as access I believe to VO, but it’s not working when I turn off VO and try to turn it on with ctrl+cmd+period. Any suggestions?
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GrapheneOS TalkBack version 23 released:

github.com/GrapheneOS/TalkBack…

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/43100…

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security

GrapheneOS TalkBack version 23 released - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

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One issue has been found but turned out to be an upstream Android Launcher bug which we've fixed for the next OS release:

github.com/GrapheneOS/platform…

We're ready to move our new major release of TalkBack to Stable once we get more testing feedback in #testing on Matrix or Discord.

fix home screen accessibility actions not being performed by RankoR · Pull Request #87 · GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_Launcher3

GrapheneOS launcher app. Contribute to GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_Launcher3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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We sometimes visit my wife’s parents in the countryside. They have a swing in their yard. I love spending time there, and that swing inspired this piece of music. audiopub.site/listen/704d6491-…

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I've been playing with a promising ActivityPub-federated Discord-like lately...

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@Nolan Darilek It really looks very promising. I have never used discord so most likelly I will wait a bit if more people I know will recognize using this as being a good idea and I'll happily join them. For self-hosting it needs its own dedicated machine so I am not ready for that at the moment.

There is fantastic group of people running free open-source and ethical services helping individuals keeping their data under their own control almost here, in the czech republic. My guess is that they might like this too. @Oscloud mony.lol

@Nolan Darilek @Oscloud
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I especially like this part… mastodon.rfc1925.org/@ondrej/1…

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2026-10-23 03:34:40

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I can die in peace now, I have interview in The Atlantic ;).

Yeah, yeah, the title is exaggerating, but Charlie was great and I really liked the interview.

Direct link: theatlantic.com/technology/202…

♲ @jtk@infosec.exchange:

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Zoidberg For President

You don't do "open source" to get something from it, you do it to give something to everyone.

The issue doesn't lie in the "open source" itself, it lies with the companies that steal workforces.

Your issue... is capitalism.

Get rid of it and there's no "open source problem" anymore.

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Google Play review times keep getting longer and longer. I've been waiting three weeks for Google to release the latest version of #Conversations_im.

It's not a security-critical release, but what if we ever need to publish something urgently?

Luckily, with reproducible builds, you can now seamlessly switch to the F-Droid version. F-Droid will automatically pick the correct version, and you will just be asked to confirm that F-Droid is now responsible for maintaining updates.

#XMPP #Jabber

#xmpp #Jabber #conversations_im

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You can release your app yourself instantaneously without anyone's permission to the new Zapstore app store.

Zapstore . dev

Built around the Nostr protocol. It's pretty awesome. I use it to install almost all of my apps.

The Nostr community is building an ecosystem at crazy speed right now.

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#XMPP client @dino is the best messenger! Give it a try! I’d love to see it work well with screen readers like #Orca, so blind and visually impaired people can use it too. #Accessibility #a11y
#mobilelinux #linuxmobile
#a11y #Accessibility #xmpp #MobileLinux #linuxmobile #orca @Dino

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New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Better accessibility – LibreOffice continues its accessibility work with improvements that make the interface easier to navigate using assistive technologies. wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

ReleaseNotes/26.8 - The Document Foundation Wiki

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Searching for #Garmin users who are willing to test my application to connect their smart watches directly to #fitpub

All I need to know is your model, so that I can prepare your watch specific build
#fpclient

Please boost to gain more visibility

#fitpub #garmin #fpclient

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Think it might be time to try this:

Technical writing, accessibility, mobile app development, Linux, sysadmin, desktop development, (Python/Swift/rust/C). Experience in team leading, accessibility testing, assistive technology training.

If you are or know someone looking for any of these skills, let me know.

#GetFediHired

#getfedihired

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Finally! A fully accessible, full-text RSS reader for Android, akin to lire on iOS, but free and well-maintained. It's BlindRSS for Android, a port of the popular BlindRSS for Windows, which happens to be my absolute favorite. Thanks @serrebi for the efforts.
github.com/serrebidev/BlindRSS…

GitHub - serrebidev/BlindRSS-Android: TalkBack-first Android RSS and podcast client, port of BlindRSS

TalkBack-first Android RSS and podcast client, port of BlindRSS - serrebidev/BlindRSS-Android
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Big announcement, my hacker crew got Linux running on the iPhone 11 ✨ 🐧 🎉

We built a hardware tool we call the PWNie which got us a foothold running code on the A13. After months of grinding we've VERY close to a Linux patch to bring A13 support to mainline Linux!

Massive props to Jose at @SourceParts for months of slogging and grinding on this!

Be sure to follow and subscribe on Patreon as we work on bringing the PWNie to life!

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#Linux #cybersecurity

#linux #cybersecurity @Source Parts

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On october 9, my Zoom F3 field recorder started talking. Since then it learned a lot more things to talk about, and the patcher is finally available for everyone.

#accessibility #a11y #blind #FieldRecording #ZoomF3… (1/6)

#a11y #Accessibility #blind #fieldrecording #zoomf3

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Everything is open source (MIT, the patcher page as a whole GPL because of eSpeak NG): the voice engine, the tools, and docs on how it works and how the firmware was decompiled. For those of you who answered the poll wanting this on other recorders, there’s a step-by-step write-up of the whole method, from reading the firmware to testing in an emulator: github.com/xogium/talking-f3

The reason why I do not wish to take on this work myself for other recorders is that simply put, I don't own the hardware. I couldn’t distribute a firmware patcher for hardware I do not own, with the hope that things would not break, permanently or otherwise.
I'm putting up this work in the hope other people might find it useful. (5/6)

GitHub - xogium/talking-f3

Contribute to xogium/talking-f3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Casey Reeves (it/its)

Thanks to Jookia for mapping every menu with me back in 2022, to tkna for reviewing the Japanese, to the friends who asked for faster speech, to @FreakyFwoof for helping to improve the patcher and for being the second actual user of a modded firmware, to @lexa_desj for being the third. And of course to Claude, who did most of the code reading with me. Voices by eSpeak NG, compressed with Opus.

Not made or supported by Zoom, just a blind user who wanted its recorder to talk. (6/6)

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@FreakyFwoof @lexa_desj One last new feature was added. By default it is off and must be activated on purpose in the patcher.
When starting a recording with this feature enabled, which is the only tweak of the actual code from zoom that has been done, the sliding switch no longer acts as a stop button. You can no longer acidentally push it a little too far to the recording/stop position when disabling the hold function. Only the actual stop button will work.
The number of times I accidentally did this and thought I was still recording but wasn’t.
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Alexandre Desjardins

A huge thank you! I've wanted a Zoom F3 for a long time, and thanks to your help (and Claude's, of course), I finally have one and it works perfectly. It just goes to show what we can accomplish with the tools we have today. Congrats, and well done!
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Here’s a sneak peak of the first build of Parla for Android! Pure #gtk4 running in Android, i’m quite surprised how well it works! Good job #gnome people! I wish to see all the gnome apps ported like this! I will be working more on usability for black rectangles for Parla!

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2026-10-18 10:05:55

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Parla 0.10.0 is out! And now you don’t need to change your system language to change the app’s one! Contributions to get more translations are welcome! #deltachat #chatmail

Download available for Linux, MacOS, Windows (+ experimental native #HaikuOS rewrite)
👉trufae.github.io/parla/


Parla — a little app for big conversations

Native GNOME messaging. A light footprint. Encrypted conversations over email. Meet Parla.
trufae.github.io

#gnome #GTK4

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people like @destructatron will like this! github.com/math65/nvdaremote-m…

GitHub - math65/nvdaremote-mac: Native macOS client for NVDA Remote Access: control a Windows PC running NVDA from your Mac, built for VoiceOver users.

Native macOS client for NVDA Remote Access: control a Windows PC running NVDA from your Mac, built for VoiceOver users. - math65/nvdaremote-mac
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Very true, mine didn’t even have global level keyboard shortcuts and forwarding the whole keyboard over and stuff. it relied on you being in the window and didn’t have the driver stuff with the braille display or anything close to playing those sounds either.
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New post: Outside the Scope of Our Support

Google Disability Support's final answer on the touch exploration bug: broken accessibility features are in scope, but my report wasn't. They sent me to a forum. The issue I filed myself on the public tracker reached an engineer in 102 minutes.

And if a blind user who isn't a developer had reported it? They'd get a cache to clear and a reboot. They should never have to file the bug themselves.

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/out…

#Accessibility #A11y #Android #TalkBack #ScreenReader #Blind #Google

Outside the Scope of Our Support — fireborn

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#a11y #Accessibility #android #google #blind #talkback #screenreader

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Recently I was interviewed by @amadeus about my work on @mixxx, the project in general, and the larger #linuxaudio ecosystem. Enjoy!

linuxaudio.dev/developers-spot…

Mixxx | Linux Audio Development (LAD)

LAD aims to make Linux more attractive as a platform for computer-based music production.
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#linuxaudio @Amadeus Paulussen @Mixxx DJ Software

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So, for those who might be curious, I've been working on adapting Beethoven's 9th Symphony using these AI voices which work like Vocaloid does, they are open source and can be used for non-commercial stuff. Anyway, after many hours of rendering, it is complete. here it is, the entirety of Beethoven's 9th all adapted for these voices. I'm working on Largo Al Factotum next.

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AGNow players rejoice! Relay game servers are now a thing. Have a bunch of latency or breakage? Go to settings and switch to one of two new experimental relay servers, Chicago or Frankfort! agnow.brynify.me

AGNow

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I'm more upset than I've been in a while.

Windows 11 sets the default documents folder to onedrive\documents. Anything that gets saved there gets backed up to one drive. This includes various save games, all my Reaper stuff, and various other odds and ends that I like to, you know, save.

To save disc space, OneDrive also defaults to files being online-only. They're not stored on your device, they're just listed there. So despite what they call it, this is in fact not a backup at all, because it doesn't create an extra copy. It is actually just transferring your most precious, irreplacible, personal files to Microsoft in the background, and trusting that nothing will happen. You can see where this is going, but just to underline the point with a bleeding fucking dagger, I did not ask for any of this, I just clicked save like I have done for the last twenty or so years of my life using Windows.

Since I don't care about and have never intentionally used onedrive, I signed out of it. Flash forward six months, the files that I thought were on my computer (because I can go see them there in the folder) are in fact gone from my hard drive, and also Onedrive nuked them from orbit.

Years of my life, gone without a trace. Thanks so much, Microsoft. Whoever came up with all those ideas probably got massive performance bonuses, because we're in the worst timeline.

Goodnight.

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I have been fighting to keep my files on my PC every few months because of the stupid updates keep pushing the cloud. I don't want any Microsofts bullshit cloud services to save anything there, yet it keeps flipping that to be the default against my will. Which makes my files turn into a mess, which is a problem.

It is driving me insane, and I haven't even paid the PC fully yet! I only want to save to my memory sticks and PC. OneDrive etc. can go kick rocks all I care. (=_=)

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Controversial accessibility take from a GTK dev

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Ever been curious to hear what volcanic irruptions actually sound like? Here's a video, also from the YouTube channel of field recordist George Vlad, that details exactly this. I found this last night while I was browsing his work and...wow. Yeah, I would definitely not want to get too close to this, awesome as it sounds.
youtube.com/watch?v=09c2t_ZHoJ…

The sounds of volcanic eruptions

Listen to the earth-shattering sounds of an active volcano erupting.Teetering on the edge of Mount Yasur, I start to question the chain of decision that lead...
George Vlad (YouTube)

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The Fight to Keep Playboy in Braille

For more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won.
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Alright everyone, today’s the day!!!

I’m excited to announce the Flipper Access project, and the first official release of Sonar, my screenreader for Flipper Zero which, as far as I know, makes this device accessible to blind users for the first time ever.
Sonar is built on a customized fork of the Momentum firmware for maximum flexibility. The included install script provides an easy way of copying all that's needed to get this working onto a Flipper, and it is possible to upgrade from the stock firmware to Sonar without any sighted help.
You’ll need a microSD card for the voice pack, a USB cable, and a computer with Python 3.10 or newer.

The install script has been tested extensively on macOS. It should work on Windows and Linux too, but hasn’t been tried there yet, so I’d love to hear how it goes for you. The project readme contains a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to get going, and hopefully it should be a smooth process for all of you wanting to dive in.

Having said that, however, do note that this is highly experimental work and we're at the very beginning of this project. There's hopefully a long and happy road up ahead for Sonar, but there will inevitably be bugs and issues along the way. When that happens, please always feel free to reach out on here, open a GitHub issue, or submit a pull request of your own - I'd truly love to see this become a community effort.
Last but most importantly, have fun! The Flipper Zero is a super nifty, versatile and fun little gadget with lots of tricks up its sleeve, most of which I haven't even had time to explore due to being so focused on getting the screenreader into a shippable state.
If you do decide to pick up one of these now that it can be used accessibly, I'd love to know how you like the experience, any ideas for improvement, cool things you've done with it, and so on.

Sonar is and will always be free. If you’d like to support it, there are links to Patreon and Ko-fi in the readme.
Enjoy!

github.com/robin24/flipper-acc…
#Accessibility #Screenreader #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #IndieDev #FlipperZero

GitHub - robin24/flipper-access: Sonar: a talking Flipper Zero. Momentum firmware with a built-in screen reader for blind users, a recorded voice, install tools and documentation.

Sonar: a talking Flipper Zero. Momentum firmware with a built-in screen reader for blind users, a recorded voice, install tools and documentation. - robin24/flipper-access
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Thanks for the question, and glad there's no confusion here. Yeah I do know Sonar the DAW used to be a thing, and I did look it up and found that it's no longer a thing. Sonar for this screenreader just seemed like a perfect fit because yes, dolphins and all.
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I've put together a simple web page with #mangrovereviews stats for Czechia. It has a leaderboard. @stepan, @bogo, @aikencz, the game is on! 😁

openreviews.cz/

Nejnovější recenze z Mangrove.reviews – Česká republika

openreviews.cz
#mangrovereviews @Štěpán Škorpil @Bogomil Shopov - Бого @Lukáš Jelínek

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@jmlich yeah, the web page doesn't have an ambition to be a comprehensive gateway into the Mangrove Reviews at the moment. It's just a peek into an activity in Czechia.
To add more features I would probably have to do some data caching. Now it all runs in the browser, it fetches the data via API access directly from MR. I don't want to drain too much resources from them.
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@jmlich Now the map is much more useful. There are individual businesses with reviews, you can click them and get a popup with details.
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The first release of My Photo Library Described is out, for Mac and Windows. Open your photo library, arrow through your photos, and hear each one described by the AI built into your computer: Apple Intelligence on the Mac, Windows AI on Copilot+ PCs. Nothing is uploaded. Free and open source.

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#Accessibility #ScreenReader #VoiceOver #JAWS #NVDA #AltText #AppleIntelligence #CopilotPlus

Introducing My Photo Library Described: Your Photos, Described as You Browse, on Mac and Windows

Since I started working on my Image Description Toolkit (IDT) back around January of 2025, I’ve had a goal: open my photo library on Windows or the Mac and have descriptions read automaticall…
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My Zoom F3 talks now.

As a blind field recordist, I've modded the F3's firmware so it speaks: every menu item as you scroll, which option is selected, popups like "SD Card Full!", confirmation dialogs, and even the date and time setup. No sighted help needed.

Would you want a step-by-step guide, with no technical knowledge needed, to put this on your own F3?

#Accessibility #Blind #ZoomF3 #FieldRecording

  • Yes, I own an F3 and want this (0%, 0 votes)
  • Yes, I’d consider getting an F3 for it (15%, 3 votes)
  • Just curious, following along (75%, 15 votes)
  • I’d want this for other recorders (10%, 2 votes)
20 voters. Poll end: Thursday, November 12, 2026, 9:27 PM

#Accessibility #blind #fieldrecording #zoomf3

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@FreakyFwoof Too true, too true.
The firmware itself is the one gating those from the bluetooth side.
Even a custom app for the mac for example wouldn’t help you access the features that are missing from the app, because they're missing from what the bluetooth side exposes.
If you want access to this talking firmware stuff, I can share you the stuff, before it is officially released.
But also, for the love of all that is holy, do not attempt this unless your zoom f3 is already on firmware 2.20 from stock; it might work or might not without it, and I haven't tested.
I'm sure you know the procedure for updates too, but just in case, never power off the device too fast after starting an update. Ideally wait until any AI description stuff confirms that the update is complete, better even if you get a sighted person to help.
Would you want it?
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If you speak German, which I certainly don't but thanks to AI now I do, this thread might be of use on the SSI263. forum.classic-computing.de/for…

Nachbau für SSI-263? - VzEkC e. V.

Hi, es gibt ja Projekte für alle möglichen Retro-Chips, die heute nicht mehr erhältlich sind... CPUs, SIDs, PLAs etc.
VzEkC e. V.

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Well. I asked about private NVDA remote servers this morning. Since I wasn't quite happy with what I found, here's my take on it. Feel free to try, share, give feedback and all that ;)
github.com/thyhellcat/nrps
#NVDA #NVDARemote #A11y #Rust

GitHub - thyhellcat/nrps: Private relay server for NVDA Remote Access

Private relay server for NVDA Remote Access. Contribute to thyhellcat/nrps development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Chris Eilers

@x0 Because I didn't quite like some of the security / memory leak flows I found in both of them. Mine being written in Rust it's less likely to be subject to that. Also I needed something clean and secure like, right now, so it just felt faster to let Claude do that instead of opening issues / PRs in both projects without knowing when any of it would be implemented. Basically I don't care if nobody ever uses it, but it's public in case people are willing to try. Also, I'm using that kind of little pieces of software to learn what I can do, how fast and how efficiently, with Claude. So it's also partly self-teaching, and if it's ever useful to anyone, I'm happy; if not, no big deal. @pvagner
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And well, since I'm back on the nerdy side of things:
Ever had that one bloody shortcut that just doesn't want to reach the intended program? Maybe it's being intercepted by something else first!
Try and find out what that "something else" exactly is.
github.com/thyhellcat/hkdetect

GitHub - thyhellcat/hkdetect: Find out which program owns a global hotkey on Windows

Find out which program owns a global hotkey on Windows - thyhellcat/hkdetect
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If you have ever wanted to set up a headless Debian server from scratch over SSH (without needing to plug in a keyboard or a monitor), I wrote a guide. Mostly for my future self if/when I have to do it again. ctemm.me/headless-debian-insta…

Installing Debian completely headless over SSH

How to build a custom Debian installer USB that starts an SSH server on boot, so you can install without a monitor or keyboard.
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Got LineageOS 23.2 booting on my iPhone 7. Currently trying to get audio to work, since right now I have to use a fake TTS service that forwards Backtalk's speech over USB to Orca. @TheQuinbox I blame you for putting me in this rabbit hole, without Backtalk I probably wouldn't have started this. Look what you've done!
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Mudb0y

@matt I love the og SE! If I managed to bring Android over to it, optimise it to hell and back so the 2GB of ram and small battery isn't a problem, and some other miscellaneous tweaks, I'd very likely at least trial it for like a month to see if I like using it as a daily driver.
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Mudb0y

OK, this actually isn't such a bad idea. It seems to actually have the possibility of saving bucketloads of battery. Along side this I essentially just nuked all animations, disabled window painting, etc. I think this will be killer to run on the 1st gen SE.
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ssi263-speech 0.8 is out!
The biggest release yet of the emulated SSI-263 (Votrax SC-02) speech chip, running the real units' own firmware.

- One NVDA add-on for every unit: the Braille Lite 2000, the Slovak Braille 'n Speak 2000, the Speak-Out, the Accent SA, the Accent-mini and, new, the Apple II's Mockingboard. It carries over your 0.7 settings and offers to remove the old add-ons.
- The Braille Lite 2000 now speaks 19 languages: 17 new voices, from Arabic and Hungarian to Russian and Turkish, thanks to an anonymous donation of Blazie's language updates. Screen readers switch to them by language.
- The chip sounds closer to the real one: fuller vowels, grittier fricatives, and clean BASIC tones.
- The emulator: every language in its Firmware menu, programs and files loaded straight into flash, Blazie's own firmware update, and a native BT Speak and BT Braille package.
- Android imports every voice at once from an NVDA add-on, and the Apple app is in TestFlight for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Thank you to Astra, the donors, and everyone who tested, reported and listened.

NVDA add-on:
github.com/tgeczy/ssi263-speec…

SAPI 5 voices:
github.com/tgeczy/ssi263-speec…

Blazie emulator for Windows:
github.com/tgeczy/ssi263-speec…

Android app:
github.com/tgeczy/ssi263-speec…
testflight.apple.com/join/cJYh…
Please find Linux, SSInger and more on the release page:
github.com/tgeczy/ssi263-speec…

Join the SSI-263 Speech beta

Available on iOS
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The BrailleDB database brailledb.seeinghands.org/ contains features and specifications of, to our knowledge, every Braille display, notetaker, Braille keyboard, and similar device available for purchase today. We also include many devices which have been announced but can’t be purchased yet and some historical devices that may still appear in the used device market. With BrailleDB, you can find a full list of features for any device, see a side-by-side comparison between any set of devices, and filter devices by the features you are looking for. Because there are a lot of things to consider about any access technology, we also have a full glossary of terms explaining what each feature is and why you might consider them important in making your decision.

Devices can be filtered by many attributes and as few or as many as you desire. Whether you want to see all multiline displays, all 40-cell displays that are available for purchase today with the ability to edit text files, or all displays shorter than 20 centimeters in length that have onboard translation for Spanish and Japanese, BrailleDB can do that.

What’s coming next?
This initial version of the database is only the beginning. We have a few ideas for things to do. The used Braille display market is strong, given the high price of new equipment, so there is a benefit in adding more historical display information here. We already have 12 discontinued devices listed, but there are far more that we should consider adding.

Mostly, though, what’s next is to see what we never thought of. As you use the database, if there’s anything you think would be useful, use the contact link on the top of any page to let us know. The same goes for anything that doesn’t work right or where something could be made easier to use. We know a database can never answer all the questions that come up when choosing between options, but if you have one that would fit, we are going to try to find a way that it can.

Get involved
Would you like to help improve this system with us? We would appreciate anyone interested in joining our team of volunteers. You don’t need any particular skills, just an interest in what we’re doing. If you’re interested in testing new features and letting us know where we’ve gotten it wrong, describing devices as we add them to the database, discussing how to implement new suggested features, or any idea you have for how you could help, we would be delighted to welcome you to the team. If this sounds interesting, fill out this quick volunteer survey, s.seeinghands.org/brailledbvol… and we’ll soon be in touch to discuss what you would like to do.
seeinghands.org/index.php/2026…
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New Braille Device Database – Seeing Hands

New Braille Device Database
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Has anyone noticed NVDA no longer announces virtual desktop names on recent Windows 11 builds?
After some simple debugging on Win11 25H2 (build 26200.9550), Explorer stopped exposing desktop names via the #32769 nameChange event NVDA monitors. It now fires a UIA SelectionItem_ElementSelected event under DesktopsList, which existing code doesn't handle.

#NVDA #ScreenReader #a11y #Accessibility #Windows11 #UIA

#a11y #Accessibility #Windows11 #screenreader #nvda #uia

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NV Access

Glad you got it fixed! There ARE builds numbered 26200.9550 AND 26300.9550 - so we're both probably reading correctly - I'm on the regular stable branch, are you perhaps on a preview branch out of interest? Or maybe it's just different region branches or something.
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so, because I was disappointed with microsoft's key remapping implementation, partly because of how limited it seems to be and partly because I had to just come down from a future platform release to an earlyer insider build just to try this, have nopilot! this tool properly converts your copilot key to right control. NVDA sees it as right control, not windows+shift+f23 like microsoft's implementation, or many AHK scripts. the project is at github.com/aryanchoudharypro/n… and the direct download is at github.com/aryanchoudharypro/n…

GitHub - aryanchoudharypro/nopilot: Turns the Copilot key on Windows laptops back into a real Right Ctrl key, properly.

Turns the Copilot key on Windows laptops back into a real Right Ctrl key, properly. - aryanchoudharypro/nopilot
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Munchkinbear

problem is, it's running here and sadly, at least on my HP omen gaming laptop it's still reporting windows+shift+f23. Yes, before you ask, it's running, I installed it per the docs and I've rebooted. Yes, before you ask this, I've ran it as an administrator as well. It *acts* like the control key but it's still showing as windows+shift+f23 with both NVDA and JAWS.