Ok that's cool, IOS 27 makes the iPhone recovery screen accessible with Voice Over.

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Looking back on the Queensland Gives awards, got us all nostalgic for another anniversary from the same time. Today in 2023, ABC television in Australia aired a special episode of "Australian Story" - the first with Audio Description - featuring NV Access founders Mick Curran and Jamie Teh. You can still watch the episode here: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…

Come and watch it again with us! (Links to the episode at the bottom of that article).

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ABC #ABCTV #AustralianStory #TV

Hello everyone!
A new update to bootswap is here.
For those who don't know, bootswap is a utility that lets you reorder or remove the boot entries on your device, without the need of going into the bios.
Its not a large update, but i've been meening to release this for a while because i don't really have anything else to add to this project.
This update Adds an option to mark an entry as next boot. Marking an entry for next boot will cause your device to boot into the selected entry the next time it boots up but will not permanently alter the boot Sequence.
here is the direct download link: github.com/aryanchoudharypro/b…

Lolol, just got it! Talk Forward, instead of Talkback? Clever! This new screen reader kicks arse. If you're coming from an iPhone, you'll feel at home. If you're an Android person, it sort of feels like Talkback, but with more bells and whistles. They've even implemented the rotor gesture. There's a braille keyboard and braille display support. Yay! So cool! You can find it here: app-suite.eu/talkforward

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So last Monday, I woke up and noticed that some antennas (for #meshcore) I have stuck to the outside of my windows, had moved in the wind. To access them, it’s via a 5th floor window. I remember opening the window and reaching for the antenna. Next: two days later in a Critical Care Unit, VERY broken.

I had fallen 5 floors directly onto a concrete patio below.

@FreakyFwoof Have you scene this? It's a much better extension for playing sounds on browser nav. Way more sounds, way more configurable, etc. I would love an Andre theme for this. Some of the authors picks seem a tad long, to me: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/finch/oibdifnhdjolmckhjlcifnelbonfccfa

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Of course, I'm late starting my posts for #AudioMo, and it's already midnight at the start of Day 3. Oh well, I'll share the audio anyway, because why not?
Here's what I intended to post on Monday, June 1.
First, a bit of an introduction. On June 1, 2011, I officially became fascinated by the Emergency Alert System when I heard it activate for a tornado warning in western Massachusetts. While the alert was scary and I was concerned for the people affected, I couldn't help but be fascinated by hearing the system in action, along with the ScanSoft Tom voice that I knew so well.
Prior to that, I had only heard the system used for tests and didn't fully understand its purpose. Hearing that tornado warning sent me down a rabbit hole. I spent countless hours watching videos of the system in action, from weather alerts and AMBER Alerts to various tests and everything in between. About a month later, that interest also led me to NOAA Weather Radio.
Now, back to the present day and this piece of audio.
I was sitting in the living room watching an old episode of Card Sharks on Buzzr when it was suddenly interrupted by the EAS. At first, I assumed it was just a standard test and didn't think much of it. Then the message began with, "The Civil Authorities have issued a Required Weekly Test." That immediately caught my attention, because I had never heard one start that way before.
The message went on to list a large number of states, and I later realized they were all in the Eastern Time Zone. It was voiced using the Loquendo Dave voice.
Fortunately, I was watching through our Comcast cable box and was able to rewind it. I knew I had to capture it because I had never heard anything quite like it before.
After doing some research, it appears that this may have been an IPAWS test, some type of federal alert. I'm still not entirely sure whether the public was intended to hear it or whether the station made an error when transmitting it. If anyone knows more about this, I'd love to learn more.
What made it even more fascinating to me was that I happened to hear it on the 15th anniversary of the event that sparked my interest in the EAS in the first place.
Enjoy this recording, captured on my iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Final score: 92141
Run time: 15:51
Statistics
Average speed: 114 mph.
Obstacles avoided: 131.
Near misses: 8.
Crashes: 1.
Gas tanks collected: 10.
Wrenches collected: 0.
Total power-ups collected: 34.
Power-up breakdown: Shield 8.8%, Rocket 67.6%, Horn ball 23.5%.
Fired 115 horn balls, hitting 48 and missing 66, for an accuracy of 42.1%.
Obstacles blocked by shield: 3.
Sink holes traversed: 1.
Hit 15 ramps and missed 9, for an accuracy of 62.5%.
Total air time: 155.0 seconds.
Coins collected: 164.
From files.jonathan859.com/tools/BO… by @bscross32. This is a great time waster, should really add a score board somehow.

A Husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf.
Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course.
The husband cringed, 'I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us.'
So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door.
A warm voice said, 'Come on in.'
When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on
its side near the pieces of window glass.
A man reclining on the couch asked, 'Are you the people that broke my window?'
'Uh...yeah! , sir. We're sure sorry about that,' the husband replied.
'Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you.. You see, I'm a genie, and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years.
Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for myself.'
Wow, that's great!' the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out, 'I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life.'
'No problem,' said the genie 'You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life!'
'And now you, young lady, what do you want?' the genie asked.
'I'd like to own a gorgeous home in every country in the world complete with servants,' she said.
'Consider it done,' the genie said. 'And your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary, and natural disasters
'And now,' the couple asked in unison, 'what's your wish, genie?'
'Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle, and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife.'
The husband looked at his wife and said, 'Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune and all those houses. What do you think?'
She mulled it over for a few moments and said, 'You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you, honey?'
You know I love you, sweetheart,' said the husband. I'd do the same for you!'
So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other. The genie was insatiable.
After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into her eyes, and asked, How old are you and your husband?'
'Why we're both 35,' she responded breathlessly.
'No Kidding,' he said.
'Thirty-five years old and you both still believe in genies?'

If you are #blind and still use #irc there's a new adispeak release for you! This one includes the latest adiirc beta, with the fixed and fully accessible settings and server list. It also includes sounds thanks to @FreakyFwoof. If you've never heard of adispeak, it's a script to make adiirc read out IRC messages, in the spirit of sjams or mircspeech, but supporting #NVDA, and based on a more modern IRC client. Get it at: github.com/fastfinge/adispeak/releases/tag/v_0.4#a11y#accessibility#screenreader