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Song Maker, an experiment in Chrome Music Lab, is a simple way for anyone to make and share a song.musiclab.chromeexperiments.com
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Hey everyone,
I hope you’re doing well! I’m reaching out to invite blind musicians, producers, and artists to join an **accessibility feedback group** for Sessionwire — a platform I’ve been using and really enjoying for a couple of years now.
**What is Sessionwire?**
Sessionwire is a remote music collaboration platform that allows musicians, producers, and audio professionals to work together in real time. It offers studio-quality audio, high-definition video, and seamless integration with popular DAWs, letting users collaborate on projects as if they were in the same room.
**Why am I reaching out?**
One of the developers at Sessionwire has asked me to bring together a group of blind users to help improve the platform’s accessibility. They already know which areas need work and are eager to collaborate with us to make Sessionwire better for everyone.
**Interested in participating?**
If you’re interested, **please reach out to me privately (one-on-one)** and send me the email address you’d like to use for communication. If you plan to use the same address to sign up for Sessionwire, let me know; otherwise, please also send the email you’ll use for your Sessionwire account.
If you have **any questions**, feel free to let me know!
Let’s work together to make Sessionwire more accessible for the blind community!
#BlindMusicians #AccessibilityMatters #MusicTechnology #RemoteCollaboration #Sessionwire #BlindProducers #InclusiveMusic #AccessibilityInTech #BlindArtists #AccessibilityFeedback
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First major milestone was reached at the end of MarchTom Butts (TV Tech)
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Ask yourself *why* you want a mix to fill out the frequency spectrum though?
Did it sound good *before* you did that? Did it sound any better *after* you did that?
Is it possible your track *might* be used as a bed for someone to talk over, and there's just no space for voice because you phattened it up like a mix pig for slaughter with your waveform frequency-spectrum-filling?
Did you watch some video on youtube that says 'OMGOMGOMG if you don't fill this mix right out nobody will ever listen, and you're a bad, bad evil bad person if you don't do these 15 steps to waveform filling right now!'
When I say 'You' by the way, I mean the general You, not You, Quinn.
My students sometimes come to me and say
'Why don't we do this particular compression trick in every mix?'
I have to ask them
'Do you need to? Is it important that you do?'
And so on.
Filling out the frequency spectrum is not quite useful, white, pink and brown noise do that already with some changes to the lower frequencies for the two latter ones.
What you are looking for is an even distribution of the existing frequencies (Teote, Ozone, Hornet Thirty-one, WavesFactory Equalizer, Grand Finale, DSEQ3, Gullfoss, etc) do this, exciters and saturation to add new harmonic content, just to mention a few things. Ultimately, these tools, despite the aggressive marketing some of them have, can't replace your ears but they provide fast results if you don't want to focus on mixing and mastering. You still need to tweak things and it's very easy to overprocess your sound of course.
Several books could be written about how many things could influence your sound, both while mixing and mastering (from the headphones or monitors you use through the room you are in, to what your genre needs), not to mention when your final master reaches your listeners. Their hardware, environment, ears, etc, will color the sound as well. You could have a perfectly neutral master and someone could quite easily make it heavy on bass just by listening to it on gaming headphones, or better yet, listen to it in a car.
This is a very complex and overwhelming topic, but if you need advice and you really want to make your sound better, listen to the same genre as much as you can. That's how you train your ears to get accustomed to things that stick out (resonate) and over time you will learn what instrument is problematic in what specific frequency areas. Most importantly, less is more.
Virtual machines need to be configured to get the best experience. So I wrote down the steps I use when I'm building a Windows virtual machine. And after 18 months of using Linux as my daily driver, I have added KVM specific steps!
How to get the best experience from Windows guests under Linux KVM
blog.pauby.com/post/howto-best…
After making the leap from Windows to Linux over 18 months ago, I have been using KVM for virtualization. Like most hypervisors, virtual machines under KVM need to be configured to run at their best. KVM is not different.pauby.com
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More and more I am looking through @Delta Chat apps and resources I believe this should become number one messenger of choice for screen reader users.
The developers are constantly improving its #a11y. It's secure from the start of using.
Additionally the desktop chat has under gone an #accessibility audit and accessibility issues are clearly documented in public.
I am not sure other messenger style app on the planet has such dedicated commitment to accessibility ever.
github.com/deltachat/deltachat…
We recently got an accessibility quick scan from HAN. They took some time to discuss/test the app with us in a call and gave us a report. treefit and wofwca also made notes during the call, this is...GitHub
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In this relaxed May edition of At Your Fingertips: Braille Then and Now, we explore fun, low- to mid-tech tools that bring joy and progress to Braille learners.pgnpt (Unmute)
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Whingy comment on my latest podcast episode:
'Not really a fan of this stuff. I miss the old keyboard and instrument reviews and the musical breakdowns. The problem with this podcast is that you're both too polite and soft spoken and all that. Try getting a bit angry and controversial. There is no such thing as bad language, so where is all the swearing? You can't make a good podcast episode without some swearing.'
Gonna keep posting weekly with my wife @MoonCat, so if you'd like to check it out (despite the no swearing) search for StroongeCast wherever you get your podcasts.
Also, our web page is here: onj.me/stroongecast
Let's boost for reach because comments like that just make me want to promote it even more.
If I have to spend my life catoring to everyone else, I'll never do anything for myself, and that's just boring. #StroongeCast
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Viewpoint is a Windows program that uses Gemini AI to make user interfaces that aren't accessible, pretty accessible! I was able to navigate the PPSSPP interface with it pretty well! So yeah, it's starting to happen, the use of AI for more than just image descriptions.
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Optical character recognition turns a camera feed into braille for the visually impaired in real-time.Gareth Halfacree (Hackster.io)
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Asi jen málo lidí si dneska dokáže představit, že by se ulicemi obydlených měst mohly rychlostí blížící se dvěma stům kilometrů v hodině prohánět závodní automobily sledované z chodníků špalíry diváků.iDNES.cz
Did you know that movim was the first XMPP client to support Stories? ✨
From all your devices you can share your everyday moments with your contacts through photos that disappear after 24 hours. 😊
Everything is stored on your own XMPP account and the feature has been standardized as a protocol extension: xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0501.h… 🔒
It looks like a few other XMPP clients are looking to integrate it in the future 👀
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When you’re scripting for a screen reader, then you’re scripting for the browser, with exactly the same level of JavaScript support.
However complications can arise with event handling, because screen readers intercept events and don't always pass them on to the browser, and even then, keyboard actions might fire mouse events.
tpgi.com/event-handling-in-jaw…
#accessibility #a11y #javascript
Complications can arise with JavaScript event handling in screen readers, because the virtual cursor intercepts or modifies page events.James Edwards (TPGi)
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Hey, I’ve ran a system update on Fedora 42 Workstation (GNOME) and GDM throws a trap on boot: Additionally this makes NetworkManager not start. I can start Sway from this state, but it does not start XWayland if I do.GNOME Discourse
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@osuosl has been around for 22 years. They kindly host our gitlab for 6 months now, and provide important services for more than 150 other free and open source software communities such as @alpinelinux, @chimera , @debian, @fdroidorg, @gentoo, @gnome, @LineageOS, #ReplicantOS, @torproject. Now their future is in jeopardy 😢
We usually don't ask this, but please boost for reach, this is important infrastructure for so many FLOSS projects! 
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.osuosl.org
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Configuring #WirePlumber on embedded Linux systems can be somewhat confusing. Georgios Kiagiadakis takes a moment to demystify this process for a particular use case: collabora.com/news-and-blog/bl…
Demystifying how to configure WirePlumber for embedded Linux systems.Collabora | Open Source Consulting
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🇨🇿 #Czechia picks of the day:
(All in Czech unless otherwise noted)
➡️ @birdlifecz - Czech Ornithological Society, protecting birds
➡️ @UbuntuCZ - Czech & Slovak Ubuntu community
➡️ @gomeetupprague - Go programming language meetups in Prague (in English)
➡️ @jopenspace - Tech events for developers in Czechia
➡️ @ct24.ceskatelevize.cz - News feed from ČT24 public broadcaster
➡️ @www.ceskatelevize.cz.sport - ČT sport news feed
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Lots of good talks were given at this year's #LinuxAppSummit — but the 24 hours of livestream footage are a little messy to navigate. I've extracted the talks into individual videos, created branded thumbnails and posted them on the LAS YouTube channel for easy browsing and sharing. Enjoy:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3s…
The Linux App Summit (LAS) brings the global Linux community together to learn, collaborate, and help grow the Linux application ecosystem. Through talks, pa...YouTube
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Locked out of #Stocard? Considering switching to an app like #Catima? You may be able to still access your Stocard cards directly!
According to Italian video creator "IT Problem Solver", it seems Stocard's expiry is based on device time. So: change your phone's date, screenshot those barcodes, and add them to Catima! :) youtube.com/watch?v=hrsEiMjoQT…
Alternatively, if you have the patience and live in Europe, email support@stocardapp.com to ask for an export of your data and import it directly!
Ciao a tutti da IT Problem Solver!In questo video vi racconto la mia esperienza personale con la chiusura di Stocard e i problemi legati al passaggio forzato...YouTube
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Catima version: 2.34.5 OS: /e/OS 2.9 (Android 14) I have a pkpasses file from Reservix (a german ticket portal) and want to open it in Catima. Due to the leck of pkpasses support (see #2287) I unzi...GitHub
Mixxx Stable 2.5.1 Released!
Thanks to your feedback, this release contains a lot of improvements, fixes, new and improved controller-mappings. We would like to emphasize the importance of testing new versions. You don't have to be a programmer to contribute to Mixxx. Translating, testing new features and checking for possible regression is just as important.
It is recommended that all users update to this new version.
mixxx.org/news/2025-04-27-mixx…
Download the most advanced FREE DJ software available, featuring iTunes integration, MIDI controller support, internet broadcasting, and integrated music library.Mixxx DJ Software
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Aww yeah, the Godot game engine 4.5 dev 3 snapshot is out.
For those of you to whom that's just alphabet soup, 4.5 dev 3 integrates AccessKit! This means that the editor UI, and any game UIs made with it, are screen reader accessible out of the box.
I just spun up an instance in a Fedora distrobox. Haven't gotten far, but the intro and project creation dialogs are certainly usable. Though the creation dialog seems to set its content as the label for all fields which is verbose. Filing that issue but still this is an amazing development!
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#WenkoffRetro No. 217 🎶❤️
#retromusic
25.4.1917 se narodila královna jazzu ELLA Jane FITZGERALD.
Její téměř 60letá pěvecká kariéra začala 17.11.1934 na soutěži mladých talentů v Harlemu a obratem byla přijata do orchestru Chicka Webba. Následovala spolupráce s největšími hvězdami jazzové scény (Ellington, Basie, Cole, Armstrong, Sinatra, Goodman...). Ella ve stovkách písní očarovala publikum nejen svým barvitým hlasem, ale i velkým citem pro jazz a improvizaci.
Užij si tři nádherné kousky. 😍
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Video: AI-spoofed Mark joins fellow billionaires as the voice of the street – here's how it was probably doneIain Thomson (The Register)
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I didn't know
When I learned about the holocaust as teenager in Germany, many people from the Nazi era were still alive and lived all around me. Being the curious person I always was, I asked them about what happened and their role in it.
"I didn't know" was the boilerplate answer. And as they were relatives and friends, I believed them at first.
Then in 1981 we got a new teacher for history and he exposed the lie. Or more precise: he got us exposing those lies.
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Co potřebujete vidět na mapě když plánujete výlet/vandr/výběh/tůru?
Na den nebo víc dní
Po Čechách nebo v zahraničí
Co se vám osvědčilo a co vám chybělo?
Hrňte to na mě, typy, nápady, názory, kontroverzi.
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Už několik let (odhadem dekádu) mám ve svém nekonečném seznamu startupideas tohle - byť je to asi související jen částečně…
„Mapy, které mají jako primární způsob dopravy MHD, kolo, pěší cesty. Mista s velkým provozem aut jsou umenšena a zobrazena jako něco jako brownfieldy. Železnice jde vidět, rozlišeny jsou lokální tratě a hlavní tratě.“
Ale možná je to use case pro jednu osobu na světě, která nemá auto.
@honzajavorek na Islandu jsem měl parádní místní cyklomapu, kde byly silnice označený podle charakteru (směrové dělení, šířka krajnice, etc.) a intenzity dopravy.
To mi přišlo úplně super.
📱 Válí se mi doma Pixel 6a s GrapheneOS.
Mám tu plně funkční Google Pixel 6a s nainstalovaným GrapheneOS. Bezpečnostní aktualizace do července 2027. Perfektní pro někoho, kdo to myslí vážně se soukromím a chce bezpečný telefon bez Google sledovaček.
Telefon má známky běžného používání a trochu zlobí konektor na nabíjení, ale jinak šlape v pohodě.
Kdyby někomu udělal radost a využil ho naplno, dej vědět do zpráv. Rád ho pošlu dál – hlavně někomu, kdo ví, co má v rukou. 🙂
#GrapheneOS #Privacy #OpenSource #FediBazaar #androidbezgoogle
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Málokdy sdílím, málokdy takto přispívám, ale paní znám, často ji vidím na vozíku i s jejím psím doprovodem na cyklostezce v Trutnově kolem Úpy.
Je smutné, že postižení u nás mají tak malou podporu, ale vždy se najdou hodní lidé, kteří přispějí nějakou tou stovečkou.
Za sdílení děkuji
donio.cz/stastny-zivot-pro-ver…
Věra je po úrazu páteře na vozíku už 22 let, přesto si udržuje aktivní životní styl a pozitivní přístup. Sbírka jí pomůže pořídit potřebné invalidní vozíky, které jí umožňují samostatný pohyb a účast na každodenním životě i mimo domov.Donio
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in reply to Quin • • •I wonder, have you ever looked at Zig? To me it seems a pleasant languagr, quite easy to work with, unlike C or C with pluses. What are your thoughts?
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