I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp

It bothers me quite a lot that in the `ariaNotify` explainer, relating to a more robust mechanism for web apps to fire #screenReader messages, #braille is demoted to a "future consideration". Even there, it's listed under a heading of "Braille and speech markup", as though it doesn't even warrant a devoted section of its own.

Braille being treated with the same priority of speech is long overdue. We're clearly not there yet.

github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdg…
#accessibility

MSEdgeExplainers/Accessibility/AriaNotify/explainer.md at main · MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers

Home for explainer documents originated by the Microsoft Edge team - MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers

^GitHub

We published a guide showing how to use Matrix bridge from ejabberd, demonstrating how you can talk with Matrix users from your XMPP client.

Let us know if you still have questions !

process-one.net/blog/hello-fro…

Hello from the other side: Matrix ↔ XMPP via ejabberd 25.03

In this guide, you'll learn how to send direct messages between Matrix and XMPP users, and even join public Matrix rooms using your favorite XMPP client.

^{Adrien (ProcessOne)}

I've been in talks with #TheCrowHillCompany, makers of The Vertical Piano, Vaults (free), String Murmurations and so on.
They wanted to find out about people's use of accessible music-making tools such as NKS, so I said I'd forward their email to other VI musicians.
Your feedback would really help them, so if you've a mind, please do fill it out.

The Crow Hill Company are readying a re-launch of our entire catalogue.
As such as are looking to improve our accessibility across our full instrument and effects range.

We would love to discover more from the community on how they interact with software based instruments and the tools they use to do so.

We have included a short survey link below, and as a token of gratitude have included a £20 (GBP) off coupon code for anyone who takes part in the survey.
The coupon has no expiration date and we have plenty of instruments under this limit coming out in the months ahead for you to enjoy.

Thanks again
The Crow Hill Company

Survey Link
forms.gle/yzBq56AZidNUA2cw7

You can also reach us directly at help@thecrowhillcompany.com

Accessibility Feedback

Thank you for taking the time to help us in our continual endeavour to improve accessibility in music-making. As a token of our gratitude, we have also included an unrestricted coupon code at the end of this survey. Thanks The Crow Hill Team. x

^{Google Docs}

The NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

nomouse.org/

People were asking how to use Ableton Live with a screen reader so last night I recorded this very impromptu little audio demo. I just make a little loop and try to explain what I'm doing as I go as best I can. I'm also still learning so I might be doing some things inefficiently. Hopefully this gives people a little inspiration. Sorry if my speech rate is too fast, this was a very spontaneous thing. I wasn't sure whether I should post it, but I figure anything is better than nothing.

iamtalon.me/ableton_demo.mp3

Three men died in a car accident and found themselves at the Pearly Gates, where Jesus welcomed them personally.

He said, “To enter Heaven, I’ll ask each of you one question. Tell the truth, and you’re in. But if you lie… well, you know where you’re headed.”

He turned to the first man.
“How many times did you cheat on your wife?”

The man stood up proudly and said,
“Lord, never. I was completely faithful my whole life.”

Jesus smiled. “Well done, my son. For your loyalty, you’ll get a mansion and a limousine to enjoy eternity.”

Then He turned to the second man.
“And you?”

The man looked sheepish. “Uh… twice, Lord. I messed up.”

Jesus nodded. “At least you were honest. You’ll get a nice four-bedroom house and a BMW.”

Finally, He looked at the third man.
“And you?”

The third man sighed and confessed,
“Eight times, Lord… maybe more. I lost count.”

Jesus raised an eyebrow but said, “You’re forgiven. But your heavenly home will be a studio apartment, and your ride? A Yugo.”

A few hours later, the second and third men saw the first man—the one with the mansion and limo—sitting on a cloud, crying.

“What’s wrong?” they asked. “You got the best deal!”

He wiped his tears and said,
“I just saw my wife go by… on a skateboard.”

Microsoft Windows Recall is not mandatory (yet) but starts in the background by default. It can be turned off by typing the following commands with admin rights:

DISM /Online /Get-Featureinfo /Featurename:Recall

DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall

This is for your info. It is upto you whether to disable or keep it running. "Recall" refers to the controversial AI-powered feature for Copilot+ PCs. This feature takes periodic screenshots of your screen including everything you type

Vzhledem masové popularitě Bluesky nezbývá než poprosit všechny Fedivesmířany, kteří tam mají známé, aby jim vysvětlili, jak se zviditelnit i pro Fedi.

Opakování matka moudrosti: musí follownout Bluesky účet (@)ap.brid.gy - zatím jich to bohužel dělá jen zlomek.

Cool, Fennec is interested in #UnifiedPush support

[1]We will probably have it on Fennec before it gets upstream (if it does 🤞).

That means UnifiedPush will be available for "installable web applications". So we'll have push notifications with some new apps !

[1] gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-…

#FennecBrowser #Firefox #PWA #UnifiedPush

Add UnifiedPush support - patchs D243458-D243461 (!78) · Merge requests · relan / fennecbuild · GitLab

This PR adds a new patch to add UnifiedPush support. To test the feature, you need to install a distributor first...

^GitLab

I said it before on Mastodon. I'm reposting this again. Comparing #DeltaChat and #Matrix together, if you want hassle free and consistent messenger for private #E2EE chats, don't go for Matrix. DeltaChat is way better.

However, if you want something like a public forum, or a public chatroom, don't go for DeltaChat. Matrix is way better suited for that. And DeltaChat does not support public groups at all. In DeltaChat groups, there is no admin or moderator and everyone have got permission to remove or add the others.

I think I have to write a longer post on my personal blog about these two, comparing them together.

PS: Another Matrix encryption bug few minutes ago triggered repost of this.

#Element #IM #Messenger #Email #FOSS #opensource #freesoftware #free_software #decentralization #decentralized

I think I’ve found a relatively nice solution for #FediLinks in #Conversations_im.

You can put web+ap URIs into a message (or room description) and ideally a click on those will open your Mastodon client. However if no installed app supports those (the only app that I’m aware of is Fedilab) Conversations will open a browser instead.

Currently no app will create web+ap links but it is fairly easy to handcraft them.

cc @SoniEx2

#XMPP #ActivityPub

Takhle vypadá root v robotickém vysavači. Motivace je nepustit ho do cloudu a nechat všechna data včetně záběrů z kamery a data z lidaru uvnitř. Zatím pecka.

valetudo.cloud

Your data. Your rules. Your digital future.

monocles launches its crowdfunding campaign on StartNext today! 🎉

monocles offers the solution for European independence from big tech. Be it the end-to-end encrypted chat, the secure email service or the privacy-friendly smartphones with our own operating system. monocles creates a decentralized, fair and ethical digital ecosystem for everyone.

Be part of it!

startnext.com/en/monocles

#privacy #sovereign #dataprotection #encryption #monocles

There are no known security issues with "Siacs OMEMO" / OMEMO v0.3¹ despite of what some very loud Signal fans would like you to believe. It has been audited by a third party² who took a longer look at it than all of the Signal fans combined.

Yes, #OMEMO v0.7+ (or TWOMEMO 😜) is a cleaner spec with more features (most notably Stanza Content Encryption). That’s why we wrote it. I’m a co-author. That doesn’t mean v0.3 is insecure.

¹: xmpp.org/extensions/attic/xep-…
²: conversations.im/omemo/audit.p…

#XMPP

I recently developed a thing to turn a Conversations chat* into a PDF.

codeberg.org/moji/typst-conver…

That story began with a friend of mine that had got a XMPP group chat where they shared updates and pictures of their latest travel adventure. Now chat is rather ephemeral and they wanted to preserve those memories in an easy accessible format that is PDF. And so I put something together.

* actually any chat as long as you can get the raw data in the expected format

#typst #conversations #chat #pdf #xmpp

typst-conversations

A parametrized Typst document to visualize a chat conversation with text and image messages — closely matching the design of Conversations.

^Codeberg.org

About a year ago, my parents made the switch to Linux on their home machines because they really hated Win 10... Today I got a call from my mother to help her out with something, but I did not expect that "something" will be figuring out a sed pattern for a shell script she wrote to bulk rename files.

When I asked her why she didn't use some GUI program she said "I was an accountant in the DOS era, this makes more sense to me than a ribbon menu in Excel".

Interesting #Mastodon bot that turns RSS or Atom feeds into Mastodon accounts: rss-parrot.net/

(Following feeds would also be useful as built-in Mastodon functionality.)

just made #deltatauri compile for #android

github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

nlnet.nl/project/DeltaTauri/

#deltachat_desktop #tauri #nlnet

Movim offers a feature-packed social and chat alternative to the big centralized and proprietary platforms. ✨

It is decentralized, fully built on the #XMPP Internet standard and can easily be deployed on a simple web server.

Which social or chat platform do you think Movim replaces the best? 🤔

#alternative #madeineurope #decentralized @european_alternatives

The XMPP Software Foundation has published an open letter to Meta, asking them to support true messaging interoperability using the XMPP protocol.

Meta had previously integrated this protocol, and WhatsApp is actually built on XMPP for its message routing system.

We support this initiative as it represents the best approach for genuine interoperability. Federation is the way to go !

Learn more by reading the open letter: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

#XMPP #federation #FederateTheWorld

XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard

^xmpp.org

Welcome to the RB family, Rattlegram 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.a…

Rattlegram lets you transmit short text messages over COFDMTV encoded audio signals.

Thanks to joined efforts with its developer, Rattlegram (along with its 2 sister-apps) is now RB

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid

„Rattlegram - SMS via audio!“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Transmit short text messages over COFDMTV encoded audio signals

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

#Audio Konvertierungen mit der rechten Maustaste.

Die Installation meiner kleinen Helferlein hab ich auf #ubuntu 24 angepasst:

codeberg.org/cExplorer/nautilu…
#Nautilus #Scripts