The European Blind Union is conducting a survey of braille display users, preparatory to discussions with product manufacturers. The survey's organizers are seeking respondents both within and outside the E.U.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
#braille #BrailleDisplays #AssistiveTEchnology #accessibility
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
#braille #BrailleDisplays #AssistiveTEchnology #accessibility
Braille Display Usage
This questionnaire contains questions about the usage of Braille displays in any life situation (education, work, personal use).Google Docs
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@verdre published his work about reverse engineering Android app support in Sailfish OS and bringing it to GNOME/Linux mobile. 
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Great read
blogs.gnome.org/jdressler/2023…
#Linux #LinuxMobile #mobileLinux #GNOME #Wayland #Android #reverseEngineering #SailfishOS
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Aliendalvik is the primarily source of income for Jola (selling licenses for custom embedded usages), so it's quite unlikely they will open source it any time soon. Selling licenses for users of other Linux mobile projects might be a bit more realistic. 😔
amazing! While there are not as many Sailfish OS apps many of them are quite nice and it would be great for the linux mobile phone community to have access to as many apps as possible and remove the OS fragmentation- would it be easier or harder to get these apps to run in Arch or other mobile linux distributions? As far as i know there is no effort to port SFOS apps over..
The next release of the js sdk is planning to bump the supported #matrix spec version to 1.5 or 1.6. This means it and as a result also Element Web will refuse to start on current versions of #conduit and #dendrite. This is an intentional decision resulting from a discussion between several SCT members.
I think that approach is bad and it should check for a range of supported versions instead of arbitrarily bumping the minor version to make the ecosystem move, but this is a heads up, that now is the time to contribute to both of those servers, if you use them and want to use the Element Web client on them going forward. (I already had my discussion with the SCT and I won't tell other projects, what they should do.)
JS-SDK change: github.com/matrix-org/matrix-j…Dendrite supported versions: github.com/matrix-org/dendrite…Conduit supported versions: gitlab.com/famedly/conduit/-/b…
Bump minimum spec version to v1.5 by richvdh · Pull Request #3970 · matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk
We only claim to support a year of spec releases, so this should be fine. Part of: #3915 Here's what your changelog entry will look like: ✨ Features Bump minimum spec version to v1.5 (#3970).GitHub
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The maintainer of the Orca screen reader, Joanie Diggs, has made noteworthy enhancements in recent weeks. I mention them here for the benefit of those who are not following these developments or who are not regular Linux screen reader users.
Many of the improvements are performance-related, taking advantage of the cache of accessibility tree nodes maintained by the AT-SPI service. Table processing has received particular attention, and fundamental changes are underway in the code that handles users' keystrokes, some of which need to be interpreted as screen reader commands, with the remainder being passed through to the application.
I have been testing some of the changes along the way, as have other users active on the Orca mailing list. Rapid and precise bug reports continue to contribute to the development process. At this point, it is reasonable to expect these valuable improvements to appear in a release during the first half of 2024, presumably as part of GNOME 46.
#linux #orca #ScreenReader #AssistiveTechnology #accessibility #Gnome
Many of the improvements are performance-related, taking advantage of the cache of accessibility tree nodes maintained by the AT-SPI service. Table processing has received particular attention, and fundamental changes are underway in the code that handles users' keystrokes, some of which need to be interpreted as screen reader commands, with the remainder being passed through to the application.
I have been testing some of the changes along the way, as have other users active on the Orca mailing list. Rapid and precise bug reports continue to contribute to the development process. At this point, it is reasonable to expect these valuable improvements to appear in a release during the first half of 2024, presumably as part of GNOME 46.
#linux #orca #ScreenReader #AssistiveTechnology #accessibility #Gnome
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Great stuff!
Thanks to @igalia and @sovtechfund for funding this work!
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And here is the public announcement about accessibility coming to Audient's audio interfaces product line. That is something we can be especially happy and proud about, and I am sure that this will only be the first step in making more audio-related products, no matter if its interfaces, instruments or all kinds of other things, more accessible to everyone, not just blind and visually impaired people. @Scott @nick audient.com/2023/08/14/accessi…
Audio Interface Apps Accessible to Blind & Vision Impaired Users - Audient
iD & EVO mixer apps now offer accessibility support for vision impaired with latest drivers - navigate using just a keyboard & screen readerAnne Liversidge (Audient)
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NVDA 2024.1 Beta 1 is now available for testing. Highlights include a new on-demand speech mode, the ability to drop speech modes from the NVDA+s command, a new "native selection" mode for Firefox, bulk actions in the add-on store & ability to review add-ons & more!
Note this release breaks add-on compatibility and only works on Windows 8.1 and newer.
Full info and Download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #Beta #NewVersion #A11y #Accessibility #News
NVDA 2024.1beta1 available for testing
Beta1 of NVDA 2024.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…NV Access
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I did this last Christmas using #SWAM Clarinet but it still makes me laugh so why not?
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What is Klezmer? also, thanks for the correct spelling. This is where NVDA has failed or I simply never learned how to spell the word Clarinet.
Klezmer is basically Jewish folk music in the central/eastern European tradition. For example, youtube.com/watch?v=CK1sjrpbpi…
Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra - Hévenu Shalom Aléchem (Single Oficial)
BGKO - "Hévenu Shalom Aléchem". Primera canción del álbum "Imbarca". (C) 2014 Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra & Satélite K. 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 & 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 - 𝗟𝗶?...YouTube
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Way more interesting and healthy fediverse news is happening in the shadows and is barely getting discussed! Discourse has federation between different instances of itself and other #fediverse software such as Mastodon working!
Attached is a demo video from Angus McLeod via their announcement here: meta.discourse.org/t/activityp…
ActivityPub Plugin
Just to let you guys know, we just merged the PR that allows a Discourse category to follow any actor in the fediverse, including other Discourse categories. Yes, that means you can now federate a category between two (or three, or more) Discourses.Discourse Meta
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Hey ! We're pleased to announce that Ltt.rs [1], an email (JMAP) client, and Mercurygram [2], a new fork of #Telegram, now support #UnifiedPush. And support is being upstreamed to Telegram-FOSS :)
[1] ltt.rs from @daniel
[2] github.com/drizzt/Mercurygram/ from @timothy
GitHub - drizzt/Mercurygram: Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android
Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android - GitHub - drizzt/Mercurygram: Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for AndroidGitHub
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I don't think #WebAIM has an account on the fediverse yet, but the 10th iteration of their Screen Ready survey is now live.
The vital #a11y insights created from these surveys help inform our understanding of the technological and usability landscape. This helps to shape how accessible, and importantly usable experiences are created on the web.
If you use a screen reader, I hope you'll please consider filling it out: webaim.org/projects/screenread…
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RScan lets you scan a barcode of any product, and automatically looks it up on DuckDuckGo and tries to select the most fitting and useful description. The scanning is really fast and convenient, meaning it's easy to work with even if you're blind and don't know the location of the barcode, but it's also great for sorting through large number of items, if you need to say search for a particular chocolate in a pile, or you order a large number of cans that you need to tell apart in order to sort them to groups. RScan can deal even with scanning multiple items of the same barcode, making this process easy and efficient.
I've been gradually developing this app over the last years, always reflecting my actual needs and actively using it in my home. I've been sharing it with my friends from Czechoslovakia, receiving great feedback. In our region, the automatic product identification works really well and RScan can truly identify 90% of items just by seeing their barcode.
Few days ago, I finally got to release it in google play, and given this opportunity, would like to expand it to more regions. My theory is that my algorithm should work comparably well in regions where products use metric system for describing themselves (300 g chocolate, 400 ml can etc.).
It's not yet prepared for UK, where the commonly used units are different, and completely unknown for me is USA, where a similar but different barcode standard is used than in Europe, plus they have different units too.
I would love to support as many countries and regions as I can. If you would like to help me with this, sending me barcode numbers of things you commonly use in your region (cans, chocolates, common drugs, drinks), along with the name of your country would be very useful, so I could check out how does your Internet describe things and make RScan adapt for it.
If you're technically skilled, you can read the project's readme:
github.com/RastislavKish/RScan
and directly look for the unit information required by RScan, this would save me the struggle with localization and location simulation.
Also, if RScan works well in your country, I would love to hear that too! My theory of compatible countries is still just a theory, it needs to get verified.
You can find RScan on Google play:
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
And, along with all the code and scanning tips in the documentation, on my GitHub:
github.com/RastislavKish/RScan
Happy scanning!
GitHub - RastislavKish/RScan: A practical barcode scanner for product identification
A practical barcode scanner for product identification - GitHub - RastislavKish/RScan: A practical barcode scanner for product identificationGitHub
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I discovered this a few years ago, but every time I remember it it really makes me go "wtf?" Check boxes on Windows allow you to check them with equals, and uncheck them with dash. Why? I have no clue, but they do.
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I made web component out of a common pattern I use in UI, combining a range slider with a number input- potch.me/2023/range-num-web-co…
, a useful little web vanilla web component
I'm working on a few small demos and a thing I often find myself needing is a combinationpotch has a websiteinput[type="range"]with some sort of label, or even aninput[type="number"]showing the same value.
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Are you interested in making your notifications private?
We have a great guide in our website describing how to set up your android xmpp application to deliver notifications for all your apps on your device. Without using google.
joinjabber.org/tutorials/servi…
and for people who self host you can use your own server to deliver notifications privately to your devices and the devices of the people that use your server :)
joinjabber.org/tutorials/servi…
#privacy #xmpp #dataprotection
Unified Push
UnifiedPush (UP) is an alternative for mobile push-notifications on Android that does not depend on the centralized Google FCM infrastructure for delivering notifications to your smart-phone.JoinJabber
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This festive season give the gift of accessibility with an NV Access donation. Your support ensures we continue delivering life-changing technology to blind and visually impaired people globally.
Donations can be made here, nvaccess.org/support-us/#donat…
#Donate #Donation #NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Christmas
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So I pasted some #ObjectiveC code into suno.ai that attempts to extract the pixel color from underneath the mouse pointer and this is the video they have come up with!
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TalkBack 14.1 comes with image descriptions (which are actually surprisingly accurate from my limited testing), spell check while using the Braille keyboard, automatic scrolling for Braille displays (with a customizable speed), and (most surprisingly to me), new haptics! I'm not convinced I like them yet, just because text elements don't appear to have a vibration, but it actually feels like Voice Assistant or VoiceOver now!
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@ysotomayor That, and old devices basically never get new kernel releases, so even when Google finally caves in and does it, it probably won't work on older phones. Even new phones often have out-of-date kernels apparently, so it might take a year or two since the official Google update for any devices to actually get support.
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@miki @ysotomayor With the 7 year support cycle Google is doing with Pixel now it would likely make it to those but for other brands yep probably not.
This morning, someone called my dad in my name and started asking questions, using what we believe to be AI voice cloning. Be mindful and tell those close to you to be mindful as well. Figure out a way to ID yourself. This tech is quite dangerous and it is being used for evil. Who would've thought.
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In a matter of a couple of weeks, Android accessibility has witnessed a dramatic boost from almost 0 access to picture descriptions to a wide range of options.
1. TalkBack 14.1 can describe images. Though, IMO, not as accurately as VoiceOver, it works well, and its auto-text extraction is awesome.
2. As you know, Seeing AI is now on Android along with its AI-oriented goodies.
3. @bemyeyes Be My AI just became available on Android. It's not yet capable of receiving pictures from other apps, but guess, hopefully, it will be added soon.
4. Since we're handling Google, I don't know when, but Lookout's AI capabilities, currently limited to users in the USA, will expand to other regions.
1. TalkBack 14.1 can describe images. Though, IMO, not as accurately as VoiceOver, it works well, and its auto-text extraction is awesome.
2. As you know, Seeing AI is now on Android along with its AI-oriented goodies.
3. @bemyeyes Be My AI just became available on Android. It's not yet capable of receiving pictures from other apps, but guess, hopefully, it will be added soon.
4. Since we're handling Google, I don't know when, but Lookout's AI capabilities, currently limited to users in the USA, will expand to other regions.
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Let's Encrypt will issue new intermediate certs in Q1/2024: groups.google.com/a/mozilla.or…
Make sure your LE cert deployment logic includes serving the right intermediates that ACME should hand you, not just that same old LE intermediate you got years ago. Otherwise, there'll be breakage...
#x509 #pki #LetsEncrypt
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The universe has cried and Kostyantin, the dev behind Whatsapp+ and Unigram+ NVDA addons, has delivered: Github-Release-Downloader, a NVDA addon that will happily download the latest release of any Github repo you throw at it. It's quite rudimentary at the moment i.e. we need to enter the URL manually, it can't handle multiple asset files etc. but I was just able to download some NVDA addons just fine. It's definitely a start.
dropbox.com/scl/fi/n7xn2fsv70c…
If you like this one and would like to support the dev, all the info you need is at t.me/unigramplus. Thanks, Kostya, and greetings to Ukraine! #NVDASR #Accessibility #Blind
dropbox.com/scl/fi/n7xn2fsv70c…
If you like this one and would like to support the dev, all the info you need is at t.me/unigramplus. Thanks, Kostya, and greetings to Ukraine! #NVDASR #Accessibility #Blind
UnigramPlus for NVDA 🇺🇦
Welcome to the UnigramPlus add-on channel. New versions of this add-on will be released here and here you can write your comments, feedback and suggestions on this add-on.Telegram
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@jscholes @FreakyFwoof @johann @Brynify For the record: if you add "ss" before "github" to any URL pointing to any part of a repo, you will be able to download a zipped archive of that specific part. Yep, somebody set up that too.
I am just testing @Jami with a #screenreader on both linux desktop and android for #accessibility.
Initial setup is accessible on both the platforms.
Listing conversations I can't really say as I only have single contact.
Audio calling is working fine. I am impressed that the call setup took just a moment. On android controls like microphone toggle, speaker / earpiece toggle and hangup button are working fine.
I am unable to find out in call controls with the keyboard on linux.
On both desktop and android I can write messages.
On android I can read messages, find and execute additional actions in the popup menu.
On the desktop I can't read incoming and outgoing messages with a screen reader. I haven't discovered on how to copy them.
In conclusion comparing this to the tox chat the Jami is more accessible with a screen reader. Perhaps I will be able to figure out how to handle the calls with a keyboard shortcuts however the fact message text is not readable with a screen reader on desktop linux and perhaps other platforms sounds dissapointing. The idea and decentralized nature of this communication app sounds really amazing.
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Exploring @Jami further I think I can post a few more observations.
The desktop app uses QT6 for the UI. Apart of some ounlabelled buttons such as Accept / Reject incoming call and some tab controls on the main window most of the UI elements are clearly labelled and accessible from the keyboard.
The desktop app has a keyboard shortcuts button on the main screen which opens a tabbed dialog with accessible lists of keyboard shortcuts. I haven't yet discovered if these can be tweaked but the default ones are working well for me. For calls it's ctrl+y for accepting and ctrl+d for rejecting / hanging up. Letter m alone can be used for muting / unmuting the microphone.
I need to find out if there is a way to create global shortcuts or do some actions using commandline switches. If either of this turned out to be possible it would perfectly integrate with the desktop.
Sending and receiving files is something I'm going to try next.
The desktop app uses QT6 for the UI. Apart of some ounlabelled buttons such as Accept / Reject incoming call and some tab controls on the main window most of the UI elements are clearly labelled and accessible from the keyboard.
The desktop app has a keyboard shortcuts button on the main screen which opens a tabbed dialog with accessible lists of keyboard shortcuts. I haven't yet discovered if these can be tweaked but the default ones are working well for me. For calls it's ctrl+y for accepting and ctrl+d for rejecting / hanging up. Letter m alone can be used for muting / unmuting the microphone.
I need to find out if there is a way to create global shortcuts or do some actions using commandline switches. If either of this turned out to be possible it would perfectly integrate with the desktop.
Sending and receiving files is something I'm going to try next.
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Testing #SeeingAI on #Android. This is *not* a walkthrough or tutorial, just a very quick, very dirty demo. No more than that, so speech is at the usual speed I have it, etc.
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Breaking News: Microsoft announce popular iOS app Seeing AI is now available on Android. doubletaponair.com/breaking-ne…
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My partner Deedra reported an accessibility issue in the Monal XMPP client
recently, and their reply included the following help request:
> If you are aware of an open source enthusiast with a bit of experience
> in writing SwiftUI as well as accessibility, please let him/her/them
> know that we would love some help.
I don't know anything about this stuff, but I hope I can find people who do.
Any takers?
Probably you should reach out to the project directly via email, to
info at monal-im dot org.
Please boost far and wide.
Mentioning @xmpp as well, here.
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Priatelia, poznáte simplemobiletools.com ? Je to sada veľmi jednoduchých ale funkčných open-source aplikácií pre android. Za projektom stojí slovenský vývojár Tibor Kaputa, čo som doteraz veľmi rád všade zdôrazňoval, kde to bolo možné. Sám autor v komentári potvrdzuje, že napozadí prebieha predaj týchto aplikácií resp. nie ani tak aplikácií a značky simple mobile tools ako používateľskej základne v obchode google play spoločnosti ZipoApps. Už tu na fediverse som zhliadol vtipné komentáre, že v kontexte autorovho priezviska, týmto aplikáciám je kaput. github.com/SimpleMobileTools/G…
Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps? · Issue #241 · SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/187w64x/simple_mobile_tools_bought_by_zipoapps/GitHub
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 3 updated and 2 added apps:
* Vault: password manager compatible with KeePass
* Round Sync - Rclone for Android: file manager using rclone for the heavy lifting
At F-Droid, 35 apps were updated.
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo 
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
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Hey, that is my app! :D
Out of curiosity, are you using the reproducible builds mechanism for that release, or is it signed by yourself?
I ask, because in the past my app has been a bit wonky in terms of reproducibility.
@newhinton I'm using your very own builds from the Releases tab. Details here: apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/i…
Information on IzzyOnDroid's F-Droid compatible repo
how to use this site and its repo, how to get your app listed here, and more.IzzyOnDroid App Repo
ChatGPT can reveal its training data, that includes personal information.
not-just-memorization.github.i…
Here, the authors used a prompt to instruct ChatGPT to repeat a word forever, eventually resulting in different text that can be linked back to the source; examples include "company" and "poem".
No doubt this "attack" (in words of the authors) will soon be intercepted, but who knows what other formulation of prompt results in the same behaviour?
Analysis:
arxiv.org/abs/2311.17035
Scalable Extraction of Training Data from (Production) Language Models
This paper studies extractable memorization: training data that an adversary can efficiently extract by querying a machine learning model without prior knowledge of the training dataset.arXiv.org
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LLaVA-1.5 is an open-ish AI model which can provide image descriptions and allow follow-up interaction, akin to Be My AI. The best part is that you can run it locally on your computer if you have an appropriate GPU... or very, very slowly if you want to use your CPU. I thought it'd be cool to hook it up to #NVDASR so you can get image descriptions for the current navigator object and then ask follow-up questions. So, I wrote an NVDA add-on to do just that using llama.cpp. github.com/jcsteh/nvda-llamaCp…
GitHub - jcsteh/nvda-llamaCpp: NVDA add-on which allows you to use llama.cpp to obtain image descriptions and ask follow-up questions using AI models.
NVDA add-on which allows you to use llama.cpp to obtain image descriptions and ask follow-up questions using AI models. - GitHub - jcsteh/nvda-llamaCpp: NVDA add-on which allows you to use llama.cp...GitHub
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I tried building this on wsl, and the server is running, but I never get anything back from NVDA. My fan speeds up, I see it's processing an image and then it releases the tokens in cache. Nothing that I can see in my log viewer...
@blindndangerous If you're running it on CPU, it'll take over a minute to respond to queries. But otherwise, I'm not sure why it would be failing. Does it say anything about how many tokens are in the cache when it releases the slot?
@blindndangerous Hmm. Do you see anything in the output about encoding images?
slot 0 - encoding image [id: 10]
slot 0 - encoding image [id: 10]
Size is weird, I just took something. But it happens the same if it says 1920x1080 slot 0 - image loaded [id: 10] resolution (38 x 22)
slot 0 is processing [task id: 4]
slot 0 : kv cache rm - [0, end)
slot 0 - encoding image [id: 10]
{"timestamp":1701472031,"level":"INFO","function":"log_server_request","line":2601,"message":"request","remote_addr":"127.0.0.1","remote_port":33884,"status":200,"method":"POST","path":"/completion","params":{}}
slot 0 released (3 tokens in cache)
slot 0 is processing [task id: 4]
slot 0 : kv cache rm - [0, end)
slot 0 - encoding image [id: 10]
{"timestamp":1701472031,"level":"INFO","function":"log_server_request","line":2601,"message":"request","remote_addr":"127.0.0.1","remote_port":33884,"status":200,"method":"POST","path":"/completion","params":{}}
slot 0 released (3 tokens in cache)
@blindndangerous The previous add-on build would have timed out after 10 seconds, though you definitely should have seen an error in the NVDA log in that case. I pushed another build which increases the timeout to 3 minutes.
Zaujímavý článok z histórie dopravy v čechách a na slovensku autobible.euro.cz/clanky/karos…
Karosa či Tatra? „Horský bus“ HB 500 přinesl provozní problémy…
Byla to neradostná doba – a teď máme na mysli pouze dopravní, nikoliv politickou situaci. Poválečné období zdaleka nebylo časem „prudkého rozvoje“, jak se později psalo, a jak jsme se (my, dříve narození) museli učit.Pavel Kopáček (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
I have just found out up to date version of #rclone can be used on non-rooted #android devices thanks to the #round-sync app. github.com/newhinton/Round-Syn… cc @IzzyOnDroid ✅
GitHub - newhinton/Round-Sync: Rclone for Android
Rclone for Android. Contribute to newhinton/Round-Sync development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Die App kann es gar nicht geben. Die kommt doch aus einem Phantom-Ort:
certificate DN: C=de, ST=NRW, L=Bielefeld, O=Nüsse IT, OU=dev, CN=Felix Nüsse
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefel…
Aber wenn Du darauf bestehst: warte einfach auf den nächsten #AndroidAppRain
Danke für den Hinweis!
I'm delighted to announce that #Libervia has received a new grant from #NLnet #NGI0 to develop an #email <=> #XMPP gateway.
This project will not only convert normal messages but also transform mailing lists into #pubsub based forums. It includes UI/UX enhancements on Libervia, end-to-end encryption, and advanced handling of attachments.
More at: nlnet.nl/project/EmailXMPPgate…
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Making the switch from Google Podcasts? 🔄 Check out our latest blog post on migrating to AntennaPod! 🌐 Discover why it's the ideal choice for podcast lovers - simple, ad-free, and built on open standards. Say goodbye to tracking and hello to a great listening experience! #GooglePodcasts #AntennaPod #PodcastMigration
antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/go…
antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/go…
Migrating from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod: why and how to do it – AntennaPod
Other apps might come and go, but AntennaPod is always by your side!AntennaPod
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I wrote an update about @pipewire camera support in @mozilla Firefox and what kept me busy past few months: jgrulich.cz/2023/11/24/pipewir…
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After two and a half years of rewrite, #Fractal 5 is finally out! Get the #GTK 4 #Rust #Matrix client from flathub.org/fr/apps/org.gnome.… and enjoy new features such as #EndToEndEncryption, location sharing, or multi-account with Single-Sign On 🚀
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On our date night last night, Shae introduced me to a new game that any* two people online can play, and it turns out to be really fun!
You go to Wikipedia, and one of you (take turns doing this) names something off the top of their head that they're pretty sure a Wikipedia page exists for. (If you're not sure, you can use the search without submitting it just to see if a page turns up.)
After you both acknowledge that you understand the target, you simultaneously (we did a 3-2-1 on the voice chat) click "Random Page".
The goal is then to see who can reach the target page first ONLY BY CLICKING INTERNAL LINKS. No external links or typing allowed. We did eventually allow the back button so you could get yourself out of dead ends, but tried to use it in only that way.
It's surprisingly fun!
(* If you use a screen reader or other access technologies, or if, like me, you read VERY slowly, you might not be very competitive if your opponent does not also.)
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The "insane difficulty" variant of this is picking two random pages and trying to navigate from page A to page B, but you can click the links on both to explore. There was a site for this once that only picked pages with a sensible amount of internal links.
Here comes my next idea & project. If you can think of a system & user prompt that would turn GPT 4 vision into an accessibility aid, i.e. by telling it what to look for in images and how to tell you the output, and then if you can simply do photos against these prompts using your smartphone, then you can basically turn your smartphone into a pretty wide range of accessibility tools (color detector, text reader, expiry date extractor, navigator, etc.).
I decided to try this in practice, and the results are pretty interesting! Well, you can try yourself:
github.com/RastislavKish/VScan
Note the app has been designed such that it can be easily used both for tools creation as well as standard image recognition you may be used to do with Be my AI or my Vision project, or you don't even need to be taking pictures at all, you can use the app to simply chat with GPT 4V (the model has the same textual capabilities as GPT4).
Though note there is currently no chat history review functionality nor conversation truncation when the 4k token limit of GPT 4V is exceeded, so the app is not optimized for this use-case.
There are few rough edges by now, probably the most annoying issue I'm facing on my device is that Talkback shows the braille keyboard in a reversed position i nthe session screen due to the display orientation, I need to figure out how to make CameraX adapt for the current device orientation.
But that's mostly a minor issue, the main functionality works as expected.
Any constructive thoughts and opinions on this project are very welcome, and, if you get to create some interesting accessibility tools you would like to share, I would love to hear about them!
Happy Visioning!
GitHub - RastislavKish/VScan: GPT 4 Vision on Android, optimized for recognition as well as scanning use-cases
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