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The #Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: day 7 - Australia and New Zealand - expand the content warning to open the window and discover the interesting fact for the day
A lot of countries employ voting templates to allow blind votees to cast a ballot in local or state elections. It's the same in Poland and in my experience it has been pretty much prone to mistakes such as the ballot paper slipping a fraction underneath the template. This is why I was happy to learn that Australia and New Zealand employed the "voting by phone" system. Blind citizens of these countries are one of the groups elligible to vote by phone. In order to do that, one calls the central voting committee to register, is assigned unique credentials that allow the person taking the vote to identify the elligibility in an anonymous way. On the day of voting, the elligible person calls another number where only the previously agreed credentials are taken from them, the ballot paper is read and the vote is cast by telling the committee representative. Sounds simple and flawless but perhaps there are some security flaws I am not aware of that made it not a more globally adopted solution. Thoughts?
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#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Australia #NewZealand #Voting #Phone
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Our municipality in Ontario did this for our local elections, actually. It was quite nice.

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Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?

Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.

But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.

Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women #HistoryRemix

#history #women #historyremix
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Send umí bezpečné sdílení souborů bez registrace. Poté je sám odstraní

👉infoek.cz/send-instance-2022/

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Send umí bezpečné sdílení souborů bez registrace. Poté je sám odstraní

Pamatujete ještě na službu Firefox Send? Jednalo se o moc hezky zpracovanou službu pro bezpečné sdílení soubor
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The #Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: Day 6 - France with potential global impact - expand the content warning to open the window and discover the interesting fact for the day.
The 6th of December is traditionally the day when Santa comes and brings small gifts to children in Poland and several other countries (not to be confused with the 24th of December which is also when gifts, bigger ones, are distributed). Obviously somebody's got to pay for all these nice things so how to do it in an accessible way?
I thought of including Handsome, a French fintech dedicated to serving customers with visual impairments, as a part of this calendar, as it offers an accessible voice payment card; a dedicated concierge service, insurance in case of damage to assistive devices or stranding with no immediate mobility options. They can be found at:
howtobehandsome.fr/
Imagine my shock this morning when I discovered that through cooperation with the Tales Group, Handsome's voice card has become global so it's a matter of time before banks start introducing it.
The card is equipped with a Bluetooth LE chip, connects to the customer's smartphone either through their banking app or a specially designed one; then, once its inserted into the terminal, it delivers all of the status messages to the app E.G. the amount to be paid or the current state of the payment process. This way it is possible to avoid being scammed on the amount and we can make sure all is well with our transaction.
I'm curious if any banks are going to introduce this any time soon.
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#Accessibility #Blind #France #Banking #AdventCalendar

Thales Gemalto Voice Payment Card

Discover how visually impaired people can make each payment transaction more secured and trusted.
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Braille!
I know that the below post might sound random but here goes.
The Unicode braille block starts from U+2800. The U+2800 character himself is a so called “blank braille pattern” which translates to a space sign in most cases. Stuff get more interesting if you want to make a braille pattern. In computer braille (8 dots) there are 256 possible patterns, it sounds like a byte, right? Right! Cause if you want to make a braille pattern, you just at a byte to the base character U+2800 as we already discussed. The bits in this byte are encoded in column order, so that 11100000 is the letter L, and 1101000 is letter F. The exception to this rule are of course dots 7 and 8. They have been added later and so putting them between dot 3 would break the compatibility with existing software. So, to reassume the encoding order is as follows (from bit 0 of the byte)
Dot 1
Dot 2
Dot 3
Dot 4
Dot 5
Dot 6
Dot 7
Dot 8
Tell me guys if you like such #programming and/or #accessibility posts from me.
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Braille!
I looked up how the braille characters were encoded in Unicode one day thinking "Surely they were smart enough to do this," and finding out that they did warmed my little programmer's heart.
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Something that has worked really well for librsvg - and now I'm happy to have for at-spi2-core as well - is a development guide for the internals. Not a library manual, but an internals guide.

It's available at gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/a…

I want to make it a good reference for the implementation details of #accessibility - for how the system is built, the roadmap and the cleanups we're doing, how to make toolkits accessible, that sort of thing.

Development guide for the accessibility infrastructure — Development guide for the accessibility infrastructure documentation

gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org
#Accessibility

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The #Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: day 5 - Italy - expand the content warning to open the window and discover the interesting fact for the day.
Is it possible to have audiodescription on TV if the broadcasting mode is analogue and the ability to employ several language audio tracks does not exist yet? Italy has had the solution, at least a decade ago still, where audiodescription for the movies aired by RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, would have the descriptive track delivered on a designated FM radio frequency. A blind person wishing to watch such a movie would turn on their TV to the right channel and then tune a radio receiver to the right frequency to enjoy both the original movie track and the audiodescription in sync. As it turns out from the paper below, keeping both in sync is difficult.
By the device of anecdotal evidence I know that a similar system existed in Slovenia.
Another thing that was available in Italy, and I haven't heard of it anywhere else before, are accessible audio menus on DVD's.
openstarts.units.it/bitstream/…
#Accessibility #Blind #Audiodescription #Italy #Slovenia #Radio #AdventCalendar
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The UK has some DVDs with accessible menus, although I don't know how many. Doctor Who box-sets are the only examples I've personally used.

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@jscholes I would be curious to know what software is used to generate that. I can imagine this being useful even for private projects. An accessible DVD of the wedding video sounds like the best gift for blind newlyweds.
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@jscholes I’ve seen these here (Poland) too. The way DVDs work, every item in the menu is a separate scene, showing an almost the same static picture, except with a different highlighted item. Pressing the arrow keys just moves you between such scenes. There’s nothing stopping you from putting an extra “play sound” instruction there, with the appropriate sample.
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@miki @jscholes Still, having an easy-to-use software for this would be a great way to make smaller projects like this a reality.
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I’ve heard of a similar system employed somewhere in the US, but I haven’t been able to find specifics. Considering that they used to have free or flat-rate local calls, and considering how low the latency was in the days of analog TVs and phone systems, it definitely seems believable.

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The #accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar, day 4: Slovakia - expand the content warning to open the window and discover the interesting fact for the day
Today's window comes a little later than usual but as there's still the 4th of December somewhere in the world, I hope it's forgiven.
Inspired by a conversation I had with @adela, I decided to dedicate this one to the central purchase receipts storage system in Slovakia.
The Slovak government runs a central point where all of the receipts issued by merchands and service providers are registered. Upon issuing, a receipt is assigned a unique number in that system which then is printed onto the slip of paper given to the customer. What you can then do is, using a dedicated app for this purpose, load that receipt onto your phone by entering that number or scanning the QR code printed onto your receipt in order to have all the details of your purchase presented on your smartphone. This is a great way for blind individuals to check whether their transaction has been dutyfully conducted or to help in obtaining the necessary data to maintain your spending tracking record, so even though this solution was not conceived with blind people in mind, it is a valuable enhancement towards a more independent life.
technologiebezzraku.sk/2022/07…
#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Slovakia #Shopping

Over doklad – prístupná aplikácia na čítanie príjmových dokladov - Technológie bez zraku

Over doklad je aplikácia vyvinutá Finančnou správou pôvodne určená na overovanie príjmových dokladov, ktoré prešli cez eKasu.
Michaela Dlhá (Technológie bez zraku)
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The #Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: day 3 - The Czech Republic - expand the content warning to discover the interesting fact for the day
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, today's window opens up to one of my favourite treasure troves of good practices regarding accessibility for the blind - the Czech Republic which I am currently only one hour of a car drive away from.
Did you know that by 2004 Czech Republic was the second European country right behind Sweden with the widest network of audible traffic lights? Not only that but they already started installing tactile floor markings and my favourite invention, the remote controls for the build environment.
The Czech remote control is a tiny box with six buttons that each blind individual can purchase. Using this aid, a blind person navigating through a Czech city can check any public transport schedule available at any stop, confirm the line of the bus or tram that just came, alert the driver to their presence so that they can let them in or out of the vehicle, navigate around the Prague underground, trigger audible traffic lights to be switched on and locate some of the key buildings such as the Blind Union's HQ's.
Although many cities of Europe have meanwhile tried to implement a similar system, the Czech Republic is the only country I know of that offers such a wide range of services in the entire country this way. I was very impressed the first time I tested this and I love coming back to our southern neighbours. Ahoj a zdravim vas s Polska!
Below, an article of the Czech radio broadcaster back from 2004 explaining the accommodations along with audio samples in Real Audio, if you can still play that.
english.radio.cz/czech-blind-u…
#Accessibility #Blind #UrbanEnvironment #BuildEnvironment #CzechRepublic #AdventCalendar

"Czech Blind United" - making Czech towns and cities friendlier to the blind and visually impaired

Many foreign visitors to Prague or elsewhere in the Czech Republic are often puzzled by the ticking sound of traffic lights at pedestrian crossings. It is the acoustic…
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#Accessibility #blind #czechrepublic #adventcalendar #urbanenvironment #BuildEnvironment

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@Paweł Masarczyk Oh btw almost 20 years later some cities e.g. Prešov or areas (Banskobystrický samosprávny kraj) are trying to pursue these remote controls for their public transport services too. Majority of our country coverage is still ahead of us.
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@pvagner That sounds great. Some Austrian cities are trying too. One city in Poland did pilot that. Sadly these remotes do not talk to each other and it's an effort that is pretty much scattered all over the place.
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#Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: day 2 #Switzerland - open the content warning to discover the interesting fact for the day
When I was 9 or so, I discovered that one of the cineplex complexes in Poland operated a phone line with an IVR system that would let you explore the entire schedule of currently running movies. This was my first means of accessing information independently and on-demand. I was the movies expert in our house at that time and with movies like "Shrek", "Matrix", "Starwars" and "Harry Potter" coming out this was the time to be alive. I dreamt then that we will be able to access all of the info we want through a telephone. Turns out that's what #Switzerland is doing right now.
Voicenet is the service of the Swiss Union of the Blind, where you can call in and receive all the information you need to access culture, shopping, receive advice, benefit from the organization's services etc.
Some things you can find there:
- the current supermarket prospects with all of the weekly discounts and special offers read by volunteers;
- TV and radio schedule, including information on movies with audiodescription aired throughout the week;
- traffic and construction works;
- rail schedules;
- signing up for the Union's events;
- a voice forum where users can ask for advice and exchange information;
All of that provided by volunteers and an editorial team in three languages: German, French and Italian with the ability to navigate through content E.G. jumping from beverages to dairy products with the phone's keypad.
I realize that things like the NFB Newsline exist but it seems that, as Switzerland is a much smaller country, it is easier to offer much more local information.
sbv-bvas.ch/voicenet-2/
#Accessibility #Blind #Phone #languages #Switzerland #German #French #Italian #AdventCalendar

Voicenet des Schweizerischer Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Sektion Aargau-Solothurn

VoiceNet ein interaktives Hörmedium +41(0)31 390 88 88 und bietet umfassende Informationen des Schweizer Blinden und Sehbehindertenverband
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Good for them. We've had a service like that since 1994, and despite the growth of the Internet since then, it still serves an important purpose.

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@JonathanMosen Interesting! Is there anywhere I could read more about it? I also like the idea of voting by telephone that New Zealand and Australia have: so brilliant in its simplicity, yet so few countries embraced it.
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The accessibility for the #blind advent calendar - day 1: 🗾 Open the content warning to discover the interesting fact for the day
In #Japan, the concept of accessible phones has been known since the early 00's and has its own term, "Raku Raku Phones" and means simplified phones. Those are adapted for the needs of elderly users and those who don't feel as familiar with modern technology so a lot of concepts are, well, simplified. This is especially important given that the 00's saw the emergence of Japanese mobile phones with capacities comparable to today's smartphones. Sending emails, taking photos, mobile payments, music recognition and downloads; even TV watched on a phone were all there by 2005 and formed an important part of how the Japanese society accessed information. This is why the Raku Raku phones manufactured jointly by Fujitsu and NTT Docomo, the leading Japanese mobile carrier, were so important. Fujitsu called to the corporate social responsibility of other companies to follow suit and also formed the basis for accessibility guidelines for I-Mode, the gateway to all of Japan's mobile internet services. Apparently, 80% of Japan's blind population used these phones as they were equipped with a screen reader and allowed accessing I-Mode this way. fujitsu.com/global/documents/a…
#accessibility #blind #Japan #adventcalendar #mobile #phones
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@b_cavello Glad to be of service! Feel free to explore my other posts for the next days as I hope not to run out of content. Hopefully something that actually still works will surface in these.
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Have you also noticed that features (as well as extensions) to render RSS/Atom feeds directly in the browser have slowly disappeared - at least from Chromium-based browsers?

There was a time where almost every website would sport a link rel="alternate" pointing to a feed. And, if they did, most of the browsers used to show the feed icon directly in the URL bar, and browsers used to render feed URLs as HTML (it used to be quite spartan, but it was surely better than dumping some XML).

Those features have been taken away over time. The feed icon built-in in the browser is gone (you can get it back with some 3rd-party extensions). And, when opening a feed URL, the browser dumps directly the XML.

Of course I can imagine why this has happened (especially in the case of Chromium-based browsers), but I won't give up easily on my feeds, no matter how much effort my browser puts in it.

So in the past couple of days I've worked on a small browser extension that can render RSS feeds directly in the browser in a pretty format. That's ideal for people like me that like to explore feeds, but don't want to go through the hassle of adding them to another client or service just to see what's inside.

The extension is still WIP and I haven't tested yet on Firefox - any feedback is more than welcome.

git.platypush.tech/blacklight/…

rss-viewer-browser-extension

A simple extensions that allows you to render RSS feeds directly in the browser and fetch RSS URLs from web pages.
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Our In-Process blog is out! This week, we have news on a FOSS grant from Salesforce, upcoming API breaking changes for developers, new resources for Ukrainians, making an impact in Botswana AND a bunch of tips for getting the most out of Mastodon!
Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

In-Process 2nd December 2022

Can you believe it is December already?! (and where is that Interrobang from last time?!) We are still working away towards NVDA 2022.4, although we don’t have an update on it this week, rest assur…
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We just published a new blog post detailing our adventures with streamlining authentication in #XMPP!

It turns out you don't *always* have to choose between improved security or better performance. Why not both?! 🌈 🦄

Check it out at blog.prosody.im/fast-auth/

Bringing FASTer authentication to Prosody and XMPP

As our work continues on modernizing XMPP authentication, we have some more new milestones to share with you. Until now our work has mostly been focused on internal Prosody improvements, such as the new roles and permissions framework.
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The next time someone tells you that browsers could maybe automatically fix accessibility issues for us, remember that some folks are trying to override the Firefox *feature* that makes scrolling content areas keyboard accessible:
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

1069739 - DIVs with overflow receiving focus, causing issues for accessibility user

UNCONFIRMED (nobody) in Core - DOM: Selection. Last updated 2022-11-28.
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So there's a way to get the Steam app to play nice with screen readers.

Go to your desktop and highlight your Steam icon. Open your applications menu, go to properties and add -gamepadui to the end of the string. Make sure there's a space between the quote marker and the dash or it won't work.

You might have to login again, but this throws the app into a beta of the Steam Deck UI which fuck me sideways is very NVDA friendly. There's some bugs here and there, but this is lightyears better than what we had to deal with before.

#SteamAccessibility #Steam #Gaming

#gaming #steam #SteamAccessibility

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✨ Tady něco nového ode mě v #czech! 🎉

Koukněte na zbrusu nový webový komiks "Contra Chrome":

👉 contrachrome.com/cz01

Podtitul: O tom, jak se prohlížeč Googlu stal hrozbou pro #soukromí a #demokracie

Těšit se můžete na Shoshanu Zuboff nebo veganské piraně :)

Dozvíte se všechno, co jste kdy chtěli vědět o #Chrome, ale báli jste se zeptat!

Čtěte a stahujte zdarma - doufáme, že se Vám to bude líbit! 😊

A pokud ano, prosíme o co největší šíření! :boost_ok:

Contra Chrome – a webcomic

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Pro zajímavost: máme oficiálně potvrzeno, že účet @danusenerudova je skutečně oficiálním účtem kandidátky na prezidentku Danuše Nerudové.
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A Linux audio driver walks into a bar

Bartender: "what would you like?"

pulseaudio[18814]: No object for name "alsa_output.pci-0000_04_00.1.hdmi-stereo"

Bartender: "I can't hear you?"

pulseaudio[18814]: core-util.c: Failed to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply

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RT @xdavidhu@twitter.com

I found a vulnerability that allowed me to unlock any @Google@twitter.com Pixel phone without knowing the passcode. This may be my most impactful bug so far.

Google fixed the issue in the November 5, 2022 security patch. Update your devices!

bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2022/1…

🐦🔗: twitter.com/xdavidhu/status/15…

Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass

David Schütz's bug bounty writeups
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Mastodon server tuning

@flaki asked me for this, so here's a short guide on scaling Mastodon *down*: gist.github.com/nolanlawson/fc…

Note that I'm not a Ruby/Sidekiq expert and probably don't know what I'm talking about. But these tips worked for me.

Scaling Mastodon down

Scaling Mastodon down. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Talon

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You know what, I like the ending paragraph. Mastodon is not essential software. It's OK for it to be unreachable sometimes. If someone gets angry at not being able to always and immediately access their instance, maybe they should take a deep breath. There is so much more to life than social media.
I almost even feel like this is a hot take and I'm a little bit worried about posting it. But I still feel it's true.
Thanks for the guide!
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@darius I often see people telling me to use some dynamically scaling cloud infrastructure for personal projects because "you need to be able to handle the load spikes".
But I think it can be quite easy to handle those spikes. Simply waiting until they go away is a valid option, too.
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I compiled (small) list of Czech journalist on Fediverse - gist.github.com/severak/fb4b74…

čeští novináři na mastodonu

čeští novináři na mastodonu. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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In the next episode of my #podcast, Mosen at Large, I'm devoting an hour to Mastodon from a #blindness perspective. As well as discussing some important cultural issues, I'll provide an audio demonstration of using the #web interface and the Metatext #iOS client with a #ScreenReader. A transcript will be available too, for maximum #accessibility. It will be available everywhere you get podcasts. More details here. mosen.org/malppreview0206/

Coming up on Mosen at Large 206, mastering mastodon, harnessing ham radio, and how to put an end to the Eset issues plaguing some screen reader users

Kia ora Mosen at Largers. Here’s what’s coming up in our next two-hour show that’s got the blind community talking. There’s no doubt that Twitter is tanking while Mastodon is having a moment. This …
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We are welcoming Zap to #GNOMECircle! Zap can play and organize sounds for your next live stream, or you could listen to the integrated bark sound if you are still morning its removal from GNOME Shell 🐶

Zap is maintained by @rmnvgr

apps.gnome.org/app/fr.romainvi…

Zap – Apps for GNOME

Play sounds from a soundboard – Play all your favorite sound effects! This handy soundboard makes your livestreams and videocasts more entertaining. Import audio files, arrange them in collections and customize their appearance.
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Co aktuálně čtete?

Já zrovna dočetl Mokrou rybu a vrhl se na Tichého zabijáka. Obě to jsou detektivní knihy od německého autora Volkera Kutschera , jedná se o 1. a 2. díl ze série a odehrávají se v meziválečném Německu. Podle kníh byl natočen seriál Babylon Berlín.

Já mám sérii dočtenou, akorát jsem původně začal číst až od 4. dílu, protože jsem si toho v knihovně nevšiml. Tím, že se případy neprolínají, tak to ani nevadilo a já tak dnes jen doháním dluh :D

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So is anyone besides me overjoyed about Spongebob being audio described on prime video? And what about disney plus adding bear and the big blue house and PB and J otter? Finally? it’s the small things in life

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Aww, somebody just stole my perfect startup idea. 😆 So happy for the blind people in Paris who now have got a taxi-bike service. Still not a tandem ride on-demand but that much closer to it. I recall @Marco@lgbt.tech was interested in this kind of idea at some point. bimboum.com/

Réservez votre vélo-taxi à Paris avec Bimboum

Bimboum est un service de vélos-taxis électriques à Paris, avec des chauffeurs formés, des trajets sans bouchons et sans émissions CO2.
chriscorri1@gmail.com (Bimboum)

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Paweł Masarczyk

@freakyfwoof @talon It seems the actual users are of a similar mindset. The service doesn't accept anybody new at the moment due to too few resources. I hope they will get enough support to expand. It's a great way of including us in the greener mobility plan, actually.
@Talon @Andre Louis
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If you are interested in improving the #accessibility of Mastodon, take a look at the issue queue github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…+

If there are issues you've found that aren't there, are they part of the instance of Mastodon that you are using, or part of the core open source project? Custom themes can get in the way.

Posting #a11y bugs is important in moving ahead any open source project.

Issues · mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - Issues · mastodon/mastodon
GitHub
#a11y #Accessibility

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Mike Gifford, CPWA

@tbaxter In GitHub it is difficult to tag issues if you aren't a member of the community. Regular GitHub uers (like you and I) can't add a Label. If we were added to the GitHub Mastodon project we should be able to.
@Carter Baxter
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#introduction

My name is Evan Prodromou. I'm an Open Source software enthusiast, best known for my work in wikis and in social software.

I work as Director of Open Technology at the Open Earth Foundation.

I live in Montreal, love to garden with native plants, make wine, cook, and live an examined life.

#introduction

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

this has to be one of the most under-stated introductions I have seen here!

So let me offer a better one: Evan is one of the reasons we are all here. He is credited as one of the creators of the #ActivityPub protocol:
w3.org/TR/activitypub/

Back in the day (a decade ago), he also used to run the biggest instance of #StatusNet, identi.ca. My old account is still there, even though I have lost access to it:
identi.ca/rysiek

StatusNet was the precursor of fedi.

Welcome, Evan!

ActivityPub

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format.
www.w3.org
#activitypub #StatusNet
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Eset has something called Keyboard protection in v16 of its flagship products. It's suitable for preventing keyloggers to do its thing, however reportedly it also affects screen reader experience. Here is an article in czech about this thing

Adaptech s.r.o. | Eset Security a ochrana klávesnice

Používáte-li některé z pokročilých řešení firmy Eset, konkrétně Internet Security nebo Smart Security Premium (základního antiviru Nod32 se to netýká), a aktualizovali jste jej na poslední verzi 16, mohli jste se setkat s velmi zvláštním chováním na …
www.adaptech.cz
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Webinar tomorrow: VPATs 101 accessibility.deque.com/vpat-1… #vpat #a11y

VPATs 101 - what are they, when to use them, and how they can guide your accessibility practice

Register for the 'VPATs 101 - what are they, when to use them, and how they can guide your accessibility practice webinar.
accessibility.deque.com
#a11y #vpat

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Yesterday I have discovered this amazing call recording app for #Android. It's called #BCR. Apart of its settings it has no UI, it detects both incoming and outgoing calls when they are picked up not when you are making them, it supports storage access framework, it uses android system decoders, it has quick tile toggle, it generates consistent file names with optional contact names, it can be installed as a magisk module. Ihave translated it into slovak. It's really very light on resources and works great. github.com/chenxiaolong/BCR/

GitHub - chenxiaolong/BCR: A Basic Call Recorder for rooted Android devices

A Basic Call Recorder for rooted Android devices. Contribute to chenxiaolong/BCR development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#android #BCR

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A small group of #blind people have come together to raise funds, after 11 blind children were killed in a fire at Uganda’s Salama School for the Blind. This is such a terrible tragedy and there is considerable need. Times are tough right now, but if you have a little to spare and would like to, I’m sure they would be grateful if you #donate. gofundme.com/f/eedz7x-help-sal…
#blind #donate

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Jen pro přiblížení co je #fediverse
Fediverse je obří síť služeb sociálních médií.
Existují zde platformy pro mikroblogování, blogování, fotoblogování, videohosting a mnoho dalších a všechny jsou vzájemně propojené nebo federované.
Ke sledování uživatelů na kterékoli z platforem vám tedy stačí jeden účet.
#fediverse

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Přesto, že se to stalo včera, tak chci vyjádřit upřímnou soustrast. Odešla skvělá režisérka Marie Poledňáková. Její komedie jako "Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny" " Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku" tu s námi budou pořád. Nechala za sebou velikou stopu v české kinematografii. Odpočívejte v pokoji paní režisérko.🕊️❤️

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RT @zajdee@twitter.com

TIL: Windows ignores 802.1q VLAN tags. This becomes extremely tricky with IPv6, as you receive router advertisement from ALL VLANs on the cable (tagged and untagged) and your connectivity breaks.

Windows demands one and only (untagged) VLAN on the cable. 🤦🏻‍♂️ @ipv6buzz@twitter.com @noIPv6@twitter.com

🐦🔗: twitter.com/zajdee/status/1589…

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Good news for the @Mastodon #iOS app‘s #VoiceOver support. @jedfox has been on a roll these last few days and has added some really awesome #accessibility related pull requests to the public repository. Hope they all get merged soon and new TestFlight builds be made available so we can test them out before release. Among the fixes is the compose button, custom actions, better labels in the compose screen, and more.

Hope @Gargron or @zeitschlag can approve and merge them soon. #a11y

#a11y #Accessibility #ios #voiceover @Mastodon @Eugen Rochko @nathan @jedfox

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We never did a proper #introduction, did we? 😲

Hi Fediverse, we're Thunderbird, an #opensource #email client available for free on Linux, Windows, MacOS and now on Android!

You can use Thunderbird for managing an unlimited number of mail accounts, calendars, newsgroup accounts, and RSS feeds. You can also chat using your @matrix account.

💙 LIKES: Open standards, privacy, freedom, customization.

🚫 DISLIKES: Proprietary code.

Nice to meet you 📩

#email #opensource #introduction @The Matrix.org Foundation
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