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WebKit GTK4 is now fully accessible. Shipping in GNOME 46 
Funded by @sovtechfund and @igalia ❤️
Completed by Georges Stavracas at Igalia 🎩
Thanks to everyone involved !
• gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/m…
• github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/…
#GNOME #WebKitGTK #accessibility #a11y #Linux #GTK
[GTK] Implement GTK4 accessibility by GeorgesStavracas · Pull Request #23926 · WebKit/WebKit
da96990 [GTK] Implement GTK4 accessibility https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227528 Reviewed by Carlos Garcia Campos. WebKit maintains a complete AT-SPI accessible tree within the web proce...GitHub
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@destructatron I'm afraid you'll have to report a bug. I can't reproduce.
Please provide details about your system and exact steps to reproduce.
Need to add smarts for caret-moved events for Wayland (#458) · Issues · GNOME / orca · GitLab
When the caret moves to a new location, we base what to present (a character, a word, a line, etc.) based on the input event. For instance:GitLab
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The report from the GTK hackfest in Brussels is now up on the development blog: blog.gtk.org/2024/02/03/gtk-ha…
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10 years ago I made the first commit¹ to Conversations.im
To 24 year old me working on one project for 10 years would have been unbelievable.
These days making commits at 2:00 in the morning is almost unbelievable 😂
Happy birthday Conversations! 🎂 🥳
(Someone should teach these kids how to write .gitignore files 😜)
¹: codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Convers…
inital commit · 35f8ab58f4
Conversations - Conversations is an open source XMPP/Jabber client for AndroidCodeberg.org
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I wrote some ideas for how to actually make HTML documents a viable replacement for PDFs.
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Creators can also upload their own transcript. engadget.com/apple-podcasts-wi… #a11y #hoh #transcripts #apple #podcasting #podcasts #accessibility
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Crazy read: detecting positions of players in Counterstrike by *listening to their GPU over a microphone*
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More details about the end of #IPv4 in state services: On 18th of December 2013 Czech #government decided that every service provided by Czech state has to be available on #IPv6 and be protected by #DNSSEC by 30th of June 2015. Yesterday a followed up action has been agreed on. On 6th of June 2032, IPv4 will be disabled on all services offered by Czech republic and they will be only available on IPv6 from that day on. Apart from that, every June starting from 2025, Czech government will get a report on how are the preparations.
Overall seems like a bold move, but I totally support it! IT sends a message, that #IPv4 is over and everybody should move to #IPv6 already. And even government - the definition of conservative and bureaucratic institution - gets it. Then why shouldn't you embrace it 😉
More information in Czech:
blog.nic.cz/2024/01/18/kratke-…
blog.nic.cz/2024/01/18/odvazny…
Odvážný krok české vlády | Blog zaměstnanců CZ.NIC
Vláda ČR včera přijala významné usnesení, které se týká infrastruktury Internetu, když projednala materiál s názvem „Restart zavádění technologie DNSSEC a protokolu IPv6 ve státní správě“.Ondřej Filip (Blog zaměstnanců CZ.NIC)
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GitHub - yl4579/StyleTTS2: StyleTTS 2: Towards Human-Level Text-to-Speech through Style Diffusion and Adversarial Training with Large Speech Language Models
StyleTTS 2: Towards Human-Level Text-to-Speech through Style Diffusion and Adversarial Training with Large Speech Language Models - GitHub - yl4579/StyleTTS2: StyleTTS 2: Towards Human-Level Text-t...GitHub
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Seeking Blind Software Developers
From: Job-Listings <
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On Behalf Of Richard Davis via Job-Listings
Kevin Fjelsted of R. D. Partners, Inc. is interested in hiring blind persons as software developers. They are engaged in developing telecommunications
software for their customers, including CRM LIght and iOS applications for iPhone.
As you may know, finding software developers who know accessibility is a big problem today. Kevin thinks hiring blind persons is the solution to this problem.
Given the demand for software developers today (100,000 job vacancies nationwide) companies are no longer requiring four year degrees in computer science
or information technology. Instead, a number of "boot camp" training programs have cropped up, some of them quite expensive. R.D. Partners has found a
nonprofit that has agreed to train people for them at no charge to trainees.
What do you need to do to take advantage of this opportunity? First of all, be a power computer user with knowledge of accessibility. Some training and/or
experience in software development is recommended, but a solid interest in learning and a commitment to this type of work is definitely required. They
will be able to determine if you have the aptitude pretty quickly.
This is a job for a creative person. Many software developers are writers, poets, and artistic types. That may surprise some of you, but it is true.
If you feel you are qualified, contact
kevin.fjelsted@rdpartnersinc.com.
He is willing to answer the kinds of tecnical questions I cannot.
Best wishes,
Dick Davis
NFB Employment Committee
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We are starting a new series of weekly articles, diving into Jami's developments through our programmers' work. 🤹♂️
The 1st one is "What's New On iOS" and just got posted.
The full article in the link below!
jami.net/whats-new-on-ios/
Jami - What's New On iOS?
Since September 2023, there have been major changes on iOS. Discover Jami's new features for iPhone.Loïc Bogino (Jami)
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Pieter Vander Vennet's Diary | MapComplete: 2023 in review | OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
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RevK's privacy-friendly GPS logger
My very clever friend, @revk, has been making a GPS logger which requires no third party account or server, after I said I was looking for one.
Here are my initial thoughts on using it.
tl;dr: it just works. It automatically logs our journeys to an on-board micro-SD card, and uploads them, via https POST, to my webserver, when it connects to Wi-Fi. And it runs Free software!
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Does anyone have a working Android 6 or Android 7 device in a drawer somewhere that they want to donate to the #Conversations_im project? (Anything higher or lower doesn’t work unfortunately)
While refactoring A/V calls I got myself into a situation where I can no longer verify that calls are working on these devices without access to a physical devices. (Emulator has knows issues when it comes to A/V calls.)
The oldest device I have access to *shipped* with Android 8 (and runs Lineage OS 17)
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Hi, we met at #37c3 , I am the #TinyWeatherForecastGermany #dev .
Is this what you look for?
Disclaimer: china refurbished, rom likely not original, bootloader locked because this is the AT&T US model.
Because of the locked bootloader, you cannot flash a custom recovery / rom on it.
Have you seen the Stack Overflow Developer Survey results for 2023?
Of the 83,830 folks surveyed, Matrix is the #1 chat tool in terms of current users' satisfaction. It's also rated as the most desirable among the open source tools listed, but there is a _lot_ of room for improvement in awareness there.
Let's build on this in 2024! 🚀 survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#…
#Matrix #StackOverflow #FOSS #OpenSource
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Sigh, more work to do...
@spaetz Oof, that's tough! We are so grateful for your advocacy.
This is definitely a sign of the work we need to do to increase awareness! As we get the Foundation more fully operationalized we hope to provide some materials to help introduce more folks to Matrix.
We're encouraged to see universities like TU Dresden and MIT running their own Matrix homeservers and want to help encourage more of that 🚀
GitHub - myshell-ai/OpenVoice: Instant voice cloning by MyShell.
Instant voice cloning by MyShell. Contribute to myshell-ai/OpenVoice development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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If you are a Caddy 2 user, now the Caddyfile is greatly simplified, thanks to a reported bug being fixed for Caddy-CGI 2. Grab your copy at github.com/Flameborn/Kiramoji/…
Release V3.4 · Flameborn/Kiramoji
This release adds swatch/internet time support when displaying dates (thanks @chaoskaiser72), and simplifies the Caddyfile for Caddy 2.GitHub
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Any of my #firefox peoples want to try this extension? Same guy that made it for Chrome with my sounds in. This apparently works without fuss, but I don't use firefox so can't prove it. github.com/LordLuceus/chrome-u…
Edit: This is now a signed firefox addon and works when clicking the below link without any fuss at all. I have now tested this myself: onj.me/browser-ui-sounds.xpi
GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser
An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser - GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for...GitHub
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It's written by @RastislavKish and here it is: freelists.org/post/orca/Can-be…
[orca] Re: Can be Linux used as a daily driver system for blind users? - orca - FreeLists
[orca] Re: Can be Linux used as a daily driver system for blind users?, orca at FreeListswww.freelists.org
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I would like to share a very cool project I've been working on with a couple of other very talented developers: SVT-AV1 PSY
github.com/gianni-rosato/svt-a…
SVT-AV1-PSY is the Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder) with perceptual enhancements for psychovisually optimal AV1 encoding. The goal is to create the best encoding implementation for perceptual quality with AV1.
We've already implemented a couple of unique features not present in mainline that do appear to produce BD-rate gains on a number of clips already!! Please check it out!
GitHub - gianni-rosato/svt-av1-psy: The Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder) with perceptual enhancements for psychovisually optimal AV1 encoding
The Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder) with perceptual enhancements for psychovisually optimal AV1 encoding - GitHub - gianni-rosato/svt-av1-psy: The Scalable Video Tec...GitHub
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I'll ask a contact about AT-SPI specifically, but my impression was that these things were always used with some abstraction on top of AT-SPI in a larger test framework. One definite issue with AT-SPI is the documentation (more would always help, since it is very complex).
Some smaller apps I know now use QTest, which uses Qt internals for testing, so no AT-SPI is involved there.
@matt gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland…
See, this is exactly the problem here. The blog posts makes it seem like all the people involved in wayland don't care about making the applications work well on wayland. We suggested that this protocol can be used with another new protocol to solve 90% of the use cases. This was dismissed because of the missing 10%. Instead of pushing the protocol that everyone wants we now have another protocol that doesn't go anywhere.
staging: Add xdg-session-management protocol (!18) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab
For a variety of cases it's desirable to have a method for negotiating the restoration of previously-used states for a client's windows. This helps for e.g., a compositor/client...GitLab
@matt This is in a way the session-management protocol.
But consider this: What if an application has an IDE layout[1] or a layout like GIMP's multi-window mode where windows need to be initilly placed in relation to each other? What if a window needs to show up next to a UI control, like for docked windows in docked UIs or for picture-in-picture displays?
For that, the compositor at least needs to know an initial placement as well, restoration-only will not work.
I attended today's presentation where Deane Blazie introduced the new BTSpeak. Much of what he discussed can also be found on the Blazie Technologies Web site which was mentioned toward the end of the presentation. blazietech.com/
Here are my notes that I took which have hardly been edited.
Deane said nobody had done an equivalent Bns. Deand and Bryan (one of his sons) were working with Raspberry PI with a Braille keyboard to make a new 21st century Bns.
Based on Raspberry PI, inside is a computer module 4, has 4 cores, equivalent to a low end or possibly midrange laptop.
About the size of an iPhone Pro
8-key Braille keyboard.
Also has music and media player can stream from Pandora
Has learning application for learning how to type on a Braille keyboard
Comes with Lynx Web browser
Runs on Linux
Builtin calculator, clock and calendar
Hdmi port for monitor
Usb c for charging or plugging in keyboards, usb stick for storage
Micro Sd card slot
He was not sure of max capacity but 256 gb is possible
Has wifi
Has small CHATGpt app but you need a token
Uses Dectalk and ESpeak
Dectalk is from Human Voice LLC which is allowing them to use it for free
Has capability to do voice commands.
Deane said “weather” to get a weather forecast.
Has a around half dozen commands.
Has dictionary.
BTRadio is a Pandora app.
Has a Bible
Morse code application
From systems menu there is an audio menu for speech synthesizer selection
From any menu or application you can get context specific help for that program
Product will have two versions: basic and a Pro version.
Pro will have desktop Linux using Orca.
Uses RPI version of Debian
Pro version will have LibreOffice.
Has a PDF reader.
Standard unit supports text and Braille files, need Pro for full Office support.
Will we have NLS support: we don’t have NLS working with it. Not sure about Newsline.
Has Bluetooth but no headphone jack but it will have an adapter for the USB port for a headphone jack
1.5 ghz
Cost 795 for basic
Pro costs 1195
Web site: blazietech.com
Units are still being developed but can’t be released until software is more refined.
Shipping in February
BTSpeak architecture cannot run Eloquence
Eloquence Was written for intel-based and older versions of Arm but not arm64
Has text editor in basic unit but can use LibreOffice in Pro unit
For editor it can do Braille translation just like bns did
Has 4 gb of ram and 32 gb of rom
Chrome works on the Pro version only
Blazie Technologies, LLc | "Assistive Technology" "Braille computer" "Braille"
Blazie Technologies, LLc makes computers and notetakers for the Blind user. Assistive Technology for the blind. BrailleBlazie Technology
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The BTSpeak is visible on your home network with a /Public directory so you can move files to and from it with your desktop computer. The Pro version has Libra Office suite which supports Microsoft Word formats. You would be using the Orca screen reader in the Pro version.
Blog: Converse.js webchat for prosody-hosted chatrooms
I wanted to make an easily accessible webchat for the rooms hosted on the yax.im #xmpp server, and this is the result / recipe.
op-co.de/blog/posts/prosody-co…
@prosodyim @jcbrand@masodon.xyz
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Introducing Spiel - A New Speech API and Framework
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Introducing Spiel | monotonous.org
A New Speech API and Framework I wrote the beginning of what I hope will be an appealing speech API for desktop Linux and beyond. It consists of two parts, a...blog.monotonous.org
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2023: Home Assistant's year of Voice
Our goal for 2023 is to let users control Home Assistant in their own language.Home Assistant
Zvýšený komfort pri písaní a editácii textu s qwerty a brailovou klávesnicou Corvus 10
V podobe vianočného darčeka existujúci používatelia aplikačného setu Corvus dostali k dispozícii verejnú beta verziu nadchádzajúcej verzie Corvus 10. Kompletný popis tejto verzie zverejnili samotní autori v článku o verzii Corvus 10 beta.Blindrevue
Revolučná betaverzia Corvus 2023.10.0 prináša vynovený čítač obrazovky, nové klávesnice a podporu pre KTN - Pélion
OCR v Android aplikáciách, ovládanie pomocou brailovej klávesnice, qwerty klávesnicu či podporu pre knižnicu KTN.Ondrej Rosík (Pélion - Vzdělávací portál pro zrakově postižené)
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staging/accessibility/accessibility-v1.xml · accessibility · Matt Campbell / wayland-protocols · GitLab
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I would encourage anyone with Wayland expertise to review this when it's ready for review/comment.
World Braille Day 2024
It’s World Braille Day! A blind teacher named Louis Braille created this tactile reading system, and now his birthday, January 4, is a day to celebrate this marvelous way to read! Braille exists in multiple languages, and I recently had the honor …Haben Girma
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25 years ago Jeremie Miller made an announcement of what would become the initiation, development and propagation of the #XMPP protocol until today!
Join the journey!
slashdot.org/story/99/01/04/16…
Happy birthday,
XMPP!
#chat #jabber #opensource
Open Real Time Messaging System - Slashdot
Jeremie writes "Jabber is a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other IM systems(ICQ, AIM, etc).slashdot.org
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Asi už to nikdy nebude jak v roce 2008, kdy u mě na Mandrivě běželo Kopete a Pidgin, ale XMPP šlape stále a v rychlosti a v jednoduchosti na něj nemá myslím žádný messenger 👍
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