xmas is now deprecated, we need waylandmas
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Today I learned why Sonata #TTS created a framework to run AI voices outside of #NVDA. First, NVDA doesn't come with all of the #Python standard libraries. Second, there's no good way of updating dependencies in a bundled addon. Third, NVDA really, really hates it if you include several hundred dependencies in your addon. Anyway, here's kitten TTS, the other synthesizer I wanted to try with NVDA. Unfortunately, the model doesn't support streaming output, so even though it's actually faster than Supertonic, it feels slower when used with NVDA. Also, it takes several minutes to install, makes NVDA startup 30 seconds slower, and freezes the change synthesizer dialogue for about 45 seconds when you open it. It does miss words less frequently, though, and pronounces text better. The ultimate result of my two-day investigation is that even the highly optimized open-source AI imbedded models are not yet ready for screen reader use. Some tree-shaking could fix some of these issues, but it still won't allow for streaming, so it's not worth it. I'd really like to know what Microsoft and Narrator are doing to get the natural voices so snappy. github.com/fastfinge/kittentts-nvda/#screenreader
GitHub - fastfinge/kittentts-nvda: proof of concept kittentts synthDriver for NVDA
proof of concept kittentts synthDriver for NVDA. Contribute to fastfinge/kittentts-nvda development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Last week, I threw together Syntherceptor, a SAPI5 synthesiser which speaks using NVDA. This is useful for apps like Komplete Kontrol, Surge, etc. which use SAPI5 but you'd prefer the speech output to happen using your NVDA synthesiser and settings. This also prevents voices from speaking over each other, allows you to interrupt speech with a key press, etc. There is an existing project called NVDASapi which already does this, but we can't seem to identify or contact its developer, it isn't open source, it doesn't interrupt speech when the app requests it and it's a bit tricky to install. That said, Syntherceptor is very early in development, so you may wish to tread carefully. If it crashes, it'll probably crash the app you're using, so save your work regularly, though I haven't seen that happen yet. syntherceptor.jantrid.net/
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I just released Christmas Dash 1.0.1 for Linux. I'll be releasing the Windows version in a minute here, but this one is a test build. It adds a speech interrupt setting, as that is a very important setting for Linux users. Please tell me if it works (works for me but that's because I'm using WSL), and if it doesn't, reach out.
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it works. The only 2 problems I had were it is unable to post the score unable to get ssl sertificate and it didn't seem to play the sound when popularity reached 100%. Game play itself is fine though.
Small update, I only ever had the end sound not play once, but the inability to post scores is constant. Maybe for the end of game sound I hit a button and skipped it, so may have totally been my fault. I figured I should let yuou know so you don't try to hunt down a bug that doesn't exist, or only exists with the user lol.
So just tested it out in WSL. Strangely enough, I'm not experiencing this weird so-called upload score bug, I managed to upload just fine. With a terrible score mind you, since it was for testing purposes, but definitely works. Perhaps I must have fixed something without knowing, or it's Python being Python as usual. I'll keep looking into it, but for now I'll push what I have.
@tunmi13 @Billy I don't know how the pygame packaging is working on linux the ssl folder is searched within SYSCONFDIR what is /etc by default so /etc/ssl on my system. Another bit of info I was able to find is that python's urlib.urlopen is supposed to use system included certificate store and that might differ between WSL and real linux. Python has a requests module which uses its included list of trusted certificates. So if it's you who is calling urlopen and not some other dependencies you might consider refactoring this bit to use requests and hope for the best.
does pyinstaller include certifi I think it is? @mwtab Actually found a work around, which is now in Linux Game Manager. Just export a couple of environment variables: SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt and REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt. We think that having certifi included will make the work around no longer necessary though.
Note that for those environment variables, distro-dependant paths may need to be used, and for some distros that don't use a CA bundle, and instead use loose files, the variables may need to be swapped out. But yes, in general those environment variables get it to work on most common distros.
I love the game. Later I will write article for slovak blindrevue magazine with some audiotutorial. BTW would it be hard to implement some localization? I believe that it is not so much phrases. I tryed to donate but Paypal is comfusing me at this time, interesting that i cant pay with my revolut card and it forces me use paypal where i dont have money at this time.
My 92 year old aunt: You do the Leenux thing, right? You need to come over sometime and install it for me, because f#ck all I ain't gonna update to Windows 11.
Me: .... ?!#!?
I explain what the change-over entails and that I generally don't recommend it just because...
Aunt: No, f#ck that, f#ck capitalism, my laptop is still fine, so come over and set me up with that Leenux thing.
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A lot of people talk shit about #Firefox's performance, but today I needed to convert a 200mb html file (don't ask). I thought no fucking way would Firefox open it, and if it would, my screen reader would die on it. So I tried pandoc. Pandoc completely choked on it and proceeded to OOM. After a measure of despair, I tried Firefox. It opened the file just fine, and converted it to text. Fucking win.
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Anyone wanted to replace NVDA's synth beeps with a custom tone via a wav file? Well you're in luck, Custom Tones V1.0 just released!
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@Gianni I got it from Mad-Gamer's sight, I don't talk to him that much though.
I'm getting an iPhone 17 tomorrow.
I'm getting an iPhone 17 tomorrow.
I’m happy to announce the 12th annual Holiday season Conversations giveaway. 🎄☃️
The federated instant messaging client is now available for free on Google Play until New Year’s Eve. 🧨🎆
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Enjoy #39C3.
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#XMPP #Jabber #Conversations_im #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse
Conversations (Jabber / XMPP) - Apps on Google Play
Federated instant messaging for your mobile device (Jabber, XMPP, Snikket)play.google.com
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Important: admins of Conduit-derived homeservers (Conduit, Continuwuity, Grapevine and Tuwunel) should update immediately to address a critical bug in the federation implementation that is being actively exploited: github.com/continuwuity/contin…
Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') and Improper Input Validation in Conduit-derived homeservers
### Impact This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to force the target server to cryptographically sign arbitrary membership events. The flaw exists because the server fails...GitHub
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Happy Holidays from Pneuma Solutions! Have some completely free #remoteIncidentManager usage on us! From now through January 2nd, we're inviting you to try the full run of Remote Incident Manager's capabilities free of charge! Download RIM today and see for yourself how easy it is to provide fully #accessible remote support to friends, family or clients!
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Massive two-year project recovers 144 previously undumped Sega Genesis game ROMs from the mid-1990s — lost Garfield and Flintstones games among the notable finds tomshardware.com/video-games/r…
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Christmas Dash has been released. Get it here: tunmi13.itch.io/christmas-dash
Christmas Dash by tunmi13
An audio game where you take on the role of an elf delivering presents on Christmas Eveitch.io
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Sad it's only for windows, considering nvgt or python both having mac options.
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Figured that after I posted, that's why I edited. But then it should definitly be possible.
I don't know what you mean by loopholes, but, I am thinking on it now. I already downloaded it, before I realised it's for windows. LOL. There would need to be additional things added to it, like apple's broken speech API, unless accessible output solves that, but I don't think so, or maybe it does, but it'd be fun on mac. Not sure how to compile it, but if you want, we can try. I am not a bad tardis, I follow instructions. Grins. Haha.
Interested in creating your own synthesizer sounds, or maybe just learning about how that is done? Check out my How to Synth guide for practical, easy-to-follow info and lessons on the major synthesis methods used today!
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Microsoft Ava (Natural HD) and Microsoft Andrew (Natural HD) can now be used offline with NVDA and JAWS, via the SAPI Adapter utility. The voices come from Windows 11 Insider builds.
You need to go the Google Drive page whose link will be provided at the end, and grab both voice packages and REG packages from there.
Unzip the voices into the C:\TTS folder (or edit the path in the reg files).
You should have the following folders:
C:\TTS\AndrewHD
C:\TTS\AvaHD
Add all the reg files from AvaHD_reg.zip and AndrewHD_reg.zip to the registry.
They are called HD for a reason. They sound amazingly natural, though not as perfectly lively as their online counterparts, and each voice is about 230MB. Ava offline doesn't breathe unlike its online counterpart either.
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You need to go the Google Drive page whose link will be provided at the end, and grab both voice packages and REG packages from there.
Unzip the voices into the C:\TTS folder (or edit the path in the reg files).
You should have the following folders:
C:\TTS\AndrewHD
C:\TTS\AvaHD
Add all the reg files from AvaHD_reg.zip and AndrewHD_reg.zip to the registry.
They are called HD for a reason. They sound amazingly natural, though not as perfectly lively as their online counterparts, and each voice is about 230MB. Ava offline doesn't breathe unlike its online counterpart either.
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Just helped someone on Be My Eyes, he was walking from his house to a shop about 10 minutes away.
Helped him navigate the streets and cross the road and so on. Luckily he lived in the UK so I knew what I was seeing 😅
He was wearing Meta’s AI glasses, which help him a lot but don’t currently describe things like lamp posts/scaffolding etc, which was where I was needed.
He made the call from the glasses also, and it was great that I could see what he could see also.
One of my favourite things is helping people on Be My Eyes 😍
Such a great app.
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Hey, we appreciate everything you are doing :)
I personally find a bit less of a need for volunteer help these days because of image recognition, but there are still use cases for which it either doesn't work or is far too slow, so I do still rely on volunteer help once in a while.
amazing, I’m glad tech is doing something good for you all!
I still regularly get calls, one of my favourites was a man who was going out on a date and had recently shaved wanted to check if he looked sharp.
He really did :)
I found something interesting. If you visit the Balabolka page and scroll to “Download installers for Microsoft natural voices that work without Internet access”, you can download high-quality Microsoft voices for around 30 different languages.
Voices are available even for Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Hebrew, Finnish, Dutch, European Portuguese, and more. Each language has its own separate installer, and since most languages include multiple voices, you can choose which ones to install during setup.
These voices work very well with drivers like Natural Voice SAPI Adapter.
Just a heads-up: the Balabolka page has no headings or landmarks, so you’ll need to manually search the page for “Download installers for Microsoft natural voices that work without Internet access.”
cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
Voices are available even for Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Hebrew, Finnish, Dutch, European Portuguese, and more. Each language has its own separate installer, and since most languages include multiple voices, you can choose which ones to install during setup.
These voices work very well with drivers like Natural Voice SAPI Adapter.
Just a heads-up: the Balabolka page has no headings or landmarks, so you’ll need to manually search the page for “Download installers for Microsoft natural voices that work without Internet access.”
cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
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PCAPdroid – network monitor accessibleandroid.com/app/pcap…
PCAPdroid - network monitor - Accessible Android
PCAPdroid is a privacy-friendly open source app which lets you track, analyze, and block the connections made by other apps on your device. It also allowsAccessible Android
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When it comes to @Delta Chat (39c3) do you know it features 1 to 1 audio / video calls since v2.22?
It has a very lightweight client side app built with web technologies and a minimalist server side component turn server called chatmail-turn.
I am wondering, am I alone running that turnserver behind a nat?
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Added commandline arguments and functionality usefull to run behind a NAT by pvagner · Pull Request #7 · chatmail/chatmail-turn
This turn server enumerates all the interfaces found on the system, identifies globally addressable addresses and creates an UDP listen socket on the default port. Relay connections for this scenar...GitHub
WhatsApp Web has this cool bug where if you switch tabs or windows, when you return, it forces focus into the message list, even if that's not where it was before you left. Fuck sake Meta. Don't fuck with my focus! Guess I'll be hacking around this absurdity as well.
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Haven't seen this but someone else mentioned it yesterday. No clue why this would be happening. I am about to take PTO for Christmas but I will look out for it when I get back. Sorry you're having to deal with this.
@prism I'm seeing this in the beta, but more problematic appears to be the fact NVDA can't get proper focus at all or focuses on "unknown unknown" or a "browser legacy window" instead of the actual UI. When this happens it slows to a crawl as well... not sure if this is just a my-machine problem yet
FYI I am back and experiencing this now, not sure if I didn't before and it regressed or if I just never noticed before, but holy f*** is it annoying. Filed a bug. Thanks much.
Thanks for the script, its a shame how terrible WhatsApp is now after the death of the UWP app. The links in your blog about pinning the app to the taskbar was also really helpful, didn't know that was a feature in Firefox so it feels more like a stand-alone app.
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I have a lot of respect for #DeltaChat (@delta); By all accounts they provide a good looking client and a homogenize experience across platforms. Users absolutely don’t need to care about the underlying protocol!
However there is no way, shape or form in that IMAP+Submission is a more suitable stack for instant messaging than #XMPP.
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@arcanechat Most XMPP clients (basically all but web clients) are offline-first. When not-using some of the XMPP features that e-Mail simply doesn't have (roster and presence), XMPP will use significantly less bandwidth than e-Mail.
I switched from e-Mail to XMPP for chat on my phone a decade ago, precisely because it worked much better on poor 2G links (even when using roster and presence). Google at the time did the same (Google Mail app on Android delivered messages via XMPP).
I switched from e-Mail to XMPP for chat on my phone a decade ago, precisely because it worked much better on poor 2G links (even when using roster and presence). Google at the time did the same (Google Mail app on Android delivered messages via XMPP).
"I think facts are talking by themselves"
Fact is: Today, XMPP has more active devices using it than IMAP. XMPP has more users using it for chat than Chatmail.
The problem is that most users and by extension most developers simply don't know they are in fact happy XMPP users, whereas IMAP is often shoveled in people's face (because you have to select the protocol when setting up your e-Mail client).
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My slides and a video of my talk "Grow your [engineering] brand while putting privacy first" are available on my blog: talkweb.eu/openweb/4500/
If you want a funny, but useful talk on that topic, reach out!
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Dear #QT toolkit, recently I'm again looking into your #screenreader #a11y into #QML in particular.
I'm trying to make one of my favorite apps @Mixxx DJ Software a bit more accessible.
Last night I have managed to turn the menu with items such as 4 decks, Library, Effects and more into aria toolbar pattern in terms of keyboard navigation. It only consumes single tab stop when navigating through it and other buttons can be reached using the arrow keys.
Of course there is much more to do and I've started a forum topic documenting my attempts.
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Good luck. Initially I thought to post it with sarcasm, but now I'm absolutely serious. Good luck, if you manage to do something to QT accessibility which is dreadful, to be honest.
@André Polykanine On linux it's pretty decent after tweaking keyboard navigation as without accessibility specific tweaks even some of the #QML examples are not keyboard navigatable.
I am not yet sure I'm capable enough to make it into at least beta quality, however I'm trying to learn it.
I've just got a fix committed for the WebKitGTK reporting the wrong AT-SPI roles thing. github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commi…
Much thanks to Lukáš Tyrychtr for reporting the bug and identifying the commit that caused the regression.
The fix is backported to the stable branch, but 2.50.4 was just released three days ago, so I'm guessing that a release with the fix will not be imminent. 2.51.4 does not have the fix, either.
I've already patched Tumbleweed with the fix along with the update to 2.50.4. Maybe other distros want to add a patch until there's a new release.
Much thanks to Lukáš Tyrychtr for reporting the bug and identifying the commit that caused the regression.
The fix is backported to the stable branch, but 2.50.4 was just released three days ago, so I'm guessing that a release with the fix will not be imminent. 2.51.4 does not have the fix, either.
I've already patched Tumbleweed with the fix along with the update to 2.50.4. Maybe other distros want to add a patch until there's a new release.
AX: Adjust Atspi::Role to match the enum defined in at-spi2-core · WebKit/WebKit@7a4fc4e
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300090 Reviewed by Adrian Perez de Castro. R296017 removed the Footer member from Atspi::Role and also added SectionHeader and SectionFooter, which do not ...GitHub
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@Mike Gorse @Nolan Darilek There are two flavors of @Delta Chat (39c3) . The default one is electron based and it's working fine. The experimental one built with tauri is somewhat lighter when it comes to resource usage but has #a11y issues as it uses webkit-gtk under the hood rather than chromium. So my guess is this will improve the general accessibility of tauri based apps on linux.
A Review of Magical Artist, an #Accessible Mobile Audio Game: This is the third game I've played by Prudence Interactive. Is this game even better than the last two? Read and find out! stuff.interfree.ca/2025/12/19/magical-artist.html#audiogames#blind
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@mcourcel If you view the post on the web, you'll see the HTTPS is there. It's just tweesecake that removes it. It's also there in Mona, Enafore, TWBlue, and literally every other client I've tried.
the UNIX v4 tape reminded me of this story by Ali Akurgal about Turkish bureaucracy:
Do you know what the unit of software is? A meter! Do you know why? In 1992, we did our first software export at Netaş. We wrote the software, pressed a button, and via the satellite dish on the roof, at the incredible speed of 128 kb/s, we sent it to England. We sent the invoice by postal mail. $2M arrived at the bank. 3-4 months passed, and tax inspectors came. They said, “You sent an invoice for $2M?” “Yes,” we said. “This money has been paid?” they asked. “Yes,” we said. “But there is no goods export; this is fictitious export,” they said! So we took the tax inspectors to R&D and sat them in front of a computer. “Would you press this ‘Enter’ key?” we asked. One of them pressed it, then asked, “What happened?” “You just made a $300k export, and we’ll send its invoice too, and that will be paid as well,” we said. The man felt terrible because he had become an accomplice! Then we explained how software is written, what a satellite connection is, and how much this is worth. They said, “We understand, but there has to be a physical goods export; that’s what the regulations require.” So we said: “Let’s record this software onto tape (there were no CDs back then—nor cassettes; we used ½-inch tapes) and send that.” Happy to have found a solution, they said, “Okay, record it and send it.” The software filled two reels, which were handed to a customs broker, who took them to customs and started the export procedure. The customs officer processed things and at one point asked, “Where are the trucks?” The broker said, “There are no trucks—this is all there is,” and pointed to the tape reels on the desk. The customs officer said, “These two envelopes can’t be worth $2M; I can’t process this.” We went to court, an expert committee examined whether the two reels were worth $2M. Fortunately, they ruled that they were, and we were saved from the charge of fictitious export. The same broker took the same two reels to the same customs officer, with the court ruling, and restarted the procedure. However, during the process, the unit price, quantity, and total price of the exported goods had to be entered—as per the regulations. To avoid dragging things out further, they looked at the envelope, saw that it contained tape, estimated how many meters of tape there are on one reel, and concluded that we had exported 1k to 2k meters of software. So the unit of software became the meter.
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Interestingly enough, in Russian computer slang "meter" is a megabyte. And software "weighs" (also in slang). So, there used to be a joke: "How to make a physics teacher crazy? Ask them to solve this problem: A piece of software weighs 2 meters. What time is needed to pass it through a 56 kbps channel?"
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In Polish we also use the term of weight towards bytes.
When I was a teen in modem era, the term ciężko przepchnąć ( hard to push ) was also commonly used to describe the relation between the weight of the upload and the channel speed when sending big files.
In Polish we also use the term of weight towards bytes.
When I was a teen in modem era, the term ciężko przepchnąć ( hard to push ) was also commonly used to describe the relation between the weight of the upload and the channel speed when sending big files.
@frankboon Exactly! Also in Russian "speed" was often referred to as "width" (probably because of English "bandwidth"). so the joke sometimes was expanded to: "the software weighs two meters. How much time does it take to (down)load it if the channel is 56 kbps wide?"
I once read a story about the people writing the software for the NASA Apollo missions. There was a functionary in charge of weight accounting, who came to them and asked how much the software would weigh.
They told him it weighted nothing, but the functionary had heard *that* one before and insisted—everything had to be accounted down to the last ounce. He demanded to see it.
They showed him a stack of punched cards, and he was triumphant. “You see,” he said smugly, “it doesn't weigh only ‘nothing’!”
“No, you misunderstand,” they replied. “The cards aren't going on the spacecraft. Only the holes.”
FreeBSD has Wireguard support in the base OS, but it's not well documented how to use it. So here you go. Hopefully an example lands in the FreeBSD Handbook soon.
blog.feld.me/posts/2025/12/wir…
Wireguard The FreeBSD Way
Wireguard is part of the FreeBSD base OS install these days so you do not need to install additional software to use it. I was using Wireguard the traditional way via the wireguard-tools package so I could use wg-quick like you would on Linux.Makefile.feld
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In 1985, a blind man was arrested for drunken driving in Virginia. He apparently had another sighted person who was drunker than he was directing him by voice. upi.com/Archives/1985/04/17/Bl…
Blind man arrested for drunken driving - UPI Archives
Police called it a case of the drunk leading the blind and drunk. Both wound up getting tickets....UPI
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GotaTun is a WireGuard® implementation written in Rust aimed at being fast, efficient and reliable. Now available to all Android users, we aim to ship it to the remaining platforms next year.
Read more here: mullvad.net/blog/announcing-go…
Announcing GotaTun, the future of WireGuard at Mullvad VPN
GotaTun is a WireGuard® implementation written in Rust aimed at being fast, efficient and reliable. Now available to all Android users.Mullvad VPN
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Got a few minutes to brush up on your typing? @Marconius and i made an accessible typing game with speed stats that plays right in your browser. Touch typing takes practice: just roll with it and then share it with the tech instructors and students in your life marconius.com/fun/rollWithIt
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hehe I like the idea that local tts reduces latency when most people's defaults (one core?) are some of the most laggy around.
Nice! :) I also saw Audio Invaders up there. You might be interested in Aliens, which is similar in idea but quite different in interaction model. It was originally written by Geoff Shang for Eureka A4 and I ported it to the web. files.jantrid.net/aliens/
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@jcsteh Thanks for sharing that. The constant beeping is pretty overwhelming for me, and I'm not having any luck with pitch matching. I could see that concept working a bit better with smoother noises and really playing with the stereo field and volume for falling aliens. Still, it's fun seeing other versions of accessible games out there!
I just wrote up some docs on how to hide images in public rooms on Matrix in several clients.
matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/pu…
If anyone was able to add info for more clients that would be awesome. Here's my change for reference: github.com/matrix-org/matrix.o…
Document how to hide images in Element by andybalaam · Pull Request #2971 · matrix-org/matrix.org
As discussed within the Trust and Safety Research and Documentation Working Group. ✔️ Checklist Check for common mistakes: Wrap plain URLs in <> to linkify them (learn more). Use the ri...GitHub
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Important Acronyms in IT Technology
IPv4: Internet Problem, Version 4
IPv6: same, but 6 times more Problems
DHCP: Desktop Hardware Cleaning Protocol
DNS: Destroying Network Protocol
VPN: Very Problematic Network
EthO: Eternity, low Level
Eth1: same, but stoned
SDA: Software Defined Anger
CPU: Core Problem Unit
RAM: Random Access Mismatch
HD: Historical Device
SDD: Self Destroying Device
TCP: Total Complex Protocol
UDP: Undefined User Paranoia
USB: United Shit Bracket
GW: Genuine Witchcraft
ROM: Rusty Old Malware
GPU: Great Picture Utensil
C#: Chaos
C++: same, but much more
CAT0...n: Number of Cats lying on keyboard, what else?
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Mixxx was spotlighted in Magnetic Magazine, featuring an interview with one of our Core Team developers: magneticmag.com/2025/12/a-look…
A Look Into the Only Open-Source DJ Software On the Market: A Conversation with the Mixxx Team - Magnetic
When we first learned about Mixxx, it almost seemed too good to be true.Ben Lepper (Magnetic Magazine)
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Ok, so you guys are probably tired of having to disable TalkBack just to play your audio games, and that frustration only grows when the game requires keyboard input.
Well, not anymore!
Introducing NVGT Bridge, your solution to this problem!
It works on Android 11+ devices and lets you add apps that TalkBack should ignore. However, TalkBack will still respond to the keyboard, navigation bar, and status bar if you touch them, so you can type in your games without constantly turning TalkBack on and off.
Sounds interesting? Go check it out!
github.com/aryanchoudharypro/N…
a huge thanks to @Bri for helping me test this!
Well, not anymore!
Introducing NVGT Bridge, your solution to this problem!
It works on Android 11+ devices and lets you add apps that TalkBack should ignore. However, TalkBack will still respond to the keyboard, navigation bar, and status bar if you touch them, so you can type in your games without constantly turning TalkBack on and off.
Sounds interesting? Go check it out!
github.com/aryanchoudharypro/N…
a huge thanks to @Bri for helping me test this!
GitHub - aryanchoudharypro/NVGTBridge: allows games written in nvgt to have functionality like ios direct touch by using an accessibility service to remove the game from the explore by touch zone"
allows games written in nvgt to have functionality like ios direct touch by using an accessibility service to remove the game from the explore by touch zone" - aryanchoudharypro/NVGTBridgeGitHub
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For a bit of fun, we're releasing a single just before the end of the year. Some of you might recall I posted a sketch of a piece called In My Head back in July. Well, I actually finished it! :) It's unapologetically poppy and electronic, with backing vocals distantly reminiscent of a boy band. 😂
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/album/in-my…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3Bwx5hn…
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=oq5WWN77dL…
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/album/in-my…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3Bwx5hn…
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=oq5WWN77dL…
In My Head - Single by Electronight Alchemy on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 SongApple Music - Web Player
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I grabbed this on my Spotify! I always grab your stuff. One of those grudging friends I guess.
Reading the RSS 2.0 specification and found this: "The purpose of the <textInput> element is something of a mystery. You can use it to specify a search engine box. Or to allow a reader to provide feedback. Most aggregators ignore it."
This, right here, back in 2002, was when the web went wrong. We don't know what it's for or why it exists, and everybody ignores it, but it's part of the standard anyway!
Also, bonus fun: RSS 0.9 claims to be RDF but isn't, RSS 1.0 really is RDF but is incompatible with RSS 0.9, RSS 2.0 is incompatible with all of the above, and Atom is the modern W3C format that is incompatible with everything else and nobody uses. And everyone wonders why normal people don't use RSS.
I learned all this because I wondered why my static website generator wants to produce feed.rss, feed.rdf, and feed.atom.
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I've just pushed Tor integration in Libervia (first step of the NLnet metadata reduction and serverless grant).
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This has been done thanks to the work of @meejah on `txtorcon` and of course of @torproject and the support of @nlnet and @NGIZero .
A thought for Lunar who is mentioned in the documentation of txtorcon (for doing the Debian package) and who passed away last year.
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My way of rebelling against techbros and autocrats:
December 2024: quit all Big Tech platforms and start #selfhosting essential services
December 2025: write guides for newbies about how to self-host
I'm also in discussion with a blogger I admire to start a podcast about tech... where we'll focus on solutions (instead of problems)... aiming to inspire others to join in...
It's been a really heavy year but these little acts of rebellion give me hope ✨
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What’s New in Google TalkBack 16.2 - Accessible Android
With the new TalkBack release, it is now possible to get information about special text formatting such as bold, underlined, and more. Reporting can be doneEditorial Staff (Accessible Android)
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Very excited about text format reporting. This will make reading academic stuff so much better! Split tapping sounds great too, I'll mess around with it since people on other platforms like it and claim it improves speed.
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And I've already found a big Braille bug. With my NLS EReader, next line is said to now be DPad Down, and previous line is DPad Up. Except, there is no DPad on the Humanware NLS EReader. This is why actual Braille display users should be trusted testers.
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Telegram is working on accessibility in their desktop client. Never thought I'd see this. github.com/telegramdesktop/tde…
tdesktop should be screen-reader friendly
hi there, i´m a very fan of telegram and i use it on lots of devices. great job for the lightweight feel of the messenger. i wanted to introduce telegram to a blind user but had to realize, the (wi...marcelremmy (GitHub)
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They would be better off focusing on the accessibility of the iOS Telegram app first. On Windows, Unigram works really well, while Telegram on iOS is a complete mess. Besides, there was already a case in the past where someone submitted an accessibility-related PR, and they still didn’t merge it, so all that effort went to waste.
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in reply to Jamie Teh • • •Sorry to ask, but how am I supposed to uninstall this cleanly? Uninstalling says: "An error occurred while trying to uninstall Syntherceptor. It may have already been uninstalled." I'm trying to use it with a game (Code 7), and it just slows everything down. Here's a snippet of audio with keypresses registered through Filter Keys.
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in reply to Timothy Wynn • • •As for the lag, that suggests to me that the game isn't requesting speech interruption for each new string it sends. Does it behave correctly in that respect if you use it with another SAPI5 synth? That is, does it interrupt speech if you move quickly?
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in reply to Jamie Teh • • •Yes, but through Settings says that "This app can’t run on your PC[.] To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher." I don't know what you're asking re interrupt, but here's the same thing with a different synthesizer.
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And if not, does this one help?
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in reply to Jamie Teh • • •Second build: If there is more than one utterance queued, there's a second or so pause between each.
For both builds, arrowing is just as fast as the other.
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in reply to Timothy Wynn • • •As for the second, I assume the first utterance is 2 seconds or less? And when arrowing (with sleep mode on), does it interrupt correctly? For that matter, I forgot to ask you whether interrupt worked with the very first build, even though it was very sluggish.
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in reply to Jamie Teh • • •I don't think the utterance is less than two seconds, but I am bad at measurements. If the speech rate is slow enough though, it speaks without delay. Here's a recording of eSpeak NG set to 25 boost. I don't know how to interrupt with the very first build because arrowing is slow, but IIRC pressing Control in-game did work to silence.
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