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As we are making good progress on #accessibility for GNOME Calendar lately (big thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton there) I have now rewritten and updated the description of this meta ticket to reflect the current status: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

15 of 28 checklist items completed as of May 22nd, 2025, based on what issues I've been able to find so far.

#a11y #GNOMECalendar #GNOME #keyboardnavigation #screenreaders #Linux

Improve keyboard navigation and annotations throughout the app for better accessibility (a11y) (#1036) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

GNOME Calendar is not known to be very accessible nor keyboard-friendly. This is a list of currently known

^GitLab

If someone were to invest development resources into the Open Source ecosystem right now, improvements to which area would benefit the user experience across all device form factors (desktop, laptop, mobile etc.) the most? You can name both individual applications, libraries and subsystems as well as broader topics like e.g. "messaging".

#linuxmobile #linuxdesktop #opensource #mobilelinux #linux

Michael administriert z.B. #BigBlueButton #blind auf #Linux:

kom-in.de/181/wenn-michael-kuh…

Wenn Michael Kuhlmann in die Tasten greift

In diesem Beitrag geht es um zwei sehr unterschiedliche Dinge, die eines gemeinsam haben: Beide werden mit einer Tastatur bedient bzw. gesteuert

^{www.kom-in.de}

Linux Is Already Broken Before You Even Start

A rant from @fireborn about #accessibility in #linux

Thanks @kc for sharing

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS?

Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.

No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps

PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…

Hey, ich möchte wieder Artikel zu #Barrierefreiheit unter #Linux machen. Ich suche Linux-User*innen mit Behinderung, die mir zeigen, wie sie Linux verwenden und wo da Barrieren für sie sind oder sogar Lust haben, selber einen Artikel zu dem Thema zu schreiben. Mein erstes Interesse gilt, ob und wie moderne Linux-Desktops für blinde oder sehbehinderte Menschen bedienbar sind.

Schreibt mir gerne an ktn@ct.de oder kontaktiert mich via DM/Private Erwähnung.

#accessibility #OpenSource #a11y

If you contribute in some way to GNOME, are you already a GNOME Foundation member? If not, you should apply ASAP: foundation.gnome.org/membershi…

Once you do (or if you’re already a member), don’t forget to VOTE in the upcoming Foundation elections!

The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors is elected by Foundation members. If you want to influence how the Foundation is run, one of the most effective things you can do is to become a member and vote.

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Big thanks to Ada for translating Post 1 of my blog series “I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back” — titled “Built for Control, but Not for People” — into French.
They’ll be reading it live on the radio today with Irina!

Tune in: p-node.org
Time: 12:12–13:30 CEST

I’m deeply honored this piece resonated enough to be shared like this.
Post 2 and the first interlude are already out — more posts to follow.

Boosts appreciated!

#Linux #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #BlogSeries #OpenSource #PNode #Radio #TechRant #Translation #Français

∏node

∏ node is an hybrid radio/stream platform

^p-node.org

❤️

#debian #gnu #linux

What do you get when you let (overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly male) able-bodied developers build an operating system?

Well, you get an insightful display of structural #ableism.

As a developer, I feel ashamed about this state of affairs, reading the excellent blog series by @fireborn . We can do better, and we deeply need to.

dragonscave.space/@fireborn/11…

#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS

aaron

2025-05-10 10:56:42

The state of Linux accessibility in 2025. This started out as a rant but became a series. Please feel free to leave feedback, comments, and subscribe via rss or email for more stuff as I release it. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

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I can't tell y'all how much I love #Emacs. It was the first interface that really intrigued me. It was the first interface where I felt like there was so much I could learn about. And Emacspeak brought it to life for me. Headings spoken by a deeper voice. Italics spoken by a higher, rather fuzzy voice. Bold spoken by a deep voice, almost like headings. Because headings are bold, and large. A calendar where I could move around the actual calendar, not just a list of events. Want to know what date next Friday is? Find Friday of this week, and simply press Down arrow. Or C-n if you're really into Emacs. And there it is. Oh and Nov-mode (nov.el). I can't say enough about that package. An EPUB reader that doesn't choke on a huge book. And Markdown-mode and Org-mode, and even HTML-mode. With Emacspeak, I could hear the syntax highlighting. That way, I knew if I didn't close a bracket pair, or quotes, not only by the punctuation itself, but how the voice sounds.

And now Emacspeak hasn't been updated in a year. Luckily, I think T.V. Raman has made fixes up to Emacs 30. But beyond that, I don't know. I hope it's not abandoned forever. I maybe could use Emacs through Orca, or BRLTTY, or maybe Speechd-el, if I can figure out how it's supposed to be set up and used well. But it feels like such a pail imitation of Emacspeak. But then, unconfigured Emacs doesn't feel all that special either.

#Emacs #foss #Emacspeak #accessibility #blind #linux

If you’re like me and enjoy watching streams or listening to multiple audio sources, check out my newly updated @pipewire based script! It makes muting or unmuting sound from different sources really easy.

Find it here:
github.com/zikusooka/toggle-pw…
Context: joseph.zikusooka.com/?p=2637

#ZikTIPs #Linux #PipeWire #Multimedia

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#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #9front #linux #comic #ksh

I wasn't going to post anything about #linux #a11y today, but some things keep coming up, and I think it's time I took a break from yelling.

So an interlude, then. Lets look at some of the good that's happening.

As always, feedback is welcome, and subscribe via email or rss for more of what I write.

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

#linuxAccessibility #blogging #accessibility #linuxDesktop

Well crap. Tried Slint, but it like, uses Alsa and doesn't have sound drivers for my main sound card, and using a USB sound card, well it broke after I saved Orca settings. Not even a restart fixed it. Meh. Ah well. Linux breaks.

#slint #blind #accessibility #Linux #foss

Huh, if you need good #accessibility (special needs, bad eyes, blindness) you will fail with #Linux.

Linux on Desktop is a hell, even for IT pros.

Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS?

Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.

✅No ads
✅No trackers
✅No #surveillance
✅No terms of service traps

Run it on Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

Link - What is #PureOS?: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…

@lcruggeri Seems like it would be good to encourage and normalize a trend towards sharing about what FOSS we've donated to most recently. Make it a part of FOSS social culture. If we're openly sharing every time we donate it might encourage or remind others.

My most recent donations were to the Linux Mint folks, Thunderbird, Wikipedia. My donations are always small due to my budget but repeated throughout the year as often as I'm able.

#Linux #FOSS

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

Discussions: discu.eu/q/fireborn.mataroa.bl…

#a11y #linux #unix

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

Lack of accessibility for the blind

#a11y, #linux

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

by @fireborn

Read this article! I promise this is not another “I’ve tried Linux but it is too hard” post but a very insightful and well-written piece on accessibility across the Linux landscape.

#accessibility #linux #usability

I strongly suggest reading this well-written blog post about experiences of a blind longtime #Linux user:

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

Accessibility is not an optional "feature" in GUI. It is a must. We all should feel responsible to make the GUI accessible. Period!

#accessibility @A11yAwareness

Wonder what the most screen reader accessible linux distro is in 2025.
Over 5 years ago, I tried Ubuntu mate, but it was hit and miss, and was told at the time, that it would the best.

Thoughts?

#a11y #linux #ubuntu #linuxaccessibility #linuxa11y #blind

#fishlinux

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #linux #art

This post on the #accessibility of #Linux is heartbreaking.

So sad seeing systems going from good (or even just okay) to absolutely non-functional because of neglect in the name of progress.

If you’re leaving people behind, it’s not progress. It’s exclusion.

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…