Hello! I would like to invite everyone to join the #Accessible #Apple community on Discord. This server is dedicated to current and future #blind and/or #VisuallyImpaired users of #iPhone, #Mac, #Apple Watch and other #Apple products who would like to get the most out of their devices. If that's something you are interested in, give us a shot!!
discord.gg/vfKyEBmXNb
Now to some FAQ that I guess will be asked over and over.
Q: There's only one administrator and that's you.
A: Yeah, but there's no point as there's literally noone else there, yet.
Q: Where are the rules?
A: They are not existent yet. Just please be a human.
Q: What's the point if there's AppleVis?
A: AppleVis was, and still is a great resource if it comes to stuff like APp directories, curated list of resources, podcasts ETC, however the forum features are suboptimal, especially for mobile usage. I have spoken to many people who are newcomers to the #Apple ecosystem and using the AppleVis website turned out to be harder than using their shiny new device itself.

Please keep in mind that the server is in a test stage, many things can happen, including channel deletions/additions, moderation appointments or server deletion in case there's no real interest. If you have any suggestions how could I improve it or if you would like to help me moderate, please reach out.
I kindly ask everyone to boost it to gauge interest. #accessibility #a11y #blind

Join the Accessible Apple Discord Server!

Check out the Accessible Apple community on Discord - hang out with 1 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

^Discord

I think I’m going to stick with my original AppleVision 1710AV for now

#wwdc #WWDC2023 #wwdc23 #apple #visionpro #visionOS

It's a step forward.

Why does it seem like it's only Google's #Spyware that gets something resembling appropriate regulations? When are they going to start enforcing anti-spyware legislation on #Disney, #Apple, and #Microsoft ? #BanDRM

Nice overview.

If you still use your phone with an US data collector (e.g. #Alphabet / #Google, #Apple), you really may want to watch this video...

#AppleNews is evidently unfamiliar with how to collapse a view or hide elements.

Don't force #CNN content into top stories when I've chosen to #BlockCNN

Similar to but worse than the "ESPN tax" from cable subscriptions, this is just pushing bad content on users.

(this poor #Apple UX is an intentional choice, not a "hard to solve" issue...)

Are #apple #macos users here who would want to test one of the submissions to the #game jam for #blind gamers?

It’s the only one that didn’t get any ratings yet, and that’s just sad to see. It looks like a pretty nice blind-friendly 3D stealth system: itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-ga…

Agent Stealth jam comments

Stealthy rescue mission in the darkness of the night

^itch.io

Our #health #software team at #Apple is #hiring ! We’re looking for an #ios engineer - please consider joining us to work on products that literally save lives.

jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2…

Sr iOS Application Developer - Health Software - Careers at Apple

Apply for a Sr iOS Application Developer - Health Software job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

^{Apple Jobs}

Many iPhone users are asking us to recommend safe authenticator apps. Well, the App Store is making it useless to recommend any app. No matter what you search for, the top hit is almost always an ad for a scam app.

#Apple #AppStore #2FA #InfoSec

Today, the US #NLRB issued a finding of merit in two of my charges against #Apple. The NLRB agreed with my claim that Apple's NDAs & employee policies are unlawfully restrictive & chilling to the point of violating federal labor law

The best part of this is that these charges are about Apple's employee policies & statements made to workers nationally. Apple's remedy will also need to be national. All the hell the last two years is worth it for this. Let us be free. 🕊️ 💙

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

someone pointed out there is an Apple Lisa with Atari asset tags owned by a collector in Germany?

and may still have the TOS development system on its hard drive

homecomputer.de/pages/f_info.h…

could be the same one on the far right in the photo!

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa

as it is the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa i am once again obsessing about this photo of Atari developers Dave Staugas, Jim Eisenstein and Jerome Domurat sitting in front of a few Apple Lisas and Macintoshes in March of 1985

the Apple Lisa was used to prototype the Atari ST's TOS operating system before the hardware was ready

the photo is from this Antic Podcast interview with Jerome:

archive.org/details/JeromeDomu…

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa

speaking of Apple Lisa source...

source code for the GEMDOS prototype for the Apple Lisa was found among the Digital Research source code that was released under the GPL by Caldera a while back

now that's how you publicly license historical source code

and people have gotten it to run!

with a full GEM desktop!

it even runs well behaving Atari ST apps!

stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopi…

alternative-system.com/en/revi…

compu85.homeip.net/stuff/Lisa/…

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa #GEM

If you're looking for samples of #audiobooks narrated by AI, search for the term "Narrated by Apple Books" in the Apple Books app. It will pull up a list of books converted to Audio by #Apple.

Here are a few samples:

books.apple.com/us/audiobook/i…

books.apple.com/us/audiobook/i…

#bookstodon #accessibility #audio

‎Loving From Afar

‎Romance · 2022

^{Apple Books}

Announcement: Macstodon 0.3 is here! 🥳​

Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!

System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine

You can download the latest release from GitHub: github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)

And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!

#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac

Love all the information #Apple provide with their #macOS software updates. 🙄

606MB update with apparently no changes I need to be aware of...

RECENZE: #Panzerglass ochrana pro #AppleWatchUltra

> infoek.cz/recenze-panzerglass-…

#Apple #Smartwatch

Just learned today there's a pendant to #FDroid for #macOS & #iOS users called "App Fair". I'm not using any #Apple device – but if you are, you might be interested to take a look. And if you're a developer and want your #FOSS #app there, I'm sure you'll want to take a look as well:

appfair.net/

And in other unsurprising news about #Apple: Apple is building an #Ads empire, using #Privacy USP to deepen their moat.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

Maybe this could help FOSS developers make something like this for Linux or Android. This is an article from Apple Machine Learning, on how they made mobile apps accessible with machine learning:

machinelearning.apple.com/rese…

#a11y #apple #ml

Making Mobile Applications Accessible with Machine Learning

At Apple we use machine learning to teach our products to understand the world more as humans do. Of course, understanding the world better…

^{Apple Machine Learning Research}

Avoiding USB-C on iPhones may get harder for Apple as Brazil considers mandate

arstechnica.com/?p=1863422

#smartphones #Policy #Brazil #iphone #apple #USB-C #Tech #USB

Avoiding USB-C on iPhones may get harder for Apple as Brazil considers mandate

Brazil joins EU and efforts from US politicians in universal charger push.

^{Ars Technica}