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#Accessibility #blind #AI @Robert Kingett

***Attention! If you miss MSN/Windows Live Messenger, AIM, and/or ICQ, this is for you! If you use a screen reader and want a 100% accessible messenger client, this is also for you.*
This works with Windows XPthrough 11, and I'm logged into it as I write! It's called Escargot, and it revives Windows Live/MSN Messenger. This is the original software, but it has been patched so that it connects to the escargot.chat server and not the Microsoft one. It is 100% free and accessible with NVDA and I'm sure JAWS as well. They also have projects for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and ICQ, including for Android and IOS, and are working on a web client for MSN. (I don't know if AIM or ICQ are accessible with screen readers, as I have never tried them). Anyway, if you're over twenty-one (my personal request), have read my profile here, and wish to add me, I am dandylover1@escargot.chat. You can find everything here.

escargot.chat

Note: If you already have Windows Live/MSN Messenger on your system, you will still need to download their version and create an account. Your Microsoft, MSN, or Hotmail one won't work for signing in. Also, remember to click on RUN_AFTER_INSTALL.exe, in order to patch the program to the Escargot server.

#accessibility #AIM #Android #AOL #blind #chat #Escargot #EscargotChat #ICQ #IOS #Messenger #MSN #MsnMessenger #Microsoft #NVDA #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger

Escargot | MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger

www.escargot.chat
#Accessibility #android #blind #technology #Windows #ios #messenger #talkback #microsoft #chat #nvda #voiceover #icq #aol #msn #aim #escargot #escargotchat #msnmessenger #windowslivemessenger

#blind #inklusion #make @metalab

#a11y #blind #inklusion #make @metalab

#blind #inclusion #make #a11ytechies

#blind #inklusion #make

Ok I debated making this but it cannot hurt. I hope all my fellow #Blind, #DeafBlind, and #VisuallyImpaired people, along with their family, friends, and others have had a great time at the #ACB and/or #NFB 2025 conventions. I am taking this time, and the increased activity on certain hashtags to do some shameless promotion of #OurBlind. OurBlind comprises the Discord, Lemmy, and Reddit communities operated by the staff of the r/Blind subreddit, as well as those who have joined since the creation of the Discord in 2022, and Lemmy in 2023. We have members from all over the world, and of all ages, hearing and vision levels, and are a safe space for Our LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse friends. Our general community guidelines, and the links to reach our platforms can be found on our website.

ourblind.com/

@main @mastoblind


OurBlind

Welcome to OurBlind Join Us Reddit Discord Lemmy Who We Are OurBlind is a community of blind and visually impaired people, their family and friends, and allies, from around the world.
OurBlind
#blind #deafblind #visuallyimpaired #acb #NFB #ourblind @mastoblind group @Blind Main

Boosts appreciated: I am working on an #accessibility wiki, because info on accessibility for #blind people is fragmented. It is not ready for public release, but I would like to invite volunteers to help me improve the site. I need to get web devs, server maintainers, moderators, writers, and whoever else would be able to contribute. Please send me a DM if you're interested.
#Accessibility #blind

Well y'all, I might have to go back to Windows. With Fedora 42, and Orca 48.6, I cannot use Google Docs well at all on Google Chrome, and on Firefox, the outline view which I use to navigate through many, many headings in a document I need for work, isn't usable at all. I can arrow up and down all I want, but nothing speaks.

#accessibility #fedora #linux #blind

#Accessibility #linux #blind #fedora

So lucky to have a spot on centre court at #Wimbledon yesterday in the ongoing efforts to test out the Action Audio system for hearing #tennis differently as #blind people.
We were so close to the players, too!
The whole day was just a memorable, incredible experience.
Our view of Dan Evans about to serve. We're ridiculously close.
#blind #tennis #wimbledon

I love this so much. It's pretty much a GUI for #tampermonkey, offering an easier way for #blind folks to find elements on a webpage and do things to them. Yes, you could do the same things directly by just writing JavaScript yourself. But this is much, much faster, and requires a bit less knowledge. It took me less than 30 seconds to turn all the story titles on fanfiction.net into headings. Labeling a button, or making other small changes would be just as fast. The typos and slightly incorrect English put me off at first; especially the word "blinds" for blind people felt weird and derogatory. apparently the author is from #Cameroon, though, so maybe that's standard there. stsolution2.org/WebAccessibilizer/#a11y#accessibility#screenreader

WebAccessibilizer- A web javascript to help blind to make html web pages more accessible

stsolution2.org
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #screenreader #tampermonkey #cameroon

#Accessibility #blind

Does anyone know where are the #blind #linux users gathering these days? Irc seems to be dead and I met some great people there.
#linux #blind

#blind #btspeak

Have you ever wished that you could download and listen to your favorite podcasts on your BT Speak? Have you wished that you could download your favorite NFB Newsline content every morning for offline reading. As of today, you can.
We are pleased to be able to offer you these features, along with being able to set reminders for your appointments, in this latest free update for your BT Speak.
Read all of the details at
blazietech.com/july-2025-updat…
DG
#BTSpeak #blind

July 2025 Update | Blazie Technologies

Blazie Technologies
#blind #btspeak

#blind #inklusion #make

#Accessibility #blind #ham #amateurfunk #ibfd #hamradio2025 #midi2hamlib

#blind #technology #tax #donation #philanthropy #eofy #GoodCause #neofy #cause

#blind #nvdasr #nvda

Hi @fireborn ! Is this your blogpost?

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…

If so, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I love #linux and always have. I have literally made my career with it ever since I first booted the H.J. Lu boot/root floppy set on my 486 DX2/66, but I'm partially #blind, and my vision is getting worse as I age.

And at times the amount of negativity and crap I get when I say that I generally run #WSL on Windows or a Mac? It's huge, pointless, and speaks to some ways in which parts of the Linux community are its own worst enemy.

When screen zoom broke for 2 years in #ubuntu and many of us kept signposting how important this is to us, over and over, and one of the Canonical engineers wrote in the issue saying that, due simply to the very limited number of engineering hours available, this was a low priority fix? That was a wake up call for me.

There's no malice there. It's not that anyone in the Linux community is doing an evil laugh and thrilling to the number of disabled users who can't reliably enjoy Linux on the desktop, it's about the reality that a tiny, rag tag group of engineers working for a handful of companies are doing the vast majority of the work keeping the Linux desktop world moving, and they BARELY have the bandwidth to keep development going at all much less catering to the myriad accessibility needs folks like us (Not comparing the nature of our didabilities, mind you. Everyone's different!).

But people like the guy your post responds to can make us feel not smart enough, not good enough, or not motivated enough to thrive in an environment that throws up HUGE obstacles, and that's just not right.

Pardon the length, I have Strong Feelings about this stuff as you can see, and thanks again for posting!

You Don’t Own the Word “Freedom”: A Full-Burn Response to the GNU/Linux Comment That Tried to Gatekeep Me Off My Own Machine — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog
#linux #blind #ubuntu #wsl @aaron

#blind #inklusion #make

I just submitted a feature request to #NVDA regarding creation of a more useful mechanism for editing the configuration on secure screens, to replace or augment the current clunky and all-or-nothing settings copy feature. Please give it some love! I don't think @NVAccess actually partakes in the whole vote with thumbs-ups to increase priority, but doing so might serve as a useful metric for how widely desired this is anyway, which could theoretically help with triage. If anyone who sees this is skilled and willing enough to actually turn this into a pull request, I would be very greatful! Otherwise, hopefully someone at NVAccess will take it up! It's about time we got a more useful means of customizing that other layer of NVDA.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
#NVDASR #blind

Add a more useful mechanism for modifying the secure mode config

The current means of editing the config for NVDA on secure screens is rather clunky and has been giving many users issues for a long time. Much discussion has been had on the matter, and I'm coming...
ultrasound1372 (GitHub)
#blind #nvdasr #nvda @NV Access

#Accessibility #accessible #blind #gaming #screenreader #games #audiogames #flight #simulation #fsx

Just before the #TactileReading conference, @ChanceyFleet and I took a little stroll through the lively streets of #Amsterdam. I recorded with my Meta glasses while she guided us and captured our commentary, interactions, me almost getting nailed by a bike, and just the overall #Blind travel experience. I cut the whole thing together with Terminal/ffmpeg, added captions, and hosted it. If you have 6 minutes to spare, pop on some headphones and enjoy our adventure! marconius.com/amsterdam/

A Walk Through Amsterdam - Marco Salsiccia

Chancey Fleet and Marco Salsiccia walking through the streets of Amsterdam as blind travelers.
marconius.com
#blind #amsterdam #tactilereading @ChanceyFleet

#Accessibility #apple #blind #MACOS #mac #voiceover

"Smart glasses offering a combination of sensory substitution based 'raw' vision and AI-based scene description and OCR appears to be technically and economically the most feasible and sustainable way toward meeting expectations, needs and interests of many blind people." artificialvision.com/neuralink…

And yes, I did already check this statement with a number of totally blind people, including a congenitally blind and a late-blind person.

#BCI #NeuroTech #blind #blindness

AI-generated concept redesign for The vOICe vision BCI smart glasses.

White paper: Why The vOICe will likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight

Why The vOICe vision BCI for the blind can likely defeat Neuralink Blindsight (and other brain implants for restoring vision)
www.artificialvision.com
#blind #blindness #BCI #neurotech

#Accessibility #blind

#a11y #accessible #blind #screenreader #hidden #content @Steve Faulkner

My friends Critter, Oscar and Talon from The Kuloran Players have produced a truly beautiful sounding audio rendition of the literal formation of the world of #Kirandur. In tradition, it was released 2 weeks early over at our #patreon, but these weeks have passed, and you can listen to the full 18 minutes now! It also happened to be during #AudioMo. What a treat! Anyway, links:
First, the promised audio: audiopub.site/listen/7398e304-…
If you don't know what this is all about, take a read through our website to learn more: kpguild.games
If you liked what you heard, or what you read, enough to wish you could support us, you can do that through our Patreon and gain some cool benefits as you do: patreon.com/KPGuild
Enjoy listening!
#blind #audiogame

Get more from The Kuloran Players on Patreon

Designing the greatest sounding MMO RPG this side of Klagrond!
The Kuloran Players (Patreon)
#blind #patreon #AudioGame #audiomo #kirandur

#blind #inklusion #make

It has been an incredible two years since NV Access founders Mick Curran & Jamie Teh featured on Australian Story: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…

The impact NVDA has for blind people around the world has only grown & the need is as great now as ever!

You can watch the Audio Description enabled version of Australian Story: youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI

Regular version: youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blind #Accessibility #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Impact #Australia #AustralianStory


ABC News

ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.
Kristine Taylor (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
#FreeSoftware #Accessibility #foss #blind #screenreader #nvdasr #australia #nvda #impact #australianstory

June 4, 2025 marks the First Annual World Day for Assistive Technology. awarenessdays.com/awareness-da… Devices that help #Disabled folks live more fulfilling, independent lives have come a tremendously long way over the years, so let's hear your stories. What's the first piece of #AssistiveTech you remember using? (yes, mobility devices count.) What's been your favorite? Least favorite? Most helpful? Most Fun? And what are your AT dreams for the future? We can't wait to hear about them. #WorldATDay #Blind #Accessibility

World Day for Assistive Technology 2025

What is World Day for Assistive Technology? World Day for Assistive Technology aims to raise awareness of the importance of assistive technology\n
Awareness Days
#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #assistivetech #worldatday

#blind #inklusion #make

So @LeonianUniverse and I are printing a Braille chess board designed by Aravia. We're printing the board itself and its working very well though of course we don't want to jinx it as you never know until you try. We've already printed some good chess pieces that are for the accessible chess set. If there's anyone into #3dprinting, who is #blind and looking for a good chess set that is endorsed by the Braille Chess Association, check out Aravia here. printables.com/@ERAVIA

ERAVIA | Printables.com

Hi there! I am Eray. A designer & engineer with a deep passion for 3D printing. Commercial License & Terms are on Patre… – 3D models
www.printables.com
#blind #3dprinting @LeonianUniverse

#blind #AudioGame #kirandur

#blind #inklusion #make

Do any #blind people reading this either own the (expensive) Monarch tactile graphics device or have access to one through school or work? If so, is it at all open to third-party apps running on the device itself? Failing that, has anyone figured out the specs of the computer that's certainly inside it? It's expensive enough that it would be great if it could serve as a blind person's general-purpose computer.
#blind

Ooo lookie! Not sure when this version will be released, but...

The topic for the Tuesday, May 27, That All May eRead online program will be NLS Braille eReader software Version 3.0. In the remaining time, we will answer any questions you have about the NLS Braille eReader.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and will last for one hour. The meeting will be recorded. To access the meeting, go to loc.zoomgov.com/j/1609330620?p…

#BARD #NLS #EReader #accessibility #Braille #blind


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