Mindblowing 🤯

#Whisper is an #openSource #speechRecognition model written in #Python by #OpenAI. I’ve just seen it in action. Extract an #mp3 from a video, run it through Whisper, and it turns every spoken word into text. It even does a very decent job in #Danish. Perfect for subtitling #TV and #video. I am very impressed.

github.com/openai/whisper

#ai #language #transcription #speechToText

GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision - GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

^GitHub

Had a really fun conversation about Mastodon and the Fediverse today with folks at the #Oregon State University #OpenSource Lab, @osuosl.

If you don't know about them (or if you do!) please give them a follow. It's a great program for getting university students hands-on experience with key #FreeSoftware project infrastructure.

osuosl.org

Heads up for fans of the #Metatext #Mastodon app

- its lead developer @metabolist has stopped updating it, for health reasons.

If someone else would like to help out, please email them at info@metabolist.org

mastodon.social/@metabolist/10…

Web: metabolist.org/

#feditips #opensource #accessibility

Two days to go! Have you registered for #GNOMEAsia2022 yet? It's not too late! Our talks will be available remotely and registration is free. Sign up today:
events.gnome.org/event/100/reg…

#GNOMEAsia #GNOME #opensource #conference

After 2 years of negotiations with Microsoft, the German Data Protection Conference issued a damning statement: German schools must not use MS365 due to privacy violations.

Fortunately, Linux, LibreOffice & Tutanota are very good alternatives. 💪🔐

tutanota.com/blog/posts/micros…

#OpenSource #FOSS #privacy #GDPR

Microsoft's Office 365 declared illegal for German schools - again!

American cloud providers do not comply with strict German privacy protection laws and must not be used by German schools.

^Tutanota

Help support The Document Foundation (@tdforg), the #opensource home of @libreoffice, on this #givingtuesday by donating at libreoffice.org/donate/

#LibreOffice #MSOffice #OSS #word #office365 #office

Almost there! Help us reach our #GivingTuesday goals by supporting #GNOME with a donation: gnome.org/donate/

#GivingTuesday2022 #SupportFreeSoftware #opensource #FOSS

CoSchedule is a great tool for small teams. Unfortunately it doesn't support #Mastodon #ActivityPub. Go vote for this feature to be added, please.
cosintegrations.ideas.aha.io/i…

And if you know of any proper #OpenSource tool that does what CoSchedule does, please let me know 😀

The path to bringing you a great email experience on Android devices begins with K-9 Mail, which joined the Thunderbird family earlier this summer.

As we work towards a modern redesign of desktop Thunderbird, we’re also working to improve K-9 Mail as it begins its transition to Thunderbird mobile in Summer 2023.

Read more about today's new release of K-9 Mail on the Thunderbird blog:

blog.thunderbird.net/2022/11/t…

#Android #Thunderbird #K9Mail #Email #FOSS #OpenSource

Thunderbird Android Update: New K-9 Mail Adds Swipe Actions

In addition to Thunderbird Supernova, we're working towards improving K-9 Mail as it transitions to Thunderbird Android in Summer 2023.

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Keyoxide is a privacy-friendly open source tool to create and verify decentralized online identities using a cryptography-based approach to bidirectional linking gadgeteer.co.za/keyoxide-is-a-…

#identity #keyoxide #opensource #technology

One of the coolest tools we use at #1Password has been #opensource ’d!

I present to you Typeshare 2.0! A way to share Rust types across the FFI (supports, Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript, and Go). We use it everyday and I love it, makes things so easy and awesome.

github.com/1Password/typeshare

#rust #swift #kotlin #go #golang #rustlang

GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI.

Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI. - GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchron...

^GitHub

👂🏽Do any #OpenSource #audio geeks know of tools for #Android and/or #Linux that can set separate equalization for each ear?

Because of #COVID, I have #hearingLoss in my left ear and I would like to boost higher frequencies to get it somewhat equal.

Thanks for any ideas. Please boost if you have audio-smart followers that might have ideas for me, and please wear a mask so this doesn't happen to you.

Here's a screenshot of #K9Mail's current message view. And two more showing what the NEW message design will look like! 👀

We've added some comments in the margins explaining some of the new features and UI elements.

Thunderbird for Android is taking shape, and it should be here before Thunderbird Supernova releases next summer!

(Note: This is by no means final, still a lot of polish and work to do)

#OpenSource #FOSS #Email #Android #Thunderbird

I can't sign this as I am not a constituent of the EU, but I hope this comes to pass and the EU forces some responsibility into the #tech corporations. Goodness knows the US isn't going to lead the way.

#OpenSource #ConsumerRights #Computers #PlannedObsolescence #FOSS #ElectronicWaste #environmentalism #RightToRepair

Just found out that the open source Python library for converting webpages to PDF, Weasyprint, has recently added experimental support for creating tagged PDFs that conform with PDF/UA:
weasyprint.org/

This is really exciting as there aren’t many open source options for doing this. I’m going to have a play and try creating an @eleventy plugin for this!

#pdf #a11y #opensource

Introducing Upscaler, an application that lets you upscale and enhance images. I released 1.0.0 yesterday and it is now available on Flathub!

flathub.org/apps/details/io.gi…

#linux #gnome #gtk #python #gnu #foss #opensource

Since 2003, part of our mission has been respecting your #privacy and putting YOU in control – not a corporation.

We never show advertisements. We never sell your data.

That’s because #Thunderbird is completely funded by donations from generous people just like you.

YOU keep this great software free. YOU help us develop great new features. YOU keep us thriving!

Please consider giving a gift to help Thunderbird be the best it's ever been in 2023.

mzla.link/3TZrTaz

#OpenSource #Email

Give to Thunderbird | Give to Thunderbird

I gave to @mozthunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me to support communication privacy.

^{Give to Thunderbird}

Did you know that #Mastodon supports #RSS feeds?

That means you can follow your favorite people and topics right inside of Thunderbird!

→ Just add ".rss" to the URL ←

For example, our Mastodon URL "mastodon.online/@thunderbird"

becomes

"mastodon.online/@thunderbird.r…"

What about #hashtags? YEP!

Let's look at #OpenSource. From our instance, it is: "mastodon.online/tags/opensourc…"

So, we just append .rss and it works!

"mastodon.online/tags/opensourc…"

REALLY useful if you don't want to miss a thing!

Why are people joining issue or specific Mastodon servers? I'm interested in many issues, and am curious about ones tied to #OpenSource #Sustainability & #Accessibility, but unsure how or why people choose.

Are certain instances going to be seen as being more legitimate? How will sustainability be managed as numbers grow? What happens if I move & that instance shuts down?

Some info here:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/…

🤟 Mastodon is #opensource and #nonprofit alternative tool without any investors and not for sale (thank you @Gargron)

If you want to participate in the Mastodon’s success and long-live living, you can - of course!

Can you code? —> github.com/mastodon/mastodon

Can you pay? —> joinmastodon.org/cs/sponsors

Non of it? Spread the word and boost, please. 🙏

GitHub - mastodon/mastodon: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - GitHub - mastodon/mastodon: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

^GitHub

Just in: A Browser Extension to redirect users to their home instance. Instead of only redirecting only on actions (follow, like, etc), user is automatically redirected to the equilevant page on their home instance.

By @raikas

github.com/raikasdev/mastodon4… #opensource #Mastodon

GitHub - raikasdev/mastodon4-redirect: Redirects users from Mastodon4 instances to their home instance

Redirects users from Mastodon4 instances to their home instance - GitHub - raikasdev/mastodon4-redirect: Redirects users from Mastodon4 instances to their home instance

^GitHub

::: CPU-X needs new contributors and -or a maintainer!

CPU-X is a CPU-Z equivalent from Windows realm.

The developer: "I lost interest in developing this software, and I do not plan to make major changes in the future.

It bores me to develop new features, and I do not want to keep doing it anymore.

I work on my free time, but I have changed during these years and I want to do something else now."

Are you a software developer and interested in helping / contacting the current lead of the project for future plans?

=> github.com/TheTumultuousUnicor…

#CPUX #CPUZ #developers #help #motherboard #CPU #info #maintainer #OpenSource #contribute

future of project · TheTumultuousUnicornOfDarkness/CPU-X Wiki

CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more - future of project · TheTumultuousUnicornOfDarkness/CPU-X Wiki

^GitHub

#KDE #software is many things: free, beautiful, performant, customizable. How about all of that plus #sustainable?

KDE adopts #SustainableSoftware as one of 3 overarching goals to focus on!

> Software has an impact on our future. It has an affect on #energy and #resource usage. KDE can deliver software which does this in a way which preserves #environment and society for us and future generations.

community.kde.org/Goals/Sustai…

#KDEEco #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ClimateCrisis

Dear @libreoffice, your message is clearly an understatement.

"Designing with LibreOffice" is a book about making full use of the writing experience of the LibreOffice Suite.

"LibreOffice is as much a desktop publishing application as an office suite"

designingwithlibreoffice.com/

#OpenSource #LibreOffice #Design #Publishing

Designing with LibreOffice

Visit the post for more.

^{Designing with LibreOffice}

#KDE Frameworks 5.100 Released with Many Improvements for Plasma Desktop and KDE Apps 9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-5…

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Public Money, Public Code 🇪🇺

Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software?

We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.

Code paid by the people should be available to the people!

publiccode.eu

#FOSS #OpenSource

Public Money, Public Code

Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Software

^{publiccode.eu}

In this week's #Linux and #opensource news video, we have Github Copilot being sued for copyright infrigement, the new @thunderbird redesign, and Google's new giant AI project.

youtu.be/7EIo5nBrMN4

Listening to Michael Meeks of @CollaboraOffice at #SFSCon explaining how one of the challenges of digital sovereignty is sustainably funding #OpenSource while maintaining the full promise of #Software Freedom.

He has run through many possible business models and said at the end of each how it depends on an ever growing market to be viable. How can we fund open source in a world where we have found the global growth myth is false?

2:30pm ET this Saturday November 12th, watch a livestream (free!) of my stand-up #comedy at !!Con

bangbangcon.com/program.html

10-15 minutes of #jokes about the psychological occupational hazards of working in software, #opensource celebrity, and other tech experiences

#bangbangcon #conference #entertainment #free

If you look at the roadmap for our next major ESR (#Thunderbird Supernova, version 115), you'll notice our goal to complete most features is Q4 2022.

That's because we're entering "feature-freeze" by the end of 2022, and then spending several months on polish and refinement.

This should also mean a longer beta-testing period (and yep, we're working hard on official stable and beta #Flatpak channels).

We want Supernova to exceed your expectations. developer.thunderbird.net/plan…

#OpenSource #Libre

I was working on Tweetormator, a open source self-hosted solution to tweet scheduling, engagement analysis and evergreen♻️ tweets but that feels dead in the water now.

Or perhaps I could convert it to Tootormator? I'll need to look into the Mastodon API.

#opensource #react #javascript #selfhosting

We never did a proper #introduction, did we? 😲

Hi Fediverse, we're Thunderbird, an #opensource #email client available for free on Linux, Windows, MacOS and now on Android!

You can use Thunderbird for managing an unlimited number of mail accounts, calendars, newsgroup accounts, and RSS feeds. You can also chat using your @matrix account.

💙 LIKES: Open standards, privacy, freedom, customization.

🚫 DISLIKES: Proprietary code.

Nice to meet you 📩