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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


NV Access are pleased to advise that Beta (and alpha) versions of NVDA are once again available. To celebrate, we've released Beta 10 of NVDA 2025.1: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

Beta 10 includes:
* Updates to translations
* Correct context help navigation for Remote Access dialogs

Thank you everyone for your patience and support, and as always with pre-release builds, please do file any issues on GitHub: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #PreRelease #FOSS #Beta


Hi @kasnder,
As part of the targeted user group I'd like to experiment a bit with #GreaseMilkyway :mastoinnocent:

Fortunately I'm not addicted to one the apps listed in the examples.
On the project page you mention Developer Assistant from the PlayStore as one potential tool to identify the elements one wants to block. Do you happen to know a comparable #FOSS tool from an #FDroid #Repo I could use instead?
@IzzyOnDroid


Time to grab your free sticker pack! The Month of #LibreOffice, May 2025 is over – and we're announcing the winners. (If you helped to promote the software here with the hashtag, you should be on the list.) Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


🌏 "How a GNOME Community is Shaping the Open Source Future of a Nation"
with Aaditya Singh at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 10:25 CEST 📍 Brescia

GNOME Nepal grew from a small group to a national FOSS leader. Learn how they did it.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#FOSS #Nepal



Heute 👇

#Digitalcourage, OG #München:
F-Droid und datenschutzfreundliche Apps

» In diesem Workshop zeigen wir Möglichkeiten, die Datensammlung auf #Android-#Smartphone|s einzuschränken. Neben allgemeinen Tipps (Abschalten der #Google Werbe-ID, Verwendung einer alternativen #Suchmaschine, Werbung über DNS- und/oder Firewall-Einstellungen reduzieren, …) wollen wir vor allem den #App-Store #FDroid vorstellen und uns über die dortigen Apps austauschen.

Montag, 26.05.2025
19:00 bis 21:00 Uhr
Jugendinformationszentrum (#JIZ)
Sendlinger Str. 7 (Innenhof)
80331 München

digitalcourage.de/treffen-vor-…

Anmeldung erwünscht: ortsgruppe@muenchen.digitalcourage.de

Gerät mitbringen!

F-Droid möglichst vorinstallieren (digitalcourage.de/digitale-sel…)

#datenschutz #digitaleselbstverteidigung #opensource #foss


Lots happened in the #LibreOffice project in May! We had updates to the software, event reports, news about the upcoming conference and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


We ❤️ #opensource & we ❤️ being #GoogleFree

Break free from Big Tech tracking and go secure with Tuta! 💪 🔒

🔗 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#Foss #FDroid #Android #Email #Calendar #TutaMail


Shiny new features and UI improvements came to #LibreOffice last year, thanks to our Design community – such as styles for comments. Learn more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


How does the Open Document Format (ODF) – as used in LibreOffice and other apps – compare to Microsoft's .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats? Find out here: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #standards



I like #LibreOffice (and donated a small amount of money for its further development) because it's #FOSS ,works perfectly for me (even better than #Word , for instance) and above all it's free from any U.S. #GAFAM . However, I don't really need the stickers. 😉



#LibreOffice #foss #OpenSource
I love #Libreoffice because it gives you the choice of which interface to use. Because you never have the feeling that someone is constantly looking over your shoulder. And because ODF documents are much more efficient than Microsoft files.
I have been using #Libreoffice for many years. I bought my first version in Munich, when it was still StarOffice version 5.2. That was quite a long time ago.


Do you want these stickers? Of course you do! And you can get them by just posting here why you love #LibreOffice (with the hashtag), as part of our Month of LibreOffice campaign: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource



LibreOffice is available in 120 languages – which may be a record for such a large piece of software! And this is all thanks to our Native Language Communities, who translate the suite's interface and help content. Here's what they did last year: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


🌟 Excited to share Thorsten-Voice's YouTube channel! 🎥 🗣️🔊 ♿ 💬

Thorsten presents innovative TTS solutions and a variety of voice technologies, making it an excellent starting point for anyone interested in open-source text-to-speech. Whether you're a developer, accessibility advocate, or tech enthusiast, his channel offers valuable insights and resources. Don't miss out on this fantastic content! 🎬

follow hem here: @thorstenvoice
or on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller YouTube channel!

#Accessibility #FLOSS #TTS #ParlerTTS #OpenSource #VoiceTech #TextToSpeech #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #MachineLearning #AccessibilityMatters #FLOSS #TTS #OpenSource #Inclusivity #FOSS #Coqui #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #VoiceTechnology #KünstlicheStimme #MachineLearning #Python #Rhasspy #TextToSpeech #VoiceTech #STT #SpeechSynthesis #SpeechRecognition #Sprachsynthese #ArtificialVoice #VoiceCloning #Spracherkennung #CoquiTTS #voice #a11y #ScreenReader


#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (continued)

➡️ @Jami - Peer-to-Peer calling, video conferencing & chat

➡️ @nextcloud - Easy-to-use personal clouds, lots of add-ons available such as office tools, chat & calling, photo sharing etc.

➡️ @forgejo - Self-hostable code forge, supported by Codeberg, hard fork from Gitea

➡️ @Codeberg - Large non-profit code forge, running on Forgejo which they maintain

➡️ @Luanti - Free open alternative to Minecraft, highly flexible, mod-friendly, online-friendly

2/3


#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: theregister.com/2025/05/23/mic…

Escape this dystopia by switching to #FOSS alternatives:

➡️ @CryptPad - Privacy-friendly online office suite, used by the UN 🇺🇳

➡️ @libreoffice - Most popular free open offline office suite

➡️ @CollaboraOffice - Collaborative online fork of LibreOffice

➡️ @ONLYOFFICE - Online office suite, self-hostable

➡️ @thunderbird@mastodon.online (main) & @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos) - Email & comms suite (RSS, XMPP, IRC etc)

🧵 1/3



Join the 272 people who've already won sticker packs in the Month of #LibreOffice, May 2025! Be a "Handy Helper" and assist other users, or a "Globetrotter" and contribute to translations: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Learn how we at The Document Foundation do marketing for @libreoffice and support our local communities to spread the word too: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


Enjoy writing fiction in Markdown, and prefer keeping ownership of your files in the filesystem, but still want beautiful ePub3 ebooks and paperback output? Your uncle Matt feels the same way!

I created a configuration and example project for pandoc, the fab #FOSS markup converter, to produce beautiful novels from your folders full of Markdown files. Lots of booky, novel-y, typographical/layout niceness. I'll be using this with #emacs. 💜

Read all about it here: github.com/mattgemmell/pandoc-…


Every six months, we release a new major update to #LibreOffice. And our community is working on LibreOffice 25.8, which is due in August. Help to test the first Alpha development snapshot: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


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



Open Document Format (ODF) is the native format of #LibreOffice – and can be used by many other office apps too. Learn how it compares to Microsoft's formats and what the future holds: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


We're half-way through the Month of #LibreOffice, May 2025 – and 216 people have already won sticker packs! There's extra merch to get too. Join in the fun: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


🚀 NEW on We ❤️ Open Source 🚀

Why do developers keep choosing LibreOffice after 40 years? 🛠️
Jim Hall interviews co-founder Italo Vignoli on tech, transparency, and freedom.

allthingsopen.org/articles/40-…

#WeLoveOpenSource #LibreOffice #OpenSource #FOSS #ODF #DigitalSovereignty


For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.

One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

#DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #EthicalTech