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NVDA 2024.2 Beta 2 is now available!

NVDA 2024.2 includes Sound split, new Synth settings commands & quick nav commands, many Braille features & fixes & more!

Changes since Beta 1
- Disable style navigation in Outlook and non-UIA word
- Disable vertical, style and text
-QuickNav commands in Kindle
- Minor documentation fixes
- Updates to translations

Read the full what's new and download the new NVDA 2024.2 Beta 2 from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #FOSS #A11y


Voting has started for the Governing Board elections and runs till May 31 – but don't delay, vote today! 🗳

All eligible voters should have received an email from the election system. Results will be published on our blog on June 3rd.

matrix.org/blog/2024/05/voting…

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS #OpenStandards #OpenGovernance


Funding available for (individual) #FOSS #developers and projects.

#NLnet is seeking project proposals between 5.000 and 50.000 euro.

Currently open for proposals:
1️⃣ #NGItaler (electronic payment related)
2️⃣ #NGImobifree (Android related)
3️⃣ #NGIzero (very broad)

Closing: 1 June 2024

Easily submit proposal:
nlnet.nl/propose/

More info:
nlnet.nl/funding.html

FAQ:
nlnet.nl/mobifree/faq/

#MobileLinux #Linux #opensource #librem5 #pinephone #mobile #phone #software #grant #EU #mobian


Our #GAAD edition In-Process #blog is out, featuring all the news on #NVDA 2024.2beta 1, the amazing mini-documentary @github made our new issue template and more!

Get on top of all the #GAAD #news here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

#NVDAsr #Accessibility #Newsletter #GitHub #FOSS #ScreenReader


This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we have something special to share! @github made a movie about our founders Mick & Jamie & the story of not only NVDA, but also OSARA. Two life-changing open-source projects. Both actively providing access & employment to blind people around the world.

Read the article here: github.com/readme/featured/nvd…

Watch the video (with AD) on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=N-y3yomLLS…

#GAAD #NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Employment #Empowering #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource


Here's another handy #LibreOffice feature you might not know about! If you're working on a long document and want to focus on the body text, uncheck View > Whitespace in the menu, and headers, footers and page breaks disappear: help.libreoffice.org/latest/en… #foss #opensource


We're half way through the Month of #LibreOffice, May 2024! And so far, 178 people have joined in – and can get cool merch at the end: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Announcing the date and location of the #LibreOffice Conference 2024! It'll take place in Luxembourg from 10 - 12 October: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #Conference


NVDA 2024.2 beta 1 is now available for testing from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2b…

For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA has to offer before release, we welcome your feedback.

Highlights
- Sound Split
- New Synth Settings ring & quick navigation commands
- New braille features & fixes, including "Display speech output".
- Updated eSpeak, adding new language Tigrinya.

There are many minor bug fixes for applications

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #News #Accessibility #A11y #FOSS


Who controls the tech stack❓

When choosing a secure solution for your data, this one of the most important questions❗

Here's why: ➡️ tuta.com/blog/what-is-a-tech-s…

#security #technology #opensource #foss


LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) is our latest major release – but we're still maintaining the older 7.6 branch for a while longer. And today we're releasing #LibreOffice 7.6.7, a minor update: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Check out all the development and #QA activity in the #LibreOffice project last month! New features, improvements, bug fixes and more: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


New features are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to participants in the Google Summer of Code 2024! Here's what they'll be working on: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Here's another #LibreOffice feature that you might not know about: text redaction! This protects sensitive information and helps users and organisations to comply with regulations on confidentiality or #privacy help.libreoffice.org/latest/en… #foss #opensource


Uso #Thunderbird praticamente da sempre, e negli anni ho donato varie volte

Ma negli ultimi anni devo dire il lavoro che è stato fatto per migliorarlo è senza eguali: merita solo premi ed elogi immensi!

(specialmente l'arrivo di TB sul mobile con #K9)

Per questo ho donato di nuovo oggi una somma maggiore

Chiunque usi Thunderbird e ami il #FOSS, consideri la possibilità di donare per il progetto e renderlo sempre migliore oltre che #LIBERO

thunderbird.net/it/thunderbird…


After more annoyances that Gnome/RedHat is pulling lately ( gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/adwaita… ), I just donated to #Linux #Mint, instead of my original intention, #Gnome.

The Gnome Project is a wall-garden, but not of the Apple kind. It's a club of mostly #Redhat programmers & a few select others, and either you're in it, or you're not. Your user needs, your bug reports, your patches, all end up on /dev/null. They listen to no one. Never have, never will.

So, my money went to a fork.

#opensource #foss


Did you know that #LibreOffice has a tabbed user interface option? Make sure you're using the latest release, LibreOffice 24.2, to get the most from it! (And you can find it in the menu under View > User Interface...) #foss #opensource #freesoftware


I've been using #LibreOffice for many years. Only when I'm forced I use another office suite, and that did not happen in the last 2.5 years.

I highly recommend LibreOffice!

#FOSS #opensource #DigitalSovereignty


Something special is happening in May: it's the Month of #LibreOffice! Join our project, learn new things, and grab a cool sticker pack (or extra merch) as thanks: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


Linux screenshot staple Neofetch is no longer in development but plenty of alternatives exist
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/neofet…

#linux #foss #opensource


Catch up on what's happening in the #LibreOffice project and community! Here's what we did in April: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


Introducing the nominees for our first ever Governing Board elections 🎉 We are grateful to everyone who has raised their hands, and are positively overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and vision expressed by our nominees: matrix.org/governing-board/ele…

Get to know the candidates, and get ready: voting begins on May 18th.

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS #Governance


Christian Hergert just published a massive PDF document named "Builder, A Developers Notebook", where he documents over the technical details of GNOME Builder.

Document: gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/buil…

Article: blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2024/…

#GNOME #GNOMEBuilder #GTK #IDE #Development #OpenSource #FOSS #Flatpak


This week's In-Process is out! Featuring the latest on NVDA 2024.1, add-on updates, the Microsoft FOSS Fund, Philanthropy Australia awards, an Interview with our GTO Gerald, and more! All available now at: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Newsletter #Blog #Awards #Interview #FOSS #Community


Handy #LibreOffice Calc tip! Press Ctrl+; to insert the current date, or Shift+Ctrl+; for the current time. Want a date and time that's always updating? Use the =NOW() function. help.libreoffice.org/latest/en… #foss #opensource


It's pretty unsavory how everybody talks about #MarketPlaces when it comes to platforms for distributing apps. I guess because of #DMA. But it's important to take a step back once in a while and appreciate that like many other #FOSS platforms #FDroid is not a maket place, it's a #commons.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons


Not yet updated to #LibreOffice 24.2? Here's an overview of some of the new features – with subtitles in 30 languages! youtube.com/watch?v=rs9pMn4cff… #foss #OpenSource


New on the #LibreOffice dev blog: testing crashes to avoid creating re-creating regressions: dev.blog.documentfoundation.or… #foss #opensource


Today more companies are announcing their support of the Valkey community (the group that includes committed developers previously working on the OSS version of the core Redis engine): Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation

linuxfoundation.org/press/valk…


Now on stage for the morning #OSSummit keynotes, core team member Madelyn Olson to speak about the new Valkey community effort.

The walk-on music: "We are never ever getting back together" by Taylor Swift. 🤣

Love it!

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation


Look! A #LibreOffice feature you may not know about 😉 When exporting a #PDF the "Hybrid PDF" option embeds the original file. Then anyone with a PDF reader can view the file – and LibreOffice users can edit it too: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Fa…? #foss #OpenSource


Microsoft announced their latest round of FOSS fund recipients. We're thrilled to share that @NVAccess are among this quarter's recipients. From: github.com/microsoft/foss-fund

"A project of the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office, the FOSS Fund provides up to $10,000 USD in sponsorships to open source projects as selected by Microsoft employees."

Congratulations also to The GNU Compiler Collection, Urllib3, CLAP & MSW.

#OpenSource, #FOSS #Free #Software #NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y


After a stable release of K-9 Mail, our Android team usually spends a couple weeks fixing bugs. The bug hunt takes center stage in this month's #Android progress report, with cketti and Wolf ironing out a BUNCH of them.

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/t…

#Thunderbird #K9Mail #FOSS


News from #LibreOffice's Quality Assurance (#QA) and Development communities: in March, they resolved 429 bug reports. Learn more, and give them a hand: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


Love ❤️ #LibreOffice? Come and meet the worldwide community that makes it, at local events! For instance, we were recently at the InstallFest 2024 conference in Prague: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource