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#git #Windows #mac
It's clunky compared to XForward. An entire desktop required and the shared computer is basically useless to anyone else since it won't share a desktop that's not showing on the monitor in the physical space.
Bit of a leap backwards if I'm being honest. Every time #linux copies #Windows or #MacOS I get this sinking feeling that we've just given up being great and are settling for good enough.
What we need:
1. The NVDA Speech Logger addon available at:
https://github.com/opensourcesys/speechLogger
2. The following iOS shortcut:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/999808bd155e443ca8e6d0c0d58a56ad
How to use:
1. Install both: the addon in your NVDA and the shortcut in your shortcuts respectively.
2. In NVDA's settings head over to the Speech Logger category and set the output path to your Dropbox root (that's what the shortcut assumes you're using, feel free to modify as needed);
3. Start logging the local speech with the assigned gesture (by default NVDA+alt+l);
4. Assuming the shortcut is configured properly (Dropbox authorized and all that jazz), launch it and a viewer will pop up with the fresh version of the log file at the time.
One nuissance I've found with this is that the viewer overlay will not surround the VO gestures so you need to focus it first through exploration before you can start reading the log. Also the gestures for the first and last item on the screen will move you to whatever else should be on your screen right now so you have to explore again to close the viewer. I assume that's a VO bug.
Also bear in mind that, while logging, anything your PC says will ultimately land in a regular text file and nothing apart from your Dropbox account is protecting it. Use with caution.
Feel free to suggest feedback.
#Accessibility #Tip #VoiceOver #NVDA #iPhone #iOS #Windows #Blind
GitHub - opensourcesys/speechLogger: An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging remote sessions.
An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging remote sessions. - GitHub - opensourcesys/speechLogger: An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging rem...GitHub
https://safing.io/
#security #privacy #firewall #sicherheit #datenschutz #windows
Safing Portmaster - Easy Privacy
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Well, I decided to quantify all of it in a complete benchmark between Windows 11 and #ubuntu
CPU and GPU benchmarks, disk speeds, thermals, internet speeds, gaming benchmarks, battery life, I looked at everything on the same device, and the conclusions were... surprising:
https://youtu.be/a5YQ8xvQPSc
LINUX vs WINDOWS: complete performance test!
Download Safing's Portmaster and take control of your network traffic: https://safing.ioGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedoc...YouTube
#accessibility #blind #Windows
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> Even though its roots go back to the 1970's, the #Windows NT product line is a big improvement over Microsoft's DOS-based products. Unfortunately that doesn't automatically mean that it's a well-designed operating system.
Hearing of #OnBullshit, and the difference between #Bullshit and #Lies, gave me a coherent framework to help understand business success...
/HT @lightweight
I made the impulsive and definitely wrong decision of immediately removing #Windows and installing only @vanillaos.
There are several problems, that I cannot figure out if they are there because of #Linux #compatibility limits and absent #drivers, or rather if it is an hardware problem.
Above all, the webcam is not recognized. Like it does not even show up in /dev
Furthermore, the 2.8K screen has the PERFECT resolution for a 14" laptop, but it is OLED and it looks TERRIBLE. I hope it is only a calibration problem, but, again, I do not know how to test it…
Since #VanillaOS still has an outdated Linux #kernel, I installed #Manjaro, but upon opening #Cheese I always get “no device found”.
To increase my stress, my request to subscribe to linux.org got rejected since I signed up using a #VPN. I am losing it 😭
Please convince me not to get back to my #MacBook. I thought ThinkPads were the most Linux-ready devices!
#help #mastoaiuto #troubleshoot #Debian #Lenovo #Arch
Additional info: I already know that you can run #prosody on a server you control but the problem is that you then have to know how to secure it, and there is one user in particular that seems to have an ever-changing IP address (he uses T-Mobile's home internet service - if you know about that then you understand the problem). So you can't just set up iptables and allow his address because that address may be different from session to session, and since the start of February it seems it may be different for each application he uses, or each web site he visits (for example he can go to one of those sites that shows the IP address you're coming from and it will show a different address on each such site he visits). It's almost as though #T-Mobile is suddenly forcing all connections to go through something like the #Tor network. Which on the one hand is probably great for #privacy but not great if you are trying to get into a server that is configured to let you in based on your IP address.
We used to use Google Chat/Talk until they started requiring oAuth authentication (which most XMPP Clients don't support) and really would kind of prefer not to use Google for this purpose anyway. So, just wondering what alternatives might exist.
(And before anyone suggests direct messaging in #Mastodon, the issue there is whenever you send a private toot it throws you into the "Direct messages" section and then you lose your place in your home timeline. Mastodon REALLY needs to figure out how to save your current place in the timeline so you can easily get back to it, though that may in part be because the instance I use is running Mastodon v3.2.1 which I guess is rather old).
In this one, we have confirmation that #Windows 11 sends data to third parties after a fresh install, without user consent, we have @fedora moving to Flathub in their next release, an AI tool that violates #FOSS licenses, @thunderbird sharing a roadmap and some interesting history, and @gnome Software getting some nice performance improvements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03t0GmaWunk
Windows is spyware, Fedora adds Flathub, AI tool violates FOSS: Linux & Open Source News
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Thanks Microsoft, I hate it. I wish I could be like all the sighted techies out there that can just pop in a flash drive with Fedora Linux on it, set it up, and not even have to learn that much of a new interface and how to do things. Or one of the less techie people out there that open up a MacBook and click the Internet icon and when you ask them how it is they strug and go "Well I mean it's just a computer."
#accessibility #windows #linux #mac #blind #a11y
(I have zero love for either surveillance capitalist but, my goodness, what absolute asshattery. Having spent more time than I’d like testing in #Windows these past two days, I constantly feel like some malevolent entity is trying to exploit me at every turn. Because one is. This OS is a case study in hostile #design.)
* https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109704475608404103
#web
(Because I’m testing on Windows at the moment and I don’t want to lose my sanity…)
#mac #keyboard #windows
GitHub - adunning/Mac-Keyboard-Layouts-for-Windows: Mac OS X Keyboard Layouts for Windows
Mac OS X Keyboard Layouts for Windows. Contribute to adunning/Mac-Keyboard-Layouts-for-Windows development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
#a11y #apple #accessibility #android #windows
It's #poverty: many people have no money for a new #laptop or desktop. Their old #computers still work fine, but can't run the latest versions of #Windows.
We backup their data, install #LinuxMint, restore their data, install some extra programs, show them around and they're good to go.
Interestingly no one had problems making the switch so far. All quiet on the support front.
Regardless of that I do think that #JS and #Tracking / #Cookies are bad #ghettohacks of a technology and lazy #WebApps should've never seen mass adoption, but there's far worse staff like #MicrosoftOffice and espechally #Windows.
I just can't stand the latter...
https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing-environment-setup/
Sara, do you or anyone else know of a way test VoiceOver on Mac if we don't have access to a Mac? One of the perennial frustrations in the web industry is the assumption we're all on Macs. For many, Macs are well out of our budget ranges, but we still want to do the best we can with the tools at hand. Any advice?
#accessibility #a11y #inclusion #mac #macos #windows #testing
I've noticed that typically it's the doc tests that fail.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/zbus/-/jobs/32708009
#Windows #rustlang #zbus
#MastIndia #Technology #Review #Windows #Intel
https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/11/29/xiaomi-notebook-pro-120g-review-powerful-and-compact-with-a-surprise-or-two-up-its-sleeve
Xiaomi Notebook Pro 120G Review: Powerful and compact, with a surprise (or two) up its sleeve
Xiaomi continues its push to offer quality premium laptops, but the battery life is a bit of a downer.Vinay Aravind (Newslaundry)
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-subsystem-for-linux/9P9TQF7MRM4R
Get Windows Subsystem for Linux from the Microsoft Store
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot set…apps.microsoft.com