Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!

forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton…

#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing

TIL about the bulk import functionality in django-import-export library.

django-import-export.readthedo…

Some caveats:
- set `batch_size` for better performance
- doesn't work with many-to-many relationships
- no `pre_save` and `post_save` signals sent (it' doesn't call `model.save()`)

#TIL #Learning #Django #Python

Cool class on applied accessibility for designers: maven.com/soren/applied-access…

Application for scholarship for it here (apply by 11:59pm PT August 1 2024): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#a11y #design #learning #lessons #accessibility #scholarship

Applied Accessibility Scholarship Application

Thank you for your interest in being considered for a scholarship for Applied Accessibility. For this scholarship, we are prioritizing people with the greatest financial needs and/or systemic marginalization Please only submit information that is tr…

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* Do you want to improve your skills with NVDA?
* Are you looking to become an NVDA Certified Expert?
* Would you like to become familiar with the NVDA add-on store?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these, then the latest update to "Basic Training for NVDA" is for you!

nvaccess.org/product/basic-tra…

*Initially available in eBook format only! Free update to those who have previously purchased

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Training #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #AmLearning #Learning #AmStudying #Study

Twice in the last month, someone has lamented near me that they have a bunch of learned-through-experience knowledge in their head, and they don't know how to draw it out into lessons to #teach their colleagues.

This is called "tacit knowledge". And fortunately, we actually know some ways to elicit it from experts & use it to train new learners!

I've appreciated Cedric Chin's blog series on this:

commoncog.com/the-tacit-knowle…

Thread on #MetaFilter:

metafilter.com/192038/What-is-…

#teaching #learning

'What is the experience giving you?'

Let's assume you'd like to get better at a skill. What role does learning tacit knowledge play in growing your expertise? 'Tacit knowledge is ‘knowledge that cannot be captured through words...

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I typically discover the best and most interesting content via my RSS reader, not social media. @clive wrote an excellent article on why you should be using an RSS reader and how to get the most from it.

clivethompson.medium.com/how-i…

#RSS #Learning

How I Use RSS To “Rewild” My Attention - Clive Thompson - Medium

I’ve written a bunch about “rewilding your attention” — or, spending more time reading and viewing culture that isn’t going viral on social-media feeds.

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Joseph Henrich, evolutionary anthropologist:

"More than any other animal, we depend on learning from others. Cultural evolution occurs alongside biological evolution. You can look at a human & study the genes that they’ve inherited from their parents… but that person has also acquired beliefs, values, practices, norms, languages & ways of thinking from their parents & other members of their community."

english.elpais.com/science-tec…

#culture #cooperation #learning

Joseph Henrich, evolutionary anthropologist: ‘The best antidote to white supremacy is more science’

The chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard spoke to EL PAÍS about immigration, social structures and his book on cultural evolution

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[time for a #reintroduction! #introductions #introduction]

I'm Flo (he/him), a #queer #author of #lgbtqia #fiction.

Primarily I write #sliceoflife, #comedy, heartwarming & lighthearted, #gay #romance in a variety of settings, such as #hopepunk, #scifi, #fantasy, #steampunk, #horror, #gothic, annnnd the list goes on~ 😅

Some more things about me:

— I'm currently pumped for #NaNoWriMo!

— I like #writing, #reading, #drawing, #art, #gaming, #movies, #books etc.

— I dabble in #learning #mandarin and #tokipona (which i don't tend to talk about here).

— I am #agender, #asexual, #aromantic, (thus #AroAce) #disabled, #ActuallyAutistic, and a #demiguy

— i have a wishlist (mostly full of very, *very* gay books): throne.me/u/drowsy/wishlist

— alt accounts at @ghost@weirder.earth & @floghost

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