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I really appreciate Thunderbird's team, and these updates are going to finally put it into the running with other modern offerings. I migrated to using it as my daily driver for email management a few years ago, and I'm glad I did, but I'm also so excited to be looking at desktop improvements and an android app.

#Thunderbird #Email #EmailClient #OpenSource #Mozilla #Android #Software


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


Hi @AntennaPod people, thanks for all your hard work! Very happy with your FLOSS app. IMHO the best podcast available on Android. Looking forward updating to the latest version. Keep up the good work!

#Android #Podcasts #FLOSS #OpenSource #Software #ThursdayTip #ThursdayThankYou #Fdroid


I have to explore that use of DT further as it seems pretty niche and obscure (people on the forum didn't make such a topic before) but I am confident it can be done and it can help.
4. Paperwork: I have many invoices, serial numbers, contracts, acts and many other legal stuff. Everyone does but the problem with me is that I am helping some others with their paperwork. With advanced organization capability of DT I can very easily see which paper belongs to whom and whether I have already filled it, whether its a template that I can reuse over and over to ask my dear government for a piece of bread or whatever else that comes to mind. Another awesome thing is the automatic OCR feature, I have set up a simple smart rule which automatically OCRs every non-textual PDF, and since DT interfaces with Finereader's engine the results is very good, I would dare to say its better than the official Finereader for Mac, but that is subjective, might be inaccurate or accurate only in certain scenarios, be ware.
I have just wrote four things that came to mind otherwise this would become the second Bible, but the tool has endless use cases. Its not cheap and its not for everyone, but if you want to try it it has a very fair trial. If you have any questions, let me know. Let's learn DEVON Think together!
#blind #accessibility #a11y #VoiceOver #Mac #software (2/2)


cool :)

what #software is in the 2nd place?


NV Access are pleased to share the release of NVDA 2024.1 Beta 13.

Changes introduced in Beta 13:
- Bug fix for interacting with some NVDA controls such as the synth selection dialog and selectable checklist items
- Updates to translations

Read the full information and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1beta13/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Release #Software #FOSS #Beta


We had a question from someone asking, what Mastodon client for Windows do people use which is accessible with NVDA. I thought here might be the perfect place to post that question? What do YOU use, or how do you access Mastodon on PC? Please let us know!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Software #Recommendation #WhatDoYouUse #Accessibility #A11y


Y'know, something which has been bothering me for years…

#Crash reporting is super useful. It highlights #critical #issues in #software. On #Fedora with #GNOME this can be set up to #automaticallyreport such issues.

GNOME assures me the report is #anonymous.

In order to submit the report, I must register, using verified personally identifying information.

No.

Everyone is held to the same #privacy standards. If I cannot submit with #anonymity, or you lie about it, you do not get my support.


I'm being asked on a list about accessable nas hardware and software. I am being told that the synoligy interface is a bit more clunky than it used to be. Example the back button is not visible to screen readers apparently. Are ther other ulternatives that are more accessible for now? thanks.
#Technology #Accessibility #Hardware #Software #NAS


We have just issued the first #release of #sshd-openpgp-auth and #ssh-openpgp-auth.

Using this server and client-side tooling it is possible to manage the #authentication of #SSH host keys with the help of an #OpenPGP certificate as trust anchor.

https://crates.io/crates/sshd-openpgp-auth

https://crates.io/crates/ssh-openpgp-auth

Many thanks to @wiktor for the great collaboration and #NLnet / #NGIAssure for funding this work!

#DNS #KeyOxide #KnownHosts #OpenSSH #Rustlang #Software #WebKeyDirectory #WebOfTrust #WKD #WoT


I'm still concerned but the Python Software Foundation's post about the #EU's Cyber Resilience Act (#CRA) makes me optimistic that it could work for #FreeSoftware. I do agree with the core idea that #commercial #software companies should be held more accountable than they currently are. The key is getting it just right so that anyone can write whatever free software they feel like writing, and share it on the internet, without having to get a lawyer first.

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/01/CRA-update.html


We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Gerald Hartig as the new Chief Technology Officer at NV Access.

Please read the full announcement by Michael Curran, NV Access founder at https://www.nvaccess.org/post/welcoming-dr-gerald-hartig-as-nv-accesss-new-chief-technology-officer/

Please join all of the NV Access team in welcoming Gerald into our community!

#NVAccess #NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Accessibility #A11y #Software


I believe every website that uses #trackers to provide #pii to feed the #adtech beast should provide its visitors with such simple tutorial videos. An important first step in getting people to start understanding the 'cost' they pay for that wonderful, free to use online #software


@shawnhooper People believe they are the hero of their own story. So they believe they can solve problems, if only they had access to the data. However, this kind of power is easy to abuse. Instead people need to consider “what if my enemy had this power over me?” Would they still believe it’s a good idea? i think not. This applies equally well to software as well as the law. The best thing we could do to protect everyone is build strong encryption into everything
#security #Software


What a beautiful story of #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #software from #ABC news from Kristine Taylor and Susan Chenery - @kristineataylor@twitter.com and @chenery3@twitter.com - Jamie Teh - @jcsteh and Mick Curran - @md_curran@twitter.com, who both live with #blindness, created #NVDA software which is a desktop #ScreenReader - and continue to give it away for free.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mick-curran-jamie-teh-changing-lives-of-the-blind-with-nvda/101768788

Get the software here on @github https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda

#a11y


I'm still on Gajim 1.3.3 and simply can't upgrade because of the lack of the history manager (separate window to view chatlogs). I'm hoping that it will come back someday and that the old version I'm using will work a bit longer.

#software #opensource #Gajim


Our #health #software team at #Apple is #hiring ! We’re looking for an #ios engineer - please consider joining us to work on products that literally save lives.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200448057/sr-ios-application-developer-health-software?team=SFTWR


Purism President @kyle caught up with Matthias Kirschner, President of @fsfe to talk about the inspiration behind the children's book "Ada & Zangemann: A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", and the need to raise awareness about free software

https://puri.sm/posts/kyle-and-matthias/?mtm_campaign=thought_piece&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-kyle-and-matthias

#freesoftware #software #books


Here is the latest update on the fulfilment of the Librem 5 #phones.

As the number of Librem 5 customers grow, we look forward to greater community participation to develop new #software for it!

https://puri.sm/posts/where-is-my-librem-5-part-3/?mtm_campaign=status_update&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-where-is-my-librem-5-part-3


Uno de los movimientos más inteligentes que he hecho es poner mi computadora de escritorio en #xalapa en una red local virtual con mi laptop.

Ahorita donde estoy no tengo suficiente internet para subir una imagen de contenedor al registro, pero puedo conectarme a la de escritorio y construir y subir el contenedor desde ahí.

El software que uso para eso se llama #nebula https://nebula.defined.net/docs/

#tip #software #opensource


De puro coraje y tomando un soplo de inspiración divina puse en una entrada de #blog las cosas por las que creo que #slack es #software 💩. ¿A ustedes se les ocurre alguna otra? https://blog.categulario.xyz/slack-es-mal-software.html


#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.

https://community.kde.org/Goals/Sustainable_Software

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


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?


Convergence means having the same OS across multiple hardware platforms with apps that adapt to their hardware. Experience a #phone, #laptop, #tablet, #desktop, all running #software that respects your privacy and freedom. Take a look!

https://puri.sm/posts/shape-shifting-computer-powered-by-convergence/?mtm_campaign=promo&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-shape-shifting-computer&mtm_group=librem5USA


Good support is key to expand access to free software. It builds a community, a fertile ground for exploration, experimentation, and education. This is why we invest in empowering you with professional support so you can explore and tinker, and if you get lost, guide you back to safety.

# # # #

https://puri.sm/posts/free-software-support-is-critical-to-its-success/


Apostrophe is a gorgeous Markdown editor (and viewer).

https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.gitlab.somas.Apostrophe/

# # # # # #


MoeNavigator development can continue after I finally found the source of the memory leaks in the browser engine. They were caused by an abstract class that didn't have a virtual destructor, causing undefined behavior. With that big problem out of the way, version 0.0.1 of the engine may soon be released, followed by version 0.1 of MoeNavigator. There are only a few tasks left before the release:

https://codeberg.org/moenavigator/moenavigator/milestone/674

# # # # # #


i would rather say: "Properly developed efficient # to the people!" and we can run on old # for years to come and avoid tons of unnecessary electronic #. and be not as much affected by the current chip shortage that, as far as i know will get worse and worse the further we push the #
@mikolaj


# #

I'm a software developer in the AEC industry, typically working to automate engineering workflows in CAD software (revit etc.). I studied Mathematics, so naturally I love functional programming (and luckily get to use F# for most of my work!).

In my free time I enjoy walking, photography, custom keyboards, and any other hobbies my ADHD brain latches onto.

# # # #


Hmm, an #. I'm a farmer at https://birdsongorchards.com. We grow 200 varieties of fruit and we have a you-pick rose field. Come on by if you find yourself in the Monterey Bay area!

I also # #, most recently for sage.com.

I'm a longtime member of the lines/monome # community and I'm a huge fan of the Disquiet Junto weekly provocations (though the results of any inspiration I might find are often kept private).

Trying to get better at #. Trying to get better at #. Trying to get better at making the computer do these things too, sometimes with the help of some machine learning.

I'm trying to get better at being comfortable with ambiguity. Many things are neither good, bad, nor neutral. Stuff can be complex and multifaceted, containing multitudes.