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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Volume 938
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This is a great competition from RNIB and KCL for UK and writers - I’m not a creative writer but even I fancy having a go! | ‘we welcome submissions for a piece of creative writing, prose or poetry, centred on your experience of a museum trip, piece of art or even a household object.… it can be based on a real experience or serve as imagined storytelling.
We are keen to explore and celebrate how people with sight loss experience and enjoy mmuseums, art and objects.
1000 words max. for prose 50 lines max. for poetry
Deadline: 5pm Fri 2 Feb 2024’
I couldn’t find the info online easily but here’s the link I found with further info and tips, good luck!
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/5c8d651c-4b77-416e-a225-19b6c33ad072/downloads/KCL%20RNIB%20writing%20competition%20advert.pdf?ver=1699875871247
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 16, 2023 - Volume 937
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mustikkasoppa, to Travel Finnish
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👩‍🦯 Retkeni Tampereella 🚋

Tänään minulla on kokemusasiantuntijakoulutuspäivä Tampereella, Hervannassa.

Tästä langasta tulee retkipäiväkirjani. Kysymyksiä saa heitellä tähän väliin 🤓

#deafblind #kuurosokea #travel #Tampere

pansytram, to accessibility

This writing really changed the way I see accessibility features. It's not gonna tell you to use alt-text or how to go about writing it. Rather, it reframes the discussion of inclusivity and accessibility around a deafblind life, the shortcomings of assimilationist accessibility, and how deafblind folks have forged their own path in their communications.

https://audio.mcsweeneys.net/transcripts/against_access.html

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🛍️Research opportunity for blind people in the UK | ‘Greetings from our research group at the London College of Fashion! We are reaching out to you with an opportunity to be at the forefront of a study that aims to revolutionize the fashion retail landscape, making it more inclusive and accessible’

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqiNZNw7al6oReA7JLMyKHlJm0whHwgvdLpMPRfN-et0U0IQ/viewform

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mustikkasoppa, to deaf Finnish
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Moni ihminen lähipiirissäni on usein raapinut päätään tai leukaansa samalla tuumiten, et miten saisi Veeran eli minun huomioni.

Tavallisesti sitä ajattelee, että taputanpa Veeran olkapäätä. Ei siinä, mutta kun joka kerta joku taputtaa minun olkapäätä niin mä oikeasti kiljun kauhusta :gull_scream:

En ole vieläkään keksinyt tähän ratkaisua. Keksitkö sinä?

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 9, 2023 - Volume 936
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mustikkasoppa, to disability Finnish
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En näe lukea 12-14 pt koossa olevaa tekstiä paperilla tai tietokoneen näytöllä.

Silti joka kerta, kun viranomaiset tai hoitavat tahot tyrkyttävät luettavakseni pienitekstistä sisältöä ja jotkut yrittävät "helpottaa" tilannetta kääntämällä heidän omaa tietokoneen näyttöä minulle ja osoittavat sormella tekstiä.

Joka kerta joudun sanomaan, että 'anteeksi en voi lukea, sillä teksti on vain niin pientä ja eikä sillä ole väliä näytätkö paperilla vai sähköisenä näytölläsi jota en voi itse suurentaa'.

Lopulta he tajuavat tai sitten pyynnöstäni lukevat tekstin ääneen ja tulkki viittoo minulle, jonka olisi voinut ihan heti alussakin hoitaa ilman tätä säätämistä.

Kyse ei ole siitä etteivätkö tiedä minun olevan kuulonäkövammainen vaan siitä etteivät osaa toimia tilanteessa oikein. Ja tämä johtuu todennäköisesti kokemuksen puutteesta tai ajattelemattomuudesta.

UnCoveredMyths, to disabled
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I am a , multi-disabled

I write a variety of topics. Fiction and NonFiction.

Check my (Gail, Abby, AbaGail) books on: https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths

Check my short stories on: https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths/gailsshortstories Some of these are currently available, others waiting to publish.

I even have a fantasy short story out, among science fiction, disability fiction, speculative, dystopia, and hopepunk. Novels range the genres as well.

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 2, 2023 - Volume 935
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ppatel, to accessibility
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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is conducting a study, documenting the challenges that , low vision, and people experience while using mobile web sites and apps.
You'll fill out 5-10 minute daily diaries for ten days with your experiences. you'll receive $40 gift cert for completing the diary entries. you must be: 18; living in the U.S.; and use assistive tech with apps and/or mobile sites.

Indicate interest here.: https://afb.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8kKBJXIhf6rjdr0

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Top Tech Tidbits Podcast for October 26, 2023
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 26, 2023 - Volume 934
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I'm sure everyone who wants to know about this already does but, just in case anyone has, particularly if or , been looking for a local method of converting speech to text ... Whisper is an ML model from OpenAI which allows doing that. It can be used accessibly with all screen readers on Windows. Obviously, this is great for those of us with impaired hearing, it is certainly far more accurate than any of the speech to text programs I've seen, needs no training, and can handle background noise quite well. The audio duration limits are set by your hard drive space and the amount of time you're willing to put into transcription, I've transcribed several hours of audio without difficulty, it just takes time. It's available on Windows using https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2 which just seems to need python. A GPU makes it faster, but it's usable on an I5 CPU. The model is also available online at https://freesubtitles.ai though that requires payment or waiting for long periods to transcribe limited amounts of audio. Thanks to @Bryn for the pointer at whisper-ctranslate2.

mustikkasoppa, to deaf Finnish
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👨‍🦯 Hyvää Euroopan kuurosokeiden päivää! 👩‍🦯

#european #deafblind #blind #sokea #deaf #kuuro #kuurosokea #näkövammainen #kuulovammainen #disability #accessibility

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Lukijalta | Digitaidot ovat etuoikeus – iso joukko ihmisiä kamppailee huononevan näön, kuulon ja muistin kanssa

"Asiakas oli viittomakielinen, joten ensin hänen oli opeteltava Suomen kieli, sen jälkeen hän opetteli pistekirjoituksen ja vasta sitten hän pääsi opettelemaan matkapuhelimen ja pistenäytön käyttöä. "Ei mennyt kuin viisi vuotta oppia käyttämään matkapuhelinta!" Tätä aikaperspektiiviä kannattaa miettiä."

https://www.aamulehti.fi/lukijalta/art-2000009933365.html

#saavutettavuus #disability #kuurosokea #deafblind #braille #viittomakieli #SignLanguage #accessibility #kuuro #deaf #blind #sokea

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 19, 2023 - Volume 933
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 12, 2023 - Volume 932
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