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JamminJerry

@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me

A blind male that loves harry potter fan fiction, music, technology, and other things. I have two boys. anything else you wanna know, just ask. just make sure you really want to know the answer. SMILE.

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FluidEscence, to random

Wow. I really like the new Voices NVDA add-on from Tiflotecnia. It seems really well thought out. You can install multiple voices at once, it has a wizard that it launches when you first install the add-on which asks you for activation and to install voices and such.

JamminJerry,
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@FluidEscence I am trying it out myself. I like it too. I wonder how much it costs though? I didn't look that part up yet.

JamminJerry,
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@FluidEscence I don't even know of another addon they have. smile. I didn't even hear of them until this evening. smile.

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@FluidEscence that just goes to show you what I don't know. lol. I had only heard of code factory for vocalizer voices. smile. I think I paid that much for the eloquence/vocalizer addon from code factory. maybe not quite that much, but still.

JamminJerry, to random
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regarding that last boost. 750 bucks for a cane? seriously? I think I will most certainly pass! it sounds like a good concept, but nope. that is too rich for my blood, and the fact that on top of that you have to pay for a chat GPT subscription from them as well? again, no thank you. I pay for open AI, and I bet you probibly can't use that with the cane, so I will just give this one a miss.

evilcookies98, to random
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I seriously do not understand the difference between UEB and whatever I learned when I was little. I’ve been working with it for days now and nothing looks any different.

JamminJerry,
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@ratking @evilcookies98 I don't know anything about UEB, as I always set anything to grade 2 Braille. I am too old to learn a new Braille thing, hell, I have a hard enough time reading grade 2, and I am even slower with grade 1. this dog is too old, and cranky to teach a new trick like learning UEB Braille.

Jage, to random

SO I'm ready to move to the Pixel 8, my only hang up right now is finding a good and responsive TTS to use with it. Any ideas?

JamminJerry,
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@Jage vocalizer works on my pixel 7 pro, and another one I use is acapella. either one of them are pretty responsive.

JamminJerry,
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@simon @dhamlinmusic @Jage I have been able to get it, and it has worked for me, but I might grab this apk file, just in case. thanks for this.

simon, to random

It seems like this is the month of appliances. Last week I got a new, more powerful microwave with a Braille overlay included in the box, which replaced my 12-year-old 700W microwave. This week I ordered my first ice maker. I had a very fun call with Brenton from @AiraVI, who was seemingly just as excited as I was when we finally found one with actual good reviews and tactile buttons. Knowing how quickly these things make ice, I'm kind of annoyed it took me so long to think of this. My understanding is that these machines only make one piece of ice at a time, which means there's just one section of the machine that gets all the concentrated cold. This claims to be able to make 9 cubes in 6 minutes, which is pretty standard.

JamminJerry,
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@simon for ours, I let the basket fill up, take the basket out, dump it into a large bowl we keep in the freezer, put the basket back in the machine, and repete until the bowl is full. ours is set to large bullets, instead of small bullets.

evilcookies98, to random
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All the resources I’ve found concerning android and Braille displays mention something about BrailleBack no longer being needed to connect to displays. My question is what the heck is BrailleBack and why was it needed to begin with?

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 braille back was a seprate thing from talkback back in the day. now it isn't.

JamminJerry, to random
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can someone help us out? I don't think narator has this ability, but maybe it does, and I just don't know how to do it. is there a narator to pc command or something? @SheDevil1978 need to read an error, and she can't get narator to focus on the part of the error she needs to read.

JamminJerry, to random
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I think i might have just experianced my first swollen battery. it is actually one of my work phones. I tried turning on the phone, and it wouldn't turn on. I then was like ok, let me try charging it. I did this, and I let it sit for over a half hour, then tried to turn it on. still no go. ok, what is going on here. fine, let me take the battery out, and put it back in. maybe something is just stuck, or hosed. I put my finger unter the corner, and I can't get the back off. after looking around on the back of the phone, I notice that the whole bottom of the back is pushed away from the phone by a fraction of an inch. I called my boss, and they are sending me a new phone, but yeah. I am pretty sure this battery swelled up a little bit or something.

evilcookies98, to random
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What can I do to get better at reading out loud?

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 the only thing I can think of is keep practicing. you will eventually get there.

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 you could try reading books, or hell just try reading mastodon or telegram messaages out loud. just some thoughts for you.

JamminJerry,
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@ratking @evilcookies98 well there is that too.

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 @ratking only kind of?

MishaalRahman, to random
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The Pixel Launcher app found on Google's Pixel devices is getting some new animations and quality-of-life improvements in Android 15.

They aren't live yet, but you can check them out in this article I wrote for Android Authority: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-pixel-launcher-changes-3434365/

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 @MishaalRahman I will stick with nova regardless, as it is so much more customizable.

NoahCarver, to mastoblind
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PSA to blind and low vision travelers!

whenever using sirens and lights, emergency vehicles (ambulances, fire apparatuses, etc.) ALWAYS have the right-of-way. Be hypervigilant when crossing streets. PAY ATTENTION! Do NOT cross when sirens are barreling towards you. They likely cannot stop/swerve in time to avoid hitting you. Do NOT be the person who learns this fact the hard way.

PS: I am physically fine. Deeply shaken, but am not hurt. I have no idea how, but I somehow tuned out the siren coming at me until someone yelled for me to stop crossing. Had I not heard the person yelling, I likely would have been hit and at the verry least seriously injured. In other words, I made a serious mistake that could have killed me. I still don't know how I did it. I am posting this in the hope that this does not happen to someone else. Please, learn from my mistake.

@mastoblind @main @podcast

JamminJerry,
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@NoahCarver @mastoblind @podcast glad to hear you are ok! that would have been scairy to say the very least!

JamminJerry, to random
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this toot is for @Mitmee_Pie and anyone else that is trying to figure out how to use www.udio.com to make a song. this is just the very basics, and this is what I managed to figure out on my own, but I hope it helps you guys out. my next toot will be the song that the AI genorated.

JamminJerry, to random
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well this is rather disapointing. I have been trying to find a good replacement for windows explorer, and the two I have tried really haven't worked out for me. total commander I just don't get, and understand, and I was only trying the demo. I don't want to know what it costs. I also tried explorer plus plus, but I keep crashing that one when I try to cut a file, or if I load a really big folder. so for now I am back to using windows explorer.

JamminJerry,
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@menelion not sure if this will help you out, but here is audio of both crashes I have. this is using the latest stable version of windows 10, latest stable version of Jaws for windows, and explorer plus plus version 1.4.0 which was the newest one I found.

JamminJerry, to random
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For those of you that really hate windows 11, and like windows 10 there is now a song for you. I told www.udio.com to make an 80's pop song about windows 10 being better than windows 11. I got it to make I believe a 4 minutes and 22 seconds song, and here it is for your listening pleasure.

JamminJerry, to random
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just to let everyone know, I will be attempting my show this evening. so at 8:00 PM you can listen to JamminJerry's Dirty House of fun.

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 I think that will be my first show you have heard, or did you hear a few of mine in March?

JamminJerry,
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@evilcookies98 I did five shows in march, and skipped last weekend, do to my gum issue.

simon, to random

Do we have anyone in the blind android world with a One Plus 12 or 12R? I really want to know if either of them run Eloquence. I have a suspicion that the 12R might run it and the 12 will not, because the 12R is one chip generation behind. But it could be disabled in software on Samsung/Google's end, in which case it should still run on all their phones.

JamminJerry,
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@dmills87 @simon nope. not at all.

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