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pixelate

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I'm Devin, previously devinprater@tweesecake.social. I'm back, trying to take everything less seriously. I love relaxing, reading, eating, chatting, and learning about technology.

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pixelate, to random
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April is such a long time away from June. :(

pixelate, to random
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Samsung email subject line: Devin, that extra TV won't be available forever.

Me: Extra TV? I don't even have one! Lol, ads just don't work on me.

Pawpower, to random
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I really love my Magic Keyboard for my iPhone, I really really hate that I have to spend $100 on a Bluetooth keyboard once every two years! For that much money they should make them a lot tougher. Can anyone recommend a good Bluetooth keyboard that connects without having to install apps or do a bunch of crap. I don't want a bunch of extra buttons I just want a small keyboard that will connect to iPhone, I don't need a number pad.

pixelate,
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@ppatel @gocu54 @Pawpower Woe, ten years? That's amazing!

pixelate, to random
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Oh Audible... This is just the label of this control. Not the hint, help text, or anything! Player Scrubber. eight minutes, fifty-three seconds elapsed. five minutes, thirty-six seconds remaining. Swipe up or down with one finger to scrub forward or backward through playback. 61%

pixelate, to random
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I’m just a simple kind of cat.

TheQuinbox, to random

So many cool projects queued up in the pipeline that I can't wait to show off. All I'll say for now is, I haven't been doing nothing over these past few months. ;)

pixelate,
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@TheQuinbox @ppatel But can you play Doom on it? :D

evilcookies98, to random
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You know what, I’m just going to go ahead and start offering how to use an android device 101. Ping me if you’re interested.

pixelate,
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@evilcookies98 I'm definitely interested. I still feel like I'm missing some great use case for Android. I have a Pixel 8 and never use it.

pixelate,
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@evilcookies98 Hmmm, videos or text.

pixelate, to random
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I wonder, with Android's Be My AI, if I can set up a shortcut of some kind to take a screenshot, then share that screenshot with Be My Eyes. Ugh that'd be so useful, and it's something I can't even do on iOS yet.

pixelate,
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@ppatel Yeah. I don't like dealing with screenshots because sometimes when I touch the screen it goes into direct touch mode for some reason, and it can be kinda tricky to touch just the share button after that. But that may just be my phone.

pixelate,
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@ppatel Oh, okay, that's good. Yeah if I touch the middle of the screen, where the cropping tools and such are, it does direct touch.

pixelate,
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@ppatel Oh, that makes sense. Oh yeah, is it just me or can one not set a shortcut to a Braille display key command? I was trying to set my amazing previous and next track commands to Braille, but I couldn't find the Shortcuts category in Braille commands.

pixelate, to random
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Crap, tried to hit Windows + R, then type NVDA, and then Enter, and ended up replying to someone instead. Wow.

ppatel, to accessibility
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Looks like an update to Brailliant Bi 40X and Bi 20X is here. 2.2 has three major features.

  1. Terminal only mode. It allows users to make the terminal mode primary mode of operation, iliminating other apps. They can be restored.

  2. Better battery management to provide more battery.

  3. Incorporates the Eole French Digital Library Service directly into Victor Reader software.

Get the updated software in the usual way.

#Braille #accessibility #a11y

pixelate,
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@ppatel Wonder if you just type in regular grade 2 Braille, with dot 6 then the letter. I think that's what we do now since UEB is used.

pixelate,
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@ppatel That's on an upgrade? Wow, totally broke configuration.

pixelate, to random
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Ugh, I see all these other blind people programming away, and my brain's like "yeah, so what's your excuse?"

pixelate, to accessibility
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Dear Microsoft, "Sso_account_selected" is not an image description, it's more like a filename. Yes, I did notice the underscores in it, thank you very much for not even giving a damn enough to remove them. Now, what was that about being in their DNA? This is in their brand new Copilot app. There's no, absolutely no, excuse of an old code base, or an old project manager that can't spend time on that A eleven y stuff, or even that there wasn't any resources on building accessible chat experiences before the project began. And this is in the sign in screen. This isn't some out of the way corner of the app.

As a community, we have got to not settle for being second, or even third, class cizizens of a medium that, in theory, we should be thriving in. The web, mobile devices, digital interfaces; these corporations have zero excuses.

pixelate, to accessibility
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Using (x) has been in the company's DNA should be banned forever. We all know how flippantly company's use that.

> Those of us who’ve been assistive technology users for a while will know that Microsoft’s approach to accessibility has evolved over the years. First, it took a supportive interest in the hackery necessary to give screen readers access to Microsoft’s operating systems. Eventually, Microsoft created official ways for third-party developers to obtain the access they needed. And while it continues to do all those things, today, Microsoft offers powerful accessibility tools of its own in Windows and accessibility is in the company’s DNA.

https://www.livingblindfully.com/lb0270transcript/

ppatel, to accessibility
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Look at this document and tell me what's wrong with it.

https://ai-weekly.ai/newsletter-03-12-2024/

pixelate,
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@ppatel First, they didn't put a space between the year and time. Second, unlabeled button. Another unlabeled button. Three unlabeled links. Another unlabeled button. An unlabeled checkbox. Another unlabeled button. Link with unlabeled image. Another one. Another one. Another one. Another one.

And that's just a mostly cursory glance. Is that what you meant for me to find?

ppatel, to random
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So, those of you owning Lenovo laptops and who have somewhat recently purchased them, any recommendations for a model? I'm looking for a high-end laptop. I'm not in a hurry; I suspect I'll making the purchase before June. The question is whether I should stick to the T series or go to the X1 series?

pixelate,
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@ppatel @alpuzz Ooo, you can attach a GPU to one? I have a Dell Thunderbolt Dock. I think it even has a fan.

alexhall, to random

I didn't really feel the time change. I'm pretty much always tired, so it doesn't make much difference to me.

pixelate,
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@alexhall Oh, I thought that was just me. I rarely have energetic days.

pixelate,
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@ppatel @alexhall Do you do box breathing (breathe for 4 seconds, hold for 4, out for 4)?

pixelate,
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@ppatel @alexhall Oh, okay. This does look a bit more energetic. I'll try this!

pixelate, to random
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In lighter topics, why not ThunderKitten? ThunderBirdie? Meow!

pixelate, to random
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From Applevis, which follows my thoughts on things like this perfectly!

> Some have claimed there will always be bugs. As someone with 30 years experience in the software industry, I would like to clarify this misconception.
If you develop software with clear goals and a solid functional spec, it is easy to produce a bug free product. On the other hand, If software is treated like a blob of malleable butter that you can barnacle new marketing-driven features onto with each release with no clear long-term roadmap, then the underlying integrity of the software, if there ever was any, will oxodize like iron in the rain. Bugs aren't an inherent consequence of software, but they might be an inherent consequence of corporate and engineering process decisions.
Someone asked me where I got the idea that there are no bugs in the UI designed for sighted people. I submit it as given. There are no cases where a sighted user would tap or select a function visually and somehow activate an entirely different item. If this were the case, it would be identified early on and resolved before release. Yet VoiceOver focus is a constant issue in both MacOS and iOS, in which focus is announced for a particular item, users perform an action on that item, then discover the action was performed on some other item. Sighted users never encounter controls that are invisible; but VoiceOver users constantly encounter controls without labels. Sighted users never move there mouse to the left only to see the mouse pointer move to the right. The sighted WIMP UI is basically unchanged for 40 years with trillions of man-hours of testing. I'll repeat what I said before. The sighted UI doesn't have any bugs.

https://applevis.com/forum/accessibility-advocacy/apple-employees-aren-t-using-accessibility-full-time

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