I named my horse Mayo.
Mayo neighs.
Mayo neighs.
Jim D
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I am a Blind Cheese Head who is an avid Tech Geek. I am always looking for the unique perspective on llife.
I've ranted about this before, but it is really annoying me today. Blind people who think they can do everything with Siri and don't take the time or energy needed to learn Voiceover. I just had someone ask me how they can download books on BARD using Siri. Really? Learn to use the basic Voiceover gestures and this task is really straight forward. I understand some people have other dextarity issues and can't perform the gestures, but most of these blinks are just lazy and just want to yell at there phone like it is there slave. Come on, take the time to get you some knowledge and stop being lazy!
Ok, so far this morning I have received an inaccessible document from a company which sells screen readers and screen magnification for people who are blind and an email which just had a picture of text from a center for individuals with disabilities. Why is it that accessibility best practices are such a difficult concept from companies and organizations who, supposedly, serve individuals who are blind? If these folks won't make stuff accessible, why should mainstream companies go to the effort. Frustrating is an under statement! OK, Monday morning rant over.
At the end of September, AOL will officially discontinue dial up internet access! The bigger question, how many people are still using this outdated technology?
Thanks to all who posted convention details and descriptions of their experiences from #ACB2025 I haven't been to an ACB Convention in a number of years and I really missed being in Dallas this year. Attending virtually was good, just not quite the same as being there. For those who were at the banquet, did you know ACB Media broadcast like thirty minutes of you guys eating? That was pretty funny audio to listen to. Someone said something about short ribs, sounded delicious! Anyhow, hope everyone had an awesome convention week and I hope to be in St. Louis next year. #ACB25 #ACB2025
I go to the doctor. He asks for a stool sample.
I pull out a small chair from my bag. The doctor yells at me for wasting his time.
I go home. Still don’t know why I’m shitting furniture. My nightmare continues.
I pull out a small chair from my bag. The doctor yells at me for wasting his time.
I go home. Still don’t know why I’m shitting furniture. My nightmare continues.
So, according to their website, @freedomscientific is now charging $674 for a one year JAWS Home Annual License. That's quite a jump, considering it used to cost $95 per year. This is actually rather sad as it means a lot more people will start using Narrator and other less capable assistive technology tools to try and access the information they need. I understand a price jump of a couple of dollars, but raising your prices by like six hundred percent? Like I say, rather sad and not the behavior I expected from a company who makes such high quality products.
Making the switch to T-Mobile! The people in the kiosk seem a little disorganized, but overall, I think they will be better than my old company. Anyone have any experience with the T-Life app?
Carrie On AccessibilityToday is #GAAD, "Global Accessibility Awareness Day", but as a person with a #disability, I'd like to remind everyone that conversation should always be paired with action. Remember that #accessibility matters EVERY single day. Thank you. ✨
A quick tip for BT Speak owners:
There are global keystrokes to hear the current time,, date and the status of your battery.
If you’d like to hear the current time, press T-chord along with dot 8.
To hear the current date, press D-chord with dot 8.
To hear the status of your battery, press dots 3-4-chord with dot 8. Dots 3-4 is also the ST sign in Grade 2 Braille, so you can think of it as getting battery status information.
These three hotkeys work just about anywhere, including in most of the menus, applications and even in the file browser. They even work when you’re in desktop mode.
One exception where they don’t work is in the Speech Settings page, which you get to by pressing S-chord.
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