Walked into a Panera Bread restaurant today with my people. While navigating to the counter, I found a table with an iPad for ordering. Below the device was a sign in Braille, that I came upon completely by accident! It said: "Welcome! To launch VoiceOver, (headphones at register), insert headphones into jack and double-tap screen with 3 fingers". There's not enough Braille signage in the world, so this one was certainly, a "welcome" discovery!
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I am a proofreader at National Braille Press. I am technically a pescatarian, but most of the food I eat is actually vegan. I like a very wide variety of music, and I love to dance. I also like to read (mostly fiction), but I probably don't read as much as some because I have to read for work.
John GassmanHi,
I'm talking to you from the Norwegian getaways cruise line.
We've already been for Rhode Island and Boston today we are in Maine and tomorrow and Friday will be in Canada before coming back to New York on Sunday and then flying home.
Just wanted to do a real quick post talking about Accessibility on Norwegian.
It's basically pretty good. They do give you if you ask for them email copies of the newspaper and the menus each day.
They're also very readable almond Norwegian app.
The one aspect of accessibility that is not good at the moment is on the television because none of the menu you speak.
There's no way they can fix that at the moment and I don't know how much time it will take them to eventually getting around to putting in the proper hardware and software to make that work.
Princess Cruises has figured it out and televisions worked great when we were on that ship we had to have someone from the Tek department enable something but once he did that everything spoke properly.
I can't wait to get my ally solo classes in order to move around the ship outside of help.
At the moment that's really difficult on a cruise ship to move around not only on the ship but offshore with excursions without any side of Assistance.
Hopefully, we'll have more information about that as future cruises come about with the ally, solo classes and echo vision, people can talk about that one and Meta as well.
That is all for now.
I'm talking to you from the Norwegian getaways cruise line.
We've already been for Rhode Island and Boston today we are in Maine and tomorrow and Friday will be in Canada before coming back to New York on Sunday and then flying home.
Just wanted to do a real quick post talking about Accessibility on Norwegian.
It's basically pretty good. They do give you if you ask for them email copies of the newspaper and the menus each day.
They're also very readable almond Norwegian app.
The one aspect of accessibility that is not good at the moment is on the television because none of the menu you speak.
There's no way they can fix that at the moment and I don't know how much time it will take them to eventually getting around to putting in the proper hardware and software to make that work.
Princess Cruises has figured it out and televisions worked great when we were on that ship we had to have someone from the Tek department enable something but once he did that everything spoke properly.
I can't wait to get my ally solo classes in order to move around the ship outside of help.
At the moment that's really difficult on a cruise ship to move around not only on the ship but offshore with excursions without any side of Assistance.
Hopefully, we'll have more information about that as future cruises come about with the ally, solo classes and echo vision, people can talk about that one and Meta as well.
That is all for now.
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𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"EVERY COMPANY: heyyyy girl
ME: what's up
EVERY COMPANY: we've got a new feature for you!! 😀
ME: what is it
EVERY COMPANY: it's a brand new feature you're going to love it
ME: is it AI?
EVERY COMPANY: it... what? nooo...
ME: it's AI isn't it.
EVERY COMPANY: it's... not... not AI
ME: no I don't want it
EVERY COMPANY: but you haven't even tried itttt
ME: yes I have. it's horrible. i hate it.
EVERY COMPANY: but gurrrl those were the other AIs. our AI isn't like other AIs. our AI is ✨special✨
ME: no it's not it's the same shitty LLM just rebranded for whatever company
EVERY COMPANY: but that's what makes it ✨special✨
ME: oh fucking hell
EVERY COMPANY: our AI is named "Bob". bet you haven't talked to an AI named Bob yet have you? eh? eh? pretty special right?
ME: what the fuck no I do not want Bob the AI. just let me use your product without it.
EVERY COMPANY: oh no you can't do that
ME: why not?
EVERY COMPANY: because Bob AI makes everything easier.
ME: name one specific thing Bob the LLM makes easier
EVERY COMPANY: well he uh... um...
ME: ...?
EVERY COMPANY: uhhhh...
ME: ...?
EVERY COMPANY: he's your friendly helper.
ME: I don't need a friendly helper. I just want to use your product.
EVERY COMPANY: but we spent so much moneyyyyy on himmmmm you just gottaaaaaa
ME: no, I'm uninstalling Bob right now
EVERY COMPANY: oh no no no we can't let you do that
ME: I can't uninstall the AI?
EVERY COMPANY: no of course not
ME: and why not?
EVERY COMPANY: because then how would you possibly use Bob AI?
ME: I just told you I won't be using Bob the AI.
EVERY COMPANY: but how would we help you if you need help?
ME: literally any other way. call me, email me, text me, hell snail-mail me if you have to. plenty of customer service options to choose from.
EVERY COMPANY: oh we couldn't possibly do any of that
ME: and why would that be??
EVERY COMPANY: oh because we fired our customer service department. it just wasn't in the budget this year.
ME: and why not??
EVERY COMPANY: well to pay for Bob AI of course!
ME: I'm throwing your product in the trash. don't ever contact me again.
We're honored to be featured on the latest episode of Remarkable World Commentary with the amazing @DonnaJJodhan! 🎙️
Our CEO & Co-Founder, @PatrickLong, joined Donna to dive deep into how Innosearch AI is advancing digital accessibility and creating more inclusive experiences for the blind and low-vision community.
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Okay, time to ask the part of the Fediverse that is as bad at seeing as I am... Air fryers. I finally want to try one, but it has to either have good physical controls, or an app with a long track record of accessibility. Obviously, it should also work well, not be a tiny, $30 Walmart special that will last six months. It should be big enough for frozen/leftover pizza, too.
So: good quality, accessible, large. Any air fryer suggestions? CC @atguys @blindbargains
abadideaMicrosoft Teams wants permission to DIAL EMERGENCY SERVICES? I hate customer meetings too but that is not a healthy coping mechanism
Kevin McDonaldLong before the internet, some phone networks were hackable by playing a single tone at 2600Hz.
Whistled into a phone, it could grant you unrestricted access. Do you have the vocal chops to be an old-school phone phreak?
I built a web app to test your ability to produce the legendary frequency. You won't get free long distance calls but you will get some honor in the knowledge that you could have been a cool hacker. 😎
I am sad to say that I can only whistle up to 1100Hz... But my wife (a long time woodwind player) is able to consistently get it.
Give it a try: https://phreak.kmcd.dev/
#phreaking #2600Hz #bluebox #RetroComputing #hacker #infosec #Tech
A. T. GuysHmm, so @NVAccess and @jcsteh
got us craving ice cream. So let's do this. Reply to this message with the piece of tech you are most excited for in the next year, and also your favorite ice cream flavor. We'll pick one reply at random after Sunday night to win a $25 Doordash gift certificate (or a similar service in your country).
Void where prohibited and all that.
got us craving ice cream. So let's do this. Reply to this message with the piece of tech you are most excited for in the next year, and also your favorite ice cream flavor. We'll pick one reply at random after Sunday night to win a $25 Doordash gift certificate (or a similar service in your country).
Void where prohibited and all that.
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Maybe it’s just me, but I’d much rather have an entire undocumented immigrant family with two happy trans kids living right next door to me than a white supremacist or a racist MAGA lunatic any day of the week.