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At its presentation at the #CSUNATC26 conference, @freedomscientific announced it is reversing its policy of denying Page Explorer to JAWS Annual Home License users. This was one of several concerns @President communicated to Vispero, and we welcome this decision.

Callum Stoneman Mar 9

I've noticed that when using the #Microsoft OneCore or SAPI5 voices with #NVDA, dates in dd.mm.yy format are read incorrectly. For example, 01.01.26 would be read as "the first of January 1926". If the year is written as 2026 in this example, it will obviously be read out correctly, but if it's only two digits it will be read a century out. I'm using the Microsoft Hazel voice primarily, but it also happens with the SAPI5 voices from my (admittedly limited) testing. Doesn't happen with eSpeak. Anyone else experienced this? @NVAccess

Callum Stoneman Mar 2

Technically Working Bot Mar 2

Technically Working: #152 – Mics, Passwords, and Postmark: Getting Your Tech Stack Right https://technically-working.pinecast.co/episode/1576a4b8/mics-passwords-and-postmark-getting-your-tech-stack-right

#152 – Mics, Passwords, and Postmark: Getting Your Tech Stack Right

## 2. Show Notes **Episode 152 - Technically Working** Michael and Damashe are back with a packed episode covering gear, passwords, transactional email, and how to get the most out of your AI tools. Plus, Mike hits a milestone and there's a guest teased for next week. **Topics covered:** **Mic T

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Callum Stoneman Feb 28

Fesshole 🧻Feb 26

Started using one of those sleep talk recording apps a few days ago. Thought it would be a bit of a laugh, I'd catch some snoring, maybe some mumbling, whatever. Turns out I randomly shout out the word bollocks at least two or three times a night. What the fuck is wrong with me?

Callum Stoneman Feb 9

George Bunge Feb 9

I don't think this gets talked about enough, so could we please acknowledge the generosity of Cockos, the company behind the Reaper digital audio workstation? Their licensing model has literally given people in third world countries the ability to have access to a fully functional and accessible daw issentially for free, and I believe that this has helped lift people out of poverty. I highly encourage anyone who can to buy a license, but being able to use the product fully without the need to buy a license just goes to show the generosity of the folks at Cockos. BTW I'm not neglecting all the work that the folks do on the osara accessibility plugin, but so many people wouldn't be able to get as far even with that if they couldn't use the Daw. #Reaper #Cockos #Audio #Daw

Callum Stoneman Jan 26

Aira Jan 26

We are excited to be partnering with Meta to build a direct integration for Meta smart glasses using their new Wearables Device Access Toolkit.

This upcoming integration is designed to support a more seamless Explorer experience, with features like GPS continuity, photo capture, and more comprehensive in-call support.

This integration will be available for both IOS and Android, and we are working hard to ensure it functions as expected before rolling it out to the full Explorer community. Internal testing is underway, with a closed beta test to follow.

More updates to come, stay tuned!

Callum Stoneman Dec 7

James Scholes Dec 7

"The first in a nostalgic and heart-warming WWII saga series by bestselling author Maisie Thomas..."

Bestselling author Maisie Thomas and I may have slightly differing views on whether the phrase "heart-warming" and World War II make for natural bedfellows.

Callum Stoneman Dec 3

Fesshole 🧻Dec 3

I gave a promotion to the second top employee on my team, instead of the first. Because I caught the first one making himself a cup of tea in the office microwave. Inexcusable barbaric behaviour.

Callum Stoneman Nov 26

Andrew Hodgson Nov 26

At work people are getting Ubikeys for certain accounts. I'm seeing people accidently touch these while moving their laptop and this is causing the keys to fire and usually end up sending their payload in a Teams message. Of course the keys sent a carriage return so the message gets sent before the person realises anything has happened.

Callum Stoneman Nov 6

Troy Hunt Nov 6

This has been an extraordinary set of data to process: 1.3B unique passwords, 2B unique email addresses (including mine 😭) and almost 3M of our @haveibeenpwned subscribers in there. It’s been weeks of processing to get this loaded, and finally, it’s done https://www.troyhunt.com/2-billion-email-addresses-were-exposed-and-we-indexed-them-all-in-have-i-been-pwned/

2 Billion Email Addresses Were Exposed, and We Indexed Them All in Have I Been Pwned

I hate hyperbolic news headlines about data breaches, but for the "2 Billion Email Addresses" headline to be hyperbolic, it'd need to be exaggerated or overstated - and it isn't. It's rounded up from the more precise number of 1,957,476,021 unique email addresses, but other than that,

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