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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.

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Callum Stoneman Mar 10

@TimDixon82 @payown Yeah, same for me. Did you trust OpenClaw with editing this one?

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 Mar 1

@cachondo I really love NVDA'S flexibility when it comes to this sort of thing, and I do use NVDA a lot, but I find JAWS seems to be smoother and more efficient for the work apps (Outlook, Teams, Excel etc). Leasey keeps me stuck on JAWS as well haha

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Callum Stoneman Mar 1

@cachondo Yeah, I don't have an easy answer to this one. It's painful, and I'd love a way to change this as well. If you send the message above the quoted text rather than underneath it, which Teams does by default when replying to a message, it will read it in the order she wants, but of course that requires the sender to do it that way

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?

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Callum Stoneman Feb 28

@FreakyFwoof So, you’re not a fan then? 😂

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Callum Stoneman Feb 22

@hartgenconsult I only use Zoom occasionally and it's more for joining meetings rather than hosting/managing them, but JAWS reading out those code snippets after every single control was ridiculous. For maybe the first couple of minutes it was slightly amusing that an issue like that had made it into production, but it quickly became very irritating (edited to put that a little more politely). I really feel for those who use Zoom as their daily conferencing platform at work or school, that would be productivity right out of the window for 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