Fun fact: TGSpeechBox partially exists because I emailed the creator of eSpeak in 2010 asking if I could reconstruct a Hungarian formant synthesizer from a phonetics paper. I was 18 and wrote "I'm not really a programmer." But it was enough to get my spark of interest started in synthesis.
Jonathan Duddington replied "It may be possible" and asked me to send voice recordings. That's how eSpeak got its
Hungarian voice. Every Hungarian NVDA and Linux user since then traces back to that email chain.
16 years later, the "not really a programmer" ships a 26-language formant speech synthesizer on 6 platforms. NV Speech
Player got archived, I picked it up, and here we are.
Jonathan passed away (not confirmed! disappeared from public life?) some years ago. The community carried eSpeak forward as espeak-ng. TGSpeechBox still uses his
phonemizer as its front end. The torch keeps getting passed. There's a reason I'm still with Espeak.
v3.0-rc2 just shipped. 112 testers on TestFlight. Android on the Play Store. Linux working on a Raspberry Pi. Not bad for "maybe possible."
Burger King has two new whoppers: one with maple barbecue and candied bacon pieces, and one with aioli and mushrooms. Today, I tried the junior versions of both, expecting to like neither. I was very right.
I'm looking for a new electric shaver. I expected a low-effort listicle or AI-generated slop, but this is surprisingly good. Assuming it's real, which it feels like it is, this guy just does a lot of razor testing and knows a lot about the various models and parts. If you're in the market, it's worth a read. I expect the whole site will be a good resource.
https://shavercheck.com/best-electric-razor/The Best Electric Razors For Men (2026): A Practical Guide • ShaverCheck
Using the right shaver is the first step towards a great shave. Here's an actionable guide to help you find the best electric razor for you!
I wanted to update my Fedora installation to 44 beta, so I could try Gnome/Orca 50.
1. The commands I found to get myself onto the beta didn't work. The main command wasn't found.
2. My Orca setting to read phonetics seems to have been turned off.
3. When up arrowing in Terminal, Orca randomly does or doesn't read the prompt before the command.
4. I gave up last night. When I opened my laptop today, speech was slow and crackling badly.
I'm back on Windows again.
I don't know which setting I changed, but NVDA is now maintaining its position in cmd instead of always being at the bottom. If I run a command, I now have to nvda-arrow down through all the output to get to the end. Before, any update to the content would put NVDA at the end automatically. What did I do, and how do I change this? It would sometimes be useful for NVDA to have this behavior, but not all the time.
In a shocking move, the US's FCC just banned the sale of any new Wi-Fi routers that are not US-made, citing national security.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-just-banned-the-sale-of-new-wi-router-models-made-outside-usA furniture store is having a liquidation sale. Yesterday, I spent a painful amount on two items, one a gift and the other for me. I am oddly excited about this. It's a chest of drawers with two drawers on top, a column of drawers down the right side, and shelving behind a door on the left. It will give me a lot of storage space, and it's a solid, nice piece. Plus, it's a good reason to finally re-organize and deep clean my bedroom.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@AppleVis/116279806904130894
I happened to check my Dice World profile the other day. Apparently, I joined Dice World in October 2013. I still take a turn or three nearly every day. It's really great to see the app's developer is not only still active, but is working on a similar experience for cards.
Claude Code on Windows: Can I open the response in an editor? I know about ctrl-g so I can edit my prompt in an editor, and that's useful. What Ii want to do now is open the most recent response in a program where I can more easily review it. It's annoying to read one of a list of things to do, do it, then have to nvda-arrow up past the item to get to the next one. A text editor would save my place.
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