TapType is out. It's a keyboard for blind Android users.
There are no visible keys. You tap where QWERTY keys would be from muscle memory, and a spatial prediction algorithm figures out what you meant. It scores nearby keys using a Gaussian proximity model and runs a beam search against an 80,000 word dictionary. You don't need to be precise. That's the whole point.
Swipe right to commit a word. Swipe down or up to cycle through suggestions. Swipe left to delete. It learns what words you use most and ranks them higher over time, and you can add your own words to a personal dictionary.
Every letter has its own unique sound, from Andre Louis's keyboard sound recordings, so you can learn to identify keys by ear without relying on speech. Each swipe direction has a distinct sound too. TTS is there when you want it, adjustable speed, and you can turn it off entirely if you prefer sounds only.
It has emoji search with skin tone selection and favourites, a number pad mode, an upper case mode, and full punctuation support with a customizable quick list. Two-finger gestures handle things like send, close keyboard, switch keyboard, and voice input.
Everything works with TalkBack. I built this because FlickType was a fantastic keyboard for blind iOS users and then it was gone. Nothing like it existed on Android, so I made one.
It's free, no ads, no tracking, no metrics. I'm not evil.

Edit: Now on 2.0 with multiple languages supported.

If you find TapType useful, consider supporting its development:
https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt
https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh
https://liberapay.com/fireborn/

Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/taptype-releases/releases/latest
#TapType #Accessibility #A11y #Android #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #TalkBack #Keyboard #AssistiveTech

To those upset about bombing Iran: You’re upset about bombing a nation who refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, is hiding 200-400 nukes, blocks UN inspectors, & hides their nuclear facility behind human shields in a residential area?

You’re upset about taking out such a threat?

Ok—well everything stated above is true of Israel—not Iran. Remember that as you hear faux outrage about Iran defending itself from Israel’s illegal attack by targeting Israel’s illegal nuclear program.

The root problem with a lot of Fediverse moderation is a problem that is well known the reputation-system literature:

If the cost of creating a new identity is zero then a reputation system cannot usefully express a lower reputation than that of a new user.

A malicious actor can always create an account on a different instance, or spin up a new instance on a throw-away domain. The cost is negligible. This means that any attempt to find bad users and moderate them is doomed from the start. Unless detecting a bad user is instant, there is always a gap between a new fresh identity existing in the system and it being marked as such.

A system that expects to actually work at scale has to operate in the opposite direction: assume new users are malicious and provide a reputation system for allowing them to build trust. Unfortunately, this is in almost direct opposition to the desire to make the onboarding experience frictionless.

A model where new users are restricted from the things that make harassment easy (sending DMs, posting in other users’ threads) until they have established a reputation (other people in good standing have boosted their posts or followed them) might work.

Motorola und #GrapheneOS tun sich zusammen. Was zunächst wie eine Randnotiz klingt, ist tatsächlich ein bemerkenswerter Schritt: Das bisher Pixel-exklusive, gehärtete Android soll künftig auch auf Motorola-Hardware laufen.

Wer digitale Selbstbestimmung ernst nimmt, braucht Alternativen. GrapheneOS ist eine davon – mit Sandbox für Google-Dienste und ohne den üblichen Datenhunger. Noch dazu hochsicher und datenschutzfreundlich.

https://www.heise.de/news/Motorola-und-GrapheneOS-arbeiten-fuer-sichere-Android-Smartphones-zusammen-11194164.html

#GrapheneOS #Motorola #Android #Datenschutz #CustomROM

Now supporting federated replies and likes from #Markdown files too #Madblog

https://blog.fabiomanganiello.com/article/Federated-replies-and-reactions-in-Madblog