Pratik Patel

@ppatel
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I am a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books, speaker, writer, and a thinker, who finds himself championing accessibility for fun and necessity. I'm currently exploring the complex world of AR and VR worlds to find best ways to achieve full accessibility for disabled people.

Oh and give me your fun book recommendations: be it nonfiction, science fiction and fantasy, romance, mystery, and more.

Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022

I'm about to move this account to mstdn.social. My new account is @ppatel

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Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
Taylor LorenzNov 28, 2022
It’s in the Post app mission statement that you can’t cyberbully the rich
#tech #technology #journalism #postnews #twitter #twittermigration #politics
Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
Nickie ‘Talvi’ Harper-WilliamsNov 28, 2022
This is surreal that I’m getting to do this. The video will be up in a few days :) #accessibility #warcraft
Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
Show threadmoduluxNov 28, 2022
@jscholes @blindndangerous @objectinspace @ppatel Yes, my current build is at https://modulus.isonomia.net/doodles/unspoken.nvda-addon and the source, if you want to build it yourself or verify, is at https://github.com/bingen13/unspokenPy3
Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
AlexMNov 28, 2022

Looking for a amazing Senior Detection Engineer/Researcher for MacOS/Linux. Fully remote. #obts #macOS #linux #cybersecurity

https://jobs.dell.com/job/remote/senior-security-researcher-cloud-detection-remote-us/375/38245040560

Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Detection - Remote US at Dell Careers

Learn more about applying for Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Detection - Remote US at Dell Careers

Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
Amy WesterveltNov 28, 2022
A lot of the folks who became climate deniers started out fighting air pollution regulations, and never really left that fight. I wrote something about it for Rolling Stone, but my editor there left, took it to The Guardian and editor there left too, so it sat. Last week I realized the main guy in the story I'd been working on is at the same org as the folks suddenly fighting renewables again. So many zombie arguments! Finally decided to just publish it: https://www.drilledpodcast.com/drilled-down-when-it-comes-to-climate-obstruction-coal-is-still-very-much-alive/
Drilled Down: Old School Climate Denial Is Back

Two things the media and much of the climate movement tends to dismiss as long past—old-school climate denial and the coal lobby—are still around and having a bit of a renaissance.

Drilled
Show threadPratik PatelNov 28, 2022
@blindndangerous @jscholes @objectinspace Thanks for this. I need to try it.
Pratik PatelNov 28, 2022
ChanceyFleetNov 28, 2022
Adventures in #graphics while #Blind — one day i said to myself: i bet #Generative text-to-image service Craiyon would be cool for making tactile graphics. Started simple (i thought), by requesting "line drawing of a pair of scissors". Got what one reader aptly called a very dangerous fidget spinner. It haunts me still
Show threadPratik PatelNov 28, 2022
@jscholes @objectinspace @mcourcel That add-on and another one haven't been updated in awhile, rendering them nonfunctioning for modern NVDA.
Show threadPratik PatelNov 28, 2022
@objectinspace @jscholes @mcourcel I have been asking for such a thing for years. I agree. That's one thing I completely miss. I had all my controls and states mapped to sounds. It was incredibly efficient. Using voice variability for headings was also quite useful.