Mastodawn

The post about maximizing windows reminds me of something else many blind people forget or don't know, which is that a screenless Windows computer will always default to a very low resolution (640X480). When an app or a webpage detects a lower resolution, it assumes there's less physical space available, so even a maximized window will lack the full-screen controls because it's trying to fit itself in a tiny rectangle of space. This also affects screen recording and sharing. A laptop with its lid closed counts as a screenless computer.
To check your display resolution on Windows, you can go to display settings. If the tab key never finds a setting to adjust display resolution, that means there's only one choice, which is often a sign that your resolution is locked to 480P. You can use screen reader review commands to check it. It's right after the "Scale" option.
I solve this by buying an "HDMI dummy plug", which is a tiny device that plugs into the HDMI port and pretends it's a real monitor. Many of them support more than one resolution--mine goes all the way to 4K, though that causes noticeable lag on older hardware so I always keep it at 1080P.
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Robert Cummings Mar 11

Alright, what are people using for Email on Windows these days? I've been trying to persist with the new Outlook but lately I can't get NVDA to reliably focus the message list. Suggestions welcome.

Robert Cummings Feb 26

Weird things are happening to me this week. First a referral for a door ramp is made in my name when it was actually for my father and nobody can figure out who mixed it all up. Now I get a phone call from one of our train companies enquiring about a passenger assistance journey in my name that I never booked. Starting to get a little paranoid...

Robert Cummings Feb 24

Natasha

🇪🇺Feb 22

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

#english #language

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

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Robert Cummings Feb 23

Jon Hancock Feb 20

> LOOK

You are in a room. There are exits to the north and west. There is an armchair.

> SIT

You are sitting in an armchair in a room. There are exits to the north and west. A small black cat enters the room.

> TAKE CAT

You cannot take the cat.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It starts to purr.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It jumps onto the chair, purrs, and settles on your lap.

> N

You cannot go north. You are immobilised by a cat.

> STAND UP

You cannot stand up. You are immobilised by a cat.

> W

You cannot go west. You are immobilised by a cat.

> PET CAT

The cat purrs.

#Cats

Robert Cummings Feb 22

Anon Opin Feb 22

A serious illness really demonstrates that most of your 'friends' are merely acquaintances. Your real friends, the ones who show up when the chips are down, can usually be counted on the fingers of one hand

Robert Cummings Feb 21

Harley 🐝🌿Feb 21

- do you want to use google to sign in?
- do you want to add a passkey?
- do you want to add a 2FA token?
- we know you have 2FA but we've sent you an email instead
- this login attempt seems suspicious we've sent you a text about it
- can you click on these buses?
- you failed to click on the buses click on these bicycles instead
- should we save these details for next time?
- do you accept these trackers?
- you can opt out but we've decided it's legitimate interest anyway
- would you like to see a list of our 847 partners we share your data with?
- can we send you desktop notifications?
- can we access your location?
- do you want 10% off for signing up to the mailing list?
- do you want me to translate this page?
- hi I'm your friendly chatbot how can I help?
- oh no you can't buy this, reach out to us for a quote!
- do you want—

I'm tired boss

Robert Cummings 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!

Robert Cummings Jan 8

MariahL Jan 8

I'm saying this because I feel it needs to be said, especially after seeing a thread yesterday that really irritated me. You can be the richest person alive or living in a box. You could have a clean bill of health. Guess what? You can become disabled at any moment. Could be 50 years from now, could be as you're reading my post and getting geared up to reply and start the ablism agenda. Disability. Does. Not. Care. It doesn't give a damn who you are or what your circumstances are. The only "good" thing about disability and I say good with sarcasm, is that disability doesn't exclude, like this world does. So the next time you're thinking about posting something like "be grateful" or some other garbage when someone with a disability says something about access or some other basic thing that you as an able-bodied person don't have to think about or fight for? Pump your brakes and remember that that disabled person could be you someday. Edited to add: This isn't just about that thread yesterday, was this prompted by it? Absolutely. People with disabilities are told to be grateful a lot and it's not right. What people spouting this nonsense forget is that there's a good chance they can and most likely will be disabled at some point in their lives and then oh noooo. you're being rude to me because I have a disability when someone gives them a taste of their own medicine. Access isn't something to be grateful for, people fought to pass section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act if you live in the states so we wouldn't have these problems, it shouldn't be a fight every day. There shouldn't be this excuse of oh well I'm able-bodied, I didn't know. That excuse should have died when the internet became a tool to use to gather information and yet here we are still fighting because of dumb ass comments like I saw on that thread. No we shouldn't show grattitude for something we can't use, whether it be an app or not. I show grattitude when I'm even remotely considered. The world isn't meant for folks like me and I can work around that, mostly. I have accepted that, but I'll be damned if I'm going to watch someone rub my face in that pile of shit and make me feel bad or like a burden because I spoke up.

Robert Cummings Jan 7

Martin Jan 7

Want to test your accessibility chops? Think you have the deets to win? Why not try, Who Wants To Be An Accessionaire: https://www.accessionaire.com/

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