David Goldfield

DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca

Pro-life, practicing Catholic. 35 years working in the blindness technology space. Includes product support, writing documentation, training blind children and adults in the use of assistive technology and working as a product manager for Comcast's accessibility team. Currently marketing director for Blazie Technologies. I enjoy science fiction books and audio drama, with Doctor Who and Babylon 5 being my favorite franchises. I love puns, Catholic apologetics and audio theater. Owner of the Tech-VI announcement list, where I distribute news from the blindness technology space. To subscribe, send email to tech-vi+subscribe@groups.io Web site: www.DavidGoldfield.com Opinions from this account are my own.

Posts

Post #4474957
Bristol Braille Technology Announces HID Braille Support in Canute 360 https://www.braillists.org/uncategorised/bristol-braille-technology-announces-hid-braille-support-in-canute-360/
Post #4435775
I don't know who needs to hear this but when you call a company to get support, please be in front of the device you're calling about. Make sure that the device you're calling about is on and at the place that's giving you the problem before you call, unless the problem is that the device in question doesn't turn on. Otherwise, the person taking your call has to wait until the device is booted up and you get to where you need to be. This is unnecessary and a bit unfair to the...
Post #4424432
We Have a Return to Office Problem, and Disabled Workers Are Paying for It https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/we-have-a-return-to-office-problem
Post #4401060
RemSound: Free Windows app for Sending Live Audio Between Two Computers https://github.com/Ednunp/RemSound
Post #4367324
The MUD That Got It Right: How Erion Makes Text Gaming Accessible https://lanie.work/gaming/erion-accessibility-review/
Post #4362771
Everything you need to know about BT’s Digital Voice https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/everything-you-need-know-about-bts-digital-voice
Post #4361816
I received the following announcement via email from Adi Kushnir of AccessMind. Although Adi's signature states that the announcement is only meant for the intended recipient and cannot be distributed, Adi has assured me that this announcement can be shared. Announcing the first public beta of Runa TTS: bringing the high quality, natural sounding voices from ReadSpeaker to VoiceOver and other apps that rely on Apple's speech synthesis API's. Dear Apple users community, AccessMind is...
Post #4302657
The tap-to-pay scam hiding behind the beep https://theintelligence.com/43734/the-tap-to-pay-scam-hiding-behind-the-beep/
Post #4204075
Hate the Copilot Key? Here’s How to Finally Turn It Off https://www.pcmag.com/news/hate-the-copilot-key-heres-how-to-finally-turn-it-off
Post #4152791
I'm in the middle of my DS9 season 2 rewatch. "Second Sight" was perhaps one of the weakest DS9 stories I've seen and I'm trying to be charitable in case some who are reading this liked the episode. So far, most of the others have been decent.
Post #4152424
On October 27, the NFB's CENA team has scheduled a webinar on vibe coding. At the rate things are going, by then someone will have probably vibe coded an entire accessible operating system, complete with screen reader.
Post #4147444
Stop! 7 ways you’re making your personal info public online https://www.pcworld.com/article/3195380/stop-7-ways-youre-making-your-personal-info-public-online.html
Post #4147399
Announcement from Jamal Mazrui for NVDA Users: Announcing HomerView: The Most Productive Interface for Screen Reader Users of the Web https://groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/12184
Post #4144743
Making an Accessible Emotion Wheel: Why I Built Mine https://www.timdixon.net/blog/2026/07/making-an-accessible-emotion-wheel-why-i-built-mine/
Post #4116922
BARD has been adding more audio drama titles lately, including two compilations from BBC Audio.
Post #4114867
Clicks Universal Power Keyboard – Early Impressions from a blindness perspective https://blog.blackspheretech.com/?p=530
Post #4110317
Starlog (1970s Magazine) https://cult-scifi.com/starlog-1970s-magazine/
Post #4067602
ScribeMe is now available on the Meta smart glasses. Taken from ScribeMe's Facebook page ... Original Source https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02BPZ5hQgQ5siGT5LPbL1XjFidSrT3y34yMJSduxtRYu54UVNwWqckfbt5UzMcW25kl&id=61562396116200 Big news! 🚨🕶️ ScribeMe now works with AI glasses from Meta. What started in beta is now publicly available, making it possible for anyone with the glasses to experience hands-free accessibility. Imagine walking through an unfamiliar place whi...
Post #4066563
Free digital tablets for older people and disabled adults https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/free-digital-tablets-older-people-and-disabled-adults
Post #4053289
The Wild West of Accessible PDF Remediation https://brailleworks.com/wild-west-accessible-pdf-remediation/
Post #4044206
SmartVision 3: Accessibility Smart Without the High Prices https://accessiblepass.net/smartvision-3-accessibility-smart-without-the-high-prices/
Post #4023151
@FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com OK, I have one more Clipman feature request. I'll preface it by saying that you're probably not going to like it. You probably won't want to do it, even though it's probably doable. And if you don't, I'll still happily use it. Could we have an option, and it would be off by default, to have it so that, after we select a clipboard item from the history and press enter, that it would automatically perform a paste?
Post #4019560
From André Polykanine: Announcing SharpLouis, a .NET wrapper for LibLouis Braille translator https://www.braillists.org/uncategorised/from-andre-polykanine-announcing-sharplouis-a-net-wrapper-for-liblouis-braille-translator/
Post #3962588
I just finished my rewatch of Deep Space Nine, Season 1. Overall, I liked it and have the following quick thoughts. I love the character of Keiko, but am I supposed to believe that Starfleet couldn't be bothered to send a teacher to the station with an actual education degree? In the episode Move Along Home, the aliens from that race should have been held more accountable for what they put the crew through. Instead, Sisko was just, "Oh, well, nobody got hurt." No, that was still...
Post #3940932
Due to a lack of activity, the list owner of the Mastodon group has indicated that he plans to shut down the list unless someone wishes to take it over. I'm not sure I want to take on a mailing list at this point in my life but if someone is interested in taking it over and feels they can generate some discussion I wanted to pass this along. https://groups.io/g/mastodon/message/278
Post #3871247
I still say that Quill should raise funds by selling T-shirts that say "I've got Quill Power."
Post #3871115
I think @quillforall@mastodon.social should make an open source antibiotic. They could call it PeniQuillin.
Post #3862745
@NicksWorld@mastodon.stickbear.me @Bruce@allovertheplace.ca @bmoore123@tweesecake.social @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @mewproj@fwoof.space Compared to the more robotic synths, Dec-talk was definitely different. I think the Express was around $1200; not sure about the internal cards. The other synth that did sound pretty good for its time was, I think it was called Prose4000?
Post #3844131
@mewproj@fwoof.space Wow, I am super impressed with the performance of FastSM RW. This is impressive work. Thank you.
Post #3755072
AIRA is seeking visual interpreters. Fully remote. From their Facebook post at https://www.facebook.com/aira.io/posts/pfbid02R9eo6ZrFysBwBbbTRXWp2Pgkv2A51MhGE9kF2C7kknbZ6Qap2uL73J6kdo3kgCL7l We’re hiring Visual Interpreters! 🎉. No description available. Aira Visual Interpreters support access to visual information for people who are blind or have low vision through live, on-demand interpreting in the Aira Explorer app. Join a 100% remote team with consistent scheduling, paid training and certi...