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• Post #4497840

  iOS 27 Beta 5. Item description can now describe anything in voiceover focus. Live recognition Scene mode now describes continuously with context, so it just says what's changed instead of reading everything over and over again. Now that's magical! Imagine having that in a pair of glasses, either on-device or running on a connected iPhone. #accessibility #blind #iOS

• Post #4362706

  Well y'all, Linux stuff is happening fast. Cthulhu is a fork of Orca with like lots of stuff. Wine runs Windows programs on Linux. If Cthulhu is running, the Wine Accessibility plugin is enabled, and the helper package is installed, you should only need to launch the Wine or Proton program normally. Cthulhu will automatically: - Detect the active Wine/Proton prefix. - Start the helper inside that prefix. - Read supported standard Windows controls. - Accept speech requests from p...

• Post #4180209

  At last, the Braille Note Evolve manual is out! https://www.humanware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EN-UG-BNE-V1.0-final.docx #accessibility #tech #blind #Braille #humanware

• Post #4102366

  From the Orca mailing list, new extension! Hi everyone, With Orca's new extension support, I wanted to share a small extension I've ported from the NVDA ecosystem. Instant Translate for Orca brings quick, on-demand text translation to Orca. The project is based on the Instant Translate add-on for NVDA, adapted to work with Orca's extension API. Some highlights: Translate selected or focused text without leaving your current application. Designed to integrate naturally with the Orca...

• Post #4072049

  This repository provides independently loadable Emacspeak speech interfaces for packages that are not fully supported in Emacspeak itself. The current extensions cover Corfu, Vertico, Which-Key, Markdown Mode, Helm, and agent-shell. The repository also provides optional native Windows speech and auditory-icon support for Emacspeak running under WSL. https://github.com/bartbunting/emacspeak-support #emacs #emacspeak #foss #wsl #accessibility #blind

• Post #3994381

  Anyone had any experience with Forgejo lately with a screen reader? It's a Github alternative. #accessibility #blind #screenreader #foss #Forgejo

• Post #3763660

  So, there's this super secret accessibility feature in iOS 27, that Apple doesn't want you to know about! It's hidden down deep, in the depths of the Action button settings. And in this article, I'll uncover what is hidden, for all my followers! iOS 27 is the 20th release of iOS, the operating system for your iPhone. It's biggest feature will be a new and revamped Siri, which uses a customized and private version of Google's Gemini AI LLM model, running on Apple's Pr...

• Post #3581611

  I played Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4 (PS2 mod of Tenkaichi 3) on my iPhone today. It ran perfectly, was practically no lag on my AirPods Pro 3, and the only issue is no vibration on the iPhone. But if you play with a controller that already has a vibration motor, it'll vibrate for you. I talked to the devs and they're gonna try to work on vibration and a few VO fixes in the game view. https://ios.armsx2.net/ #games #gaming #accessibility #sideload #ps2 #armsx2 #iOS #blind

• Post #3468903

  > Welcome to Vorail AI, the global blind and low-vision community. I literally can't even. SMH! Well at least now I have something to laugh at this week. Lol, the entire blind community is on there! Bahahaha and the description is definitely AI generated. And doesn't have anything AI in the features list in the description. Like, lol they literally just put AI in there cause they know us blink blinks are mostly all about that AI, no trebble. https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/social-...

• Post #1924447

  So, Braille screen input has gotten major new features! Sounds, vibrations, editing, command mode!!!!!! Amazing work, to all the Apple accessibility folks! #wwdc Also, I can type the FOR sign! On my iPhone SE!

• Post #1657235

  So I still can't believe this is happening. Kindle was updated today on my iPhone, and... The library view still doesn't read with VoiceOver! I guess I'll have to do my userly duties and report it, with a screen recording, full sysdiagnose, and a DNA sample, because users can't be trusted to actually be telling the truth, or know what's going on, or breathe correctly, so thinketh the almighty technocrats. Anyway enough thinking, I've got pizza on...

• Post #1155314

  OMG y'all, so I open the VoiceOver user guide, from the VoiceOver help menu. I interact with the web content area, and this is the first item I get: cb70b862ca1052e7f1f301199fac85a2.png *sigh* It just gets so tiring, you know?

• Post #1104545

  So nowadays on the accessibility #game modding scene, we have: * Final Fantasy 1 through 6 * Dragon Quest Reimagined (I can't remember which one) * Dragon Warrior for the NES (through BizHawk (modded for accessibility also)) * A dance of ice and fire * Dragon Ball Sparking Zero (new, a tad bit rough) * Several others, like a Digimon game, a few visual novels, ETC. None of this would have *ever* happened without AI. #gaming #mod

• Post #1011138

  Okay, y'all, this is just plain crazy. For those that use Kindle with VoiceOver on iOS, can you try something for me? Open Kindle. Go to your library. Find a book that hasn't been downloaded. Does VoiceOver read the item to you? For me, it uses its machine learning to try to describe the cover and read the text, but it doesn't read the actual book unless I double tap to download it. I can't quite believe this is a bug on iOS. Like, any accessibility QA person cou...

• Post #1011137

  So I go into a Zoom meeting, and TalkBack won't shut up about Current view is active speaker, double tap to hide toolbar. At this point every screen reader badly needs a way to turn off automatic announcements per app. #blind #accessibility #screenReader #zoom

• Post #971915

  Android is the mobile operating system where stuff can be built. If Google doesn't like your app, fine, users can sideload. And no, that's not going away. You can make your own screen reader, accessibility services, and for AI, Android phones now have up to 24 GB of RAM. I definitely wouldn't be able to use an iPhone as my computer for a week. #android

• Post #968896

  I can't hold it in anymore! 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

• Post #968895

  Oooo lookie! https://github.com/Barafu/IrateGoose

• Post #847440

  So there's always been one thing wrong with my Emacs on Termux for Android. The right ALT key doesn't reach the terminal for some reason. Well since I've been using my phone all day, I figured I might as well fix it. So, I downloaded Key Mapper from #fdroid and hit the right alt key for a trigger, gave it the left alt action, and now I can hit Alt + X, M-x in Emacs, as much as I want! Try doing that with your iFoam. :smirk: #accessibility #keyboard #emacs #android #fos...

• Post #847438

  Does this sound lude to anyone else? Keep it easy tonight with Papa Johns, sent straight to your door — or better yet, your bed. Warm, cheesy, handled.

• Post #847434

  Did you know if you take off the is in Alexis you get Alex.

• Post #847433

  > Charging, five meters until full. Wow, that's a big charge meter!

• Post #762547

  Well y'all, iOS now has a PS2 emulator! https://pocket-gaming.org/2026/03/22/how-to-play-ps2-games-on-ios-the-ultimate-ipsx2-setup-guide/ #emulation #ps2 #iOS

• Post #683027

  Blind folks, what would make you want to use, or try out, Linux? Boosts okay. #accessibility #blind #linux #foss

• Post #505180

  If your app or OS requires a toggle to be turned on for a screen reader to even *access* your UI, you're so, so not helping. We already have to know about the screen reader, we shouldn't have to check an assistive technologies checkbox or a VoiceOver checkbox or a screen reader mode command or, even fucking better, a Braille support command. Instead, how about get rid of it and default to "everyone uses a screen reader" mode. And if shit's slow with tha...

• Post #491100

  Linux accessibility isn't going to improve until more disabled people use Linux. This really, really sucks, but we have to file the issues. We have to build the stuff. And I say we, not I, because I can't handle a job and trying to vibe code stuff into working when I don't know what I'm doing, and don't know good design. Honestly I do much better vibe coding my own stuff from scratch. Anyway if we want freedom, we have to fight for it. And since the issue...