Pratik Patel

ppatel@mstdn.social

I am a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books, speaker, writer, and a thinker, who finds himself championing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#accessibility</a> 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.

Posts

Post #4501146
RE: https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049/117076688416367298 "Gone Girl" at the top of the list? People have some strange ideas. I found it disgustingly misogynistic.
Post #4206749
There are some popular masto posts that I am just not meant to boost or talk about because I don't want the subject to take any more space in my brain than it already does due to our current culture.
Post #4052788
Oooo. I'm being recruited. This time, it actually looks genuine. Now to decide whether I want to take a job at the company for which I'm being recruited. Hybrid versus the freedom to not go to an office at all? Hmmmm.
Post #4021944
Love the snark here! ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over FCC lets ISPs stop listing all fees after companies complained it was too hard. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/isps-long-nightmare-of-having-to-list-all-the-fees-they-charge-is-finally-over/
Post #4018459
Dear Humanware, Good god! How many emails do you need to send out to tell me that You'll be increasing your prices? And, since you're being "transparent" and all, how about you tell me what the prices will be for your products. I mean you do want to serve us poor folks *transparently!* Don't you? #accessibility #a11y
Post #4000750
Your feedback is important. This year's survey includes questions about AI usage. This only took me a few minutes. WebAIM's Screen Reader User Survey is open now through August 31. If you are a screen reader user, your responses help shape more accessible digital experiences for everyone. Take the survey here: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/ #Accessibility #ScreenReader #NVDASR
Post #3944508
India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/indias-first-privately-developed-rocket-reaches-orbit-on-dramatic-debut-launch/
Post #3730890
RE: https://mastodon.stickbear.me/@ablade/116893609899668043 I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
Post #3534864
Gremlins anyone?
Post #3534863
@mektastic It&#39;s good to see you here.
Post #3151978
@NVAccess posted: In-Process 27th April 2026 https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-27th-april-2026/ #NVDASR #accessibility
Post #3151976
@NVAccess posted: In-Process 11th May 2026 https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-11th-may-2026/ #NVDASR #accessibility
Post #3151974
@NVAccess posted: In-Process 22nd May 2026 https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-22nd-may-2026/ #NVDASR #accessibility
Post #3151972
Hiya all. Good to be back here.
Post #2464310
I have mixed feelings about this. Apple quietly launches a catalog of #books narrated by #AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the #audiobook market. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks #Bookstodon
Post #1155334
AI&#39;s aesthetics of failure On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to #AI slop https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ais-aesthetics-of-failure
Post #1155333
They might as well be #AI the way this war is being handled. Kill Chain On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children https://artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain
Post #1155332
RE: https://mastodon.social/@JenMsft/116306515557926926 damn it! Where was this feature when I needed it last week? My folder name looks ugly to me since I was forced to use my email address to sign in.
Post #1155329
Harry Potter gets a Nundu as a pet at age 8? There&#39;s a new concept for you. Seems like the fic is still ongoing.
Post #1155326
@NVAccess posted: In-Process 10th April 2026 https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-10th-april-2026/ #NVDASR #accessibility
Post #862297
I’m excited to announce the first public release of Terminal Access for NVDA: an add-on focused on improving the NVDA experience when working in terminal/console applications. Inspired by TDSR and Speakup, there&#39;s quite a bit of functionality here. I welcome contributions. Issues and PRs welcome. Lots of testing needed. Open issues on the Github repo at: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA Get it here: https://github.com/PratikP1/Terminal-Access-for-NVDA/releases/late...
Post #820248
In case you haven&#39;t read this yet: Diffusion of Responsibility https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/
Post #818134
RE: https://mstdn.social/@ppatel/116257729606285152 Any recommendations for good accessories for this thing? I intend to use it for a lot of internal work. How are the built-in mikes?
Post #813816
I posted this earlier. But, ... This thing is genuinely funny. Who needs The Onion? One example: &quot;You are assassinating everyone with the authority to negotiate and then complaining, with what appears to be genuine bewilderment, that nobody will negotiate. This is the diplomatic equivalent of burning down every restaurant in town and then leaving a bad Yelp review about the lack of dining options.&quot; https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian
Post #782753
I hate dealing with UIA. #accessibility #a11y
Post #750845
To cancel our membership, use our chatbot that is not accessible. Oh goodie! This is such a bad UI. It&#39;s nothing but a deliberate pattern designed to steal your money. #accessibility #fail.
Post #720791
This is a great read from Aeon Essays. What we think is a decline in literacy is a design problem Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answer isn’t getting rid of our screen time https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem
Post #715366
Once upon a time, when Power Toys was mostly accessible, ... ... #accessibility
Post #713993
Wonder of wonders—and not surprised by this at all, Lenovo&#39;s Vantage utility lets me change how the function key operates, let&#39;s me reverse the defaults by allowing me to use the function keys as they were intended rather than the junk they usually are, and allows me to switch the keyboard backlight completely off. I don&#39;t have to worry about going into the bios. Then again, There&#39;s a utility that lets you access the bios in Windows. I&#39;ll take those #ac...
Post #676395
This somehow seems false. Either this is wrong or their Windows 12 plans (as reported) are false. Microsoft sidelined some Copilot-branded AI features on Windows 11 after the Recall delay, and shipped some promised features without the Copilot name. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-quietly-scraps-plans-to-bring-copilot-to-notifications-and-settings-on-windows-11-as-it-moves-to-reduce-ai-bloat-across-the-os