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Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)
Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)
My experience fixing my Framework 13” laptop with AMD 7060 series that was bricked due to a failed BIOS update with US$20 worth of tools, instead of replacing the motherboard as suggested by Framework support.
Dont Steal Mac OS.kext ("DSMOS") is a kernel extension added in Mac OS X 10.4.4 that prevents the operating system from running on unauthorized Intel hardware. Its...
lightweight, privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus. - djyde/cusdis
The classic Sillytavern, now has been rewritten in Tauri/Rust. - Darkatse/TauriTavern
I have been doing a lot of development work with Claude Code, and the thing that slowed me down most was not the AI. It was reading the output. In my experience both the Claude desktop app and the …
Download fanfiction as EPUB, HTML, MOBI, and PDF. Find recommendations for stories you'll love.
Siri voices don’t appear in third-party apps on iPhone, iPad or Mac. Learn why Apple restricts them and discover the best alternatives in Speech Central.
Event designators have been hiding in not-so-plain-sight since the late 1970s — so powerful that forgetting might be part of a massive conspiracy to wear out developer keyboards faster than otherwise.
This document describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
Available on iOS
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
From Read Aloud to Voice Access, Microsoft’s accessibility features almost always end up benefiting everyone. Here is why the latest Windows 11 preview build continues that winning streak.
MLP G5: The Lore, the Lies, and the Legacy Created & presented by Plucky Pizzicato & Lunar Aurora Research & writing by Frosted Daydream Slide 2: About Us Plucky Pizzicato she/her 🏳️⚧️ (pre-transition) In the fandom since 2011 Musician, writer Overanalyzer extraordinaire Involved with the G...
Contribute to raphaelvserafim/whatsapp-binary development by creating an account on GitHub.
Demonstrates iOS SwiftUI Accessibility programming techniques using live good and bad examples that can be tested with VoiceOver and other AT. Includes documentation for developers explaining how t...
Contribute to daiverd/doubletalk-pc development by creating an account on GitHub.
Focus-aware audio ducking modes for NVDA (duck active or inactive applications) - Glowing-Radiant/enhanced-duck
I built this blog with Jikji, a static site generator I wrote myself, almost five years ago. Back then I barely knew TypeScript or modern web tooling, and I'd…
NexIM Chat Server. Contribute to IS4Code/NexIM development by creating an account on GitHub.
An NVDA screen-reader synthesizer add-on that exposes Google's Chrome WASM text-to-speech voices to NVDA. - nguyenanhduc09/Google-TTS-For-NVDA
Automatically sync AudioVault audio descriptions with Sonarr/Radarr downloads - matalvernaz/describarr
Headless, stateless, blind friendly 3D clay modeller - gitdwarf/DwarvenModeller
HYPERBLAM lets users create music with HTML via a dependency-free Web Audio API implementation. It enables pedal boards, drum machines and sampled instruments without JavaScript.
HapWare - Making Communication Universally Accessible. ALEYE empowers people who are blind, low-vision, or neurodivergent.
Blind Productions showcases blind creators through a directory and moderated community forum. Seven new members joined the directory. Nominations require no account, though forum participation needs free registration. Admins review all suggestions before publication.
How I found that anyone could register on FIFA's public Agent Platform, gain access to the Football Data Platform's Streaming Management panel, and get RTMP ingest URLs and stream keys for every live FIFA World Cup 2026 camera feed. I then spent hours calling FIFA, MediaKind, HBS, CISA, and the FBI trying to get someone to pick up the phone.
There's a brand new ariaNotify() method — defined by the WAI-ARIA 1.3 Specification — that provides a means of programmatically triggering narration in a screen reader.
hermes gateway platform for deltachat. With support for documents, voice messages, webxdc mini app generation and even voice calls. - Simon-Laux/hermes-deltachat-platform
A while back I wrote about language modeling without neural networks, where I generated Shakespeare with an unbounded n-gram model: no weights, no training, …
An employee departs Mozilla after 15 years, using vacation time before leaving.
Mentoring benefits individuals, and staff must serve the unpaid community.
Mozilla remains a niche, open-source browser distinct from large competitors.
Leadership struggles with transparency, and copying big browsers risks losing abnormal users.
Declining DAU may stem from chasing trends instead of Mozilla’s 30-year history of open collaboration. Pursuing enterprise standards conflicts with publishing code openly.
Controversial features risk inflated approval due to user departures. Leadership wrongly treats community contributors as customers, despite past success.
Financial stability persists, but bad ideas may continue despite privacy innovations.
Mozilla should prioritize browser development and core feature improvements over ambitious projects. Fixing bugs and tech debt can create a more reliable experience.
Rebuilding community involvement supports contributions and translations. Retaining successful projects like Thunderbird aids progress.
Humility helps manage radical changes and abusive users effectively.
AI pricing is artificially low, funded by venture capital to build organizational dependency. Like Uber, firms may later raise costs after eliminating alternatives.
Organizations risk unsustainable expenses when embedding models deeply. Accessibility efforts relying on AI may become unaffordable, harming disabled users.
Future price hikes are inevitable once subsidies end.
Apple marked Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Vision Pro eye-control updates and Bailey Hikawa’s adaptive MagSafe Grip & Stand for iPhone.
The silicone grip snaps magnetically, functions as a stand and was co-designed with people experiencing dexterity challenges.
PopSockets scaled production after initial limited sales, supporting inclusive design alongside built-in accessibility features.
For some iOS 27 beta 1 users, the indexing process is taking much longer than expected. Thankfully, there’s a way to check the actual percentage from a Mac.
Manage databases in popular file formats, with synchronized interfaces between CLI and GUI modes, designed to maximize productivity for keyboard users of Windows. - jamalmazrui/DbDo
Personal internet radio: Agentic AI DJ. Contribute to perminder-klair/subwave development by creating an account on GitHub.
Minimal accessible unattended 192kHz field recorder for Raspberry Pi + HiFiBerry DAC+ ADC Pro - iftah-og/DripRog
A polished web novel features detailed art and a well-conceived system enabling infinite universe-hopping stories. Grammar is flawless, though pacing may feel too fast, characters surface-level, and dialogue unnatural for some readers. Spoilers aid mobile accessibility.
QUILL is a screen-reader-first Windows writing environment where every command announces outcomes and operates via keyboard. Version 0.5.0 Beta is available now.
The tool supports multi-document work, AI assistance with review-first control and provider choice, and sandboxed Quillins extensions.
Office Hours offer live product demonstrations and feedback sessions via Zoom.
aMule released version 3.0.0, a structural overhaul rewriting performance components after five years. The update boosts peer-to-peer speeds and fixes throttler bugs. Native packages restore performance parity with modern hardware for Linux, macOS and Windows users.