Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
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Joined Apr 2022
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I'm yet again reminded that accessibility technologies are priced unfairly. Did you know that a pair of hearing aids starts at roughly £500 but an average model can easily cost over £1500? And it's not like it's rocket science.
Similarly, Braille displays start at £1500, but can easily cost over £5000.
Similarly, the most popular and one of the most affordable Braille printers costs almost £3000.
Something can be said about special design requirements for such devices, or about the fact that there is no demand to make them at the scale that would allow to cut the costs ten times. And I can't even say that a high price is an excuse; if you'd try to build a Braille embosser that can operate at practical speeds with decent reliability using off the shelf components, you are likely to spend more money on it than you'd spend getting a commercial solution, even without R&D costs.
So, uh, folks, we can do better. I can't be the only one who keeps thinking about making such technologies cheaper, right?
Maybe I should make my own linux accessibility service. 🤓☝️
Kinda wish I could set the Orca Modifier button to something more convenient for my strange keyboard setups. Middle mouse button would be ideal tbh.
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And of course on a SiliconGraphics workstation there's also a 3D gopher client: GopherVR
Really not a fan of how many web pages have all their navigation BS at the start of their accessibility tree. The main content should be front and centre rather than sidebars.
Found it from this blog post on using orca headless on a raspberry pi. I want to get rid of screens eventually so it's quite relevant for me.
https://techesoterica.com/future-ready-vision-with-the-voice-and-the-raspberry-pi-4b/
Stumbled across this neat tool for #blind folks to use webcams as a sort of sonar using stereo audio. (warning can be loud)
@Liquidator Big mood. Getting other servers to see the notes migration is hard but at least we have *some* facilities for account migration in Mastodon. It'd be nice if they pulled all your data with you. Defs technically possible
@Liquidator Glad it made sense! TBH in terms of user autonomy nostr is the best option but in terms of reaching communities I'm interested in the ActivityPub network has more of what I like.
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1990: i bet they will have flying cars in the future
2026: the world is ending but i can use a game console to charge my toothbrush
2026: the world is ending but i can use a game console to charge my toothbrush
Strange attractors (of pain)
Working on a new morning routine: 50 jumping jacks while listening to yackity sax
@lutindiscret @alatitude77 @akhileshthite Neat! These should be able to load in @agregore by using `bittorrent://INFO_HASH_HERE` URLs
@dain Oof yeah that sounds annoying to deal with. IMO flatpak apps are pretty flakey and it's a coin toss whether it'll work 🥲 The screenshot and color stuff may or may not be a wayland issue. POP still uses gnome right? I'd have expected that to be solved by now
@dain oh? Has wayland been giving you trouble? I found it to be pretty stable these days.
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people becoming interested in decentralized autonomous governance but somehow missing 200 years of anarchist theory and arriving instead at fake computer money is galaxy level political illiteracy
@rosano The main thing I hear over and over again js yhat they want to be where all the other people are. You can't talk features or dynamics when that's all that matters in the end. 🤷
20. These "power gloves" are cool for doing gestures and game controller input. Kinda too pricy for my taste, though
https://udexreal.com/products/udcap-vr-gloves?variant=45992815034533
If the thing you depend on costs a lot of money to operate, and got a lot of "investment" (loans) to get it in everyone's face, it will inevitably screw you over once the true owners want to bleed it dry for cash. The alternatives might not be as "popular", but they're the only option to escape the cycle.
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Yap with me and send me cool links relating to my interests. 👍
Joined Apr 2022
