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   linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 10:22:10 JST linear cannon

   i have revitalized my keeb.io iris rev4
   
   havent used this keyboard in a long time and both of my irises were missing keycaps/switches, but i really wanted to have something i could use comfortably wherever without fucking up my wrists, so i dug the newer one out and fixed it up
   
   gonna take a bit to get used to it again, but it's already not too bad, i haven't lost that much muscle memory

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     linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 10:22:08 JST linear cannon

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     it doesn't even have to be a particularly powerful machine that i use for this, either. like, my requirements are:
     - usb host port
     - audio jack or bluetooth
     - wifi
     - ability to run netbsd
     - enough cpu to do ssh and speech synthesis at the same time
     
     anything meeting those requirements can just be the terminal and talk to another machine over the network that is actually running the programs

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     linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 10:22:09 JST linear cannon

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     part of the reason i wanted this is because i want to experiment with screen readers more, and in doing so i want to have a keyboard that is usable somewhere other than at my desk. and that i can still easily use without having to look at it. this is pretty good for that
     
     the idea is that if im feeling migrainey or otherwise just dont want to stare at a screen but still want to be able to do computer stuff, this could provide a way to do that. the screen reader on my phone certainly has been great, but (and this is critical) i have had absolutely no success in finding a way to use a terminal emulator with talkback on android, and i genuinely do a surprising of computing in a terminal emulator on my phone, so that still leaves me unable to do many things
     
     if i have an alternate option that only gives me the terminal emulator. well, that still limits me, but in a different way, and one that i'm more comfortable with

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     linear cannon (linear@nya.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 10:22:56 JST linear cannon

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     so like, my pi zero w could suffice, and i could even run that off a battery, so i could like, take this setup to a park or something if i wanted

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