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   Matt Campbell (matt@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:28:35 JST Matt Campbell

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   Here's my latest update on Newton, the #Wayland-native, #Flatpak-friendly #accessibility project for the modern #FreeDesktop ecosystem, developed as part of @gnome and funded by @sovtechfund. It's not ready for production yet, but this blog post includes a demo video and links to GNOME OS and Flatpak runtime builds you can try. As a bonus, because I'm integrating #AccessKit into #GTK, GTK apps will finally have #a11y on Windows and macOS. https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:37:53 JST Bø!rge

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     @matt Awesome! This is incredibly needed! Thank you!

     Any thoughts on when the voice stop hurting, though? I think if I had to listen to that thing all day my ears would start bleeding pretty quickly :/

     I understand that is probably not your area, but maybe you have some insight into what work is being done there?

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:53:29 JST Bø!rge

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     @matt Sorry for bursting in on this fantastic stuff you're doing and demoing with a complaint! I just don't want my blind brothers and sisters in Linux/Gnome to also go deaf, you know? 😉

     Thanks again! Happy to hear that there's work ongoing on the voice too!

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     Matt Campbell (matt@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:53:30 JST Matt Campbell

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     @forteller eSpeak NG is more tolerable, even entirely acceptable for some of us, if you speed it up, but I knew I couldn't run the voice at the speed I typically use, when doing a demo for a mixed audience.

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:58:49 JST Bø!rge

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     @matt That sounds like some kind of Stockholm syndrome to me. But hey, as long as you and other users are happy, I'm happy! 😄

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     Matt Campbell (matt@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 03:58:50 JST Matt Campbell

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     @forteller No problem, it's a valid concern. Really though, a lot of us who use this stuff every day are fine with eSpeak. I'm using it right now, by choice.