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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 03:55:30 JST Aral Balkan

   Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for NINE YEARS but the real problem is me

   https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/

   #fedora #accessibility #a11y #ableism #RedHat #IBM #Linux #OpenSource

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     gunstick (gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 13:01:54 JST gunstick

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     @aral linux can run the most obscure hardware, but then servicing a minority part of the populatiin is not possible?
     So pathetic.
     I also hate wayland. Just because there is no xdotool and no screensaver.
     And their lack of is probably related to having also a broken screen reader.

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     eshep (eshep@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 13:01:55 JST eshep

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     • gunstick
     @aral @gunstick No proper #xdotool replacement is the part that annoys me most about #wayland. I've heard that #wmctrl is somewhat usable, but even if it worked, it's not really a viabe replacement. There is something called #wlrctl that I've not looked much into yet. My first impression, just from the manpage, does not have me very eager to investigate further.
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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:25:38 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Tamas G
     • WestphalDenn

     @WestphalDenn @Tamasg Sending you lots of love and here’s hoping some folks do some reflecting and things really do change at a systemic/cultural level.

     💕

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     WestphalDenn (westphaldenn@social.cologne)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:25:40 JST WestphalDenn

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     • Tamas G

     @aral @Tamasg Wish you all the best and I hope you can get back on your feet after so many attacks for just stating the obvious. As a blind individual myself who trys Linux over and over again just to cave and use something where I can actually get work done I respect you a ton to raise awareness of the technical problems as well as the ableist ones. Thank you and be save

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:46:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • DocRekd

     @docRekd Putting aside the insinuation that I’m not actually interested in improving accessibility on Linux, where does one donate? I couldn’t find a donation link there or on the site.

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     DocRekd (docrekd@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:46:36 JST DocRekd

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     @aral when you are harassing the people working on fixing it instead of directing your 40k followers toward funding those people then yes, you are the problem
     https://social.treehouse.systems/@TheEvilSkeleton/112660261861372302

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     DocRekd (docrekd@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:46:36 JST DocRekd

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     @aral for everyone actually interested into improving #a11y on linux please donate (or at least follow) https://fosstodon.org/@accesskit

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     LXQt-Project (lxqt@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 18:12:56 JST LXQt-Project

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     • gunstick
     • eshep

     @eshep @aral @gunstick check ydootool and wtype too.

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     eshep (eshep@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 18:13:22 JST eshep

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     • gunstick
     • eshep
     • LXQt-Project
     @aral @LXQt @gunstick Will do, thank you!
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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 19:28:14 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Marcin Juszkiewicz

     @hrw How about you help instead of calling people who are helping assholes?

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     Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 19:28:26 JST Marcin Juszkiewicz

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     @aral

     It helps to look from project perspective sometimes.

     When all you get is complaints then (as a developer) you may consider abandoning the project and work on something else.

     Or when you have some work in progress but whole feedback is "it sucks".

     Be constructive. Help rather just be an asshole.

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     Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 19:28:34 JST Marcin Juszkiewicz

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     @aral yes. The problem is you. And the problem is in Wayland and rest of stack.

     Bitching the project does not help. Look are there solutions, do someone is working on screen reader for Wayland environment.

     Help them with testing as it looks like you know how it should work.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 00:17:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Javielico 🌖

     @javielico 💕

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     Javielico 🌖 (javielico@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 00:17:34 JST Javielico 🌖

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     @aral wow, just reading the thread, I don't know why but I'm not surprised. Solidarity Aral!

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 21:56:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Naiara :neocat_flag_trans:

     @naipotato Thank you.

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     Naiara :neocat_flag_trans: (naipotato@transfem.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 21:56:33 JST Naiara :neocat_flag_trans:

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     • DocRekd

     @aral@mastodon.ar.al @docRekd@hachyderm.io scroll down the website, there's a "Sponsor the Project" link: https://github.com/sponsors/mwcampbell