Openclaw Is More Fun to Fiddle With Than To Use

Of course I have to write about openclaw.

If you've never heard of openclaw (formerly moltbot, formerly claudbot), it's an open source AI tool that can actually do things in the real world. And sometimes, the things it does are actually the things you want it to do! Unfortunately, "sometimes" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. Is Openclaw worth the massive hype it's received from people like Andrej Karpathy? I'll go over my experiences in this article.

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The State of Modern AI Text To Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users

The past year has seen an explosion in new text to speech engines based on neural networks, large language models, and machine learning. But has any of this advancement offered anything to those using screen readers?

If you're not a screen reader user yourself, you might be surprised to learn that the text to speech technology used by most blind people hasn't changed in the last 30 years. While text to speech has taken the sighted world by storm, in everything from personal assistants to GPS to telephone systems, the voices used by blind folks have remained mostly static. This is largely intentional. The needs of a blind text to speech user are vastly different than those of a sighted user. While sighted users prefer voices that are natural, conversational, and as human-like as possible, blind users tend to prefer voices that are fast, clear, predictable, and efficient. This results in a preference among blind users for voices that sound somewhat robotic, but can be understood at high rates of speed, often upwards of 800 to 900 words per minute. The speaking rate of an average person hovers around 200 to 250 words per minute, for comparison.

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Fengshen Tale CONFERRED GODS

I felt bad about kind of trashing the last Chinese mobile game I played. So I looked around for something better. But did I find it?

Fengshen Tale CONFERRED GODS is the first game I've played by Chinese mobile game developer Shanghai Huaxiao Information Technology Co. It's an accessible autobattler that's really similar to Call of Fate. But is it better?

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