Accessibility, the Origin of Innovation
In the disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a cliché. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don’t get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized.
Update: The Fable version of this material is now available here.
Correcting Years With NVDA and Espeak
If the title of this one doesn't interest you, the contents sure won't!
I'm mostly documenting this for myself. I've been trying to switch away from eloquence for ages, with little success. One possibility is Espeak-ng, at least with NVDA on Windows, and on Android. Unfortunately, Espeak on IOS has a bunch of serious bugs, and hasn't been updated in forever.
An aborted journey into accessible flight simulation
It's been quiet here for a couple of weeks because a project I was hoping to begin fell through.
Updade: I heard back from talking flight monitor about eight hours after publishing this post. They sent a dropbox link to download the software; unfortunately, I get a message that says I don't have permission to access the content when clicking it. They also let me know that they can't send email to iCloud for whatever reason.