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codeofdusk

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About codeofdusk

Totally blind software engineer on the Accessibility Insights team at Microsoft. Find me on Mastodon (bill@n6.io) and GitHub (same username) or email me at my username at gmail dot com.

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    I'm also totally blind and, somewhat relatedly, I've built Gptcmd, a small console app to ease GPT conversation and experimentation (see the readme for more on what it does, with i…

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    I'm totally blind and built Gptcmd, a small console app to make interacting with GPT, manipulating context/conversations, etc. easier. Since it's just a console app, when streaming…

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    Comment #31628864

    Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24658052

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    Comment #31307338

    > Taxes? Annual reporting of some such? US citizens are required to report all worldwide income for taxation. Elsewhere, requirements to pay tax generally depend on residing in the…

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    Comment #31131882

    > If you are looking for an app, I am the developer of HACK A little off-topic, but I'm totally blind (use VoiceOver) and just tried the app on iOS. A few issues: * Several buttons…

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    Comment #30839206

    From the user perspective, Chrome Vox on Home Hub feels... bolted on. It uses the assistant TTS, probably over the network, so lag is extreme (a thing you don't want in your primar…

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    Comment #30839176

    As a totally blind Home Hub user who finds Chrome Vox completely unsuitable for the platform, I'm saddened (though not surprised) that a Fuchsia screen reader never could see the l…

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    > I can’t seem to find that now Here you are: http://www.paulgraham.com/lwba.html

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    Comment #30395412

    Totally blind since birth. Yes, voice is definitely a big factor for me, with personality/interests a very close second!

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    This style of punctuation is "logical quotation", not necessarily British: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logical_quotation_on...

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    Comment #27080179

    JAWS is still a thing although it is definitely declining in popularity. My email is my HN username at gmail dot com, and I'm also my HN username on lots of other social media site…

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    Comment #27076954

    I'm totally blind and use a screen reader. Was surprised to see this on HN as I normally see this sort of thing just in accessibility spaces on Twitter or similar! Hopefully more m…

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    Comment #25675647

    1plus1meet was posted to a student Facebook group for my university. The use of Jitsi Meet, an open platform, seems like a great idea! I'm totally blind, and the way it works has s…

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    Comment #24773935

    And as a totally blind person, I don't look at my phone anyway, so faceID has been a major downgrade.