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Thank you, that is now going round in my head on a continuous loop! I pretty much completely agree with the content of what you said as well.

I absolutely loved Terry Pratchett Discworld, make me laugh at some real bad times in my life. I'm currently listening to thief of time which is weirdly good, didn't like it at fir…

edited to add: over the past few weeks Apple and their accessibility approach has come up a few times on HN, and when I responded there have been so many questions that I really re…

I would just like to say that there isn't a company on the planet making consumer electronics that leans in harder than Apple does, as a quadriplegic I can get an able-bodied monke…

My money doesn't seem to fit in any of the slots on my computer... Apple just keeps knocking it out of the park and into a completely new sports metaphor assistive technology provi…

If anybody from the project is reading this, could you tell me where I should send the application, entrance form, fee or even straight up bribes to get my brain and this technolog…

Feels weird to say thank you, but the kind words make me feel better. thank you.

You will understand why your comment makes me feel deeply uncomfortable and incredibly proudTo hear that someone of my peers. My partner says (and I think she is totally right) tha…

Using my computer. I had to give up my degree in CompSci because I was becoming quadriplegic beginning in the early 2000's, And was unable to type. I then spent a decade working ou…

EditedTo Add: well, that was meant to be a minor comment and request for pointers but turned into somewhat of a rant. My apologies HMN, my apologies. This kind of dashboard really …

No need to eat humble pie at all! it has been my experience thatEngineers And other reprobates like the ones that haunt can use don't know anything about this stuff, but the second…

Aeotec and Fibaro Tend to be my go to companies when I want to buy some sort of sensor, anything from door and window sensors to motion sensors. Overall they have been the most sol…

Can you clarify what you mean by "conveyance of choice has" please? Apple has a very very awesome accessibility software, it is seriously the best of the world and I have tried all…

No problem, in about an hour things will start appearing And I will include usefulness et cetera. The most commonly used automation by a very long way are the lights, because I use…

I just wanted to saythat I totally agree with part: > However, the power of HA comes from the third step: automation. The best interface is the one you can forget exists. I have th…

I thought somebody might ask, so I am just sanitising my config files and then they will be available on my Github[1] hopefully in about an hour. Was there any particular automatio…

Just wanted to say that my life as a quadriplegic would be 13.4 million percent more crap without Home Assistant. Being quadriplegic and having something as open as Home Assistant …

Oh man, I really wish this was available on my Mac and not just mobile. I'm quadriplegic and cannot hold my camera to take pictures, but if I could get my PA to snap pictures throu…

This is one of those things that now you've seen it you'll start to notice just how bumpy the world is! I know I didn't give any of this stuff a second thought until quadriplegia m…

Hi HN! So, I've just had the fright of my life when I tried to pick up some messages left on my Amazon Echo. There were indeed messages, couple of delivery notifications and a gem …

I just emailed you, this definitely looks promising!

Hey, that reminds me of me as well! I still use DragonDictate for Mac to do all of my dictation, whether that is writing Hacker News comments, writing emails, having meaningful dis…