@mothninja @troublewithwords Jaws is also hugely, hugely expensive for people on a budget.
NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) is free and used by people all over the world (including myself) and it's very powerful as well.
https://www.nvaccess.org/
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@mothninja Well unless you want to upend his entirely life and make him switch to Android when he's already comfortable with Apple and has not one, but two devices, no. I wouldn't recommend that.
I can use both platforms and daily drive an iPhone. Android is pretty much there in terms of parity but if you're losing your sight, the last thing you want to do is A, learn a new phone/tablet, and B, learn a new screen-reader on top of all that. it's a bit much.
@mothninja In that case there's only one option and it's already built-in. VoiceOver.
Settings >Accessibility >VoiceOver.
Or ask Siri to 'Enable VoiceOver'
@mothninja Re screen-reader, what computer/phone is he currently using? That will change the response. I am a screen-reader user myself.
Replying to @FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
Another update on the same laptop, sounds all back, audio no longer annoyingly compromised... No, I don't get it either but I'll take it.
@jonathan859 Hahaha I shall take that under advisement.
@lerven Happy to *not* do that, yep.
@darrenhartland For servers, Linux is the way to go but me having a windows update issue, saying 'Just use Linux' is fucking not the answer.
Replying to @FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
Do not waste time saying 'Just use Linux.'
Not happening.
@seedy60 The audio is Realtek yes, but the wlan card is Intel.
@seedy60 i already tried running that through codex and it had no idea either. It didn't try to fake a pleasing answer, which I was glad to see. It's a weird one.
@KyleBorah What is your laptop? Mine's a Lenovo Thinkpad. I don't think that matters necessarily but I'm curious anyway.
Latest windows update stole some of my system sounds, as well as toggle keys. It also made headphone audio behave very loud and compressed, added slight reverb and only goes back to normal after unplugging and reconnecting headphones.
The update did not touch audio, no Realtek driver was updated, but it's windows, so...
I'm not a fan of the cold-calling method of receiving a DM asking for money. People should just stick to the proper forms for donation-hunting, such as Gaza Verified. That's what it's for...
It's a long shot but I don't suppose anyone in the UK, London more specifically has an old google pixel they'd be willing to part with? I'm running into issues with my app working perfectly fine on a galaxy with all labelled buttons, but not on google's devices. I'm making 0 money from this app so I don't and can't justify buying a new device just for this one thing, but someone's old, replacement device they no longer need would be super helpful. Thanks Fedi.