@Matthew2468 Huh, I didn't realize the iPad version was even available. If it's anything like an iPhone one, then it's really awesome!

Sometimes I wish we still had iPod Touch. I think it was a good device!

@Matthew2468 Dystopia for Mac is no more. I think reddit.com in the browser is your best bet, however accessible it is. It's doable though! :)

CNN — The Trump administration has put more than 100 officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/national-security-council-administrative-leave-trump?cid=ios_app

@TheQuinbox Who oversees Rust toolkitry, do you know? :)

@patrick_h_lauke @SteveFaulkner @aardrian @tink In many ways it is still a better choice than ARIA slider because it screen reader works across platforms inside web views. ARIA sliders rely on JS for keyboard and that totally breaks on mobile. But yeah, wish there was a way to specify valuetext in addition to just the value.

The curious case of Trump’s disappearing media transcripts - CNN https://apple.news/Aww7gFyWrRnmJzVlz4TNBBA

Simple access to a built-in AI small language model is now available in Microsoft Edge, as a dev preview.

I helped put together the blog, docs, and demos for this and I'm happy this is now out.

The team working on this is very interested in your feedback and use cases if you have any.

See https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/05/19/introducing-the-prompt-and-writing-assistance-apis/

@Tamasg I tried it on the Mac and it's a mess. I guess, with a lot of patience you could probably get a few things to work, but I found it quite counter-productive with VoiceOver. I pinged the devs on X, but neither heard back nor saw any changes in the editor after a few months. Should check on it again though! Thanks for the reminder!

@techsinger @menelion I've tested a few and Xamin for iOS worked the best for me. The serious caveat though is that it is a RIPL wallet only. Many of the wallet apps are quite bad though for accessibility. I would like to be proven wrong, of course!

@alexhall I am curious of the form factor though. How exactly can this be implemented given how tiny airpods are?

So, I was looking to see if there was a way to replicate the behavior of aria-valuetext when using the HTML5's input of range. Turns out this is not possible because there is no equivalent attribute for this HTML control. This encourages hacking then.
Some references:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/input/range

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Attributes/aria-valuetext
@SteveFaulkner @aardrian @tink What do you think?

Ukraine is home to the world’s longest musical instrument - the trembita, a traditional wooden alpine horn that can reach up to 8 meters (26 feet) in length. Used primarily by the Hutsuls of the Carpathian Mountains, the trembita is crafted from hollowed spruce or pine, split and rejoined, then wrapped in birch bark. Despite its massive size, the instrument is lightweight and portable, designed to carry sound across great distances in mountainous terrain.
The trembita has been used for centuries, primarily not as a musical instrument in the conventional sense, but as a tool of communication. In the remote highlands, where settlements were scattered and roads were scarce, the trembita served as a kind of natural radio. It announced births, deaths, funerals, seasonal migrations, the return of shepherds, or emergencies like wolf sightings or raids. Each call followed a specific pattern, immediately recognizable to those familiar with its codes.
Mentions of similar long alpine horns exist as far back as the medieval period. In the 16th and 17th centuries, records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth note the use of long horns in the Carpathians, likely early references to the trembita. The instrument also appears in traditional Ukrainian folklore, poetry, and Hutsul legends, often associated with nature, spiritual rituals, and transitions between life and death. In some traditions, it was said that the trembita's sound could guide a soul to the afterlife.
The trembita was also used in religious and seasonal rituals - especially around Christmas and Easter - often in combination with carols or ceremonial processions. In some areas, trembitas would announce the arrival of guests or the start of a festival. During the Soviet era, the trembita was repurposed as a folkloric showpiece in state-sanctioned performances, which helped preserve it, even if its original role diminished.
Yet, it was not forgotten and remains widely used today, despite the attempts by the Soviet Union to gradually suppress Ukrainian culture, language, and anything related to its rich and noble history.

#Ukraine #UkraineFacts #DidYouKnow

@BorrisInABox I believe you since I don't know any better! <grin>

@BorrisInABox I don't actually know what version of Mac OS this was introduced in. I think it's quite possible the feature is 10 years old, or even older.

On June 14, the current U.S. president will spend millions on a birthday parade for himself. Sorry, I mean a birthday parade for the U.S. army. If you want to join Womens' March on that day and help there be more participants in a march than watched the dumb parade, check out the event page here: https://www.womensmarch.com/kickouttheclowns

@BorrisInABox I mean, I didn't say "finally". I just said I love this feature!

@w7voa Why did it take the judge so long? Is there even a department of education left?

One thing I really love about VoiceOver is the ability to have the screen reader speak through a sound device of your choice. I have VO in my headphones while the audio from a live session is playing on my Mac speakers. So convenient!

Brilliant! https://theonion.com/elon-musk-announces-plans-to-step-back-from-fatherhood/