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Name is Josh Tubbs. Developer, accessibility advocate and consultant where possible. Former internet broadcaster. Video content creator. http://youtube.com/@orin8722

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I've been building apps under the "Accessi" name. AccessiWeather, AccessiSky, and more in the works.

Accessibility shouldn't be a brand. It should just be how software works.

Rebranding starts today. First up: Portkey Drop, an SFTP/FTP client with full keyboard navigation and screen reader support. No wands required, just Ctrl+V. Free, Open Source, and simple UI. No official release yet, but the install heading in the readme gives you a step-by-step command checklist to help me test from source.

https://github.com/Orinks/PortkeyDrop

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AccessiWeather nightly is out. Added the Prism screen reader absraction library along with a new feature - Weather assistant. Chat with your selected AI model in settings about the weather in your locaions list. I also added function calling so AccessiWeaher can be agentic. It should be able to add locations for you, location search, among other things. Prism library enables automatic sending/receiving messages between you and your selected model. OpenRouter free models seem unreliable for the function calling stuff, so be warned there. Very much in testing.

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@JamminJerry http://accessiweather.orinks.net. You can bookmark that page.

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@kev @JamminJerry How good are they with uptime? Sure, send it to me and see what I could do. I wish NOAA published the whole country as streams so all coverage is covered.

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@kev @JamminJerry Thanks, will take a look at this.

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@JamminJerry @kev I had a radio once before that probably no longer works, got it from radio shack when they sold radios. Wonder what good ones are around these days.

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The irony of all this server moving is that it totally wor @nick out. Sonic Onslaught is canceled as a result, Nick will not be the first person to do a show on the new stack. That will be @Liz , tomorrow.

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@radio What's the recommended way on smart speakers, including Sonos?

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What is the best Python library for sending messages to a screen reader? I like Sral for games but on the other hand, it requires too many deps just to have screen readers read stuff as it comes in automatically. Accessible Output 2 fits the bill for something like this? If not, suggestions please?

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First release of AccessiSky up. Only contains portable zips. https://github.com/Orinks/AccessiSky/releases/tag/v0.2.0

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Dang. Is it worth using accessibleapps/installer_builder2? I can get a Mac build to complete in about 20 minutes, but a Windows build? 30+ minutes and counting.

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I just added the ability, on the accessiweather dev branch, to select the Open-Meteo weather model. They have 11 different models to choose from which use specific providers depending on country/region. Aimed more at international users where perhaps the default model selected by Open-Meteo doesn't fit the bill.

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I am now running FastSM. Yay. I guess I don't need to make my own client now, which I actually thought about doing.

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AccessiWeather v0.4.1 is out! Mac users, your weather app is finally here. This release brings secure API key storage, better performance with 80%+ fewer API calls, and flexible time display options. download it now.
https://github.com/Orinks/AccessiWeather/releases/tag/v0.4.1

Please note that the Mac build has received limited testing, but I know it works well. Due to a security vulnerability in previous versions, they are no longer available for download.