bobgosane99 @bobgosane99@librem.one

Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. https://standardebooks.org/

I am trying to find a good screen reader and text to speech feature on GNU/Linux just like the on that is built into MacOS .

I want to be able to highlight text on any application (e.g. word processor or website) and then click a short cut key to hear it read out to me.

I appreciate your suggestions.

#GNU #Linux #Accessibility #ScreenReader #TextToSpeech

Do you want to see spam and hate speech off the Fediverse? Think there must be a better way than continuing to click Mute and Block all the time?

On this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge talk about the work they're doing to protect the Fediverse from Spam, Scams and Online Harasment.

https://librelounge.org/episodes/25-managing-spam-and-hate-speech-on-the-fediverse.html

i used to be really into having the newest computer gadget. now i use refurbished hardware. it's so much cheaper. it lasts. it reduces landfill waste. it's great, and i don't really feel like i am missing out on much tech-wise.

here are some tips if you need tech stuff but don't want to spend a lot of money, support horrible companies, and such (1/n)

My new bot, @SecretlyPublicDomain, highlights pre-1964 books that entered the public domain because their copyright wasn't renewed.

Until May, it wasn't possible to find these books on a large scale. Now it is: https://www.crummy.com/2019/07/22/0

Amazon quietly removed a line from its transparency report saying it had "never participated" in the NSA's PRISM program.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/01/amazon-prism-transparency-data/

Hierarchy of Failures in Problem Resolution

So you've got a problem to solve. That can go wrong at any one point. Or, conversely, you've got to get all of this right:

Failures of awareness. "The first step is admitting you've got a problem".

Failures of diagnosis

Failures of etiology

Failures of objective

Failures of redress

Failures of communication

Failures of execution

Failures of assessment

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2fsr0g/hierarchy_of_failures_in_problem_resolution/

#BigProblems

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I discovered my first hidden camera at an AirBnB last week in Yerevan, Armenia. Always scan the wifi when you get to a new place!! #surveillance #nmap #privacy #dystopia #security #badposture