@main @mastoblind @NVAccess Ok and in strange solutions, I changed the alignment of headings and now its announcing the indentation again, apparently giving it more to track caused it to remember the things it was forgetting.

Bonus third fix: If you notice that your pict-rs is using a lot of CPU or doing an unreasonable amount of IO, convert from using SLED (the default image repo) to using postgresql. The documentation for doing this is provided in the pict-rs crate.

Born blind. I dream entirely in sound. People who went blind later in life, however, may still see in dreams.

I am not vision impaired, but found "Tommy Edison" to be a really helpful fella with questions related to his lack of sight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpUW9pm9wxs

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main You can certainly dictate in Latex as well! There are a number of good dictation programs! There is no way that MS Word is as accurate and as well formatted as Latex! This is not only true for general work but even more so for math and computer science. The analogy I would use is to think about all the Blind people that listened to sighted people state that they don't need to learn Braille but instead just use audio books.

@RareBird15 @DesireeRenae @mastoblind @main Markdown works for standard presentations but it doesn't cover math or special styles and citations. On the iPhone and Mac there is a presentation app called Deckset which is designed around Markdown which builds the slides automatically but it again doesn't give the completeness of the Latex ecosystem.

@DesireeRenae @mastoblind @main Hmm, I'll have to look into this. I didn't know you could make presentations with Markdown.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main We have training material for PowerPoint if you would like to learn the program in more detail: nvaccess.org/product/microsoft It should be possible to create a presentation including graphics and speaker notes. Which version of PowerPoint are you using?

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main Another thing that we do is have ChatGPT create images and put them on separate slides. That way, we don’t have to worry about the formatting and moving things around and what it looks like.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main To get started, you can create a markdown or word file with all of your text. That way the slides will be made for you when you convert it to PowerPoint. You’re heading ones or the slide titles and heading to is the body of your slide. Once you do that, you can convert it to PowerPoint and have the basic presentation and then add your graphics and notes after that.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main Can you clarify what the environment you have set up and working for Latex that is functioning verses what you are adding/changing? It sounds like there is a lot of layers going on? As far as the late assignment it is always complex to try and build an environment and keep on track for the first use. Is there a way to hire a reader or disability specialist to help get the current assignment done in Power Point and at the same time build an independent accessible environment without trying to intersect the two objectives at this point?

@kfjelsted @mastoblind @main Would you be willing to look at what I have so far and see if you can help with fixing errors? I'm getting a lot of "overfull" errors and issues with Biber not running. I'm getting extremely frustrated since this was due last week.

@kfjelsted @mastoblind @main I have PDF/UA tagging metadata in my presentation and according to GitHub Copilot chat, that's the problem. TeXLive 2025 on OpenSuse tumbleweed has a bug with that. I guess I'm going to try a manual TeXLive 2024 install and hope it's not too hard to manage.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main There is a lot of chatter and claims about creating meaningful PowerPoint including some NFB presentations. The Latex command line will still get a Blind person much farther than Powerpoint guesses and approximations!

@kfjelsted @mastoblind @main That's actually what I tried to do at first. I'm using TeXLive 2025 under WSL OpenSuse tumbleweed, but I kept getting errors like "cannot find \begin{document}, even though I could see it in my file.

@RareBird15 @mastoblind @main I think you are better off using Latex Beamer and finding a workflow around that such as tex.stackexchange.com/question

@dotsonapage @main I haven’t played the guitar in a while, but now you’ve got me thinking about the harmonica. Hehehe.

@dotsonapage @main I’ve been dreaming about this Halloween costume for years, let me know what you think.Referee uniform, the black and white stripes, you know? Came and sunglasses. A stack of Monopoly money peaking out of one pocket, a rival sports team’s jersey peaking out of the other one.There’s a chance I wouldn’t get beaten up. Hehehe.

@MostlyBlindGamer @main Now all you need is a guitar or harmonica. I've been hesitant to wear sunglasses for that very reason. On the bright side, if I add mouse ears and a tail I get an easy Halloween costume.

@NoahCarver @main you know, like lederhosen for Germans?

@MostlyBlindGamer @main Lol nice

Thank you for your amazing work!

NVDA 2025.3 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing.

Changes introduced in Beta 3:

• Updates to translations
• Bug fix for SAPI 5 where NVDA did not announce certain gestures

See the release announcement for full changes and download: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3beta3/

@dhamlinmusic @techsinger @main Just specifically on shift+tab, it seems to .... be a little flakey - sometimes it does work from anywhere in the reply, but what I did find when I tested it, was that if it doesn't work, if you press control+home to jump to the top of the message, it does seem to work more reliably. I'm not 100% sure why and it behaved nicely when I tried to test it in order to write up an issue.... So do feel free to write up an issue if you can reliably repro it.

@dhamlinmusic @main @mastoblind Was thinking "I just saw this on RBlind earlier" and was going to reply.... and then realised that my reply there is here (at least on your server, I can't see it here on mine)..... and.... clearly I still don't understand how Fediverse works....