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Mudpie 0.1.3 is out for Mac.

Mudpie is an accessibility-first MUD client built around VoiceOver from the ground up. This release focuses on making automation smarter and connections more reliable:

- New VoiceOver auto-read mode: server lines can now go straight through native VoiceOver accessibility announcements instead of a separate speech engine, using whatever voice and rate you've already set up in VoiceOver Utility.
- Two-axis gag control: triggers and scripts can hide a line from the screen while still speaking it, or speak a custom line while keeping the original text visible. Your call, independently, per trigger.
- Auto-reconnect got a real retry strategy (exponential backoff, up to 30 minutes) instead of one silent attempt, and turning it on now also enables TCP keepalive so dead connections (dropped WiFi, sleep and wake, a NAT quietly giving up) get noticed in under a minute instead of hours.
- Auto-repeat last command, paced @wait steps in alias expansions, per-call TTS overrides for scripts, plus fixes for a TTS crash on angle brackets and for macOS smart quotes mangling commands.

https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-mac-releases/releases/tag/v0.1.3

#Mudpie #MUD #MUDding #Accessibility #a11y #VoiceOver #macOS #ScreenReader #BlindTech #TextGames

Mudpie 0.1.3 is out for Mac.

Mudpie is an accessibility-first MUD client built around VoiceOver from the ground up. This release focuses on making automation smarter and connections more reliable:

- New VoiceOver auto-read mode: server lines can now go straight through native VoiceOver accessibility announcements instead of a separate speech engine, using whatever voice and rate you've already set up in VoiceOver Utility.
- Two-axis gag control: triggers and scripts can hide a line from the screen while still speaking it, or speak a custom line while keeping the original text visible. Your call, independently, per trigger.
- Auto-reconnect got a real retry strategy (exponential backoff, up to 30 minutes) instead of one silent attempt, and turning it on now also enables TCP keepalive so dead connections (dropped WiFi, sleep and wake, a NAT quietly giving up) get noticed in under a minute instead of hours.
- Auto-repeat last command, paced @wait steps in alias expansions, per-call TTS overrides for scripts, plus fixes for a TTS crash on angle brackets and for macOS smart quotes mangling commands.

https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-mac-releases/releases/tag/v0.1.3

#Mudpie #MUD #MUDding #Accessibility #a11y #VoiceOver #macOS #ScreenReader #BlindTech #TextGames

Mudpie 0.1.3 is out for Mac.

Mudpie is an accessibility-first MUD client built around VoiceOver from the ground up. This release focuses on making automation smarter and connections more reliable:

- New VoiceOver auto-read mode: server lines can now go straight through native VoiceOver accessibility announcements instead of a separate speech engine, using whatever voice and rate you've already set up in VoiceOver Utility.
- Two-axis gag control: triggers and scripts can hide a line from the screen while still speaking it, or speak a custom line while keeping the original text visible. Your call, independently, per trigger.
- Auto-reconnect got a real retry strategy (exponential backoff, up to 30 minutes) instead of one silent attempt, and turning it on now also enables TCP keepalive so dead connections (dropped WiFi, sleep and wake, a NAT quietly giving up) get noticed in under a minute instead of hours.
- Auto-repeat last command, paced @wait steps in alias expansions, per-call TTS overrides for scripts, plus fixes for a TTS crash on angle brackets and for macOS smart quotes mangling commands.

https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-mac-releases/releases/tag/v0.1.3

#Mudpie #MUD #MUDding #Accessibility #a11y #VoiceOver #macOS #ScreenReader #BlindTech #TextGames

Mudpie 0.1.3 is out for Mac.

Mudpie is an accessibility-first MUD client built around VoiceOver from the ground up. This release focuses on making automation smarter and connections more reliable:

- New VoiceOver auto-read mode: server lines can now go straight through native VoiceOver accessibility announcements instead of a separate speech engine, using whatever voice and rate you've already set up in VoiceOver Utility.
- Two-axis gag control: triggers and scripts can hide a line from the screen while still speaking it, or speak a custom line while keeping the original text visible. Your call, independently, per trigger.
- Auto-reconnect got a real retry strategy (exponential backoff, up to 30 minutes) instead of one silent attempt, and turning it on now also enables TCP keepalive so dead connections (dropped WiFi, sleep and wake, a NAT quietly giving up) get noticed in under a minute instead of hours.
- Auto-repeat last command, paced @wait steps in alias expansions, per-call TTS overrides for scripts, plus fixes for a TTS crash on angle brackets and for macOS smart quotes mangling commands.

https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-mac-releases/releases/tag/v0.1.3

#Mudpie #MUD #MUDding #Accessibility #a11y #VoiceOver #macOS #ScreenReader #BlindTech #TextGames

Oh lol! NVDA just read out this notification:
New notification from TextExpander, Snippet Suggestion, It looks like you use this text frequently: GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.. 1 of 1 window
Um, no, TextExpander, that was just me gathering mana in an incremental game.
I appreciate the efficiency check, but I don't think clients or usability research teams need a shortcut for thirty consecutive Gs in my feedback reports. Though maybe I should start ending all my testing notes with a sudden burst of spellcasting power just to see if the developers are actually reading them.
#TechHumor #NVDA #ScreenReader #ScreenReaderHumor #Blind #BlindTech #IncrementalGames #TextExpander #AccessibilityFail #GamingWhileBlind #UsabilityTesting #LivedExperience

Oh lol! NVDA just read out this notification:
New notification from TextExpander, Snippet Suggestion, It looks like you use this text frequently: GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.. 1 of 1 window
Um, no, TextExpander, that was just me gathering mana in an incremental game.
I appreciate the efficiency check, but I don't think clients or usability research teams need a shortcut for thirty consecutive Gs in my feedback reports. Though maybe I should start ending all my testing notes with a sudden burst of spellcasting power just to see if the developers are actually reading them.
#TechHumor #NVDA #ScreenReader #ScreenReaderHumor #Blind #BlindTech #IncrementalGames #TextExpander #AccessibilityFail #GamingWhileBlind #UsabilityTesting #LivedExperience

Oh lol! NVDA just read out this notification:
New notification from TextExpander, Snippet Suggestion, It looks like you use this text frequently: GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.. 1 of 1 window
Um, no, TextExpander, that was just me gathering mana in an incremental game.
I appreciate the efficiency check, but I don't think clients or usability research teams need a shortcut for thirty consecutive Gs in my feedback reports. Though maybe I should start ending all my testing notes with a sudden burst of spellcasting power just to see if the developers are actually reading them.
#TechHumor #NVDA #ScreenReader #ScreenReaderHumor #Blind #BlindTech #IncrementalGames #TextExpander #AccessibilityFail #GamingWhileBlind #UsabilityTesting #LivedExperience

Oh lol! NVDA just read out this notification:
New notification from TextExpander, Snippet Suggestion, It looks like you use this text frequently: GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.. 1 of 1 window
Um, no, TextExpander, that was just me gathering mana in an incremental game.
I appreciate the efficiency check, but I don't think clients or usability research teams need a shortcut for thirty consecutive Gs in my feedback reports. Though maybe I should start ending all my testing notes with a sudden burst of spellcasting power just to see if the developers are actually reading them.
#TechHumor #NVDA #ScreenReader #ScreenReaderHumor #Blind #BlindTech #IncrementalGames #TextExpander #AccessibilityFail #GamingWhileBlind #UsabilityTesting #LivedExperience

The future of my apps; Mudpie, Tap Type, and the upcoming Dialect and Sandfly are in question.

The simple truth is I can't keep working on these without some more income. As much as I enjoy providing value to the community, development time takes up time I could be using making money.

Unfortunately, encouraging people with optional sponsorships isn't working, and is likely not a viable stratagy for me going forward.

So something has to be done. Either I need to place ads throughout my apps in the hopes that people click them, or I need to start charging subscriptions in order to fund ongoing development.

I wish this were not the case, but costs are going up and my income is not.

If anyone feels like supporting my work, you can do so in a few ways. Any amount really does help.

Paypal: https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt

Github: https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/fireborn/

Any amount you can donate helps considerably.

Thank you for taking the time to read and support my work in whatever way you do, whether that be using it, telling your friends, sharing this post or financially.

#appDev #accessibility #android #blindTech #indiDev

The future of my apps; Mudpie, Tap Type, and the upcoming Dialect and Sandfly are in question.

The simple truth is I can't keep working on these without some more income. As much as I enjoy providing value to the community, development time takes up time I could be using making money.

Unfortunately, encouraging people with optional sponsorships isn't working, and is likely not a viable stratagy for me going forward.

So something has to be done. Either I need to place ads throughout my apps in the hopes that people click them, or I need to start charging subscriptions in order to fund ongoing development.

I wish this were not the case, but costs are going up and my income is not.

If anyone feels like supporting my work, you can do so in a few ways. Any amount really does help.

Paypal: https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt

Github: https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/fireborn/

Any amount you can donate helps considerably.

Thank you for taking the time to read and support my work in whatever way you do, whether that be using it, telling your friends, sharing this post or financially.

#appDev #accessibility #android #blindTech #indiDev

The future of my apps; Mudpie, Tap Type, and the upcoming Dialect and Sandfly are in question.

The simple truth is I can't keep working on these without some more income. As much as I enjoy providing value to the community, development time takes up time I could be using making money.

Unfortunately, encouraging people with optional sponsorships isn't working, and is likely not a viable stratagy for me going forward.

So something has to be done. Either I need to place ads throughout my apps in the hopes that people click them, or I need to start charging subscriptions in order to fund ongoing development.

I wish this were not the case, but costs are going up and my income is not.

If anyone feels like supporting my work, you can do so in a few ways. Any amount really does help.

Paypal: https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt

Github: https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/fireborn/

Any amount you can donate helps considerably.

Thank you for taking the time to read and support my work in whatever way you do, whether that be using it, telling your friends, sharing this post or financially.

#appDev #accessibility #android #blindTech #indiDev

The future of my apps; Mudpie, Tap Type, and the upcoming Dialect and Sandfly are in question.

The simple truth is I can't keep working on these without some more income. As much as I enjoy providing value to the community, development time takes up time I could be using making money.

Unfortunately, encouraging people with optional sponsorships isn't working, and is likely not a viable stratagy for me going forward.

So something has to be done. Either I need to place ads throughout my apps in the hopes that people click them, or I need to start charging subscriptions in order to fund ongoing development.

I wish this were not the case, but costs are going up and my income is not.

If anyone feels like supporting my work, you can do so in a few ways. Any amount really does help.

Paypal: https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt

Github: https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/fireborn/

Any amount you can donate helps considerably.

Thank you for taking the time to read and support my work in whatever way you do, whether that be using it, telling your friends, sharing this post or financially.

#appDev #accessibility #android #blindTech #indiDev

WordPredictor v1.7.0 is out! 🎉

Big accuracy improvements this time:

• Retrained the LSTM on 20 million tokens of modern movie and TV dialogue instead of 19th-century literature, so predictions sound like how people actually talk.
• Extended the context window from 4 to 6 words.
• The LSTM now blends with the n-gram model instead of replacing it, combining context-aware suggestions with words learned from your own writing.
• Fixed a long-standing bug where accepting a prediction corrupted the context, making the next prediction ignore everything you'd typed before.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.7.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.7.0 is out! 🎉

Big accuracy improvements this time:

• Retrained the LSTM on 20 million tokens of modern movie and TV dialogue instead of 19th-century literature, so predictions sound like how people actually talk.
• Extended the context window from 4 to 6 words.
• The LSTM now blends with the n-gram model instead of replacing it, combining context-aware suggestions with words learned from your own writing.
• Fixed a long-standing bug where accepting a prediction corrupted the context, making the next prediction ignore everything you'd typed before.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.7.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.7.0 is out! 🎉

Big accuracy improvements this time:

• Retrained the LSTM on 20 million tokens of modern movie and TV dialogue instead of 19th-century literature, so predictions sound like how people actually talk.
• Extended the context window from 4 to 6 words.
• The LSTM now blends with the n-gram model instead of replacing it, combining context-aware suggestions with words learned from your own writing.
• Fixed a long-standing bug where accepting a prediction corrupted the context, making the next prediction ignore everything you'd typed before.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.7.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.7.0 is out! 🎉

Big accuracy improvements this time:

• Retrained the LSTM on 20 million tokens of modern movie and TV dialogue instead of 19th-century literature, so predictions sound like how people actually talk.
• Extended the context window from 4 to 6 words.
• The LSTM now blends with the n-gram model instead of replacing it, combining context-aware suggestions with words learned from your own writing.
• Fixed a long-standing bug where accepting a prediction corrupted the context, making the next prediction ignore everything you'd typed before.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.7.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.6.0 is out! 🎉

This update adds an optional LSTM neural network predictor trained on 116 Project Gutenberg books. It provides context-aware predictions that complement the n-gram model. Toggle it on in Settings > Word Predictor.

The n-gram model remains the default. The LSTM is opt-in.

Bundled onnxruntime DLLs are included, so no extra install is needed.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.6.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.6.0 is out! 🎉

This update adds an optional LSTM neural network predictor trained on 116 Project Gutenberg books. It provides context-aware predictions that complement the n-gram model. Toggle it on in Settings > Word Predictor.

The n-gram model remains the default. The LSTM is opt-in.

Bundled onnxruntime DLLs are included, so no extra install is needed.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.6.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.6.0 is out! 🎉

This update adds an optional LSTM neural network predictor trained on 116 Project Gutenberg books. It provides context-aware predictions that complement the n-gram model. Toggle it on in Settings > Word Predictor.

The n-gram model remains the default. The LSTM is opt-in.

Bundled onnxruntime DLLs are included, so no extra install is needed.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.6.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

WordPredictor v1.6.0 is out! 🎉

This update adds an optional LSTM neural network predictor trained on 116 Project Gutenberg books. It provides context-aware predictions that complement the n-gram model. Toggle it on in Settings > Word Predictor.

The n-gram model remains the default. The LSTM is opt-in.

Bundled onnxruntime DLLs are included, so no extra install is needed.

https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.6.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI

I published something this week that I've been building toward for months.

The ultimate goal is an organization for multiply disabled people. But most of us were taught we couldn't contribute before we ever got the chance to try. Every system that sorted us without asking. Every program that measured competence on terms we couldn't meet. Every space that welcomed us as recipients, not builders.

That doesn't go away when you invite someone to join something. The doubt was installed by decades of being told we couldn't.

So the school comes first. Not because education is the only thing we need. Because belief is.

If you're multiply disabled and you've ever wanted to help build something but didn't believe you could, you're who I'm talking to.

https://lanie.work/advocacy/why-a-school-comes-first/

#Disability #MultipleDisabilities #Accessibility #ActuallyAutistic #BlindTech #ChronicIllness

I published something this week that I've been building toward for months.

The ultimate goal is an organization for multiply disabled people. But most of us were taught we couldn't contribute before we ever got the chance to try. Every system that sorted us without asking. Every program that measured competence on terms we couldn't meet. Every space that welcomed us as recipients, not builders.

That doesn't go away when you invite someone to join something. The doubt was installed by decades of being told we couldn't.

So the school comes first. Not because education is the only thing we need. Because belief is.

If you're multiply disabled and you've ever wanted to help build something but didn't believe you could, you're who I'm talking to.

https://lanie.work/advocacy/why-a-school-comes-first/

#Disability #MultipleDisabilities #Accessibility #ActuallyAutistic #BlindTech #ChronicIllness

I published something this week that I've been building toward for months.

The ultimate goal is an organization for multiply disabled people. But most of us were taught we couldn't contribute before we ever got the chance to try. Every system that sorted us without asking. Every program that measured competence on terms we couldn't meet. Every space that welcomed us as recipients, not builders.

That doesn't go away when you invite someone to join something. The doubt was installed by decades of being told we couldn't.

So the school comes first. Not because education is the only thing we need. Because belief is.

If you're multiply disabled and you've ever wanted to help build something but didn't believe you could, you're who I'm talking to.

https://lanie.work/advocacy/why-a-school-comes-first/

#Disability #MultipleDisabilities #Accessibility #ActuallyAutistic #BlindTech #ChronicIllness

I published something this week that I've been building toward for months.

The ultimate goal is an organization for multiply disabled people. But most of us were taught we couldn't contribute before we ever got the chance to try. Every system that sorted us without asking. Every program that measured competence on terms we couldn't meet. Every space that welcomed us as recipients, not builders.

That doesn't go away when you invite someone to join something. The doubt was installed by decades of being told we couldn't.

So the school comes first. Not because education is the only thing we need. Because belief is.

If you're multiply disabled and you've ever wanted to help build something but didn't believe you could, you're who I'm talking to.

https://lanie.work/advocacy/why-a-school-comes-first/

#Disability #MultipleDisabilities #Accessibility #ActuallyAutistic #BlindTech #ChronicIllness

I'm featured 5 times in this week's Top Tech Tidbits, the world's #1 access technology newsletter with 47,000+ subscribers.

The features span two weeks of work:

1. WordPredictor 1.3.1 for NVDA (July 27)
2. "One Accommodation at a Time" - essay on single-disability frameworks (July 25)
3. windowState NVDA add-on (July 23)
4. "I Built a Word Predictor for NVDA" (July 19)
5. "Privacy Is a Luxury I Can't Afford" (July 14)

All built and written from a nursing home bed using AI as an accommodation for a writing process my body can't sustain alone.

https://toptechtidbits.com/2026/07/30/top-tech-tidbits-for-thursday-july-30-2026-volume-1078/

#AccessibleGaming #BlindTech #NVDA #Accessibility #Disability

I'm featured 5 times in this week's Top Tech Tidbits, the world's #1 access technology newsletter with 47,000+ subscribers.

The features span two weeks of work:

1. WordPredictor 1.3.1 for NVDA (July 27)
2. "One Accommodation at a Time" - essay on single-disability frameworks (July 25)
3. windowState NVDA add-on (July 23)
4. "I Built a Word Predictor for NVDA" (July 19)
5. "Privacy Is a Luxury I Can't Afford" (July 14)

All built and written from a nursing home bed using AI as an accommodation for a writing process my body can't sustain alone.

https://toptechtidbits.com/2026/07/30/top-tech-tidbits-for-thursday-july-30-2026-volume-1078/

#AccessibleGaming #BlindTech #NVDA #Accessibility #Disability

I'm featured 5 times in this week's Top Tech Tidbits, the world's #1 access technology newsletter with 47,000+ subscribers.

The features span two weeks of work:

1. WordPredictor 1.3.1 for NVDA (July 27)
2. "One Accommodation at a Time" - essay on single-disability frameworks (July 25)
3. windowState NVDA add-on (July 23)
4. "I Built a Word Predictor for NVDA" (July 19)
5. "Privacy Is a Luxury I Can't Afford" (July 14)

All built and written from a nursing home bed using AI as an accommodation for a writing process my body can't sustain alone.

https://toptechtidbits.com/2026/07/30/top-tech-tidbits-for-thursday-july-30-2026-volume-1078/

#AccessibleGaming #BlindTech #NVDA #Accessibility #Disability

I'm featured 5 times in this week's Top Tech Tidbits, the world's #1 access technology newsletter with 47,000+ subscribers.

The features span two weeks of work:

1. WordPredictor 1.3.1 for NVDA (July 27)
2. "One Accommodation at a Time" - essay on single-disability frameworks (July 25)
3. windowState NVDA add-on (July 23)
4. "I Built a Word Predictor for NVDA" (July 19)
5. "Privacy Is a Luxury I Can't Afford" (July 14)

All built and written from a nursing home bed using AI as an accommodation for a writing process my body can't sustain alone.

https://toptechtidbits.com/2026/07/30/top-tech-tidbits-for-thursday-july-30-2026-volume-1078/

#AccessibleGaming #BlindTech #NVDA #Accessibility #Disability

WordPredictor v1.4.0 is out! The biggest update yet.

I expanded the bundled n-gram corpus from 5,000 bigrams to 45,000 and from 32,000 trigrams to 300,000, trained on 11 million words from 116 Project Gutenberg books. Predictions are noticeably more accurate with much broader vocabulary coverage.

No code changes, just way more data. The Kneser-Ney smoothing, real-time learning, partial-word prediction, terminal auto-detection, and everything else all work the same.

Load time is about 0.6 seconds at NVDA startup, and predictions still come back in under 6ms.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.4.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.4.0 is out! The biggest update yet.

I expanded the bundled n-gram corpus from 5,000 bigrams to 45,000 and from 32,000 trigrams to 300,000, trained on 11 million words from 116 Project Gutenberg books. Predictions are noticeably more accurate with much broader vocabulary coverage.

No code changes, just way more data. The Kneser-Ney smoothing, real-time learning, partial-word prediction, terminal auto-detection, and everything else all work the same.

Load time is about 0.6 seconds at NVDA startup, and predictions still come back in under 6ms.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.4.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.4.0 is out! The biggest update yet.

I expanded the bundled n-gram corpus from 5,000 bigrams to 45,000 and from 32,000 trigrams to 300,000, trained on 11 million words from 116 Project Gutenberg books. Predictions are noticeably more accurate with much broader vocabulary coverage.

No code changes, just way more data. The Kneser-Ney smoothing, real-time learning, partial-word prediction, terminal auto-detection, and everything else all work the same.

Load time is about 0.6 seconds at NVDA startup, and predictions still come back in under 6ms.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.4.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.4.0 is out! The biggest update yet.

I expanded the bundled n-gram corpus from 5,000 bigrams to 45,000 and from 32,000 trigrams to 300,000, trained on 11 million words from 116 Project Gutenberg books. Predictions are noticeably more accurate with much broader vocabulary coverage.

No code changes, just way more data. The Kneser-Ney smoothing, real-time learning, partial-word prediction, terminal auto-detection, and everything else all work the same.

Load time is about 0.6 seconds at NVDA startup, and predictions still come back in under 6ms.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v1.4.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.3.1 fixes two bugs:

1. Backspace no longer triggers predictions. Previously it was treated as punctuation, which ended your word and generated a new prediction cycle. Now it just removes the last character.

2. The disabled apps settings field is fixed. NVDA's settings dialog captures the Enter key for the OK button, making multi-line entry impossible. The field now uses comma-separated input: vipmud, mushclient, cool-retro-term

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor/releases/tag/v1.3.1

#NVDA #Accessibility #ScreenReader #BlindTech

WordPredictor v1.3.1 fixes two bugs:

1. Backspace no longer triggers predictions. Previously it was treated as punctuation, which ended your word and generated a new prediction cycle. Now it just removes the last character.

2. The disabled apps settings field is fixed. NVDA's settings dialog captures the Enter key for the OK button, making multi-line entry impossible. The field now uses comma-separated input: vipmud, mushclient, cool-retro-term

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor/releases/tag/v1.3.1

#NVDA #Accessibility #ScreenReader #BlindTech

WordPredictor v1.3.1 fixes two bugs:

1. Backspace no longer triggers predictions. Previously it was treated as punctuation, which ended your word and generated a new prediction cycle. Now it just removes the last character.

2. The disabled apps settings field is fixed. NVDA's settings dialog captures the Enter key for the OK button, making multi-line entry impossible. The field now uses comma-separated input: vipmud, mushclient, cool-retro-term

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor/releases/tag/v1.3.1

#NVDA #Accessibility #ScreenReader #BlindTech

WordPredictor v1.3.1 fixes two bugs:

1. Backspace no longer triggers predictions. Previously it was treated as punctuation, which ended your word and generated a new prediction cycle. Now it just removes the last character.

2. The disabled apps settings field is fixed. NVDA's settings dialog captures the Enter key for the OK button, making multi-line entry impossible. The field now uses comma-separated input: vipmud, mushclient, cool-retro-term

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor/releases/tag/v1.3.1

#NVDA #Accessibility #ScreenReader #BlindTech

WordPredictor v1.3.0 is out. Predictions now only fire when you're in an edit field, so no more false predictions when navigating Gmail, the file manager, or anywhere else you're not typing. Also added my email to the manifest and updated the URL to the GitHub repo.

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or download from GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.3.0 is out. Predictions now only fire when you're in an edit field, so no more false predictions when navigating Gmail, the file manager, or anywhere else you're not typing. Also added my email to the manifest and updated the URL to the GitHub repo.

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or download from GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.3.0 is out. Predictions now only fire when you're in an edit field, so no more false predictions when navigating Gmail, the file manager, or anywhere else you're not typing. Also added my email to the manifest and updated the URL to the GitHub repo.

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or download from GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

WordPredictor v1.3.0 is out. Predictions now only fire when you're in an edit field, so no more false predictions when navigating Gmail, the file manager, or anywhere else you're not typing. Also added my email to the manifest and updated the URL to the GitHub repo.

Update from the NVDA Add-on Store or download from GitHub: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordPredictor

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader

New NVDA add-on: WindowState. Press NVDA+Shift+T to hear if your foreground window is maximized, restored, minimized, or snapped to a side or quarter of the screen. Optionally appends the state to NVDA+T like JAWS does.

I built this because pressing Windows+Up Arrow to maximize a window sometimes triggers the Windows 11 snap chooser instead, and NVDA doesn't tell you which one happened. There's no way to just ask "is this window maximized?" without trying to resize and listening to what changed. Now there is.

Requires NVDA 2026.1+. Free and open source.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/windowState/releases/tag/v1.0.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

New NVDA add-on: WindowState. Press NVDA+Shift+T to hear if your foreground window is maximized, restored, minimized, or snapped to a side or quarter of the screen. Optionally appends the state to NVDA+T like JAWS does.

I built this because pressing Windows+Up Arrow to maximize a window sometimes triggers the Windows 11 snap chooser instead, and NVDA doesn't tell you which one happened. There's no way to just ask "is this window maximized?" without trying to resize and listening to what changed. Now there is.

Requires NVDA 2026.1+. Free and open source.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/windowState/releases/tag/v1.0.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

New NVDA add-on: WindowState. Press NVDA+Shift+T to hear if your foreground window is maximized, restored, minimized, or snapped to a side or quarter of the screen. Optionally appends the state to NVDA+T like JAWS does.

I built this because pressing Windows+Up Arrow to maximize a window sometimes triggers the Windows 11 snap chooser instead, and NVDA doesn't tell you which one happened. There's no way to just ask "is this window maximized?" without trying to resize and listening to what changed. Now there is.

Requires NVDA 2026.1+. Free and open source.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/windowState/releases/tag/v1.0.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

New NVDA add-on: WindowState. Press NVDA+Shift+T to hear if your foreground window is maximized, restored, minimized, or snapped to a side or quarter of the screen. Optionally appends the state to NVDA+T like JAWS does.

I built this because pressing Windows+Up Arrow to maximize a window sometimes triggers the Windows 11 snap chooser instead, and NVDA doesn't tell you which one happened. There's no way to just ask "is this window maximized?" without trying to resize and listening to what changed. Now there is.

Requires NVDA 2026.1+. Free and open source.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/windowState/releases/tag/v1.0.0

#NVDA #Accessibility #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

Good morning, everyone! ☀️ Just checking in — how's everyone doing today? Fun fact: I'm using Claude to write and post this, so hopefully it's working. 😄 Hope your day is off to a great start!

#GoodMorning #Accessibility #Claude #AI #BlindTech

Good morning, everyone! ☀️ Just checking in — how's everyone doing today? Fun fact: I'm using Claude to write and post this, so hopefully it's working. 😄 Hope your day is off to a great start!

#GoodMorning #Accessibility #Claude #AI #BlindTech

Good morning, everyone! ☀️ Just checking in — how's everyone doing today? Fun fact: I'm using Claude to write and post this, so hopefully it's working. 😄 Hope your day is off to a great start!

#GoodMorning #Accessibility #Claude #AI #BlindTech

Good morning, everyone! ☀️ Just checking in — how's everyone doing today? Fun fact: I'm using Claude to write and post this, so hopefully it's working. 😄 Hope your day is off to a great start!

#GoodMorning #Accessibility #Claude #AI #BlindTech

@j @NikJov Thanks for the feedback! Version 0.5.0 is out now and addresses both issues:

1. The bare number keys are gone. Prediction selection is now NVDA+Control+1 through NVDA+Control+0. This shouldn't break heading navigation in browse mode or interfere with typing numbers.
2. The Ctrl+letter shortcut problem is fixed. The add-on now waits for you to physically release Control before typing the predicted word, instead of trying to force-release it. No more Chrome history, save dialogs, or new windows popping up.
3. Terminal auto-detection is here (thanks @j for the suggestion). Prediction automatically disables in 30+ terminal apps including Windows Terminal, PowerShell, CMD, WSL, PuTTY, and more. Toggleable in Settings.

Download Word Predictor v0.5.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

@j @NikJov Thanks for the feedback! Version 0.5.0 is out now and addresses both issues:

1. The bare number keys are gone. Prediction selection is now NVDA+Control+1 through NVDA+Control+0. This shouldn't break heading navigation in browse mode or interfere with typing numbers.
2. The Ctrl+letter shortcut problem is fixed. The add-on now waits for you to physically release Control before typing the predicted word, instead of trying to force-release it. No more Chrome history, save dialogs, or new windows popping up.
3. Terminal auto-detection is here (thanks @j for the suggestion). Prediction automatically disables in 30+ terminal apps including Windows Terminal, PowerShell, CMD, WSL, PuTTY, and more. Toggleable in Settings.

Download Word Predictor v0.5.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

@j @NikJov Thanks for the feedback! Version 0.5.0 is out now and addresses both issues:

1. The bare number keys are gone. Prediction selection is now NVDA+Control+1 through NVDA+Control+0. This shouldn't break heading navigation in browse mode or interfere with typing numbers.
2. The Ctrl+letter shortcut problem is fixed. The add-on now waits for you to physically release Control before typing the predicted word, instead of trying to force-release it. No more Chrome history, save dialogs, or new windows popping up.
3. Terminal auto-detection is here (thanks @j for the suggestion). Prediction automatically disables in 30+ terminal apps including Windows Terminal, PowerShell, CMD, WSL, PuTTY, and more. Toggleable in Settings.

Download Word Predictor v0.5.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

@j @NikJov Thanks for the feedback! Version 0.5.0 is out now and addresses both issues:

1. The bare number keys are gone. Prediction selection is now NVDA+Control+1 through NVDA+Control+0. This shouldn't break heading navigation in browse mode or interfere with typing numbers.
2. The Ctrl+letter shortcut problem is fixed. The add-on now waits for you to physically release Control before typing the predicted word, instead of trying to force-release it. No more Chrome history, save dialogs, or new windows popping up.
3. Terminal auto-detection is here (thanks @j for the suggestion). Prediction automatically disables in 30+ terminal apps including Windows Terminal, PowerShell, CMD, WSL, PuTTY, and more. Toggleable in Settings.

Download Word Predictor v0.5.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

Today I built an NVDA add-on: WordPredictor.

It watches what you type and predicts the next word using n-gram analysis. Predictions are announced through NVDA's own speech engine. No external TTS, no clipboard pasting, no mouse required.

Features:

• Automatic predictions after each word
• Partial-word prediction (type "sho", get "should")
• Learns from your writing and saves across restarts
• Settings panel in NVDA Settings
• All keys remappable in Input Gestures

I built this because Lightkey Pro AT doesn't work well with NVDA. Gestures conflict, system-wide mode requires mouse clicking, and words get mangled when pasting. This add-on works inside NVDA instead of against it.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v0.3.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

Today I built an NVDA add-on: WordPredictor.

It watches what you type and predicts the next word using n-gram analysis. Predictions are announced through NVDA's own speech engine. No external TTS, no clipboard pasting, no mouse required.

Features:

• Automatic predictions after each word
• Partial-word prediction (type "sho", get "should")
• Learns from your writing and saves across restarts
• Settings panel in NVDA Settings
• All keys remappable in Input Gestures

I built this because Lightkey Pro AT doesn't work well with NVDA. Gestures conflict, system-wide mode requires mouse clicking, and words get mangled when pasting. This add-on works inside NVDA instead of against it.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v0.3.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

Today I built an NVDA add-on: WordPredictor.

It watches what you type and predicts the next word using n-gram analysis. Predictions are announced through NVDA's own speech engine. No external TTS, no clipboard pasting, no mouse required.

Features:

• Automatic predictions after each word
• Partial-word prediction (type "sho", get "should")
• Learns from your writing and saves across restarts
• Settings panel in NVDA Settings
• All keys remappable in Input Gestures

I built this because Lightkey Pro AT doesn't work well with NVDA. Gestures conflict, system-wide mode requires mouse clicking, and words get mangled when pasting. This add-on works inside NVDA instead of against it.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v0.3.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

Today I built an NVDA add-on: WordPredictor.

It watches what you type and predicts the next word using n-gram analysis. Predictions are announced through NVDA's own speech engine. No external TTS, no clipboard pasting, no mouse required.

Features:

• Automatic predictions after each word
• Partial-word prediction (type "sho", get "should")
• Learns from your writing and saves across restarts
• Settings panel in NVDA Settings
• All keys remappable in Input Gestures

I built this because Lightkey Pro AT doesn't work well with NVDA. Gestures conflict, system-wide mode requires mouse clicking, and words get mangled when pasting. This add-on works inside NVDA instead of against it.

Download: https://github.com/RareBird15/wordpredictor/releases/tag/v0.3.0

#Accessibility #NVDA #BlindTech #ScreenReader #AssistiveTech

RE: https://caneandable.social/@JonathanMosen/116902161346017822

AI is a great help to some groups including the blind. I ask all software developers to think about tthis before making anogther anty AI post. In my view your harming your proffession. All of this has found it’s level in the past and will again. #ai #AntyAi #Blindtech #Accessibility

RE: https://caneandable.social/@JonathanMosen/116902161346017822

AI is a great help to some groups including the blind. I ask all software developers to think about tthis before making anogther anty AI post. In my view your harming your proffession. All of this has found it’s level in the past and will again. #ai #AntyAi #Blindtech #Accessibility

RE: https://caneandable.social/@JonathanMosen/116902161346017822

AI is a great help to some groups including the blind. I ask all software developers to think about tthis before making anogther anty AI post. In my view your harming your proffession. All of this has found it’s level in the past and will again. #ai #AntyAi #Blindtech #Accessibility

Just shipped RestreamA11y: a free, open-source desktop app that makes Restream actually usable with a screen reader.

Keyboard-first, and it reads your cross-platform chat aloud with neural text-to-speech. Manage channels, titles, and stream status without touching a mouse. Built accessibility-first, because streaming tools rarely are.

https://github.com/tonygeb23/restream-a11y

#Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #BlindTech #Streaming #OpenSource