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James Scholes

@jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy

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Digital #Accessibility Engineer/Analyst, #ScreenReader user, and occasional #software developer. #a11y 🌉 bridged from ⁂ dragonscave.space/@jscholes, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

In iOS 27, I haven't found a way to disable automatic punctuation while dictating text and it's driving me up the wall. Has anyone managed to turn this off?

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

My Siri AI review: I asked it to set the value of a time picker that isn't accessible to VoiceOver, but it can't interact with elements on the screen. I asked it to locate a book on the StoryGraph that I was reading about on Wikipedia in Safari, but apparently the StoryGraph app doesn't […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

In iOS 27, I can't seem to drag rotor items around in VoiceOver settings. I double tap and hold on the "reorder" handle for the relevant thing, move my finger up or down, and nothing happens. Is there a workaround for this? Moving things one by one is going to take me all night.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

In iOS 27, I can't seem to drag rotor items around in VoiceOver settings. I double tap and hold on the "reorder" handle for the relevant thing, move my finger up or down, and nothing happens. Is there a workaround for this? Moving things one by one is going to take me all night.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I've never had cause to used what3words for anything and rarely see it mentioned in Mexico. But "applauding astonishing compression" (for a package forwarder location in the US) is a great one.

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Everybody say it with me: a Git commit comparison is not a changelog.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I just got this message from BookPlayer: "The database is corrupted and no backup is available. The library will need to be reset and rebuilt from your audio files." As a developer, I get it. Unexpected I/O errors happen. But what is this even saying? Why is there no backup? I back up my […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

In November 2022, following the discontinuation of the HearthstoneAccess project by its initial developer, Blizzard announced that they would be quote "exploring what it will take to implement native accessibility features that allow for our #blind and #lowVision community to get back into the […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

I always get a feeling of anxiety when logging into my investment account. Like I shouldn't be here; this is the place for people who know what they're doing with money and have more of it. Financial empostor syndrome or something. Or just anxiety disorder.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Oh, did not expect that: The Automattic Board put Mullenweg on leave of absence. www.404media.co/wordpress-automatti…

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

I see The Guardian has entered the guilt tripping stage of fundraising: "Someone else is paying for the journalism you depend on". Thank you Someone for letting me continue reading reviews of bad TV.

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Tristan @tristan.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Related to accessible gaming, it definitely bothers me a little how overloaded the term “accessible” is, especially in blindness spaces. “Accessible gaming” does not solely mean “blind accessible”, yet the Accessible Gaming wiki is basically blind central. Blind people have dramatically […]

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Tristan @tristan.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Today, I'm releasing a new website for blind gamers, built for 2026 and beyond. So much of the information about blind-accessible PC and console games is scattered across the AudioGames.net forum, GitHub pages, Discord servers, and websites that haven't kept up with how quickly blind gaming has […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

I recently had Libation (great software) replace a couple of hundred books with higher bitrate versions. It decided to do this by... Placing the files next to the lower bitrate versions and placing "(1)" at the end of the filenames. Which is one way to go about it I suppose. Still great […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I may end up switching from Mona to FastSMRW on iOS based on the "Move extra mentions to the end of replies" setting alone. I hate front loading many usernames in my replies but it isn't practically feasible to avoid it in Mona.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I feel bemused when people compare the ubiquity of AI to how the blockchain was supposedly crammed into so much software. Which software are they talking about? I don't know about you, but I've thus far managed to lead a completely blockchain-free existence. As far as I know, it wasn't added to […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

If the way LLMs bump version numbers in vibe coded projects is anything to go by, people have largely failed to use semantic versioning as intended. A patch release wasn't meant to carry a note like, "and it's a big one," not that I think most software projects should use SemVer in the first place.

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

For a more relatable-to-fedi example, fedi is when you've got Home Assistant set up and you're going on a trip and someone's coming round to catsit so you write them a little couple-sentence guide to your weird lightswitches and it ends up being five pages long

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Fedi is me explaining the above joke in detail regarding how working class people of a certain generation know to never wind the window down *quite* all the way because a common way that car windows fail is by winding them down all the way and not being able to wind them back up again and […]

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Fedi is when a new friend comes with you on a trip and they wind the car window down all the way and then you have to stop and take the door apart

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

A random tech company, five months from now: "To implement our new age verification controls, we've partnered with IDScan based on their outstanding approach to user privacy, and proactive response to a hostile security landscape." […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

"12 months ago, our #accessibility dashboard showed 329 issues. Today, that number is down to 118. In this talk, I'll be sharing tips on finding the most unscrupulous auditors who'll report less problems so you too can see these kinds of results at your own organisation..."

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coyotebroad @coyotebroad.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

A detailed, sad analysis of what is happening in Germany now. www.politico.eu/article/hans-thomas…

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

How did I become a wealthy hedge fund manager when I was only 19, you ask? -I worked hard. -I didn't cut corners. -I murdered a wealthy hedge fund manager and stole his identity. There are no shortcuts in life.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

"Track Position: 33 seconds of 2562047788015215 hours 30 minutes 7 seconds, adjustable."

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Can anyone find an Aira Access Offer called A11yNYC?

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I think wikipedia does this intentionally to taunt people with adhd. Like hold on tell me about the cat

United States Treasury security

"Treasury Bill" redirects here. For the cat, see Rufus of England.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Sometimes, a post has such skewed numbers on here that I can only assume something is broken. For example, does it seem likely that 31,500 people would have favourited a post while only four reposted it?

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Eric Eggert @yatil.social · 01/09/2026

“The PAC user interface is mostly, but not completely, accessible.” Sure. Because somewhat accessible is good enough for an accessibility tool.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

When I Alt+Tab to the VLC Media Player main window to adjust the volume of a stream, NVDA announces "vlc" a total of 50 times, every time. As a completely reasonable workaround to this problem, I've shoved it off to a virtual desktop where I'll never go by accident and decided to use the Windows […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

How can I switch from spatial audio to fixed stereo on AirPods in iOS 26? I've tried a double tap and hold and a triple tap on the volume in Control Centre but that doesn't seem to work anymore.

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

If your website tells me I need an account to download the free thing I'm looking at: 1. Consider removing such a ridiculous requirement. 2. If you insist on retaining it, at least redirect me back to the thing I wanted to download after account creation is complete. Yes, that means keeping […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

I understand the perceived need to fight a deluge with a flood, avoid incorrect assumptions, and stand out. But there is legitimately no way of avoiding mentions of AI at this point, regardless of what you think of it. Use big tech and mediocre AI-powered features will be crammed down your […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Alexa: "Light rain is possible tomorrow, starting at 9 PM, continuing throughout the day."

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Reading a British novel set in Oxford, written by an author from Yorkshire. In the first 10 percent we've had trailer park, garbage, and trash.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

I enjoy how all emails from Wordfence—a WordPress security tool—always include the protected website's URL as plain HTTP rather than HTTPS.

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

I'm very confused. My phone and laptop are connected to the same wi-fi, but one can access Mastodon while the other cannot. Mona on iOS is working as normal. But on Windows, TweeseCake says "unknown account" in the session name, Fedra says there's an HTTP bad gateway (502) error, and loading […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

#Accessibility documentation must never be published only in PDF. From one-page cheatsheets all the way to international legislation and standards, multiple formats are a non-negotiable need. This is a Hill I'm not merely content to die on. I will set up camp there, make it known as a […]

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Oh, hello real Blink-based Chromium on my test iThing! I've been running it for a couple of hours and my credit card hasn't been maxxed out, my bank account is still in credit, ISIS haven't stolen my pancreas and my house hasn't burned down. And that's […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

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Screenshot of "how fugu is my browser.dev" showing 66% of APIs supported on Chromium iOS

Screenshot of "how fugu is my browser.dev" showing 25% of APIs supported on Safari iOS

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

I don't want to come across as a Thought Leader, but if you want to persuade your boss of something, it's useful to have data to prove your point. I've found this data to be especially convincing, so feel free to take it and use it.

Some diagrams and equations, all without any context.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Still feels like magic every time I open and close a modal dialog on a webpage with absolutely no JavaScript, via only command invokers.

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Security people for decades: don't open random or unsolicited links when you can't verify the destination beforehand, particularly when the chances of phishing or a scam are high. Royal Mail: here's a QR code on a card randomly shoved through your door.

James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Yesterday I set my Mastodon account to protected and now Mona is defaulting all of my posts to followers only even though I still want the majority of them to be public. Is this a client setting? Something on the server? Something I'm going to spend hours trying to fix and realise everything is […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

" Supertone, Inc. (the “Company”) plans to transfer its Supertone Shift, Supertone Clear, and Supertone Air services (the “Business”) to Antinode Audio Inc. (the “Transferee”) by way of a business transfer. Accordingly, the personal data of users relating to the Business held by the Company […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Generic book review blogs really give the lie to the maxim "practice makes perfect." "what really impressed me was that the author took care to focus on the characters as well as the plot." Great insight! I've only read 75 books this year that had people in them as well as things happening so […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

I'm looking for tools for cleaning up and reformatting #HTML, preferably within or callable from the #Python ecosystem. I'm not talking about sanitisation for security purposes; I already use NH3 for that. Rather, I want something that can perform tasks like converting manual line breaks to […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Cool. Another day of my phone reaching 10% battery by 8 am despite being charged late last night.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

ShieldFont is a cute hack, but we must not sacrifice accessibility (think Screen Readers) in order to defend "AI" scrapers. We need to defend humans and that includes people needing accessibility support. (Original title: The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font) […]

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Some of us are still trying to type the postcode into the sat nav... indieweb.social/@TetraLogical/11708…

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In a break from our usual transmissions we'd like to wish everyone with kids getting their A Level results today the very best of luck. We'd also like to say that whatever happens, it'll be alright. A few of us took the scenic route!

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James Scholes @jscholes.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Pet peeve: audio games responding to a common keypress by telling me about the alternative way to perform the action rather than just doing the thing. Example: I press Enter to skip a scene. The game isn't using Enter for anything at this point, so it could skip the scene. Instead it tells me […]

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