Dealing With Masks If You Can’t Hear

I saw this article about masks causing communication problems for people with hearing loss, and I thought I would pass it on. I expected lip-reading would be a problem, but I hadn’t considered facial expressions, which was a total duh moment. I think this article does a good job of explaining the problem and giving …

If You Still Wonder Why There Is Rage, Here’s A Clue

I have no words of my own about what keeps happening between police and people who are black. George Floyd is just the last in a long string. Listen to the song up there. Do you want to know something terrifying? I have heard multiple versions of this song, and in each one, they list …

No One Should Ever Vote For Doug Ford Again, Said Doug Ford

Doug Ford Furious At Doug Ford For Cutting Funding To Long-Term Care Homes Toronto – After the Canadian military’s report on the state of long-term care homes was released, Doug Ford has stated how disappointed and angry he is over Doug Ford’s health care cuts that led to the homes being in this state. After …

How Many Naked, Drunken Burglars Does It Take To Unscrew Some Light Bulbs?

I’ve been sitting here for about the last five minutes trying to figure out what this fella’s plan might have been. Maybe the fireplace poker is a weapon. Sensible enough. Maybe you unscrew the light bulbs so that if your intrusion is detected they can’t get a look at you, buying you some time to …

I Have A Hard Enough Time With Cold Dr. Pepper. Who Are These People Heating It UP?

Who am I to argue with Dick Clark, but nobody ever actually drank hot Dr. Pepper in real life, did they? Please tell me nobody ever did that. It cannot possibly be a thing that ever caught on outside of maybe a mental institute or two. It just can’t. Barfity barf barf.

NVDA 2020 User Satisfaction Survey

NV Access has posted an extremely short survey to get a sense of the level of satisfaction its users have with the NVDA screen reader. There are only three questions. One asks you to rate how likely you are to suggest NVDA to others, one asks if you’re using it primarily for accessibility testing and …