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Human-in-the-loop optimisation for efficient intracortical microstimulation temporal patterns in visual cortex https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/presentation/34129 visual prosthesis, #blind #phosphenes #Utah #array #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience #SfN2025
Human-in-the-loop optimisation for efficient intracortical microstimulation temporal patterns in visual cortex https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/presentation/34129 visual prosthesis, #blind #phosphenes #Utah #array #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience #SfN2025
Urbanists.video is a PeerTube video server for anyone interested in walkable, livable places and wanting to publish videos about them:
You can find out more at https://urbanists.video/about/instance or contact the admin accounts @mattcaff & @alex
#FeaturedServer #Urbanism #Cities #Urbanists #UrbanPlanning #PublicTransport #WalkableCities #PeerTube #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
@FediGarden I'm going to add the #accessibilityand #blind tags, because many blind people are looking for such places when choosing where to live. I hope they find this post.
I was unaware of the hashtags, but I'm in! Just joined #RubiksCube and #speedcubing tags.
I've just started translating the book concerning Rubik's cube tactile version. You can find more information on https://tactilecuber.com - the author is Paul Martz, a 62-years-old blind man who bought first cube in 1980 when he was still sighted. I'm born blind instead, and waited 34 years for a tactile-based resource about the cube. Till spring 2025 there wasn't any resource in English as well, before Paul published his book. Now, I'm going to translate it in Italian as well, to provide it to all #blind related associations around the country. I also have started sort of Italian written blog where I share my #cubing adventures. I also ping @nationsblind who I suppose are aware of Paul's efforts. And also @BPI Blind LGBT pride international association where I'm a member and would like to cooperate in concrete ways rather than talk and talk.
PS wondering if there are Italian cubers here around #fediverse
mention @mastoblind group to make other blind folks aware.
@elettrona @nationsblind @BPI @mastoblind
I guess a mirror cube (it's how it is called, usually it came with gold or silver sticker) can be a cheap substitute.
Sighted people buy it because unscrambled, on a table, it looks great
@luca @nationsblind @BPI @mastoblind It's plastic made. But it has textured tactile shapes on it: one face is smooth (generally the white), another has squares, another has full circle, another has 9 dots for each cubie, another one has crosses (plus signs), another has empty circles. Unfortunately there are no conventions for tactile cubes, but in his book, Paul Martz suggests that if you want to 3D-print your custom textures, you shouldn't use direction-dependent symbols. I mean, figures which change their feel when you turn them by 90 degrees. A square is OK, a circle is OK, but not a rectangle or triangle. A 5 pointed star, might be OK, an hexagon as well. A cross should have its 4 arms of same measure and perpendicular. That's why I said "a plus sign", because generally the X has two small and two large angles.
Even though there is no convention on tactile shapes for cube, having direction-dependent figures might change your mind's focus. You concentrate more on how the piece is turned, than in the cube's information itself.
For instance, do you need to solve an edge? You must find the cubie meeting this criterion: its 2 perpendicular faces must match your down-side and front-side centers.
My first cube, built by my best friend, has direction-dependant shapes and I found myself stuck, as I had to find the capital-T shape, and arrow-shape. I gave up and took my other cube. #RubiksCube #speedcubing #accessibility #a11y #blind
I was unaware of the hashtags, but I'm in! Just joined #RubiksCube and #speedcubing tags.
I've just started translating the book concerning Rubik's cube tactile version. You can find more information on https://tactilecuber.com - the author is Paul Martz, a 62-years-old blind man who bought first cube in 1980 when he was still sighted. I'm born blind instead, and waited 34 years for a tactile-based resource about the cube. Till spring 2025 there wasn't any resource in English as well, before Paul published his book. Now, I'm going to translate it in Italian as well, to provide it to all #blind related associations around the country. I also have started sort of Italian written blog where I share my #cubing adventures. I also ping @nationsblind who I suppose are aware of Paul's efforts. And also @BPI Blind LGBT pride international association where I'm a member and would like to cooperate in concrete ways rather than talk and talk.
PS wondering if there are Italian cubers here around #fediverse
mention @mastoblind group to make other blind folks aware.
I've recently been working on creating digital braille files (.brf and .pef) of all my books. They're now available from my direct store at https://russellphillips.uk/books/
Most are just 拢0.99, and this weekend you can use coupon code Fedi20 to get 20% off them along with anything else.
#FediBookFair #history #histodons #MilitaryHistory #blind #braille
I've recently been working on creating digital braille files (.brf and .pef) of all my books. They're now available from my direct store at https://russellphillips.uk/books/
Most are just 拢0.99, and this weekend you can use coupon code Fedi20 to get 20% off them along with anything else.
#FediBookFair #history #histodons #MilitaryHistory #blind #braille
Any #blind users mess around with Nextcloud? I'm looking to throw google by the wayside but I don't know how the screen reader accessibility is
So one thing I notice about #blind Internet culture: even back on Twitter, and now here in the #fediverse, blind people tend towards having discussions in giant threads, sometimes with as many as 10-12 people in them, that can often stretch on for days. I rarely (if ever) see sighted culture do this. I wonder why? It's not a criticism, it's just interesting to me. Maybe because Discord and other chat apps were historically less #accessible, so blind culture tends to use the fediverse more as a discussion platform? Or maybe it's something UI related that makes it easier for blind folks to track giant threads of doom? The few times I've been involved in this style of discussion with sighted folks, they've become confused and begged for everyone to move to Discord or Slack or somewhere. On the other hand, I rarely see blind people do a single, lengthy post broken up and threaded the way sighted people do, with (1/N) at the end. We tend to just move to instances with longer character limits, or put our long form thoughts on a webpage or something.
Any #blind users mess around with Nextcloud? I'm looking to throw google by the wayside but I don't know how the screen reader accessibility is
As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.
#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology
So one thing I notice about #blind Internet culture: even back on Twitter, and now here in the #fediverse, blind people tend towards having discussions in giant threads, sometimes with as many as 10-12 people in them, that can often stretch on for days. I rarely (if ever) see sighted culture do this. I wonder why? It's not a criticism, it's just interesting to me. Maybe because Discord and other chat apps were historically less #accessible, so blind culture tends to use the fediverse more as a discussion platform? Or maybe it's something UI related that makes it easier for blind folks to track giant threads of doom? The few times I've been involved in this style of discussion with sighted folks, they've become confused and begged for everyone to move to Discord or Slack or somewhere. On the other hand, I rarely see blind people do a single, lengthy post broken up and threaded the way sighted people do, with (1/N) at the end. We tend to just move to instances with longer character limits, or put our long form thoughts on a webpage or something.
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