Darren Minifie
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Engineering Manager, iOS Vision Accessibility at Apple. @dcm @mastodon .social
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The
#accessibility
team at Apple has two new full time software engineering positions available: one for systems engineering and one focusing on Apple Vision Pro. Feel free to introduce yourself via DM with a CV if interested!
note: These roles are in Cupertino, CA.
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For reasons I don't understand, sometimes iOS apps only vend accessibility info (e.g. accessibilityLabel) when they detect an assistive technology is enabled (like VoiceOver). Don't do this! There are other features like HoverText that make use of the same APIs!
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[1/2] I am looking for a talented rising senior to join me this summer on the Speech and Vision Accessibility team at Apple. If you are interested in
#accessibility
and enjoy solving challenging software engineering problems with creative solutions this role may be a good fit!
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The latest release of iOS, macOS and tvOS has a great new
#accessibility
feature called Dim Flashing Lights. It will help mitigate potentially hazardous strobing light conditions in video. Check out the White Paper, APIs and sample code here:
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Check out this video for Personal Voice and Live Speech that my team worked on. These
#accessibility
features on iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch let you continue to communicate in a voice that sounds like you if you ever lose your ability to speak.
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Creating assistive technology to help people live their lives is what my team pours their energy into. Very proud of them and the products they've built.
#accessibility
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I'll be giving a talk about speech synthesis and
#accessibility
Spoken Content features on iOS at CSUN this year. I would love to chat with you about VoiceOver, Zoom or any iOS accessibility feature you have feedback on. Hope to see you there!
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I'm glad it was printed in color. The syntax highlighting should help a lot with the code review haha.
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The psychology of shopping at Trader Joe’s is wild.
“Coconut flavored almonds, that sounds fucking weird”
<throws it in cart>
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100k steps in three days… my hips and knees are ready to fall off. Worth it though!
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Ha! If you click on a Mastodon link from Twitter you now get a scary warning page? This is just sad and pathetic at this point.
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#accessibility
Zoom received a major upgrade in macOS Sonoma with multi-display support. You can now independently zoom in on each display and there are new commands to quickly move between them.
#WWDC23
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Hell ya: commute bus is packed, highway is gridlocked. Society is healing.
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Thank you to everyone who came to our talk about speech synthesis at
#CSUNATC23
. It was great to hear your stories about how you use accessibility features in iOS. Thanks for all of your feedback and suggestions.
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What a depressing thought that teachers will use AI to mark essays, and students will use AI to generate them.
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Them: Hey can you help with something?
Me: Sure happy to help, what's up?
Them: <has notifications silenced>
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Why are there at least two different ID numbers on the back of Global Entry cards? Who designed this piece of garbage. Am I angry because I put the wrong ID into the TSA pre-check field for my flight? Yes.
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I’ll be sad when the day comes that I can’t run 3 miles in sub 30 minutes. That day is not today though. Keep the Christmas treats rolling!
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Speech Synthesis session is live! Learn about Personal Voice, Live Speech, and how to create new voices for iOS and macOS:
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Does the Ember mug keep my coffee hot for a super long time? Sure does! Was it worth $100+ dollars? That is debatable.
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Beat Saber is great and all but it's like 4 years old at this point so why is Meta Quest pushing it so hard. Just package the thing with Skyrim and be done with it.
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@hollyborla
@slava_pestov
Nice! You should swing by the Maui brewery if you have time. They have a cool tour and they make their own cold brew coffee (as well as great beer 🍺).
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Diet Pepsi = the best.
Zero sugar Pepsi = terrible.
Why do these both exist by the way?
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macOS Sonoma and iOS 17 have a great new interactive guide to learn how to use Voice Control.
Find it in Settings, under Accessibility > Voice Control
#accessibility
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The number of times I have forgotten to press the publish button in Stash.... Just post my comments you silly system!
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Still got it…
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After months with the redesigned Dollar Shave Club razors, I can definitively say they are terrible. Time to try something else. Anyone have a type they like? Preferably not ones that are a million dollars per pack.
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[2/2] If interested please introduce yourself with a DM.
Note: this position is in Cupertino CA. A right to work in the US is a requirement.
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Do people still put money in birthday cakes or was that just a weird thing we did? I have some fond memories of biting into a fist full of dirty change haha.
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What if we crash?
A little guy in a cloud comes and uses a fishing pole to put you back on the road.
so good haha.
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What fresh hell is this? God I just need to delete this account and be done with it.
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Does anyone else use a treadmill with their standing desk for work? How do you like it?
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This is so dumb haha. We have a shared Peloton bike in our house, my wife's account has all the cool new beta features for Disney+ and Netflix, and mine does not. Great beta program
@onepeloton
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Nobody! Nobody is buying this dog shit! Stop tagging me. Good changes so far Elon!
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Nice, free book for a very short survey!
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What are the best fitting, shop-retaining hoodies for the fall season? I can't do any more garbage hoodies off Amazon.
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I got to see Polyphia in Nashville tonight. All the notes were played. Makes me think my playing can only get better if I also buy more guitars.
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I love the engineering in the glitter bomb videos each year but man is it depressing seeing parents steal packages and open them with their kids and stuff. So many scum bags.
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Do people use the command and option keys on the right side of their keyboard often? I don't think I've ever used those keys. It would be cool to get that key-realestate back for some other purpose; maybe a a dedicated shortcut or something.
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I love this little Star Wars advent tree. I also got a Marvel-themed one I need to put together.
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Python: Write one line, run program to see what problem you caused at runtime.
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This will be controversial and I am sorry Royal Dansk, but the Trader Joe's butter cookies are way better. Fresher, crispier and less sweet.
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Woodworking Reddit is a good counterbalance to woodworking on Youtube. Every Youtube project turns out perfect whereas each Reddit post is how to fix a mistake an average human would make.
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The question is whether the Youtube Music algorithms will understand if I thumbs-up some Christmas songs, that I mean for, like right now, not all year long.
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@simrandotdev
@onepeloton
It's one implementation of it ya. Peloton doesnt seem to mind profiles sharing the same password (nuts), payment method etc. It would have been nice if the test considered the entire account as the unit. (look I just want Disney+ on my bike ok? 😂)
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Perform accessibility audits for your app:
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Unless I'm missing something, I cant believe in 2022 you still cannot watch stuff like the World Cup without needing to jump through hoops. Best option seems to be Hulu + Live TV for $70? No. Peacock, but Spanish only? Also no.
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@RonAvitzur
These at least seem more timeless than some of mine. "Learning PHP 5" has zero value for me or anyone else at this point I'm pretty sure 😀
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If you were to totally redo your email setup how would you do it? I want to reduce reliance on Gmail and avoid the eventual fate of everyone getting my address and spamming it. I'm thinking a setup like signup1
@mydomain
.com etc and then ditching the accounts that get spammed?
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I'm gonna get shade for this but Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney and So this is Christmas by John Lennon are both terrible.
Which Christmas song is your least favorite? That song that makes you cringe when it comes on? The one you would throw into the sun if you could? Mine is Little Drummer Boy. You may choose two if one is too hard.
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Not sure why I'm tagged in this garbage. Not working on crypto to be clear though.
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There is a book as well!
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Why was the US team in D2 playing Iceland and Italy and stuff? Was this the B tournament or something? Canada and Finland would’ve mopped the floor with them 😂
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Full disclosure I'm only 2 episodes into Andor but so far it is incredibly over hyped. Every Star Wars release lately is the same shit. Some group is oppressed by the empire, mixed in with some childhood…
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I enjoy a lot of game critic podcasts but I find my tastes don't often align. I was bummed to hear many of the less-than-glowing Starfield reviews but I am having a ton of fun with it.
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If you have Game Pass you have to check out Vampire Survivor. This game is so good! 14:50 is my longest streak so far.
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It's extra annoying that shady data collection services are sophisticated enough to piece together my work number but not smart enough to realize I might not be the right person to evaluate my company's printer toner or payroll software needs.
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Wow looks like fun haha.
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I wonder if the same number of people have always existed and Youtube has just revealed them, but I'm blown away by the amount of incredible guitar players who can cover Polyphia riffs and whatnot.
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@NativeSantaCruz
@SCDowntown
Oh nice! It's been so sad seeing this great building sitting closed up for so long.
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Ok does checking into a flight as soon as it opens up make no difference anymore? The last few times I've been Johnny-on-the-spot but I've still gotten shit seats and boarding groups.
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Somebody got carried away with the new YouTube like button. It's too much.
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Ooo nice, I live this little app.
🚀 Hand Mirror v2 is out now!
It's a complete rewrite and it includes Smart Windows, custom positioning, window masks, Notch Trigger, alternate icons, and a lot more.
Check the thread for some of my favorite little Design Details™ and Easter Eggs 🧵
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@superbetsy
In fact I feel like you are obligated to play it as there may be an announcement for the new Dragon Age at the Game Awards coming up.
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Was gonna watch RRR based on all the good reviews I've seen about it but a runtime of 3+ hours is a dealbreaker right now. I cant pay attention to movies that long anymore.
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Is there a better way to view Mastodon on macOS than using the website? It is ... not great, for me at least. You can't hover on followers' profile to see who they are, notifications are usually stale, the presentation of boosts and favorites takes up way too much screen space
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