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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I definitely agree that NVDA is the best on Windows. Narrator is eh (you described it well) and JAWS is somehow both costly and shit? I'll give it to Apple too, VoiceOver is one of the best I've used.
What are your thoughts on AI powered screen readers?
Personally, despite being rabidly anti-AI, it seems like one of the few positive uses for AI since it can fill in the gaps where web a11y fails. I'm honestly curious about its development, but worried about the technology being tainted by capitalism (as is tradition)
Disclaimer: I'm not fully blind (though I do have my own complex eye disability), but I've done a TON of work on web a11y and appreciate the responses
One of my biggest gripes with AI is that it requires a cloud connection most of the time, and I'm all about my PC being my personal computer.
In terms of usefulness I can see it maybe for image description.