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Ed Summers, Head of Accessibility at GitHub joins us on the latest ReadME Podcast to talk about why accessibility is so often overlooked and why it's so important for the 1.3 billion people with disabilities.
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"If we can all just think about the people who use our software, they’re not like us. They vary in so many ways, not to mention just abilities, but from gender, income, access to high-speed networks. There’s just so many ways that the people who use our software differ from us."
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Join us this Thursday at 11am ET for a discussion on Women in Open Source in Life Sciences at the Commission on the Status of Women. Register to attend virtually here. ⬇️ aka.ms/AAjunsq
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🟢 🟢 We 💚 seeing tests pass first time! * * unless you write your tests first obviously.
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My first short! Using GitHub Copilot in VS @Code to write initial tests for a @FastAPI app. youtube.com/shorts/AGFvs2p
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"There are 1.3 billion people with disabilities in the world and, for those of us who create the technology used by all of humanity, we have an amazing opportunity to improve access for everyone.” Catch tomorrow's ReadME Podcast episode wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Creating, growing, and maintaining communities is critical to the long-term sustainability of digital public goods. That’s why were launching our #OpenSource Community Manager Program, to empower more GitHub users to contribute to social good projects!
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Jimmy gits it 👍
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I've been spending more time using the Github CLI and it is surprisingly more useful than I thought. I made a few clips and a full YT video to show some practical commands I use quite often now. I'll start with my favorite: create repositories with a single command. 🧵
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Did you know that you can transcribe and translate your audio files quickly and freely with this AI-powered app by ? writeout.ai 💬 🤖 📄 It even supports Klingon. Qapla’!
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When you test your code for accessibility, which screen reader do you use the most?
  • VoiceOver
    45.1%
  • NVDA
    20.3%
  • JAWS
    17.2%
  • Narrator
    17.5%
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With dev containers and GitHub Codespaces, you can automate and streamline your development environments like a pro! 💻 🙌 Learn about dev containers and how to add one to your project in this easy-to-follow tutorial by .
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