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I'm deaf as a post and rely on speech-to-text tools and features (Otter, Google Meet), usually paid, and constantly feel a sense of digital precarity: at any mo
by qkeast 4y ago
I'm deaf as a post and rely on speech-to-text tools and features (Otter, Google Meet), usually paid, and constantly feel a sense of digital precarity: at any moment, these tools may be removed, changed, or experience outages, all which swing my world from inclusion to exclusion. I hope this works well, because it would give me control over my own tools for accessibility in a way that my workarounds don't.
- dijonman2 4y agoOnline tools also violate your privacy, as they have the contents of your conversations.
- qkeast 4y agoFor me, it's a tough tradeoff between privacy and accessibility – without these tools, I have zero accessibility for audio-based mediums. My best bridge for now is Google Meet's captions, and when Meet isn't where the call's taking place, piping the audio into Meet as a virtual audio source.
- squarefoot 4y agoThe last section in the linked GH page says it can be built and run locally, although doesn't specify whether it uses external services or not.