TW 159: Zoom Bloat, NVDA Wins, and the Great BlindShell Retreat Mike and Damashe catch up on a Wednesday (weird, we know). Damashe wraps up his BlindShell experiment after about three weeks, shares news about a new commercial office space, and both hosts get into why Zoom keeps bolting on features nobody asked for. Mike talks about his growing comfort with NVDA, useful add-ons he's found, and what it took to make the switch feel natural. Plus vibe-coded tools, Stream Deck planning, a great file upload tip, and the state of LaunchBar in 2026. In this episode: • Damashe's BlindShell experiment wraps up (and why) • Missing SD cards and the Raspberry Pi graveyard • Damashe has office space news • Zoom Pro, Google Meet, and the "why am I paying for this" question • Apple, Spotify, and platform owners competing with their own marketplace • Android vs iOS, and the lies people have been telling for 15 years • Why Gmail on Android is still painful • Mike's move to NVDA: what helped, what tripped him up • The Eloquence voice that made everything click • Caps Lock as a VoiceOver modifier and the shortcuts it breaks • Stream Deck planning, vibe-coded utilities, and Farrago timing • Rogue Amoeba, AppleScript, and why it matters • New LaunchBar 6.23 with VoiceOver improvements • VOCR 3.0 beta 2 is broken on current macOS (heads up) • A killer file upload tip: paste from Finder directly into upload dialogs • Mac/iOS developers: explain why your app needs Bluetooth and network access Mentioned in this episode: • NVDA add-ons: Speech History, Virtual Window, shortcut utility • AT Guys Eloquence SAPI 5 voices • LaunchBar 6.23 • VOCR 3.0 beta 2 • Farrago (Rogue Amoeba) • BlindShell • Parallels for macOS • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Guess the mic: Damashe is using a different setup this week. Can you identify the microphone? Bonus points for the interface. Send your guesses to feedback@technicallyworking.show. Support the show: Tip jar subscriptions and one-time tips keep the lights on. Thanks to subscriber number one, still going strong. Connect: • Email: feedback@technicallyworking.show • Damashe: @ damashe@technically.social • Mike: @ payown@dragonscave.space • Bot: @ tw@technically.social • Hashtag: #TechnicallyWorking

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