Accessibility input tool removes X11 support, doesn’t want to support Wayland; users caught in the middle (opens in new tab)

A sad, painful, and infuriating read for this calm Sunday. In recent years, a lot of attention has gone into improving the output side of the accessibility story on Wayland – screen readers and the like – but apparently, the input side has languished. People with reduced mobility need affordances and tools to use computers, but those aren’t ready for Wayland. A popular set of tools here is Talos Voice, which allows people with reduced mobility to create powerful hands-free input methods. The ...