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I don't want to alarm anybody, but apparently there is a roughly 5% chance monkeypox can leave you blind, and it would appear that our plan for public health in the USA is just to... let the entire population be exposed to it? I could be wrong. Maybe that is not the plan. Maybe I'm overthinking it. But anyway, are there any blind goons and if so, how do you read the internet?
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I remember there was a guy who created an Ask thread here about being blind and how he navigates the internet, but I think he somehow chose the wrong post icon and autobanned.
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Aug 4, 2022 11:25
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I am not blind, but one of my very close friends is and I've learned a lot about accessibility from them. (Of course, not all blind people use the same accessibility devices/features, have the same amount of vision, etc, so my comments below only represent a small slice of secondhand experience) Many blind people are not 100% blind, so they may be able to read a screen with the proper contrast settings and magnification, when held at the proper distance from their face. My friend uses night mode on everything, at a very high magnification, and holds their phone very close to their face. Others, or those who are 100% blind, use screenreaders. Many blind people will use voice to text features to text, etc, rather than trying to type on an on-screen keyboard with no tactile feedback. On a computer, you can still touch type. The bigger problem is that many websites are not configured properly for screen reading software. Even some major restaurant chains, for example, will post their menus as images that can't be read or will not provide descriptions for buttons so it's not clear where to click to, say, add something to your order.
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Aug 6, 2022 10:36
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There was a blind goon who posted about how he 'reads' the forums; if I remember correctly his setup included a keyboard and speakers, but no mouse or monitor. Not sure if he used a microphone or not. Anyway I think he used the Tab key to jump around on screen and listen to the screen reader. Edit: here it is: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2438897 TITTIEKISSER69 fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Aug 8, 2022 |
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