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Old conversation but am going to play anyway.
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When I am working I work with computers of multiple types. If I do not keep in practice with all of them I lose track of the keybard shortcuts and gestures I need to do things with them.
· Cane, Dog, None, or Other? Cane · Preferred Mobile and Computer OS and Screen Readers? Windows 11 / NVDA, Android 13 / Talkback · Braille or Not and for what if yes? I use a braille display, mainly to check spelling.
Cane. Which, now that I think about it, most sighted people I know think is stupid. They all seem to think that there’s tiny portable magic radar, sonar, infrared, VR stuff that’s widely available and actually works.
iPad/iOS/voiceover. Switched from Windows 20 years ago, when I could still see you just fine, and have since developed and abiding hatred of Microsoft and Windows, so I can’t say what I use now has anything to do with a preference for Apple device accessibility features, per se.
Cane. Which, now that I think about it, most sighted people I know think is stupid. They all seem to think that there’s tiny portable magic radar, sonar, infrared, VR stuff that’s widely available and actually works.
Over the course of my life I have had the chance to support a lot of tech, including a couple of medical prototypes that were supposed to have that kind of magic. Yet after my vision loss it was what amounted to a long white stick that had the most beneficial affects on my life. Sometimes low tech is the best tech.