How does anyone set there user flaire on reddit, I've been trying to set it on a couple of communities, but haven't been able to.

A few minutes ago, I put my phone on the charger. For reasons I can't explain, voiceover just quit working. Telling siri to turn voiceover off and back on again didn't fix the problem. Doing the triple click on the side button didn't work either. I do know the sound is working because while trying to get speech back up and running I called the cops! No joke! I'm now without a phone thanks to voiceover breaking on me. Any ideas what I can do? My grandmother couldn't help me figure out what's going on with my phone, even though she can see. As far as I'm concerned, the phone I just bought a few months ago, has now become useless and can't be used anymore. Here are the methods I've tried in case anybody is wondering. One, tell siri to restart device, seeing as I can't pow it off and on. Two, tripple click side button. Adjusted volume controls. Tell siri to turn voiceover off and back on. None of these methods have worked. I'm afraid to try anything else because I don't want to call the cops again. Using itunes isn't an option because I don't have itunes on this computer or a cable that will go from the computer to my phone, unless the cable to my braillenote touch will do the trick, but the last thing I need is to brick the phone as well.

So for people who use VS code what are ways you guys are navigating it I am just beginning to learn how to code I have used text mate on the Mac, but that’s about it and I could use VS code on Windows or on the Mac, but I heard it is far more accessible on windows so whatever operating system how do you navigate around all the screens? So there is a space to type how do you navigate between that and output and how do you navigate to the other things? What is the best resource to learn about all of this?

So I have tried to work with the terminal a bunch of times, but have not really been that great with it. How do you navigate besides going up and down and reading your input? How do you read the output and then work with it and stuff like that what is the best way to learn or what you offer in Shortcuts or navigation keys?

I've imported a GPX into VoiceVista. It's clear how to start a route but when the route starts and I'm walking I don't get any useful information about when I have to turn to the left or to the right and so on. Anyone an idea what I have to set in order to get route and guidanse information?

I'm aspiring to study medicine next year. I have a mild visual impairment with the visual acuity in my left eye being 0.4 and in my right eye a not very useful 0.05. I have some light sensitivity but perfect color vision.

I think with some magnification possibilities and small acommidations, I will do fine in med school. My greater concern is how will I be able to work in practice? What types of acommidations are okay to ask for from the hospital or patients, and how can I ensure to never cause danger to a patient do to my vision? If anyone has any ideas for this, I would be very grateful!

In addition, I've been thinking about possible fields to specialize in. My personal interests concentrate around neurology, psychatry and anaesthesiology. How would these fields be well suited and not for someone with lower visual acuity?

Hi everyone, I am a partially blind music lover and I'm trying to move away from streaming services. I have been using Spotify premium but I don't feel proud of myself for it, I dislike the company, and I don't want to support them anymore. I've been putting off quitting Spotify because it feels overwhelming to have to find an accessible method of downloading all my songs then find an accessible app to play them so I'm hoping for some advice. I use a combination of large, high contrast, bold display and TalkBack screen reader to access my Android phone. Dark themes are important to me because I am light sensitive. I would love an MP3 player app for android phones that is compatible with TalkBack, large text, and dark high contrast themes but if there are no good options like that I could do with anything that is compatible with TalkBack. I prefer free apps because who doesn't but if it meant I could ditch streaming forever I would gladly pay a few bucks for a fully accessible music player app. I have looked into MP3 player devices before but the only accessible players were out of budget and the one I do have is a little touch screen that doesn't have a screen reader or large text, only a finicky screen magnifier, so I can't use it often or easily.

What are your suggestions for accessible MP3 player apps for Android? What do you personally use for playing music as a blind or low vision person? If you have a specific app recommendation and you are able to, I would appreciate a description of the user interface, even if it's very vague as I'm sensitive to colors and clutter. Thanks!

So I’m pretty proud of myself. My echo device has been bugging me because I haven’t been able to get it to give me the time in 24 hour format. I kind of grew up on that time format so I don’t really use a.m. or p.m. Well, I figured out how to make a routine so now when I give it the specific command I have set up it now gives me my location and the time in military time. You do it in your Alexa app under settings. Click the button that says add new. Then give your routine a name. For mine I just said time. Then you select an action and I customize mine for a voice command so it will give me the time when I ask what time is it. You can’t have any special characters though so it just has to be the words no punctuation marks. It’s under the routines section. It’s pretty easy. Just give it a minute or so after you set it up so it can sync to the server and all that jazz.

So I'm in my junior year of college. Lately I've been having an extremely hard time thinking abstractly in any way, including things I would normally enjoy like my personal projects. For example I can barely think about data structors like graphs or being able to read cocde from other people. My brain just shuts down and doesn't want to do any work. I hope I'm just burned out but it's still scary that it's taking me a very long time to make sense of the material assigned to me. It's technically accessible but FML even described graphs take a lot of effort to keep track of most points to know the shape uhg.

Hey. I'm on here often. I get splinters often but wanted to ask if y'all have any hacks about getting them out. I've tried the glue trick (you put Elmer's glue on it. Let it dry. Peel off.) And that works sometimes. But any other advice?

Does anyone know of a program to get a free or reduced cost brailler?

Hi guys, I wanted to ask you a really significant question. How could a blind person learn any new language specially English or Español? I must learn these two language importantly, cause I need them so please help me share your suggestions or ideas and thanks in advance for everyone

Hello everyone! A question about audio recordings. Does anyone know of an app that allows you to make recordings and - very importantly - continue them after a while or add a new recording to an existing one? Unfortunately, Apple's Voicememo can't do that.

VoiceVista is an audio navigation app that lets you set GPS beacons so you can hear where the point is and navigate to it with audio or haptic feedback. The original app was Soundscape, and I used it all the time, but VoiceVista has made improvements that have really made my life easier.

I love that you can create a route in breadcrumb mode by hitting the play button on your headphones every time you want to drop a breadcrump point. This was true on Soundscape, but soundscape used to crash my phone a lot in the process. I love that you can automatically create a reverse route for the route you just made. So if I want to head out on a new hike, I can create a route as I go, and then do the reverse route to get back where I started.

I love that it has so many points of interest saved and that you can create a beacon on any point of interest, even if you didn’t save it as a marker first. Soundscapes used to only let you put beacons on markers that you had already saved. Now, on VoiceVista, you can go to the markers tab, go through the options until you get to “POI,” select “POI,” then you can put an audio beacon on any of these points. that means, I can put an audio beacon on any bus stop, even if I’ve never been to that one before. I can put an audio beacon on the drinking fountain in the local park. I can put an audio beacon on any store I want to try to get to. I don’t have to add any of these points to my marker list, so that means I can go places I’ve never been and visit points I’ve never saved as a marker.

I also like that I can select a marker or point of interest and select “create route” which then uses Apple Maps to plot out beacons ahead of me to get me to the place. Of course, the sound beacon advances from point to point automatically as I arrive at each one, and this helps me know I’m on track. It also seems like it’s kind of ”smart.” Like if I miss a beacon by cutting a corner or something, it just advances to the next beacon on the route.

I also love the monitoring feature. I can start monitoring a beacon when I’m 200meters away from it instead of having the beacon going all the time. This is great on the bus. I set the beacon to start monitoring at about 200m, then when it starts up, I know it’s time to request the stop. This keeps me from having to listen to the navigation until I actually need it.

I love that I can go to a new part of town, and tell my friends and family whats around us. I‘m able to use the app to point out things they didn’t even notice. I’ll even say things like, “There‘s a park bench out to our left, if we want to take a break.” It surprises them when I can “see“ things like this.

Basically, the VoiceVista app has improved to the point that I decided to donate to it to keep it going. I hope that my summary helps anyone out there who doesn’t realize what cool features have been added in the past year.

There are so many features and settings that I haven’t even mentioned. It’s worth using Voice Over to explore the whole app because there are so many useful settings.

Ihave been learning Japanese hiragana and katakana using Japanese Braille. I really enjoy it and I can write simple sentences. However, it seems all the Japanese books I can find in an accessible format are in romanji only, not coded for Japanese Braille. Is there somewhere I can get books in Japanese that are coded for the Japanese Braille code? I would love to start with simple books for children as I'm very much a beginner, but I'm able to say simple things. I was learning with Duo Lingo, but I'm stuck now as it wants me to learn kanji which means tracing the kanji symbols on the screen...which is obviously not blind-accessible facepalm But I really don't enjoy reading romanji. I keep having to pause to translate it into the Japanese Braille code in my head because that's how I read Japanese. I feel stuck with very basic vocabulary and grammar :(

One is a PDF file. The other two are in my kindle library and my google books library respectively. So, one PDF file, one kindle book, and one google book. The kindle screen reader is excruciating to listen to. I want to simply record a screen reader narrating these any number of these books.

I have something strange happening with my vision, almost like selective sight. Like, I’ll see a street fine, but be completely unaware of a pole right in front of me. Or I won’t be able to calculate where a curb steps off and almost trip. Or, I’ll hit my head against a wall leaning back, because I saw it further away.

I have the ability to see a specialist in about three months to see if I can figure out what this is, as I don’t have any vision issues except severe nearsightedness. (I’m not looking for medical advice here.)

But, right now, I have no idea what this is. I’m not looking for answers here, but rather tips on how to navigate for several months without getting hurt so often with careless mistakes and confusion. Can I have advice around that?

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I have a neurological condition that caused sudden vision loss in one eye and even with surgery my team doesn't think I'll get it back. My vision in that eye is worse than 20/200 with glasses and has very limited degree of sight, idk what the degree number is off hand but it's like looking through a pool noodle underwater with a hair over your eye and glitter coming down. At night that eye sees very very little because we suspect I have RP and my bad night vision + neurological damage means I don't really like to drive at night if I can help it. I legally have my license for now but my doctor does a field test every 6 months.

It's basically nonfunctioning on that side and I'm still adjusting. Especially with depth perception. I work on a touch screen computer and when I reach to touch a number I'll press the wrong one and then it throws me off and causes massive delays.

It's only been ~2 months since the loss and I don't really know anyone to talk to for advice. My mom lived with one eye but she passed when I was 11 (same eye too actually different reason). So here I come to reddit.

As the title says this is just a quick check in with everyone here on r/blind to see how we are all doing as of late.

so any thoughts about ultra edit? has anyone used it? is it accessible at all I will probably end up using vscode on this windows device we just fixed it up pretty good and I am on here with luna but anyway! anyone have anything to say about ultra edit or does anyone not even see the point of trying?

I have a family member that I am very close with who just lost her vision after a complication from a valve replacement surgery. Can anyone give me advice on things that I can do to make sure she can continue to try and live her life as normal? Of course I know everything is going to change but my aunt was always playing on Facebook, running errands, she was my main baby sitter of my three year old who she loves so much. It seems like all of that is gone for her. Any advice on how she can get spring the house easier and do her daily tasks to help her feel in regular routine? Like starting laundry, loading or unloading dishwasher, playing on Facebook.. really just looking for any advice on how to make this transition smoother for her and help keep her entertainedz.

Hello all!

My father, an elderly man in his early seventies, has developed a serious neurological condition that has rendered him almost completely blind. He can't handle his phone more than to call his speed dial numbers and start the news on his radio app. He has never been a very active person but since this development all he really does is to lie on his bed and listen to audiobooks on CD, which my mom has to change for him. Apps are out, he says, but he's always been a verocious reader so this is at least something. At least until he runs out of audiobooks on CD, a dying medium.

I'm worried about his mental state, and also that of my mom, who is his prime caretaker and whom I know feels very lonely as a result.

I wonder if someone could suggest any hobbies that a blind person could learn that might at least be done sitting on the couch that I might suggest for him. He's got fibromyalgia and his fine motor skills aren't the best and he also can't move around very well, so outside activities are only done rarely, but if he had something to do they could at least spend time in the living room.

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

I'm currently using the Magnifier app on my iPhone and it works great. But it does eat up the battery of my phone quite a bit so I'm looking for something to replace it.

I've tried monocular telescopes. They're great! They're small, easy to bring around, and work well. But Their magnification is often too high or the focus distance is too far. Not ideal for looking at a board across the room just a couple meters away. Everything is just blurry and no amount of adjusting the lenses will help.

So what's something I could use in this situation? Any idea? Amazon links appreciated :)

I know that this probably applies to almost no one but just thought I’d put this out there in case it’s helpful for someone. As the sibling of a person with a relatively new blindness I often feel despair about finding things to do together that don’t just further reinforce how sad this new adjustment is for him. I always appreciate hearing of anything at all that could be of interest so I’m passing this along. The caveat being I haven’t actually been so cannot speak to the worthwhileness of it but it is recommended by The Stranger (local publication).

The description of the exhibit: Please Touch: Together, Breaking Barriers invites viewers to touch the artwork on display, aiming to "raise awareness about accessibility for blind and low-vision individuals in the arts" by facilitating a tactile experience. Viewers are encouraged to "close their eyes, use their open palms, and gently stroke their artwork, describing the meaning it holds for them,".

This is a free art exhibit

https://everout.com/seattle/events/please-touch-together-breaking-barriers/e187984/

I described "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, including every dance move I could cram in to the timeframe. Happy Halloween!

EDIT: POSSIBLE SOLUTION?

How about I get rid of the map.
Instead I make a whole list of audio files called "600","261", "120" , etc, and upload them in a file on her ipad.

She solves 20x3=600
Opens the audio file called "600". Listens to "go to the tree near the football field".
I print an A3 blue poster with her next clue and hang it on the tree.
12 x 2 =24 and she opens the file called 24. So on and so forth.

That works right? Please say that works

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I am a maths teacher.

I've just planned a scavenger hunt. The gist of it if they have a map of the school grounds. A bunch of numbers are written on it. I give them a multiplication , say 200x3, they look for 600 on the map, go there, and they'll find the next clue with another equation to solve on it. So on and so forth until they find a clue that says "LAST ONE!!!" they come back to me and if they have the correct numbers, bingo they win.

I have three scavenger hunts with the clues written on different colours, which will allow the lowest achieving kids to complete it and the highest achieving kids not to be bored by unchallenging work.

My problem is adapting this for Anna*. Anna is halfway blind. I don't know the specifics of her condition but she needs to stick her nose on the paper in order to read it. She can pick a book from a shelf, but only by almost touching it with her face. She's also about 5 years behind in mathematics. She would definitely be doing the easiest hunt. My concerns are :

- The map : even if I print larger like I usually do, it'll be too hard for her because she needs to stick her nose on it. She won't be able to see the 'whole picture' and make sense of the map
- Even if she does, the point of a scavenger hunt is to look for the clues. Therefore they have to be hidden. If they're not hidden, it's boring, if they're hidden she won't find them.
- She's terrible in group work. If I make teams, even if I pair her with someone weak, I just know she'll do nothing and just follow quietly.

Does anyone have any idea on how to adapt this for her?

Thanks for any advice

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Does anyone make use of the information that the vitals app provides? I'd love how to know how to interpret it with ease but I keep on finding myself getting confused. I think for the sided Community there is a visual representation whereas we get the percentages above or below and I find myself not being able to put the information to proper use. Does anyone feel the same way? Any tips to Moore quickly making use of this information.