Sarah Matthews<p>The <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> event on Tues evening at the British Library was brilliant - to have so many Braille enthusiasts together is very rare, and there was a relaxed atmosphere of celebration; with wine, canapes and lovely background music. Braille doesn’t get this type of VIP treatment very often! The message that I took away from the engaging panel event was very much that Braille is part of the toolkit for a blind person, no one is expecting you to use it exclusively - when your hands are tired, use audio and when audio gets overwhelming, use your hands. The fact is that some tasks lend themselves better to one or the other. It’s all personal choice.</p><p>I also enjoyed looking at some items from the library archive, including a handmade Braille book by Stevie Ronnie with beautiful binding and a children’s Braille book, by Polly Edman, that had tactile thread winding across the pages to make it interactive.<br>I also had fun trying out the Dot Pad again and got my hands on the Monarch too (they both display graphics as well as being multi line Braille displays) - way too expensive, but hey, a girl can dream! Tech like this represents the future so fabulously, showing that Braille is both a reading and writing medium, but now also has the potential to help blind people understand graphics and charts more easily and allow them to be creative themselves.<br>I bumped into several people I know which was lovely and I’m sure there were plenty of others there that I didn’t find, the joys of trying to socialise when totally blind!<br>There were about 230 guests and it felt so special to be able to attend this event, one of the many events being organised to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Braille.<br>I’m sure there’ll be many podcasts coming out from the RNIB about the event but the link below gives a taster, with many interviews recorded on the night:</p><p><a href="https://embeds.audioboom.com/playlists/4635637/embed?link_color=55ACEE&source=twitter_card&utm_content=card&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&v=202301" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">embeds.audioboom.com/playlists</span><span class="invisible">/4635637/embed?link_color=55ACEE&source=twitter_card&utm_content=card&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&v=202301</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/LowVision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowVision</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
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Sarah Matthews<p>Join the party! The <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> British Library event will be live streamed tomorrow evening from 7.30pm UK time and you can register here:<br> <a href="https://thebritishlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/braille-200-championing-tactile-literacy/british-library/3212394" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebritishlibraryculturalevent</span><span class="invisible">s.seetickets.com/event/braille-200-championing-tactile-literacy/british-library/3212394</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>This <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille200</span></a> survey has been set up by RNIB to gather information about the experiences of <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> users in the UK. It takes about 10 mins to fill out and closes on 18th October <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Braille200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">surveymonkey.com/r/Braille200</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>A great online event from The Braillists Foundation coming up on Tues 17 Sept, 7.30pm UK time | “Braille Screen Input has been overhauled!</p><p>iOS and iPad OS 18, due for release on Monday 16 September, include the biggest refresh of Braille Screen Input since the feature was first introduced in iOS 8. Although you can, for the most part, still use Braille Screen Input as you always have done, the new functionality in Apple's latest flagship operating systems is a source of much excitement throughout the blind community and will almost certainly take your Braille Screen Input experience to the next level.</p><p>Join us as Matthew Horspool talks us through:<br>* The devices supported by iOS and iPad OS 18<br>* New ways to enter and exit Braille Screen Input<br>* New sounds and haptics<br>* Braille entry improvements<br>* Using Braille Screen Input to control and navigate your <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> or iPad”<br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a>#Disability </p><p><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rcuiurD4jEtzda-jQnGPzOtRBBVQuB3YX#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/tZ0rcuiurD4jEtzda-jQnGPzOtRBBVQuB3YX#/registration</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Essential listening for any UK <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> people interested in the proposed changes at RNIB, including an interview with my friend Rachel who’s set up a petition to try to make RNIB aware of the strong feeling many of us have about the impact of cuts to services. As she points out, if we want to access help from charities including RNIB we need tech skills to engage with what they offer! via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tweesecake.social/@doubletap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doubletap</span></a></span> <br> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-tap/id1309267346?i=1000664496453" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">double-tap/id1309267346?i=1000664496453</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Please sign and share this petition re cuts at RNIB -“with assistive technology, apps & AI developing at such speed, <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> people need more support to get online not less” <br><a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-rnib-s-technology-for-life-team-from-cutbacks-to-staff-and-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/save-rnib-s-techn</span><span class="invisible">ology-for-life-team-from-cutbacks-to-staff-and-services</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Prof Anica Zeyen has written about the new <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> Barbie doll and I was interested to read what she has to say about it. I think it’s great that the packaging has <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> on it and that blind and partially sighted children were involved in the design | <a href="https://drdiary.blog/2024/07/23/disability-representation-embracing-the-first-blind-barbie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drdiary.blog/2024/07/23/disabi</span><span class="invisible">lity-representation-embracing-the-first-blind-barbie/</span></a> <br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Grace French<p>Thank you to everyone who have boosted, and thank you to the people who have taken the time to 💟the feature requests.</p><p>Before the hearts were still in the single digits, and now its closer to 20. This is good, but it's not enough for it to get attention.</p><p>Please boost this post, and please 💟 the <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> feature requests for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/screenreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenreader</span></a> support, essential for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users.</p><p><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a></p><p><a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
Grace French<p>I really appreciate the boosts regarding this important <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> issue within the <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> community.</p><p>If you use <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/ObsidianMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObsidianMD</span></a> please 💟 these feature requests and make <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> usable for <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users.</p><p>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a><br>-<a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a></p><p>You might have your sight now, but what if you lost it one day? How would you cope without screen reader support?</p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
Grace French<p>Please Help Make <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> accessible to <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/partiallysighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partiallysighted</span></a> users!</p><p>If you haven't already, please <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> this post and 💟 these feature requests:<br>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-label-input-elements-to-assist-with-screen-readers/71444</span></a><br>- <a href="https://forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibility-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.obsidian.md/t/accessibil</span><span class="invisible">ity-obsidian-with-screen-readers/19669</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
13 barn owls in a trenchcoat<p>I have an <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> question for <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> users who use text-to-speech tools. </p><p>Has the recent development of machine-learning based synthetic voices such as Piper, Coqui, Mimic3 and Amazon Polly had any useful impact for you, or do you still use e-speak style voices?</p><p>Do the tools you regularly use support "Neural Voices" of the kind mentioned above?</p><p>I've noticed that integration is limited - for example, I can get transcription and reading tool Speech Note (<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.Spe</span><span class="invisible">echNote</span></a>) to read me anything I like in a range of up-to-date voices, but Gnome Orca - my OS-wide screen reader - remains <em>intensely</em> hard to customise. </p><p>But I'm a Linux user, and thus aware that accessibility remains an embarrassingly low priority in practical open source development, even where the component parts exist.</p><p>For example, few of the projects linked by the Piper team (<a href="https://github.com/rhasspy/piper?tab=readme-ov-file#people-using-piper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/rhasspy/piper?tab=r</span><span class="invisible">eadme-ov-file#people-using-piper</span></a>) are focused on accessibility.</p>
Sarah Matthews<p>At the weekend I attended a brilliant event at the British Library in central London for blind and partially sighted people themed around portraits. I was excited to go because unusually there was the opportunity to get creative in response to the audio described works. <br>The workshop was run by artist Karly Allen who obviously had years of experience because her description of the 2 artworks we were introduced to was comprehensive and very natural. <br>We talked about a portrait of novelist Hilary Mantel by Nick Lord and a marble bust of King George III by Peter turnereli from the British Libry’s collection and were given a tactile drawing of them both which were printed using a Zychem machine which I desperately want to get my hands on now! I found them really pleasant to feel and although I did need the description to make full sense of the diagrams I felt they were very useful. <br>After the descriptions we were given a small circular frame and some clay along with some tools and Karly talked us through ideas of how we could get creative. I decided to use the various tools to draw into the clay which I’d filled the frame with and smoothed down. It was hard to get started and I experimented a bit and smoothed it out and started again several times. I kept in mind that the frame would be filled with plaster of paris and the clay discarded to make a tactile relief sculpture so whatever I drew would come out backwards. I cheated a bit and didn’t attempt a portrait as working in this way was new to me and my first attempts were awfully confusing! I decided to do an illustration of a flower instead because as I’m totally blind I couldn’t go back and add to the marks I’d made, I just had to go for it in one go, imagining the drawing as I went. I did ask my PA to tell me where there were some gaps so I could ad a couple of details which was helpful. I wasn’t the only person to take this approach.<br>We had a break for lunch and then went up to see the 2 artworks in the galleries and discuss them further while our sculptures set.<br>It was so exciting to feel the end result when we returned and we passed our creations around which got us talking to new people. Before the workshop I’d felt nervous about trying to do something creative again after 10 years of being blind and although it was frustrating at first I was relieved to find that we were encouraged to just get stuck in and have a go in any way we felt comfortable. I’ll definitely be returning to the library for future events of this kind!<br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/audiodescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiodescription</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/TactileArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TactileArt</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>I’ve just completed this online survey set up by Connor Scott-Gardner about the availability of accessible appliances in the UK. Take a look and add your thoughts if you’re <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5SBFjjZ15TB5eKMyriU_me6jUpy6fEW_6wGXRWnbLyqUjaQ/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSe5SBFjjZ15TB5eKMyriU_me6jUpy6fEW_6wGXRWnbLyqUjaQ/viewform</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span></p>
Graham Downs<p>There seems to be no end to the things <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> people can do. The latest of which is: Tourist Guide! </p><p><a href="https://www.goodthingsguy.com/people/first-blind-tourist-guide-in-south-africa-inspires-in-every-sense/?utm_source=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodthingsguy.com/people/first</span><span class="invisible">-blind-tourist-guide-in-south-africa-inspires-in-every-sense/?utm_source=Mastodon</span></a></p><p>As a <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> person, this is really encouraging. As the article says, "impossible" is only what you think it is. To which I will add that that statement is not intended to belittle anyone or make light of their struggles. Practically everything will be *harder* for us than it is for normal-sighted people, but "hard" doesn't necessarily mean "impossible". :-)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/VisualImpairment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualImpairment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/VisuallyImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisuallyImpaired</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/CapeTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapeTown</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>There are so many interesting events coming up on 4 Jan for <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/WorldBrailleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBrailleDay</span></a> - here are some just posted on The Braillists Foundation website <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/WorldBrailleDay2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBrailleDay2024</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span><br>➡️The Braille You Need, When You Need It: A Special Event for World Braille Day, Thursday 4 January at 7:30 PM<br>➡️ Braille and Breakfast from Sight and Sound Technology Ltd, Thursday 4 January at 9:30 AM<br>➡️ Join UKAAF for World Braille Day, 4 January at 1:00 PM<br>➡️ Braille Matters International Extravaganza from the Braille Revival League, Thursday 4 January at 6:00 PM GMT<br><a href="https://www.braillists.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">braillists.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>A survey for any <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> users in Europe who have a Braille display or notetaker - The European Blind Union want to know your views in order to improve access to electronic Braille:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTwXqIiE018k3wMOeTqALmMaggvd1sGqOm3VCkbrDUIzHu7A/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSdTwXqIiE018k3wMOeTqALmMaggvd1sGqOm3VCkbrDUIzHu7A/viewform</span></a><br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>🛍️Research opportunity for blind people in the UK | ‘Greetings from our research group at the London College of Fashion!
We are reaching out to you with an opportunity to be at the forefront of a study that aims to revolutionize the fashion retail landscape, making it more inclusive and accessible’ </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqiNZNw7al6oReA7JLMyKHlJm0whHwgvdLpMPRfN-et0U0IQ/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSdqiNZNw7al6oReA7JLMyKHlJm0whHwgvdLpMPRfN-et0U0IQ/viewform</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/VisuallyImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisuallyImpaired</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>A powerful essay from Dr M. L. Godin <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> | ‘Nobody suggested I learn Braille, even though it was clear my vision was deteriorating. Adults seemed afraid of it, afraid of blindness itself. I know now that this is how ableism is passed from one generation to the next. But I didn’t have that word back then, so it’s not surprising that I accepted the stigma of blindness and refused to do or learn anything that might make me “look blind.”’</p><p><a href="https://www.slj.com/story/Serving-Blind-and-Low-Vision-Children-Well-Benefits-All-Students-Here-Are-Suggestions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slj.com/story/Serving-Blind-an</span><span class="invisible">d-Low-Vision-Children-Well-Benefits-All-Students-Here-Are-Suggestions</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>Off to this <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> installation opening later which I contributed to by chatting to artist David Van Eyssen. No idea if my audio’s in the finished Virtual Reality experience but I’m in the RNIB press release, alongside Lord David Blunkett no less, so I’m happy with that haha! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a><br><a href="https://www.rnib.org.uk/news/london-artist-captures-blind-peoples-hidden-dreams-using-mixed-reality-headsets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnib.org.uk/news/london-artist</span><span class="invisible">-captures-blind-peoples-hidden-dreams-using-mixed-reality-headsets/</span></a></p>
Sarah Matthews<p>After sorting my hardcopy <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braille</span></a> books I have two to give away to any UK reader who fancies them, to be sent out via Articles For The Blind. Both are grade 2 contracted Braille:<br>Book 1 is Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark (SEB) in two old style RNIB volumes<br>Book 2 is The Awakening by Kate Chopin (SEB) in six new style RNIB pamphlets <br>Any takers? 📚📚<br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PartiallySighted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartiallySighted</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/VisuallyImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisuallyImpaired</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Deafblind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deafblind</span></a></p>
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