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Sighted people, what’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about the blind community? (rblind.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Communities like this (rblind.com) and r/blind are focused on serving the blind and visually impaired community, including friends and family. They’re also valuable as an opportunity for people outside the community to learn about the blind experience.

That brings us to the question: sighted friends, what have you learned that you’d like to share?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I worked for a company that was hard core focused on accessibility. We had a tester with full blindness that would make sure we didn’t miss anything in our web apps. The thing that surprised me was how they oriented the phone. Facing away, using a special 8 finger key board. They fact they could operate any accessible website with that was amazing because they were also thinking about what they were doing and listening to the screen reader. A lot of split attention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ah, yeah, Braille screen input in screen away mode. Braille is typed out on a six key chording keyboard. Think home row mods.

When you don’t have to look at the screen, it’s more comfortable to hold a phone that way than to put it down somewhere to type, since you still need both hands.

Neat paradigm shift, for sure.