Braille Display

An End-User Software License must be agreed to before software can be installed. If the software is for a refreshable braille display, or a screen reader, doesn't that make it difficult(impossible) for a person who needs the hardware in order to to read the EULA in the first place, to agree to it?

Someone can help to install it for him/her.

2008-12-07 23:44:00 by Zerothis

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My uncle is blind. I was wondering if there is a monitor that can displays braille. Also, is there some type of GPS that could make it possible for him to drive?

For computer use, there are many adaptive programs that allow blind/visually impaired folks access. My wife has 2 for reading, one for writing. The 2 screen readers are "JAWS" (Job Access With Speech) and ZoomText with reader. Both will "read" what normally appears on the monitor screen (if the computer even has a monitor.....my wife has one that doesn't even have a monitor) and inputs and navigation are done by keyboard commands, similar to the old DOS operating systems. With her JAWS and ZoomText, she is able to do her work, read her e-mail, participate on Y!A and Facebook, and do just about everything else a "normally" sighted person does.

For typing, there is a program that my wife uses called "DragonSpeak", which is voice-recognition technology tailored to individual users. Once DS "knows" the person's voice, all they do is speak into a headset, which then allows the software to "type" what has been spoken. Otherwise, it is simple keyboard memorization that is used for typing.

As to driving.....out of the question. For one, GPS is not that accurate; and there are too many variables in operating a motor vehicle that depend on good vision to be done safely. My wife has a Sendero portable GPS that she uses when walking to her destinations for her job, and it screws her up sometimes because it is not totally accurate.

The technology is available for computer use, but it is not cheap. All of the adaptive programs my wife has cost a little over $800 each. She was able to obtain them through our States Commission For The Blind. Check with your States Department of Vocational Rehabilitation to see if they might be able to help defray the costs, or look into community service organizations such as Elks or Lions to see if they have ways that might help as well.

2010-02-21 15:22:52 by Todd

Price: $159.95

I know there is some sort of color coded light display application/device that allows deaf people to "see" music through various colors representing notes or instruments.
-But is there anything for people who are blind and deaf?
Maybe something that utilizes bass and/or vibrations?
Pherhaps a modified braille of some sort?

Please note that while sound are vibrations in the air, hearing is actually the ear's ability to turn these vibrations into an electrical signal, which is sent to the brain. If the ear cannot turn these signals into an electrical signal, or if the brain cannot get the signal, the person does not hear. There is something called a tactile hearing aid, which a person wears either on their body, such as their chest, or their fingers. This changes sound into a stronger vibration, so the person can tell when there's a sound. If a blind/deaf person wears this while listening to music, they might be able to feel the rhythm of the music, but they wouldn't be able to 'hear' it. As far as the bass goes, anybody can feel that if it's loud enough. Bass is much easier to feel (think of a loud car with the bass booming, it can rattle your windows and you can feel it in your chest), because low frequencies are turned into tactile energy at a much lower intensity than high frequencies.

2007-03-02 12:56:42 by The-School.org

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8GB built in flash memory
Includes AC adapter and carrying case

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all I see is noise
invisible displays of cowardice
hiding in ignorance

once, perhaps
you were
formidable and a challenge
worthy of confrontation

now, known to be
I find you
steeped in impurity

unhinge your mind
speak to me
in words, do
as you can not say


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braille for the hard of thinking
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Oh Bob...you speak of Pavlovian reflex...
I am touched

Yahoo! programmers were not blinded
when it came to the simple minded

For those unable to distinguish verb from noun
they simply added a button *poof* a thumbs down

For those self righteous quasi police
they even offer a better release

They can push the report button like a rat being fed
then return to moms basement and wetting their bed

2009-08-31 09:47:29 by ...hp...and such™

Why is it that people don't seem to understand that the blind can still do just about everything the sighted can short of driving?

I recently answered a question asked by a person who said they had lost an eye in an accident. I responded by stating that i wasn't sure if this person was considered legally blind or not, but that I was and can (and did) point him in the right direction to get help if he is eligable. I also corrected a person who answered him rather rudely, jumping to conclusions about his condition which he did not give many details about.

This person later replied to me and stated in her reply that I was not legally blind. I can only assume she came to this conclusion because I am using a computer, but don't people realize that blind people use technology (computers, cell phones, the internet, iPods, GPS's, and more) every day and with as much ease of use as a sighted person? Just with accessible software like JAWS, ZoomText, TALKS, braille displays, etc?

The ignorance people who post here have about blindness is truly astonishing. I don't understand why some people who post in this section even read it.

I agree 100% that a person who was born blind, or acquired their blindness as a child finds blindness second nature. It is there way of being and everything they do blindness is part of it. My best friend who is blind recently flew an airplane and looks forward to the day when she can drive a car. She has 0% sight. But the plane could be driven completely through automatic controls.

I don't think anyone with recently acquired blindness has it quite so easy. More often than not there is a long period of adjustment - everything possible for a long time blind person is possible - but the person is still reeling from the changes in their life and isn't taking advantage of most of the assistive technology that could give them a high quality of life - still.

With proper training, equipment, technology, and support a person who is blind can experience nearly exactly the same life as others (or before they were blind), albeit in a different way.

2008-04-16 05:42:41 by i_come_from_under_the_hill