Braille Monitor

A friend of mine is blind and uses a braille computer. He was showing me how it works and he is actually very good at using it but has one complaint. Sometimes he gets redirected to sites with pictures of naked people and when he feels the monitor screen, he gets grossed out. Is there any way he can prevent this?

You're retarded. You clearly don't know any blind people.

Yes, there are braille computer-like machines that can access the internet, but you can only view text with them...dumbass.

There are also other blind individuals LIKE MYSELF who use the computer and the internet with regular computers and text-to-speech software such as JAWS.

Grow up.

2008-12-29 19:30:58 by eric53

Sharon Nichols, Assistive Technology consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Program explains how to ...

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

the other day i was "surfing the net" with one hand when suddenly everything went dark. my doctor says as a result of extended strenous arousal sessions i went blind. he says it is only temporary and i should get my vision back someday. does anyone else have any info or a similiar experiance they can share with me about this topic? i am getting so sick of using this braille monitor and just want to know how much longer until i can see again.

Masturbation causes blindness

False ( Wikipedia )

This is an attempt to discourage masturbation (usually among young males) by associating it with blindness. In men, it is also associated with hairy palms and mental illness. Masturbation in females is sometimes said to cause infertility; this is equally false. Masturbation by a man may reduce fertility in the immediate future by using up stored sperm, however this is not a long-term effect and not a reliable birth control: the sperm will be replaced naturally over time. Recent studies show that regular ejaculation, including from masturbation, may reduce risk of prostate cancer in men.[1]

The only correlation between the two is semen contains a large amount of zinc (as much as 0.25 milligrams of zinc to 1 mL of seminal fluid), and a deficiency in zinc (although nearly impossible to achieve solely by masturbating) will cause a decline in a person's vision.

2006-09-02 22:25:48 by hondacobra

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DECT 6.0. Big buttons.
Braille augmented, lighted keypad.
Visual ringer. Hearing aid compatible.

With modern technology, there has to be a way to make computers available to the blind. A special monitor or something.

Don't they have computers for the blind that speak the messages and such? And then the blind person speaks their reply and it prints out for sighted people? I think I heard or read something like that.

2007-11-07 16:13:02 by the_chief

computer monitor for sight challenged people? How would it work?

that'd be neat but i dunno how it would work unless the computer changed the braille on the screen as things popped up

2008-08-12 07:00:01 by TopPotts