Notices tagged with blind
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David Hunt (davehunt@2mb.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Jan-2021 12:08:02 EST David Hunt In #2MB #MineRacer #audiogames, I made it to position 1 on the time scoreboard, and position 1 on the points scoreboard, my total time was 7 minutes and 23 seconds! I scored 922773 points, jumped 30 pits, ducked 30 stalactites, and collected 239 coins! I ended my adventure at the bottom of a pit!
This is the first run on a fresh installation of the Slint #GNU #Linux distribution. I did this installation using a release candidate, not yet made public. Slint is based on the #salix system. Though it is a general-purpose distro, Slint comes, fresh from the factory, with nearly all #a11y applications and configurations, a #blind or visually-impaired person could wan -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2019 18:28:28 EDT David Hunt On Saturday, 14-September, #VIBUG returns from Summer Hiatus with a meeting at MIT. I plan to be there, with one of my machines, both of which now run SLINT #GNU #Linux Though I am not on the presenters' list, I won't hesitate to preach the good #GNU at the first opportunity. #a11y #blindness #blind #VisualImpairment #AssistiveTech #HowTo #Demo #Community -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Monday, 19-Aug-2019 18:20:18 EDT David Hunt My mom sent me an early birthday present--the Sanjean PRD-17. It's an AM-FM portable radio, designed for the visually-impaired. It features tactile markings on the controls, and spoken prompts for all actions. I've had the thing a couple of days, and like it. As I promised some friends and family, I recorded an audio "tour" of the radio.
https://social.mayfirst.org/url/1929467
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David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2019 16:08:04 EDT David Hunt I join in your appreciation of those who work to make the !fediverse as accessible as it can be. Been spreading the word to friends who are #blind about it; very few have yet to come over. -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2019 15:13:30 EDT David Hunt Momentous achievement for today: I crossed a street, with the guidance of an audible traffic signal; Woopeeee! Having sucessfully conquored this challenge, an old woman touched me on the shoulder, saying, "Good Boy"! I think the bigger accomplishment was my self-control; I just patiently mumbled "Have a nice day", and we went our separate ways. #blind #blindness #LowExpectations #MicroAggressions #dailylife -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Friday, 25-Jan-2019 18:39:51 EST David Hunt I just installed #GNU Jami onto this @ubuntu_mate machine. https://social.mayfirst.org/url/1918521 #VOIP #Distributed #Conferencing #communications My username is Dave_H as yet, I have no contacts. Who wants to be my first experimental subject? Hahahaha. FYI, the project used to be known as #GNU Ring. I was able to make my account with no assistance, though found a few unlabeled controls, and a couple of toggles that had to be reached and activated using orca's flat review to emulate mouse clicks. #a11y #blindness #blind -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Friday, 26-Oct-2018 17:28:54 EDT David Hunt #2mb #mineracer #audiogames #blind #blindness
Asleep at the switch!
In #2MB #MineRacer, my total time was 32 seconds! I scored 4416 points, jumped 0 pits, ducked 0 stalactites, and collected 0 coins! I ended my adventure at the bottom of a pit!
I swear! I really was banging the 'up' button and yelling "Jump"! Nothing happened. Maybe this is what I get for trying Solus #GNU #Linux JK.In conversation from social.mayfirst.org at 42°22'11"N 71°10'38"W permalink -
David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Sep-2018 15:24:59 EDT David Hunt Have part 1 of my Accessible Coconut Demo series. https://social.mayfirst.org/url/1911917 #a11y #blindness #blind #gnu #linux #orca #screenreader #ubuntu In conversation from social.mayfirst.org at 42°21'59"N 71°11'13"W permalink -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Apr-2018 12:37:18 EDT Bob Jonkman Ah. Never mind. But it should be possible to do an install using text-to-speech; I've never done it, tho. There are several #blind techs in the !Fediverse who may be able to give advice. In conversation from web permalink -
silverwizard (silverwizard@friendica.obscuritus.ca)'s status on Thursday, 29-Mar-2018 14:16:17 EDT silverwizard ♲ @DOTS RPG Project (DotsRPG@twitter.com): Help us spread the word about @DotsRPG! We are bringing #braille rulebooks, #rpgdice, and various gaming aids to the #blind and #visuallyimpaired. Head to our site, shapeways shop (https://www.shapeways.com/shops/dots-rpg-project-dice-shop) or thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2836494) to get your own braille #dice! In conversation from friendica.obscuritus.ca permalink -
Tobias (tobias@social.diekershoff.de)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Mar-2018 05:05:24 EDT Tobias ♲ @DOTS RPG Project (DotsRPG@twitter.com): Help us spread the word about @DotsRPG! We are bringing #braille rulebooks, #rpgdice, and various gaming aids to the #blind and #visuallyimpaired. Head to our site, shapeways shop (www.shapeways.com/shops/dots-r…) or thingiverse (www.thingiverse.com/thing:2836…) to get your own braille #dice! In conversation from social.diekershoff.de permalink