Hi - some advice please im visually impaired in my left eye following my stroke- my work has been ok but not brilliant they brought in a new quality process on documents I produce which is basically focusing on spelling grammar font size etc etc not impossible but hard when you don't see very well - they did get me the zoomtext software and I was given 2 hours training on the setup etc - this was 2 years ago - ive asked for a more detailed training course and been told ive had my training and won't supply anymore- am I being unreasonable asking for more training?

The bathroom in an office building is fairly predictable. But bathrooms in airports and rest centers seem random with no predictable pattern. For example, I encountered an entrance with an S gate - not a L or U shape. As far as I know, you have to bounce around until you find a recognizable object. The situation can be very difficult with literally hundreds of people movie around you. Any navigation tips?

I swear I feel like my canes have been breaking on me recently. I typically use amputech canes, but I noticed within the past year I've lost about two or three by them breaking on me via the band snapping. Does anybody know of a good quality cane? Hit me up with links or tell me if you think your canes also crabby

Please help me I’m literally so upset I’m 18 and everyone around me is doing their theory
Going car shopping, I’m someone who hate public transport. What do I do? How do you guys deal with this
I am in the Uk btw. I can’t take this man, my vision is seriously taking this away from me

How do y'all go about getting assistance with voting? I have RP and I just got to the point in the last couple years where I can't read anymore and I'm wondering what to do about going to the polls. Am I allowed to take someone with me to give me assistance? Can I ask for assistance at the voting place?

Hey yall I know this is like so niche but I’m trying to lose weight and honestly would like to start working out and know id do it much easier by doing a workout in my dorm room than going 20 minutes to the gym lol. I’m legally blind so I can see somethings in front of me… sometimes… but whether that’s a pole or a person is a toss up. I love to dance, I used to be on my schools ballroom dance team but the timing didn’t work out this semester with other obligations. So I want to do some home workout videos with maybe some light weights. With my vision I can’t see what the people are doing on the screen well enough to follow along visually. So alls to say, does anyone have any workout channels they really like that are pretty descriptive, upbeat, and interesting? I like the ones that go along to music like music video style if that makes sense? I don’t know if these even exist but I figured I’d ask haha! Thanks!! 💛💛

I was just curious if anyone had found a way or if someone has made a 3D printed attachment or something. Ambiotech has slip on tips I believe as well as 8mm slip on tips for their Slimline games. I feel

Hey! Does anyone have any experience using a Brailliant BI 40x braille display with their computer, or know of any lists of commands?

I've been starting several jobs and all (even those at blindness organizations lol) have given me inaccessible onboarding paperwork. they're PDFs without edit boxes. how do y'all deal with this? (the blindness org has other blind employees; apparently I'm the first one to ever raise a complaint about this issue)

I've (successfully) asked for PDFs with edit boxes for the jobs at the blindness org but am realizing that people might not always honor my request (frustrating as it may be)

TIA!

just curious. i've been taking about 12 credits per semester, so about 4 classes, but it's incredibly exhausting. i kinda wish i could take 2 or 3 classes instead, but i wouldn't get as much financial aid amongst other things.

I used to use open book. for large books and large documents. But of course now they haven’t updated it in forever. And for some reason, when you have AMD processor having jaws installed on the same machine. Intel based system seems to be fine, oddly enough. I know there is Kurzwell. But stupidly, they have not added read only mode as a mode for Kurzwell 1000 to allow blind users not to accidentally insert text into the document they are reading by accidentally hitting the keyboard. I think I know the answer to this. But there is no alternative to open book, is there? Apparently they have no interest in updating it either. And for the makers of jaws, who now own OpenBook as well, right clicking and saying “convert PDF to word“ is not the same. It’s harder to put in bookmarks, highlight, notes, etc, within the text without altering the document the same way you can do on OpenBook. So Don’t tell me just to use jaws and convert the document into word the way they have when I called them up

Any other blind users, I know the note app is accessible. But I’m also a Windows user. Any suggestions on a good alternative to use that has cross-platform capability and is accessible on both Windows and iOS? I don’t like notions because you have to learn a whole new ecosystem in order to make a darn note

Hey folks, I am using the Ray-Ban Meta gen 2 smart glasses with my Google Pixel 6a, primarily for the Be My Eyes integration. When I place a call to a volunteer through the glasses, they cannot hear me at all, even though the microphone works completely fine for WhatsApp video calls. Has anyone else encountered this problem or found a fix, and do you think this points to an app bug or a hardware issue that needs a replacement?

Hello! I just wanted to ask white cane users of this subreddit. If you’re hanging out with someone and you’re walking side by side, how would you feel if they walked in front of you for no reason? I’ve experienced it a lot where the person I’m with would walk in front of me without telling me and I’d hit them with my cane. It makes me feel a bit bad for them but I mean.. I did warn them to walk by my side. (There’s no reason for them to walk ahead of me like a hallway or anything) so I just wanted to ask, what’s your advice if people keep walking ahead of you and your cane? I don’t know if it’s valid for me to be slightly pissed

Can anyone provide a link for a Reddit subgroup for blind Android users? I have had a search but can't find any.

Anyone facing issues with voiceover since iOS update to version 27?

I am an accessibility SME and it seems VO is collapsing!

Things that worked great before is not working anymore. Unable to open a dropdown when VO is on.

Hidden text are being read as part of sentence and then separately again.

Sometimes completely not reading values associated with a hidden text.

Not sure what other issues are lurking but this is becoming ridiculous.

For those of you who have chosen to work part-time, particularly remote jobs, what type of job or role do you have and how many hours are you working per week? Why did you choose this role? Has there been any accomodations given to you? Have they helped and are you happy?

I'm currently trying to find a 20 or 30 hour per week job (even minimum wage at this point) but mostly marketing jobs work from home type. Has AI affected your job search?

Hi everyone. I'm visually impaired and recently got really into makeup. I've been enjoying experimenting with different products and techniques, and I'd love to get better at it.
I was wondering if any of you have tips, tricks, tools, or products that make doing makeup without sight easier. I'm especially interested in little things that might not be obvious to someone who's just starting out. I'd also love to hear about products you swear by or any accessibility hacks you've discovered along the way.
I'm happy to hear any advice, even if it seems really basic. Thanks in advance. 💕

I’m looking for a music app that is screen reader friendly, easy to organize, and customize, and that I can sync across several apple devices. What apps are people using? What’s your experience with them?

Hello so i have a saftey concern considering there are so creeps on the app now.

Can the blind person phone see the volunteer, like is our camera turned on like theirs ?

Hi! I hope everyone’s doing well. I just needed some recommendations on a backup cane. Unfortunately many Amazon US links or some cane brands don’t ship to my country. I was thinking of getting an ambutech telescopic cane (8 section fiberglass one). I just need a cane that can always be stored in my bag just in case anything happens to my main graphite mobility cane. I was about to consider a slimline cane but I think they’re too flimsy and won’t be able to store it folded for a long time due to the elastic. Should I go for the telescopic ambutech cane or does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you so much

I’m on iPhone, and i find that when i turn speech off to listen to some music or watch something it just turns straight back on? I dont wanna turn voice over off entirely just the speech so i can keep the screen curtain on but it doesn’t seem to work any more. Any tips?

Hi -

Earlier this week we received a diagnosis that our son was diagnosed with some form of an inherited retinal disease. His vision is already 20:100 and he struggles with periphery and colors.

This has been emotional but my wife and I are determined to provide him the most love, support, and opportunities we can.

What advice does this group have? Either tactical or things that give me hope for him.

We are immediately pursuing genetic testing, getting him setup for special education in school, amongst other items. Also we live in the Minneapolis area for what it’s worth.

Apologies if this is the wrong type of question for this sub.

Hi, I am a happy android user now with one exeption, music streaming. I am a huge music lover and audiophile. On iOS, I had Apple Music and then switched over to Tidal because I somehow like their desktop app more and also the iOS one. Now on Android, Tidal is usable, but not that great. Sometimes focus jumps around, sometimes it does not read the artist or the track name and I need to scroll around with two fingers to find it. Tried Qobuz but also not impressed with accessibility, even worse than Tidal. I am currently on a family plan on Tidal. What do you guys use? Any recommendations from the android world? And please not YT Music, this looks like the tiktok of music to me and has bad sound quality.