Obviously I mean total blindness and not legally blindness, where some vision can still be there.
Lemmings that know a blind person can also pitch in.
Obviously I mean total blindness and not legally blindness, where some vision can still be there.
Lemmings that know a blind person can also pitch in.
24 Comments
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 30d
(Forgive the joke, I actually really fucking hate that braille is dying in public spaces as well as people no longer knowing what those cane guides in pavement are for)
luthis@lemmy.nz · 19 pts · 30d
Just as an aside, I tried to find some braille stickers for my keyboard. Figured it would cost 5$ or something. I could not find them anywhere. I thought surely this would be a thing on Ali Express. Nope.
I ended up buying some textured stickers that had a unique feeling, but there goes my attempt at learning braille
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 30d
Make your own?
“Braille Labeler - Braille Tape, Embosser”
luthis@lemmy.nz · 24 pts · 30d
Huh.. I never thought of that..
Quick robin, to the internet cave!
luthis@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 29d
Dam, this is also $100.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 29d
I saw two different models for $30 each and one model for $54.
luthis@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 29d
I think it is the postage that is making it way too much.
tal@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 29d
https://www.amazon.com/Braille-Keyboard-Stickers-Visually-Impaired/dp/B001BPYJQO
luthis@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 29d
Thanks, but here is the issue
$90 for stickers seems like a bad financial decision
tal@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 29d
Hmm. They have free delivery for me (though I'm in the US). Maybe you can just look up the brand on other retailers? Like, I see other retailers selling them on Google Shopping:
https://www.google.com/search?q=datacal+braille&udm=28&shopmd=1
fiat_lux@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 30d
It would be good to add alt text to this image. You can do it by adding it inside the square brackets.
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 29d
What guides in the whatting what??
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 29d
Thanks, your question helped me find the actual name for them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_paving
So this image is from Wikipedia, and the type I am describing is the directional tactile paving. It allows a blind person to follow it like a path because it's a guideline they can feel with their feet or their cane.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 29d
That’s a great idea, but I’ve never seen that before. I’ve only seen the dots
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 4 pts · 29d
they're on every train station in austria
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 29d
They're pretty common in Japan. The lines run one strip wide down the sidewalks, and then there's a more spread out area of dots when you get to the corner of an intersection
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 28d
Now that you know about it, i bet youll spot it everywhere (depending on country i guess).
Look for them at traffic crossings, railways, bus stops, government buildings, all sorts.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 29d
They're everywhere here. I thought they were for added grip
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 29d
As far as I knew they are mainly to tell a seeing impaired person where not to walk into the street.
They also seem effective at encouraging everyone else to step back a little
But the dot version is standard where I’ve seen.
Strider@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 29d
And also people leaving their fucking rented bikes/scooters in the middle of walkways just because. I hate that people are so inconsiderate but get furiously angry when I think of impaired people.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 28d
I always wondered about public braille. How do the blind people know where to feel?
palordrolap@fedia.io · 20 pts · 30d
You might want to check out Tommy Edison on YouTube. Great fella. Blind since birth. Has answered most of the questions anyone has ever had for a blind person in his many videos. I don't know him, per se, but I do know of him, so I hope that counts.
I seem to remember that he thinks of vision as being like a superpower, being able to know that someone or something is over at a distance without having to directly interact.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 30d
There's more blind folks over on Mastodon, particularly on https://dragonscave.space/ .
Maybe we can lure some of them over here, though, by using one of these: #blind
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 4 pts · 29d
i would just explain it as "straight lines in space that transport information. so you know what's happening in another location as long as there's a straight empty line between you".