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What’s one piece of modern day technology you thought you might never have access to? (self.Blind)
submitted by payown
I’m curious what people think is one piece of modern day technology that you might have never thought you would have access to?
For some this might be a touchscreen phone, I expected eventually we have access to them. For me, I think the one thing that I thought we might never have access to would be The next generation of modern-day home automation appliances.
I am thankful and excited to admit I was wrong in this, especially since it looks like home automation is turning towards voice recognition, which for myself is an accessible input, but I do understand that for others it may not be a viable solution.
For some this might be a touchscreen phone, I expected eventually we have access to them. For me, I think the one thing that I thought we might never have access to would be The next generation of modern-day home automation appliances.
I am thankful and excited to admit I was wrong in this, especially since it looks like home automation is turning towards voice recognition, which for myself is an accessible input, but I do understand that for others it may not be a viable solution.
fastfinge 3 points 5y ago
Kindle ebooks. I thought DRM requirements would always preclude screen reader access. But most ebook publishers (adobe, kindle, etc) have found ways to give screen readers access, without breaking the DRM, or requiring us to read with a different voice from our screen reader. So now we can read most mainstream ebooks, the day they're published, if we're willing to pay. And yet, we still get libraries like Bookshare on top of that! I never thought we'd have it so good. I was sure we'd always be second class citizens in the literary world, having to rely on the "separate but equal" blindness libraries.
KillerLag 1 points 5y ago
Electronic visual prosthetics. They aren't very advanced currently, but they were still in the realm of science fiction only a few decades ago.
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