Yep, I feel like an iPhone and sometimes an iPad is a pretty critical piece of equipment whether you're low vision or totally blind. For me the iPad was a game changer at work when I had some more vision. If you're low vision I'd recommend a large iPhone like the 8+ with Zoom enabled and possibly the colors inverted depending on your contrast sensitivity. Android has gotten better but it's just not on the level of an iPhone. You also then have the option of using Voiceover if your vision gets worse or if you are getting eye strain reading long texts.

You can change the voice that NVDA uses by pressing Insert+N or Caps Lock+N and going to Preferences followed by Synthesizer and then selecting the Microsoft Speech API synthesizer which has a more human voice.

Regarding piano, my teacher had to make some adjustments. Since I can't read sheet music and he can't write Braille, he transcribes the music score to MIDI so that I can play by ear and read the notes right off the MIDI files when I can't tell which dissonance or chord is playing.

i just finished the first thing i've drawn in over a year, i'm slowly getting back into art which is really great!

as far as i know, i'm the only low vision/blind kid at my school and my school doesn't acknowledge it because it's kind of the least of my problems (i have a lot of other disabilities). i would *love* to have that though. i'm trying to get into o&m and hooked up with my local blind organization, i've heard they might have stuff like that though and i'm really hoping i'll get in soon. i'm maybe going to teach myself to read braille just for things like signs and my medication organizers.

A lot of people have it digital so they can expand and stuff but I don’t like it too much

I know exactly what you mean by feeling nervous about going to groups like that. I was, still am really, the same. I have a lot of different games, but the one I get to play most often is X-Wing (the minis all come pre-painted, so that's a plus. There is pretty big power creep in the game though).

My mate and I have been playing weekly for over two years now. He went to a regionals event and after that encouraged that we should head along to the various events (fortnightly and monthly tournaments etc). I've been to quite a few now and I've found people are pretty good with it, some more so than others. You just need to make it clear to them. I get my opponent to help me find dice, read the results, move ships etc. We actually just had a team epic tournament on the weekend. My mate did the moving and most of the rolling (to be fair, we were both rolling dreadfully) and conferred on moves (I claim the title of better pilot. Case in point: he ran over one of our Lambdas). We came third (out of eight), so that was pretty cool.

I also went along to a gaming club to play Guild Ball weekly for about three months this year. The guys were also really helpful and helped with moves and counting results etc. I've not been in ages though because I've been lazy.

Personally Bolt Action is my favourite wargame. For someone who is vision impaired, WWII games are really good because real world uniforms and paint schemes are much simpler than things like Warhammer or Infinity (unless you're doing German splinter camo or something). Basically I use flat colour and inks, I almost never highlight or shadow (I can't tell the different well enough between the shades). One day I'll have to stop of course, but you can keep playing until you're unable to distinguish units and terrain. I've only got a couple of opponents, but again, both are really helpful (one of them is my brother after all).