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What do blind people use mobile phones for? (self.Blind)
submitted by 92NissanBluebirdARX
What do blind people use mobile phones for? Are they integral to completing daily activities? I imagine that things like google maps would be very useful. Do you avoid things that talk like maps or screen readers in public? I heard that blind people don't like to have their disability stand out.
0xdeadf001 11 points 4y ago
My girlfriend uses her phone for all the obvious things: email, texting, maps, social media, reading books, etc.
How is that not obvious?
How is that not obvious?
quanin 8 points 4y ago
Blind people don't like generalisations, either. This one uses a cane, so his disability's pretty freaking obvious.
Laser_Lens_4 7 points 4y ago
Same thing everyone else uses it for; we zone out and ignore the world by listening to stupid videos on YouTube.
Personally I don't really care if people hear me in public with my screen reader as long as I'm not browsing anything personal or NSFW. Maps is nice though I really don't like having an earpeice on while outside. Apparently sighted people can walk around with headphones but we have to listen to stuff.
Personally I don't really care if people hear me in public with my screen reader as long as I'm not browsing anything personal or NSFW. Maps is nice though I really don't like having an earpeice on while outside. Apparently sighted people can walk around with headphones but we have to listen to stuff.
92NissanBluebirdARX [OP] 1 points 4y ago
So do you do everything with screenreader then? Do you use braille at all? I guess you would read audiobooks. Google translate has a reading function that translates and reads out text from a photo. Do you use anything like that?
KillerLag 2 points 4y ago
There are Braille output devices that can connect to the phones, but the cost makes them a fairly rare. A screenreader is built in and free.
You should give a try for an app called Seeing AI. It is free and has some interesting features.
You should give a try for an app called Seeing AI. It is free and has some interesting features.
bradley22 4 points 4y ago
I have an iphone. I do everything a sighted person can do apart from looking at pictures and I use the Voiceover screen reader built into every apple device.
brass444 2 points 4y ago
I’m curious why you are asking. My husband is blind and travels independently. He uses his iPhone to text, email, check his picks, listen to sports, check the news. Pretty much everything I do (when the apps and websites are accessible)
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