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cleaning the house (self.Blind)
submitted by German_lover_123
As a fully blind person, how do you sweep the house or the dust with a broom?
like, what's the pattern/push left or forward or how?
like, what's the pattern/push left or forward or how?
snow671 8 points 2y ago
Not fully, but I push forward with a microfiber dust mop until I reach a wall, turn around and repeat in rows. It's way easier than using a bristle broom.
BaylisAscaris 3 points 2y ago
Has anyone tried a Roomba, or would that just be a tripping hazard?
Davidbrcz 3 points 2y ago
I have a Roomba 980.
You need a rather flat house (no stairs, steps,...), and make sure there no small objects lying on the floor that could chole the Roomba (pet toys, kid toys...).
Otherwise it's great, there is a companion app for setting it, I don't know how accessible it is though. Otherwise, there a bunch of physical buttons on the robot to start it.
You need a rather flat house (no stairs, steps,...), and make sure there no small objects lying on the floor that could chole the Roomba (pet toys, kid toys...).
Otherwise it's great, there is a companion app for setting it, I don't know how accessible it is though. Otherwise, there a bunch of physical buttons on the robot to start it.
macadamia_owl 1 points 2y ago
I use now broom only if big stuff breaks that my robot vacuum wouldn't pick. I "cut" the area to square pieces: start top left, then clean top right, sweep all moving backwards to bottom left corner and move from there with all the mess to last area bottom right where often doors are to not leave anything behind.
Same system is cleaning within areas "squares": you start at furthest point from exit example top left clean there move top right clean up move all to bottom left and proceed to exit point.
I don't use pushing because dirt and stuff goes away in unexpected directions, always used movements towards middle point/objects/me as orientation that what i was taught in school for the blind.
I bought "dumb" (no voice or app functions but it has easy remote) 50$ robot vacuum/mop it's not as intelligent as Roomba or Xiaomi but it avoids me, objects, runs on all floor types and short carpets it goes under sofa and bed, doesn't fall downstairs. When battery getting low it gets back to station to charge up. So i have much less sweeping.
Same system is cleaning within areas "squares": you start at furthest point from exit example top left clean there move top right clean up move all to bottom left and proceed to exit point.
I don't use pushing because dirt and stuff goes away in unexpected directions, always used movements towards middle point/objects/me as orientation that what i was taught in school for the blind.
I bought "dumb" (no voice or app functions but it has easy remote) 50$ robot vacuum/mop it's not as intelligent as Roomba or Xiaomi but it avoids me, objects, runs on all floor types and short carpets it goes under sofa and bed, doesn't fall downstairs. When battery getting low it gets back to station to charge up. So i have much less sweeping.
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