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flannelmaster9 t1_iy6yk88 wrote

Reply to comment by SWAG_MESSIAH in A math textbook (right) transcribed into braille. Door for scale. by boredandbloody

Braille books are stupid expensive. Harry Potter books go for hundreds for the blind.

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Seraphem666 t1_iy7h0nw wrote

Supply and demand, sucks for blind people still though.

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flannelmaster9 t1_iy7rsb9 wrote

For sure.

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Seraphem666 t1_iy7tb4e wrote

Good thing for audio books, and text to speech advancement. Thought books are better for expanding vocabulary, and being able to see how the word is spelled.

Also a neat app for sighted people is "be my eyes", connect you with a person who is vision impared to help them read menus, get groceries, etc. So you can help them find what they need if say they want a certain type of milk/jam or other things

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flannelmaster9 t1_iy7wm6l wrote

That's cool. I recently seen an ad for a visually impaired grocery store type deal were none of the goods were labeled trying to bring some attention to the blind communities struggle to do simple things like buy groceries

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Seraphem666 t1_iy80syl wrote

Ya im disappointed at how slow they are at upgrading certian intersections with the audio beeping for blind people. You hold the button and it makes a tone when its its not your time and when it is

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flannelmaster9 t1_iy9kw3j wrote

When I was in Kalamazoo for college it had a large blind population. The beeping at every intersection threw me off along with a voice saying "safe to cross X street" down town.

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