Hi, Gerald. It was nice to read your positive comments regarding Computers for the Blind. In 2013 my wife and I purchased a desktop computer from them as I had a rather old PC running Windows XP,

Hi, I have a very similar experience to Ron’s. I was not born blind and started out in public school. I learned to read and write print and could do things like ride bikes, play ball etc. I was

Hello Jean and Ron: It is definitely true that people have been listening to stories much longer than they have been reading them. For centuries, people listened to Scriptures read to them in their

That's an interesting story and it shows how wrong you can be if you assume one person's experience represents everyone to the point where it is assumed to be fact. Gene

Hi Evan, Well this analysis while tightly argued, is like a biblical literalist that represents a false dialectic by only examining terminologies and factoids that support their own

Hi Gene, I have had an experience that is probably much different than many other blind people. For background, it is important to state that I was born a partial (partially sighted)

We don't see with our other senses. That's just a way sighted people use to misunderstand blindness and to make themselves feel more comfortable that we can't see. at least we see with our other

Those who are braille advocates will appreciate the Braille Revival League in Philadelphia. It is at 919 Walnut Street. That is Associated Services for the Blind. They keep braille alive as best

Hi David: Thank you for your great blog post. It was thought-provoking. Are usually tell people that I have read an audiobook even though I have listened to it. It’s the same as telling people that

thank you Gene. I’m saving this and did find how to get the back off. dave

Please stop changing the subject line of the message thread everytime you reply to a message. Thanks, Laz List moderator -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible

I have the Alcatel Go Flip 3 phone. the phone is a phone that is more or less accessible but it is not a specialized phone for blind people. therefor, you must turn speech on. Your phone may be

Well, I would say that listening to an audio book is not the same as reading it, either in braille or print. To illustrate, if I tell you a story, would you say that you had read it? No. Now, what if

You can't assume that what you are relating as your experience is true in general and I very much doubt it. I don't know if or why it is true for you. I learned xpelling and punctuation from reading

Hello, I just received my new alka tell V phone and I can’t even figure out how to get the battery installed. does anyone know the trick to opening up the back so I can install the battery? once

Hi David, I agree with most of what your blog post stated. There is one thing that seems to be lost during this thread. Just because someone can read print/Braille/special formatted

Hi I can’t think of anyother main stream accessible games. As far as Xbox the only thing on that successful is the menus the games themselves generally are not accessible hth

I'd like to address this topic of literacy when talking about whether or not a person is able or not able to read Braille. I wrote a blog post about this a while ago as these were questions

Now Brian, I don't want to personalize this, but you say you're a good Braille reader now: correct?  You say that people who use audio primarily aren't truly literate and you can tell by the way

This is where a little effort goes a long way. Especially if you're hammering the point about spelling and such. Whatever happened to trying to improve or better oneself? The below isn't just a case