Ha I have to say I love the idea of Human guide. I went to the VA Hospital in
Seattle for an appointment years back and I didn't know my around that place
since I was living in Canada at the time. They called a guide for me and my
dog. When the guide got there my dog was all excited and I didn't know why.
Till I found out the guy guiding me had a guide dog to. Pretty cool blind
leading the blind.
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From: raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Glenn K0LNY
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:30 PM
To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: intro
I think this is a good list for helping others expand their capabilities,
whether it's strictly computer-related or more Blindness related.
The mention of other Blind folks being the best option to ask for help is a
good point, as we are, or at least should be understanding, of how easy it is
for us to grow used to the sighted perceptions of Blindness, which is that we
cannot do things, which come from their imaginations of how they would be if
they could not see.
That is why we also need to be mindful of terminology, like saying "human guide"
instead of
"sighted guide"
As using Sighted guide indicates that we need sight for navigation, and
sometimes one Blind person often will be the lead for others who may or may not
have the skills to get from one point to another, but it could be a technique
to the Blind to easily stay in a group.
Likewise, we can lead each other through the challenges of things like Linux or
the Raspberry PI, where some are more skilled than others.
Anyway, let's remember to be supportive and not critical to others.
Glenn
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From: "Jeffery Mewtamer" <mewtamer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:12 PM
Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: intro
To clarify, I've never gotten sighted assistence with anything I've
done with a Pi, and the last time I got sighted assistence on a
Desktop or Laptop was years ago to fix the boot order in BIOS, which
is only necessary because a broken boot order has become industry
standard for some reason. Being independant is important to me, and
I'm annoyed both by people who assume I can't do something just
because I'm blind and by people who use their disability as an excuse
to throw themselves a pity party.
That said, as the old saying goes, no man is an island. We all need
help from time to time and knowing when to ask for help is just as
important a lesson as how to be independent. Fortunately, the Internet
makes it easier than ever to find knowledge when one finds themselves
in a situation when the help they need is "how do I do this?", but
there are still cases where hands-on help is needed, and while hitting
up against the limits of one's independence can be frustrating on its
own, the sense of having no one to turn to in those moments only makes
it worse. And yeah, the go to example for getting help when you are
blind is someone with a functioning pair of eyeballs, but honestly,
even another blind person I could ask to lend a hand would be helpful
from time-to-time, and in some cases, might actually be preferable to
a sighted person... hell, even if I never have to ask them for help,
just having someone I could have face-to-face chats about Linux and
other techie subjects on a regular basis would be great.
And yes, once you have the microSD card written and ssh and wi-fi
configured, there's a lot you can do headless... But as far as I know,
you can't just leave the SD card in the Pi, connect the Pi to a
desktop as a card reader and then use dd on the Desktop to create a
backup image of the card, restore a backup if something breaks to
render the card unbootable, or write a fresh image to the SD card. As
far as I know, these actions require physically removing the SD card,
connecting it to a desktop, writing or creating an image, and then
putting the SD card back in the Pi.
As for soldering, I've never tried it, but honestly, the prospect of
doing so would probably fill me with trepidation even if I still had
my vision and possibly even if I had 20/20 in both eyes. I had enough
trouble keeping my handwriting legible for other people, and I would
think soldering would require a higher degree of fine motor control in
one's hands, especially with how densely packed modern circuit boards
are. I'd sooner try my hand at bread boarding, though I haven't even
played around with HAT boards or prebuilt components that plug into
the GPIO pins yet.
Also, I don't have access to a useable Windows box... and the last
time I did outside of a school setting was before I went blind... Been
a full-time Linux user for about 15 years and I've only been blind for
about 8.5.
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