Question for #lowvision and folks using adaptive and assistive devices who are having trouble seeing offline or online. The problem is neurological damage, one from a stupid molly trick TBI long ago and the other a side effect to the occipital lobe. I got lucky, most went blind.
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My whole life I've had incredible vision, so acute I was nicknamed Eagle Eyed Molly. At 40, normal onset of need for reading glasses. My eyes are not the problem, they are normal thank heavens. Its traumatic injury to the visual areas of the brain's processing and I need help!
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Assistive devices: Better voice to text input on Android and iPhone. Some AIs are pretty good, like otter.ai - I'm a fast talking New York/New Jersey girl who has pressured speech clinically as well. HA! I drive these programs nuts. It's both embarrassing and funny
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I dislike audio for books. I dislike reading on a device. I want to hold a paper book in my hands. A cup of tea and kitty beside. I want to speak into a machine and have it not require me to use my hands, also impaired to a fatiguing degree. "RECTO auto" Is autocorrect to me.
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I want first editions. I remember when I was a teenager I had thousands of books and records now I have maybe 3 and 4
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A connoisseur indeed!
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you can not get the same feeling reading a screen or listening to an MP4 or FLAC. I remember when I was in my 20s I had this system from 78 and man when I listened to the dead everybody in my neighborhood did too.
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Replying to @shawncrigger
Knowing you prefer classics I still have to bring upa Netflix show 'You". The theme about a scam around first edition books. I like to season 1 loved season 2 kind of stopped watching but that second season was like Hannibal lecter style with a little bit of hacker thrown in.

Feb 28, 2023 · 11:27 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
When I get done with disney+ for the Mandalorian ill try our Netflix again. I like to switch streaming services every month or so
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I do the same thing I pretty much really stick to YouTube premium now a lot because there's so much in terms of good stuff to learn from if you have a way of critically analyzing what you're getting and the music is killer so those two things make it worthwhile for me these days
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