Post #2434101

2026-05-08 01:02 UTC

I seriously don&#39;t get how many blind people manage to do 90 something percent of their online/logistical tasks on their phone. If I did that, with all the random screen reader bugs and &quot;something went wrongs&quot; and buttons that clicked yesterday but repeat their titles today and on and on, I&#39;d be a quivvering jibbering gelatinous blob of insanity. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

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@KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 01:15

@stevo399@dragonscave.space Yeah I don't understand it either. So many things just won't work on my phone, and so many folks (especially around my age) aren't even wanting to put in time to learn how to properly use screen readers on computers because "my phone does everything I need." It's honestly disappointing

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@cordova5029@dragonscave.space 2026-05-08 01:56

@stevo399@dragonscave.space I can't imagine doing all the everything period on a phone. Those people exist too.

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@jpellis2008@dragonscave.space 2026-05-08 01:59

@BTyson@dragonscave.space @stevo399@dragonscave.space Oh my god absolutely 100%, thanks for saying what I've been thinking for years.

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@techsinger@tweesecake.social 2026-05-08 02:03

@stevo399@dragonscave.space I like, if I may say so, "quivvering jibbering gelatinous blob of insanity.". That puts it very well. It is most admirable that people manage it, but I don't know how they do it. I've mentioned that I gave up on even very basic stuff on the phone, it's messaging, calling, and remote client. That really is all. I thought that eye doctor who went blind in the early 1900s was kidding about "legendary patience" of those of us who are born blind but maybe he had a point. @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space

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@dhamlinmusic@dragonscave.space 2026-05-08 02:23

@stevo399@dragonscave.space i do most on my Pixel but there are some things that I absolutely will only do on PC

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@pixelate@tweesecake.social 2026-05-08 05:45

@datajake1999@dragonscave.space @stevo399@dragonscave.space That's all they know and that's all they have.

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@Lino0876@mstdn.social 2026-05-08 15:12

@menelion@dragonscave.space @stevo399@dragonscave.space Hey whatever gets the job doen brea.

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@JStark@caneandable.social 2026-05-08 15:18

@menelion@dragonscave.space @stevo399@dragonscave.space it's good to have a toolbox of tools of which phones are 1

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@oasisfan@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 22:32

@stevo399@dragonscave.space @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I usually do all my finance stuff and banking on the phone, because it’s just quicker than doing it on the website. But I couldn’t live without my windows machine either, particularly if I want to download something from the Internet like a book. Messing around with the iOS file system is just so annoying. And filling in forms and word processing, there is no way in hell I’m doing that on the phone.

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@sapphireangel@mastodon.online 2026-05-08 23:17

@stevo399@dragonscave.space Yeah I have no patients for it on the phone.

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