Post #3240364
2026-02-27 16:47 UTC
@jscholes@dragonscave.space @menelion@dragonscave.space This is probably one of the reasons I've seen many young blind adults not even want to touch a computer, and do everything from their phones. Because if worst comes to worst, they can use VO screen recognition, or tap around, or sighted help, and sighted people *know* phones. It's really sad, because now they are locked in. They don't *want* to make new or different tech because their phones, iPhones, obviously don't allow app creation on the phone, and then running that app and such. It could be better on Android with Termux, but blind people are comfortably numb to Android, because it's different and open, and what if they break something or what if it's not accessible enough for them, all that. So Apple it is. I hope they know just how much blind society relies on them.
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@menelion@dragonscave.space 2026-02-27 17:48
@pixelate@tweesecake.social @jscholes@dragonscave.space To be honest, I still don't understand this. I hate touch screens with passion and tend to avoid them whenever possible.
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@Rosalyn@mindly.social 2026-02-27 19:21
@pixelate@tweesecake.social @jscholes@dragonscave.space @menelion@dragonscave.space I'm primarily a mobile user these days. I only boot up my laptop if I have to. And it's because, I feel like touch allows me to navigate more efficiently. My only gripe with mobile is that there are still some minor cases where I have to boot up my PC to do something. But I feel like it's a 90/10 split. At least in terms of my personal computing tasks.