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A thin laptop and a screen reader, two years on
Two years with the same thin laptop: what still works with the screen reader, what the keyboard taught me and the one update that broke something.
Earbud touch controls, learned by feel
Every tap, hold and swipe on my earbuds, and how I learned them without looking at a diagram or opening an app.
Three months with a tactile watch
How I read the time by touch, how alerts feel on the wrist and what the watch does badly on a long walk.
Finding my way around a new neighbourhood with a phone and a cane
The apps and settings I use to learn a new street, and the parts I still ask a person about.
Unboxing a watch by touch
The box, the strap, the buttons and the first ten minutes with a screen reader, all described as I find them.
A mid-range phone with a screen reader, one year later
A year of daily use on a phone that cost less than half of my old flagship. What got better, what got worse and what I would check before buying it.
Why I stopped using my first braille display
Three years of daily use, a row of cells that stopped responding and what I looked for in the next one.
Testing a phone by touch and sound before you keep it
The fifteen-minute test I run on every new phone with the screen reader on, before the return window closes.
The earbuds I gave away and the ones I kept
Three sets of earbuds over three years. Why one went to my brother, why one went in a drawer and what I wear now.
Unboxing a braille display by touch
A new portable braille display out of the box: the ports, the keys, the first pairing and the first page of text.
What I Kept
A short letter every Sunday: what I am using, what I stopped using and why.
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