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.
13 minLatest videos
A review or a follow-up about once a month. Each one says what I bought, how I use it and how it works with a screen reader.
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WatchThe 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.
10 min
WatchTesting 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.
12 min
WatchWhy 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.
14 min
WatchA 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.
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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.
11 min 
WatchFinding 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.
15 min
WatchThree 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.
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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.
12 min - Watch
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.
17 min
What I Kept
A short letter every Sunday: what I am using, what I stopped using and why.