In 1990 I had a conversation with my friend Aaron Levinthal about phones and we thought it would be cool if we could just take our phone put it on our belts and go out into public. Neither of us had seen a cell phone at that point yet. On a college trip the assistant … Continue reading How for blind people, the iPhone significantly changed the world of cell phones even more than for the sighted
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How trying to find a lunar eclipse totally blind without sighted help got close but didn’t quite work out
About a month ago, I wrote a blog post about experiences I had watching 3 lunar eclipses with the BrainPort artificial vision device. After that the next two eclipses came in the winter, so I played chicken and stayed inside. Last year, there was an eclipse in May and it was the last one for … Continue reading How trying to find a lunar eclipse totally blind without sighted help got close but didn’t quite work out
Thoughts about my experiences with a new iPhone 7 without a headphone jack
Early this year the tech world exploded over that there wouldn't be a headphone jack in the new iPhone, there are still blind people who say they won't buy another one because of that; and Although I wasn't happy about it, i thought boycotting them altogether was a bit too far. When Belkin announced their … Continue reading Thoughts about my experiences with a new iPhone 7 without a headphone jack
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