Justin

Alt Text on Social Media

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 JustinLeave a comment

Three pairs of legs, on the left legs in black tights with a black guide dog in a yellow harness, in the middle black jeans with a white cane, on the right light blue jeans with a white cane with a red bottom section.

Social media has a great ability to connect us. Without it, I would have never found all the wonderful people in the blindness community on Twitter that's had such a positive impact on my life and would have never met such great folks as Amy. Heck, you probably found this post on some social media… Continue reading Alt Text on Social Media

Using AIRA Access at the Airport

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 JustinLeave a comment

If it wasn't readily apparent from my post about my trip to London, I love traveling. What I don't love, though, is dealing with airports, which can be a challenge even when you have perfect vision. I hate trying to get around airports. I have no useful vision, so it's impossible for me to do… Continue reading Using AIRA Access at the Airport

A Blind American in London

November 12, 2018 Justin1 Comment

London Bridge, a grey atmospheric cloudy sky with sun breaking through.

My wife and I love to travel. We’re blessed to have the financial freedom to be able to do it, and her job working for American Airlines goes a long way towards making those travels happen. When we both have a week off, you can bet that we’re going to be on a plane heading… Continue reading A Blind American in London

Seeing AI: One App, Multiple Uses

October 23, 2018 JustinLeave a comment

Justin, a man in a red shirt, sun glasses and baseball cap is stood holding on to his dog's lead. Behind Justin is a mountain view, and he is standing on a patch of ground surrounded by shrubs. PJ, the seeing eye dog, is a black lab, sniffing the ground excitedly.

Last year, Microsoft released Seeing AI, an app designed to assist blind people with common tasks. This app not only performs tasks that a blind person used to have to have multiple apps installed to use, it made all of these functionalities free. One App to Rule Them All? When I lost my sight and… Continue reading Seeing AI: One App, Multiple Uses

iPhones: Accessibility in your pocket

September 25, 2018 JustinLeave a comment

Zoomed large text of the beginning of the vision accessibility settings on iphone. The accessibility menu displays, vision, voice over off, zoom on, magnifier

In my last post, I wrote about assistive technology for using a computer. Today I’m going to take a look at the iPhone and how it’s accessibility features, such as Zoom and VoiceOver, can be used by blind and visually impaired people. A note before I get started: I do realize that Android has many… Continue reading iPhones: Accessibility in your pocket

How do blind people use computers?

September 10, 2018 Justin1 Comment

Justin and his seeing eye dog PJ. Justin is sat on the beach in a red baseball cap, tshirt and shorts and polarised sunglasses. PJ is standing in front of him, side on, in his brown harness. PJ is looking off to the left of the photo. PJ is a black lab.

Note: I was asked by Amy a while back to write about technology and it’s uses for blind people. This is the first in these series of posts. I’d love to say that being blind is easy, but I’d be lying. Being blind is hard, especially for someone whose vision was more or less normal… Continue reading How do blind people use computers?