I posted, some hours ago, a request which, when you got down to the bare-bones of it, was for someone to spend two hours being bored for money. The URL is at the end of this post. I'm #blind and have very bad hearing, and am trying to use a particular piece of software to set up hardware where the software cannot be read/navigated by any of the screen readers, even with OCR. I figured it would do no harm to ask for remote help, but also thought that request would be ignored. It was never going to be a huge amount of money, and I can think of quite a few more enjoyable ways to spend two hours which don't involve repeating oneself and explaining graphs/menu items/icons, then clicking on them to see what comes up and describing that. I would have been surprised to get even one reply. I am often wrong, but don't remember the last time I was so extravagantly and completely wrong. My problem now is that I can't thank all the people who have boosted the post individually because it would easily run over my instance's very generous character limit and because I'm not sure how to mention so many people in one post. I'll also need some time to get back to all the people who asked questions or offered to help, most of them for free, but I will definitely do that. To say that I'm grateful would be like saying the Pacific is slightly damp, or that Everest is a bit higher than sea level. Maybe this sort of thing is normal, Masto is the only social media I use, but all I can say is that it astonishes me. Thanks to everyone who boosted, replied with good wishes, and offered to help, I can't express how much I appreciate it. Thanks in particular to @devinprater for the first boost. https://tweesecake.social/@techsinger/110918612792987501 #hearingimpaired #software #A11Y #accessibility #remote

@techsinger It's not weird at all. Unfortunately, my technology skills are lacking in that area, but I'm sure someone here will be able to help you. #Accessibility #visuallyImpaired #hearingimpaired

This is a weird request, but I figure the worst I can get for it is silence. I'm totally #blind and have very bad hearing. To set up a device through its inaccessible software, I'm in need of a sighted person for about an hour and a half to two hours who can access a computer remotely, speaks and reads English, and can describe images and graphs. The person needs to be quite patient with follow-up questions, needs to be willing to repeat if needed, as well as be able to click on items and describe what happens on the screen. The person needs to be fairly detail oriented because some of the images appear to have arrows and other ways to expand them, according to the manual. Though I'm happy to be reasonable, I have no clue how much to offer as payment, this is my first request of this kind. I'm posting it because I know we have some blind people here who may be able to point me towards someone who has done this before and may be willing to do it for such a short period. Boosts welcome, indeed, they're appreciated. #hearingimpaired #software #A11Y #accessibility #remote

Underreported benefit of hearing aids: streaming Padam Padam straight to my ears and making every Saturday morning farmers market a Pride Parade. 🏳️‍🌈🥦💃🏻

#HearingLoss
#HearingAids
#HearingImpaired
#PadamPadam

#HearingAids could help cut the risk of #dementia. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/13/hearing-aids-could-help-cut-the-risk-of-dementia-study-finds
#HearingImpaired #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #healthcare"

"#HearingAids could help cut the risk of #dementia. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/13/hearing-aids-could-help-cut-the-risk-of-dementia-study-finds
#HearingImpaired #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #healthcare"

5/20 That's all about my case. But I'm going to discuss the #social #impact it has on me, and on others with hearing loss, because if you're not affected, you don't think about how many different effects it has on the #HearingImpaired.

This is amazing! Subtitles in real-time, for the hearing impaired! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/13zmhui/these_glasses_that_subtitles_live_conversation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

#hearingimpaired #strides #deaf #deafness

Fun with Hearing Aids: My hearing aids play a little “wake up” tune in my ears when I put them in. After the little tune plays then - BAM- suddenly I’m part of the world of sound and there is noise.

If I time it right, I can synchronize the tune so that it happens at the same time.

If I time it JUST right I can get each hearing aid to play the tune just one note off, which goes me the sensation of bilateral stimulation.

Then, BAM, and noise.

#HearingAids
#HearingImpaired
#HearingLoss

#PamelaBach #AimeeWalker

Season 2 Episode 14 "Big Monday"

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #BigMonday #HearingImpaired

In the #DungeonCafe, The #BigBadWolf and #CruellaDeVil are ready to go #dancing. #Dance #TheatreArts #CommunityTheatreGroup #HearingImpaired #Deaf #Autistic #SpecialNeedsActors. #Autism #Theatre #Art

Number 61 of 150

Starting a new batch. This round will be 15 illustrations of diverse people with various visible disabilities... [Continued in First Comment]

Source: https://karenbjones.com/2023/04/23/number-61-of-150/

#artsample #cartoon #child #childrensillustration #cochlearimplant #color #commission #deaf #digitalart #disabled #drawing #girl #hearingimpaired #hispanic #illustration #illustrator #isolatedonwhite #karenbjones #latina #latine #latinx #LearningAZ #music #standingpose #tambourine #visibledisability

Kuuntelin juuri 2,5 tunnin pituisen #Youtube-podcastin.

Ei kuulosta kovin kummoiselta monen kuulevan mielestä, mutta minulle se on ihan hullu juttu. Ja vieläkin jaksaa hämmästyttää.

Ei ole itsestäänselvää, että syntymästä asti vaikeasti huonokuuloinen, eli lähes täysin kuuro pystyisi kuuntelemaan podcasteja niin, että ymmärtäisi jokaisen sanan, jonka puhuja sanoo ääneen.

Sisäkorvaistutteet ovat tehneet tästä mahdollisen ja olen vuosia harjoitellut kuuntelemista hurjan paljon juurikin Youtuben avulla.

#sisäkorvaistute #CochlearImplant #HearingLoss #HearingImpaired #huonokuuloinen #kuuro #deaf #deafblind #kuurosokea #kuulonäkövammainen

Eilen törmäsin tähän artikkeliin järkyttyneenä. Ikävä tapahtuma, mutta vielä enemmän järkytyin siitä, kun vielä tänä päivänä suuri lehtitalo käyttää termiä 'KUUROMYKKÄ'. Nopeasti tämän julkaisun jälkeen termit korjattiin ja siellä lukee nyt kuulovammainen ja kuuro.

Sellainen kommentti, että kun kirjoitat jotain artikkelia vammaisesta henkilöstä niin ole kiltti ja tarkista ennen julkaisua termistöjen oikeellisuus. Kuuromykkä termi on äärimmäisen loukkaava kuuroja ja kuulovammaisia kohtaan.

Linkki: https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000009494009.html

#kuuro #kuulovammainen #deaf #HearingImpaired

I forgot my hearing aides at home...

(How can you do that? No one talks to me when I wake up, I forget I need to hear things.)

They are my headphones as well and I am sharing an office and I I keep hearing fucking keytaps and mouse clicks and I need to be hearing sweet tunes.

I have Panasonic Soundslayers with me but they aren't completely private.

Lame... Or more accurately #hearingimpaired

ABOUT THAT GIRL

“It is impossible.
She doesn't understand a simple instruction.”

You shake your head, with a sour demeanour on your face.
You're really expressing your own feeling of inadequacy and helplessness,
as you don't know how to communicate with a young child that can not hear you
and that can not perceive what message it is you are trying to convey to her.

Cont.:

https://paper.wf/fivrelden/

#deaf #deafAwareness #hearingImpaired #spesPed #spesialPedagogikk

Sorry for the silence 2day. One of my #ear #tubes IMploded and is stuck inside my middle ear.

Bad side is I’m now 100% #deaf in that ear and it hurts like a mofo. #Tinnitus is also screwed up to 11 so that’s fun 😬.

Good side is that I get lots of drugs tomorrow when they remove the tube and save my #eardrum. Also, don’t have to go to that meeting at work I was dreading 🤣

This is NOT the way I was hoping my hot fuzzy #ENT was going to penetrate me 😢🤣

#HearingImpaired #HoH #surgery

@Brodyberg couldn't agree more. #hearingimpaired

I'm not sure how #Amazon UK get away without an email support system.
The webchat system always seems to result in a phone call once you get past the chat-bots.
The phone calls are always with people with difficult to follow accents (possibly in India or South Africa).

How does this work for #HearingImpaired & #Deaf people? These phone calls certainly increase my #anxiety levels.

I'm not sure that #Amazon UK are meeting #accessibility standards for #disabled people.

Any thoughts?

#HardOfHearing #HearingImpaired #Deaf #Captions

Let's talk about captions on a screen, whether a TV, movie theater, or a Zoom call. Placement on the screen matters. Where are they easier for you to see?

https://hearinghealthmatters.org/findhearing/2022/hearing-loss-captions-accessible-top/