Obviously I mean total blindness and not legally blindness, where some vision can still be there.

Lemmings that know a blind person can also pitch in.

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[–] 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (20 children)

Image of braille that reads "I don't know any blind people, sadly."

(Forgive the joke, I actually really fucking hate that braille is dying in public spaces as well as people no longer knowing what those cane guides in pavement are for)

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Just as an aside, I tried to find some braille stickers for my keyboard. Figured it would cost 5$ or something. I could not find them anywhere. I thought surely this would be a thing on Ali Express. Nope.

    I ended up buying some textured stickers that had a unique feeling, but there goes my attempt at learning braille

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  • [–] 35 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Make your own?

    “Braille Labeler - Braille Tape, Embosser”

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    Thanks, but here is the issue

    $90 for stickers seems like a bad financial decision

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    cane guides in pavement

    What guides in the whatting what??

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Thanks, your question helped me find the actual name for them:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_paving

    So this image is from Wikipedia, and the type I am describing is the directional tactile paving. It allows a blind person to follow it like a path because it's a guideline they can feel with their feet or their cane.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    That’s a great idea, but I’ve never seen that before. I’ve only seen the dots

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    They're pretty common in Japan. The lines run one strip wide down the sidewalks, and then there's a more spread out area of dots when you get to the corner of an intersection

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    And also people leaving their fucking rented bikes/scooters in the middle of walkways just because. I hate that people are so inconsiderate but get furiously angry when I think of impaired people.

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