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There are two parts to learning braille: learning to feel the patterns and learning how text is encoded. For computers, there’s a third step: learning how your
by Someone 3y ago
There are two parts to learning braille: learning to feel the patterns and learning how text is encoded.
For computers, there’s a third step: learning how your screen reader works.
The first is hard on its own, and may be effectively unachievable for elderly persons (the sensitivity of your fingers goes down with age)
The second and third you can exercise without hardware with some (¿most?) screen readers. For example, Apples voiceover has a braille panel (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/voiceover/vo15603/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/voiceover/vo15603/mac)
Enable that and cover the rest of the screen to force yourself to not cheat by looking at the screen, and you’ve a cheap testing setup.