Category: accessibility apps
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The kindness of strangers
On Monday I had my (now) annual neurology follow up appointment and since the bus that stops near my home goes by the the hospital in Hertford I decided it was time for a new adventure. I hoped to have no problem with this adventure thanks to placing a beacon on my destination on my…
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Oops I did it again
“What happened to the projects I was quilting?” I hear you ask… I am currently unpicking the quilting in the tumblers quilt as messed up a bit in the preparation (more haste, less speed is sage advice still)… And my monkey wrench quilts are stalled currently too while I work out techniques to quilt them…
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My Brain v Reality
Walking along my brain sees a Chelsea Pensioner stood to attention in the hedge… thank you Charles Bonnet Syndrome The reality:- Old red postbox covered in ivy. The paint on the postbox is chipped and peeling, revealing rust and signs of age. Green ivy climbs up the left side, blending with surrounding leafy plants. The…
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Bobbin Chicken
I happened to use a partly used bobbin on my spool pin (top thread) with about an equal amount of thread on it as the bobbin I was using in my bobbin compartment (bottom thread). Both threads ran out at the same time. I made the collage below and had Be My AI describe it…
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Handwriting:- My Nemesis
Everyone loves getting an unexpected card don’t they? My kryptonite is being able to read the message inside. I love the boldly printed Moon Pig cards my daughter sends me- the font is very plain and because it is bold (thicker than normal print) and a large I can decipher it with my own eyes……
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A stressful journey after Christmas in Cleethorpes.
Due to problems I was having with this blog (I couldn’t get posts to publish) I wasn’t blogging over Christmas but wanted to share this thread of tweets I wrote the day after the journey in question “Yesterday’s train trip home was a bit chaotic thanks to #StormGerritSome delays meant getting home nearly an hour…
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Oh My Gosh 2
I’m having a slight leaking eye problem as this is the description the Be My AI function has come up with for the hexagon in this screenshot “In the picture, there is a hexagonal piece of fabric placed on a wooden surface. The fabric has three different patterns on it. One section of the fabric…
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Oh My Gosh
Why the title? It feels like years ago when I applied for access to the beta test for Be My Eyes virtual assistant after seeing this video from Lucy Edwards (it’s actually about 4 or 5 months). https://youtube.com/shorts/EF3lW2lRioY?si=x7hsNY0EkgJ0UBEj Well I got an email yesterday morning (4 September 2023 at 9:12am) that I opened just before…
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Be My Eyes
This link will take you to the Be My Eyes website https://www.bemyeyes.com/ At the end of a video call is a volunteer, or a specialist who can assist someone who is blind or low vision. I originally downloaded it a few years ago but finally signed into it after seeing a video by Lucy Edwards…
Was that a dinosaur? 2.0 