Ask A Blind Girl!

[Darth]

From your intro thread: Soccer and swimming I get, but tennis? How does that work?

And the star wars prequels? Ugh, we can't be friends.

[BrokenQuill92]

I do wonder how accessible things generally are for you.

For example, is it easy to handle cash? When you shop how do you know how much things cost before you go to the cashier?

And also do you care if your significant other is visually attractive? I ask because I read this story where this blind guy says his friends would give him a special signal if the girl he was talking to was hot. And I thought that was interesting, that he cared if she was hot when he wouldn't really be affected if she wasn't. Or maybe he was referring to her body.

Coins are easy to handle, obviously. Paper money is still an issue for us, they make money identifiers (and they're often faulty) but none are universal so going anywhere besides Canada or the Mexican border is a no-go. And small shop keepers are prone to bill switching (giving back singles instead of the proper bills).

I like nice voices, as far as attractiveness goes. Not too high and not too deep. Oh and nice musky sort of woodsy scents. There are some people who just smell mouth watering. I like long hair, on men and women. Gender isn't a big thing to me. And if you're always able to teach me something new I will be wrapped around your finger, I love my nerds.

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From your intro thread: Soccer and swimming I get, but tennis? How does that work?

And the star wars prequels? Ugh, we can't be friends.

The tennis not very well, I'm still re-learning.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

I have more questions, XD.

You said you've had sight before, do you still remember how you look like? Or how your parents look like?

Do you prefer audiobooks or braille? Is it hard to find books in braille?

Could you tell a person's age when you first meet them? From their voice or manner of speaking or whatever.

Sorry if any of the questions are stupid.

[BrokenQuill92]

I have more questions, XD.

You said you've had sight before, do you still remember how you look like? Or how your parents look like?

Do you prefer audiobooks or braille? Is it hard to find books in braille?

Could you tell a person's age when you first meet them? From their voice or manner of speaking or whatever.

Sorry if any of the questions are stupid.

I'm mostly still on audiobooks and e-books I'm still learning braille. It's not hard to find books and braille but they're expensive.

Pretty much tell a person's age from the sound of their voice. And I hope this doesn't offend any of the older people but usually the elderly smell of certain way. So do little kids usually kind of almost like babies but not quite. It's why I appreciate it when people smell really good.

[BrokenQuill92]

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I forgot I kind of sort of remember what I look like. But I'm sure I don't look the same as I did when I was 16. So I'm actually curious as to what I really look like . I know I'm short and chubby, and I've got curly hair , and freckles. I know my hair streaks red in summer. And my eyebrows are too thin and wide for my liking.

As for other people not really I know my mother's hair still shiny and black and very straight. My brother is still hairy, he's gone and gotten dreadlocks something I can't really imagine on him. Unfortunately I've never seen my nephew. But I know he's super cute.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

That's really interesting about people smelling their age XD. My sense of smell is almost nonexistent. I can smell food really well though, people I only notice if they douse themselves in perfume or don't brush their teeth.

[BrokenQuill92]

That's really interesting about people smelling their age XD. My sense of smell is almost nonexistent. I can smell food really well though, people I only notice if they douse themselves in perfume or don't brush their teeth.

I haven't embarrassed anyone with that

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I don't have any questions, but your comment above regarding remembering what you look like makes me feel a little sad inside.

Silly I know, and in no way patronizing. I'm not sure I could handle losing my sight, I take it for granted I suppose.

[pocaracas]

I'm still amazed at how easily (?) you can browse this forum and post youtube videos! Truly awesome!

How does your Text-to-speech handle typos and other problems with our typing inabilities? I assume it just tr5anslates it into some sound, but can you understand that it's a typo?

EDIT: that typo was so not on purpose! but let's use it as a case study! :wink:

[BrokenQuill92]

I'm still amazed at how easily (?) you can browse this forum and post youtube videos! Truly awesome!

How does your Text-to-speech handle typos and other problems with our typing inabilities? I assume it just tr5anslates it into some sound, but can you understand that it's a typo?

EDIT: that typo was so not on purpose! but let's use it as a case study! :wink:

Not always but usually when something is mispronounced or just comes out as gibberish I know its a typo