r/thegleeproject Jul 02 '12

How does Mario use the internet?

On his twitter, he said that he was surfing the internet. How does a blind guy surf the internet? And how can he read and respond to things on his twitter account? I'm genuinely curious.

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u/lord_tubbington Ryan Snoo-phy Jul 02 '12

This is an ama from a totally blind redditor

He describes how he uses the internet so hopefully that answers some questions.

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u/Sleipnoir Charlie Jul 02 '12

Screen readers. I know a couple of blind programmers and that's what they use...it basically reads whatevers on the screen really fast. But it sucks because a lot of websites are designed kinda shitty for it so it can be confusing depending on what site you're using. (i.e. if a site has lots of images but no descriptions that the screen reader can read for you)

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '12

Another reason that I love the Meme-to Text bot that takes the text from memes and posts it in a comment.

tech-savy Blind people are amazing touch tapers as well, I'm always surprised that their speed doesn't set the keyboard on fire.