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Blog speaks more about the Inclusive and accessible travel for blind people. Even Grounds is a blog by author Tom Babinszki, who was born completely blind in Hungary and is passionate to make travel more accessible and more enjoyable for blind people.
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57m ago
Recently I came across a creative video description service for blind and visually impaired people. The description is text based, and meant to be used by listening to short segments of the video and reading the descriptions. This way it can have more context than an audio described video, while it is fully accessible for …
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1w ago
Recently I have come across a simple and practical system to tag objects for blind people, called WayAround. It has practically unlimited uses, and people are coming up with all kinds of innovative ways of making their lives easier. I was wondering if I could use it during my trips to simplify a few things. …
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3w ago
I will never forget how much more freedom I experienced all of a sudden when I got my guide dog, Baldwin from guiding eyes for the Blind. That was approximately the time when Guiding Eyes started to train running guides. This means that a blind or visually impaired person can take up running as a …
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1M ago
Recently I wrote about my new 3d building project. Today I would like to talk about how it has changed my entire perception of what buildings are. Unlike in most of my posts, I cannot talk about blind people in general, because each person is their own story and background and education. I can only …
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1M ago
Audio guides can be used in several environments, and if they are structured well, they can provide immense help for visitors. A few ideas where audio guides can be used are: Museums and galleries City tours Parks Zoos and aquariums Botanical gardens However, I have experienced many instances when otherwise good audio guides did not …
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2M ago
I have come across a book that is a true gap filler in the industry: Accessible Social a beginner’s guide to creating inclusive social media content, by Alexa Heinrich Why am I writing about this on a travel blog? Because it is a must read, or must use for people who use social media in …
Accessible Social by Alexa Heinrich, book review
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2M ago
Last summer I was introduced to Ellis Lane, a curator from the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin. At the time he just started working on a project to make artwork accessible for visually impaired people. The Digital Reimaginings exhibit opened recently. Ellis didn’t only create a fully accessible program, but I really appreciated his …
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2M ago
Let’s play a design game. The task is to come up with the most accessible, most inclusive alarm clock. I used to give this task to my classes when I was teaching at IBM, and we had the most thought provoking conversations. There are no good or bad ideas here. But consider that the more …
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3M ago
Italian American Museum of Cleveland The other day I was searching for something new to do in the Cleveland area when I came across the Italian American Museum. I couldn’t remember hearing about it before, as I later found out, it was established in 2021. I love anything that relates to cultures in the Cleveland …
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3M ago
Miniature 3d buildings for blind people It has always fascinated me how to explain what a building looks like to a blind person. But as they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, a tactile experience is also definitely more accurate than a thousand words. For that matter, the two together is the …
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