<![CDATA[I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me wi...]]>I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me within a couple of days. I wouldn't be able to do poetry readings without one and braille displays in general are prohibitively expensive, so I can't imagine a life where I could ever buy my own.

Now I have this cute compact little guy with 20 cells and a carrying case and strap, and I can read again without the aid of a screen reader. I've missed braille a lot during the years when I didn't have access to it. I'm terrible at writing it now, but still very good at reading it, which is a relief, and anyway libraries are so cool and good and technology is (mostly) so cool and good and I'm very grateful for both.

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/51ac06f8-2aaa-4d87-8ba9-8fbb4f6f74f3/i-found-out-last-year-that-the-library-for-the-blind-gives-out-free-braille-displays-to-members-and-since-i-ve-been-a-member-for-most-of-my-life-even-though-i-haven-t-used-their-services-in-years-i-reached-out-to-ask-for-one-and-they-sent-it-to-me-wi...RSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 06:27:19 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:13:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me wi... on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:44:11 GMT]]>@greengaybles I'm really happy for you!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://disabled.social/users/Testoceratops/statuses/116438981146929768https://forum.other.li/post/https://disabled.social/users/Testoceratops/statuses/116438981146929768Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:44:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me wi... on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:01 GMT]]>@greengaybles never thought about having a screen reader feeding a braille display. What an awesome idea

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/webhat/statuses/116438846751128159https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/webhat/statuses/116438846751128159Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me wi... on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:16:00 GMT]]>@greengaybles i love assistive technology, love it even more when libraries make them accessible to everyone. that's awesome.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://thenighthas.me/users/isa/statuses/01KPNTTS2HX0T4ENW6RKSTEVRXhttps://forum.other.li/post/https://thenighthas.me/users/isa/statuses/01KPNTTS2HX0T4ENW6RKSTEVRXMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:16:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I found out last year that the Library for the Blind gives out free braille displays to members, and since I've been a member for most of my life even though I haven't used their services in years, I reached out to ask for one and they sent it to me wi... on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:14:25 GMT]]>@greengaybles This sounds awesome!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116437920334567060https://forum.other.li/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116437920334567060Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:14:25 GMT