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Ian RobinsonThis is fantastic. Molly Burke talks about things she’s amazed that people can see. She’s so funny 😆20-minute video from 2022: <a href="https://youtu.be/pcYy47_Vw1g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pcYy47_Vw1g</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyBurke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MollyBurke</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blind</a>

Ian RobinsonMolly Burke on how technology, rather than things like retinal transplants or other medical Hail Mary procedures, are the way to deal with blindness for a lot of blind people.The video of her in a Waymo driverless car is ace. So happy 😍She also talks about the assistive features of Vision Pro like devices. 20-minute video: <a href="https://youtu.be/_1OvPXplyH0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/_1OvPXplyH0</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssistiveTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AssistiveTechnology</a>

MediumToday in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include: • Responses to CEO <a href="https://me.dm/@coachtony" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@coachtony</a> on how <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> can use <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> to tell human stories • Blind photographer Lawrence Lazare on <a href="https://me.dm/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> challenges and workarounds • <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HBOMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HBOMax</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ProductDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProductDesign</a> VP <a href="https://me.dm/@mmcwatters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mmcwatters</a> on <a href="https://me.dm/tags/prototyping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prototyping</a> and <a href="https://me.dm/tags/VibeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VibeDesign</a> • Ruchama on how her dad’s fabricated stories shaped her• Pavel Samsonov on strategy for <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> online <a href="https://medium.com/blog/what-medium-writers-think-about-ai-tools-1d8cb03c21f6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/blog/what-medium-writers-think-about-ai-tools-1d8cb03c21f6</a><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medium</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AIforHumans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIforHumans</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

Daniela Kubesch1. Using colour alone as a <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/visual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visual</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/indicator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indicator</a> is not a good idea as many people won't be able to read the menu correctly. 🚫2. With this specific colour choice in particular, it becomes almost impossible for people with red-green <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/colour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colour</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a> to read the menu. 🚫3. The paper chosen to print the menu has a rough texture and a light brown colour. Combined with the dim lighting in the restaurant, it is almost impossible to understand the icons. 🚫🧵 2/3

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺Opting for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant is a serious decision, with significant unknowns and risks <a href="https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm</a> Neuralink for visual prosthesis <a href="https://neuralink.com/trials/visual-prosthesis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://neuralink.com/trials/visual-prosthesis/</a> "If you're interested in participating in our future clinical trials for visual prosthesis, join our Patient Registry." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neuralink</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blindsight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindsight</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BCI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeuroTech</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺High-level visual representations in the human brain are aligned with large language models <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01072-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01072-0</a>News release: Using AI to "see" what we see <a href="https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/08/07/using-ai-to-see-what-we-see/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/08/07/using-ai-to-see-what-we-see/</a>AI may hallucinate things that aren't there, or skip items in a scene description that would interest you as a blind person. Still, "These new technologies could also one day help develop visual prostheses for people with significant visual impairments."<a href="https://mas.to/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BCI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺(flashback 2006, LA Times) <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-he-lab3-story.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-he-lab3-story.html</a> "But when they use The vOICe to create a soundscape of a rooster image, the visual region in their brain lights up instead - even though they're actually hearing sounds." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

Georgiana BrummellI'm not normally one for philosophy, but this came to mind after reading a post on Reddit. I don't really consider myself to be an introvert, as in 'the type who hates being around people, who needs alone time after doing so, etc. But I don't mind being alone, either. I don't really understand the concept of loneliness beyond its definition. It makes sense for someone who lost a partner after many decades, a dandy who suddenly finds himself cut off from society, older people who may not be able to use the Internet, etc. But I don't understand it from younger generations who can easily go online and talk to people via text, audio, and even video. I thought it was because I am blind, and it's a visual experience, but my peers complain so much about it that it was one of the reasons for my leaving the r/blind subreddit! And these weren't people who recently went blind either, as that would make sense, but also included those, like me, who have never seen. This may also be linked with my lack of understanding of boredom, as there are always all sorts of things that one could do to occupy one's time. As long as I have something to read, listen to, or do, I'm fine.As an addendum, since i have seen a lot of this as well, I have absolutely no concept of anxiety, depression, low self-worth/esteem, caring what others think of me, craving approval from others, etc. That is as foreign as colours to me. Nor am I jealous of what people have. So maybe, that's part of it. I like to interact with people online, but I am equally happy talking to a bot like Perplexity. I just like receiving answers and having conversations. usually, I find talking to people online just as fulfilling as having someone in the room, and I have several friends who are very dear to me whom I've only technically met online. Granted, it would be nice to have a partner with whom I could go out and do things, and even be romantic and sexual, and to that end, it definitely helps to meet in person. But being single isn't the end of life or happiness.Is there anyone else out there like me?<a href="https://someplace.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anxiety</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#depression</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independence</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/loneliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loneliness</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#self</a>-worth <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#single</a>

Ian RobinsonI know I’ve been banging on about Molly Burke a lot recently. But she’s a remarkable human being. This short video is one example. Brains are remarkable. Molly’s especially it seems. 😊<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/WVlN2XvjIUQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/WVlN2XvjIUQ</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺Opting for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant is a serious decision, with significant unknowns and risks <a href="https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BCI" target="_blank">#BCI</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NeuroTech" target="_blank">#NeuroTech</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23blind" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23blindness" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺(Nimer's blog) Beyond the verbal descriptions: My dreams for a multisensory future <a href="https://nimerblogs.blogspot.com/2025/08/beyond-verbal-descriptions-my-dreams.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nimerblogs.blogspot.com/2025/08/beyond-verbal-descriptions-my-dreams.html</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

Global MuseumOpening Their Doors to Visitors With Vision Impairment. Orlando Museum of Art has held several “Art for All Eyes” events during which visitors with vision impairment could check out an eSight Go—a wearable assistive device that mitigates central vision loss caused by 20 different conditions. <a href="https://observer.com/2025/08/orlando-museum-of-art-esight-low-vision-accommodations-museums/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://observer.com/2025/08/orlando-museum-of-art-esight-low-vision-accommodations-museums/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#globalmuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museumnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museumnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>

LennyI want to start a board games library for games that I can play. Does anybody have any recommendations for any accessible board games or tabletop games for the blind? Also, any tips of making any traditional games accessible would be greatly appreciated <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoardGames</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tabletop</a>

Sy HoekstraQuestion for blind people on here about audio description for kids. I didn't have a lot of AD growing up, but since it's everywhere now, I have it on when my sighted daughter is watching something so I can talk to her about it. She's watching lots of Bluey now, and the vocabulary and background knowledge needed to understand the AD is way to advanced for the age of the audience. Is it a general problem that kids' shows don't have AD aimed at blind kids? Or is that just a Bluey problem? <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blind</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioDescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AudioDescription</a>

FlorianHere's a thought before I hit the hay tonight:Often when I bring up an <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> concern to someone who is or was part of introducing that concern, the response tends to be a workaround I can use to avoid, sidestep or bypass the concern. While that may unblock me, specifically, I think it's also indicative of a really deeply ingrained thought pattern that many <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#developers</a>, <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/designers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#designers</a>, <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UX</a> personnel etc. are stuck in. You see, I don't bring up these concerns because I personally am stuck. I bring them up to indicate that by this concern existing, my <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disability</a> is actually disabling where it doesn't need to be. In other words, YOU, not my <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>, are disabling me. And yes I am making this somewhat personal. It should not be the responsibility of the <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disabled</a> person to dodge around and obstacle you created. You made the mess, YOU clean it up, and I shouldn't need to sue you to make that point.Ok, bedtime, baii :P

Jonathan EmmesediA man who boarded the bus today was young, handsome, and blind. He was accompanied by his equally good looking sighted girlfriend.I wondered whether the man was able through his sense of touch to obtain a sense of the woman's beauty equivalent to that delivered to the sighted by vision.This question reminded me of the related but not identical Molyneux's problem:<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/molyneux-problem/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/molyneux-problem/</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Psychology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perception</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beauty</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blindness</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MolyneuxsProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MolyneuxsProblem</a>

FlorianHe returneth! IC_Null on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#twitch</a>, and ViewpointUnseen on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youtube</a> is an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> focused channel that focuses on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a>, and general <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> from a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a> perspective. I aim to provide content that is either well researched or backed by personal experience as I am, myself, a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/screenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenReader</a> user. Today we're covering coding platforms like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/leetCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leetCode</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exercism</a> etc. to find their accessibility issues, discuss how these issues were introduced, how to fix them, and how to work around them. If this is of interest, catch me in 15 or so minutes over at <a href="https://twitch.tv/IC_Null" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twitch.tv/IC_Null</a> or <a href="https://youtube.com/@viewpointUnseen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@viewpointUnseen</a>. And if not, have a wonderful day regardless! :) <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfPromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfPromo</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#streaming</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseBudgetBraillerBlog: BudgetBraillerBlog Intro. “A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more. Given that I was just at a 3D printing festival and you can build a 3D printer for under $200, I decided to try to design one.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/budgetbraillerblog-budgetbraillerblog-intro/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/budgetbraillerblog-budgetbraillerblog-intro/</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺Asking ChatGPT about expected effective resolution and frame rate for late-blind recipients of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant with tens of thousands of electrodes <a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/689f4b3d-adc8-8004-a78a-9cbc1ce74542" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chatgpt.com/share/689f4b3d-adc8-8004-a78a-9cbc1ce74542</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BCI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeuroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeuroTech</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a>

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺The Verge: These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/759160/ally-solos-smart-glasses-ai-envision-low-vision" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/news/759160/ally-solos-smart-glasses-ai-envision-low-vision</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Envision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Envision</a> Ally <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Solos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solos</a> glasses; <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blindness</a>Engadget: Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community <a href="https://www.engadget.com/wearables/solos-is-equipping-its-smart-glasses-with-an-ai-for-the-blind-and-low-vision-community-130009539.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/wearables/solos-is-equipping-its-smart-glasses-with-an-ai-for-the-blind-and-low-vision-community-130009539.html</a> AirGo smart glasses with Ally AI

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