This is really interesting, never knew stuff like this existed for blind people or anyone for that matter. Now I hope scientist are working on computers that interface directly with the brain.
Today I actually happened to be thinking about how I could continue my channel and my atheism essays and videos if I went blind. This is really cool, I love it!
I have a friend named Marie in college that used this program. I never got to actualy see her use it though, because we never hung out in her room. I think she was afraid of being taken advantage of, lol. To bad I could not keep in touch with her dispite my efforts. I really liked her.
Woah, you can use a computer without a monitor... Thats... Awesome! Now if my monitor breaks i know what to do! :D
BTW i have a question, how does that text reader program handle comments with bad grammar or misspellings? or even them people who use numbers instead of letters sometimes? The ones ive tried in the past have been pretty bad but i haven't used one in about 8 years so im sure they have gotten better lol
@element1988 You can actually set up a lexicon, I have done that with the most common 1337 speak and smileys. The program will then read whatever you've told it this should be read as...
I was trying to place that female voice on your computer. unfortunately, I am not sure if its Microsoft sally or a female version of HAL-9000. anyway,I use OS X with voiceover. I also have no use for a mouse (even though its still plugged in). I am still learning how to use voiceover after more than 2 months (I started because i could no longer read large print). Still, web browsing by voice is sure slow.
Anyway, at least I know there are more people who are blind out here.
Thank you for sharing this; it is of particular interest to me as I have a family member who is blind. I have off-times tried to imagine his internet experience, and I believe you just shown me! May I congratulate you on your mental and physical dexterity? I'll be watching more of your videos but I already know you are elegant, eloquent, smart and good looking. Nice mix!
I'm off to send a long overdue e-mail to my blind Christian nephew.
Hello! I'm quite interested 2 hear what U think would improve your U Tube experience. I can understand how U benefit from many of the videos sighted people enjoy; However, I wood like 2 help make it easier 4 all people 2 get every bit of information they can. Beyond braille code in the video stream, with described video content; I can't seem 2 think of anything that wood B remotely useful. It's a conceptualization problem U seem ideally suited 2 help me understand. Thanks very much 4 what U do!
as for how she can type: didn't anybody ever wonder why they have those little bumps on the F and J and 5 keys? by the way, those innovations aren't just for blind people; they also make it easy to find the home keys without looking. as a side note, i don't even touch-type, so it would be a difficult transition for me.
this is absolutely amazing...it was much as i imagined it, actually, but quite interesting to watch :) now, i want all of you to imagine just how difficult this would be. you would literally have to construct a webpage inside your mind: an entire conceptual framework, built by YOU. just think about how many people prefer to have images fed to them on tv/movie/computer screens, instead of creating worlds in their minds purely with words(from books, etc.)...just imagine how hard THIS'd be...
There is a completely free, and open-source screen reader called NVDA. It is very similar to the one used in the video, but it is free, and open-source, and can be loaded on a memory stick, and transported to any computer without the need to install.
Thanks for the demonstration; always good to know that in addition to suddenly becoming mute or deaf, being blind isn't as bad nowadays when it comes to the possibillity of acquiring information.
That is pretty awesome @Atheistblindchick. As a software developer, I try to make things that people can use with ease-of-access software, so it is wonderful to see such things being used.
I didn't even consider the fact that you COULD have had problems with using the computer, despite your youtube name being atheistblindchick. I don't know if it was me ignoring "blind", not actually thinking, or just knowing that there's support for it, though :P
sure dumbass, just get a razxorbalde and shove it in,. then you can feel special that you have a disability. too bad your life will still suck even if you do that.
Sorry I missed your Q&A as I was out of town but these videos were great.
I still am curious how you actually cut your videos. I am not asking that you personally address my query but with each answered question 3 more come to mind.
No matter how you actually do it, keep making all the great atheist videos.
Very interesting. Does spelling present much of a problem with this program? Especialy when some people tend to use "Text talk" or "Leet Speek".
And another thing. I may be in a minority here, but why should it matter if your naked or not? You can achive so much with ease despite your lack of site and I for one would would be more interested in what you have to say rather than how much or little clothing you war.
Very enlightening, thank you for sharing. The part of your chocolate brown shirt that goes around the back of your neck was readily apparent for most of the video, it never occurred to me that you might be topless. I guess your mentioning it was due to a plethora of uncouth fourteen year old males hooting and hollering at any attractive woman they see on the internet. We all have our trolls, I find it's best to ignore them.
cool video. Quite informative about the software and all that. Plus, my wife likes to wear her hair the same way, and I really like that too, looks very feminine, attractive and unconventional.
I was curious how much longer it would take to navigate web pages and the like, but it's certainly much, much faster than what I'd be able to do if I unplugged my mouse.
So I've been wondering how a blind person takes a shower. I hope you make a video of that soon! Just kidding. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Ok. Off subject. Actually I never really wondered how you used a computer. I figured that if there was a will there was a way. You are pretty damned good at pretty much anything you want to do. What I want to know is. Are you and Freetaught cohabiting? Has he moved to UK? If so. I think that is GREAT! You both deserve to have someone caring and loving in your lives. I am sure you make a wonderful couple.
If I went blind, I don't think I'd ever be able to use a computer. I've learned to type on several occasions, but I still have to look at the keyboard. I mean, I have a general idea of where the keys are, but that's it. This last sentwnce was tupes without lookinf ans wirhiut the bacjspace jey.
Not justifying, but a lot of people were curious as to how exactly I could use a computer. I got a lot of questions regarding that on my questions video, so I thought I'd show them how the software workds...
I think it makes sense for someone who is blind to still be able to type. After all, i type with little more then muscle memory, Never looking at the keyboard. I`m sure it could still work that way. However its probably Reasonable to assume a raised relief of some kind on the keys would be of assistance, Though perhaps not entirely necessary.
Hey, i never noticed those before! heh, yes Id imagen that would provide a very good Frame of reference for where the keys are located. Very interesting.
Everything we percieve we percieve with our senses. We might need tools, but if these objects or other things can be detected by our tools, it means it can then be detected by our senses via these tools. So anything that couldn't be perceived by our senses, even with the help of tools, can not be known by human beings. So no, there is no proof for that, and it will remain fantasy.
But they are not out of the five senses realm. Everything we find is in the realm of our five senses. So no, we have no proof there is even a sixth sense.
Well then, I knew the rest of the planet loved us... we yanks need only a sliver of confirmation that we are the adoration of the rest of the planet... hehe ;)
Be well, lass. I one day would absolutely love nothing more than traveling your way and (though I'm aware of your very warranted fear of showing yourself) having the privilege of buying you a pint. Worry not, I'm not a powerful lad, and by the look of it, your boyfriend would put me in my place if I tried anything less than savory lol
Infra red light is LIGHT, we can't see it because our senses are not powerful enough, though with tools to amplify it, we see it, it is still LIGHT.
Microwaves are WAVES, the same waves we get with our ears, though they are shorter, therefore to catch the waves, we need tools, but they are still WAVES.
Proven that there are things outside the realm of our natural senses? Not quite. We all know that there are things outside out actual competences fields, but never was it said that it was outside of the realm of our natural senses. There might be, but there is no proof of that.
Fascinating! Thinking about this software, I'm wondering how it copes with closed captions — I'm mentally reviewing some of my videos where text appears embedded in the visuals, and whether closed captions would make that text accessible?
Vision seems so important when you have it, but we become resourceful when we need to. We work with what we have. Excellent video, and thank you for sharing, ABC.
I'm sure of it. Most people are pretty decent, and even more so (I would think) within our community. I just meant that if she brings up a video and starts watching it, there is no translation program.
True. But I have freetaught here to read to me, so that's great. As he said, pretty much anyone I ask will send me a transcript, and some YTers even do so without me asking. YT atheists are decent people :)
By definition the "super natural" can not be tested by scientific means but a REASONABLE person can conclude that demons are not real because of the utter lack of evidence. Carl Sagan said it best when he said he was agnostic on alien life. He, like many atheist will wait for all the information to get in before ruling on that idea.
Amazing! How long did it take you to get up to the speed you are currently at (with the text to speech, commands, and understanding all the information coming at you)?
I think it took about a month to learn to use the software. As for the speed, I have no idea. I gruadually speeded up the voice, I slowed it down for the video actually....
It's interesting how you seem to cater to us with visual sense. You have a monitor there but you really don't need one, so was that for us to see or is it for someone else to use? The end of the video is a little disappointing though.
A friend of mine that I contact on a p2p program has software similar to this, or the same; I don't remember the name. I didn't know he was blind until some weeks after we'd been talking.
Indeed. I was certainly surprised when I found out, and impressed that the software had already been created. I imagined such software would come about "in the future," but didn't realize that the future was now.
I think they meant to ask her how she knows what keys go where....
They've never heard of Brail, and I'm sure they've never played with the words to speech function she uses, and I played with in the computer lab of my high school. I'm betting they haven't looked at the features their computer has.
You are right. It is Ironic. Which makes me smile.
Who is "Ensiten"? The difference between a possible intelligent being living so far away from us that the light has not even traveled this far is much more plausible than an evil being that only a handful of people claim to see with zero evidence. There is also the fact that no one is praying to intelligent life on the other side of the universe.
I've seen a keyboard sold on, I believe it was think geek, where it is not marked with letters. The idea is that it trains us seeing people not to glance down at the keyboard and thus to improve our ability to type more quickly and accurately. If I am typing on a keyboard only printed in Arabic, for example (but the computer treating as English) I find I can type pretty well if I force myself not to glance down all of the time.
Many Muslims also believe that demons live in toilets, just another attempt by a feeble minded people to explain the world the best way they knew how.
I figured you used some sort of program. My brother is legally blind, his vision is like 20/70 with correction. He had to learn how to read Braille when he was younger just in case his vision got worse. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Admired. I am not going to say any old cliche that you've probably heard before, because i know how that one feels. May i recommend a song with no malice or conjecture?
Its just that when one loses a naturally given sense, they gain another. I see that were ever i go.
I talked to someone for two hours on a plane one day flying to America. She was blind and i was, lets say, mentally blind. We were traveling alone, we saw clouds and how high we were. We walked down the steps...I Miss her a lot
Her eyes are like,I think that gray color? And some people might find it weird? Idk...or maybe the light hurts? Or maybe she likes the feel of 'em? Who knows..And would you say she...brings..sexy "back"? Muwahahaha...aaaahahaa lol! I'm a loser..ok bye.
My uncle who is blind has photophobia as well. He jokingly states that the reason he took a position working in the x-ray department of a children's hospital was so he could work in the dark. He also has only one arm and yet still manages to beat me when we go cross country skiing. Have you ever heard of the Ski for Light organization? The goal of the organization is to teach blind, visually and mobility impaired adults how to cross country ski. It's really fun.
I'm not trying to be creepy or anything, but can we Ever see your face? -love your videos-
takfarinas1 9 months ago
This is really interesting, never knew stuff like this existed for blind people or anyone for that matter. Now I hope scientist are working on computers that interface directly with the brain.
USOtaku013666 9 months ago
Today I actually happened to be thinking about how I could continue my channel and my atheism essays and videos if I went blind. This is really cool, I love it!
Venaloid 1 year ago
Greetings from Germany.
Thank you for the explanations that I needed these, to understand.
This is awesome, it leaves me speechless and with wet eyes.
I am inclined to call you, and the creative pople that would engineer this technique for you, GENIUS.
Being blind would devastate me - bcz I am a breeder of ornamentals.
kleenex3000 1 year ago
WOW,.... Nice..... she looks pretty...., i thought she's naked hahahhaa.....
mom0g1 1 year ago
are you wearing glasses there?? lol what would be the point of that?
SyrupTheSavvySavage 1 year ago
@SyrupTheSavvySavage Sunglasses, and yeah, I really do need those...
Atheistblindchick 1 year ago
I have a friend named Marie in college that used this program. I never got to actualy see her use it though, because we never hung out in her room. I think she was afraid of being taken advantage of, lol. To bad I could not keep in touch with her dispite my efforts. I really liked her.
Jesses001 1 year ago
Woah, you can use a computer without a monitor... Thats... Awesome! Now if my monitor breaks i know what to do! :D
BTW i have a question, how does that text reader program handle comments with bad grammar or misspellings? or even them people who use numbers instead of letters sometimes? The ones ive tried in the past have been pretty bad but i haven't used one in about 8 years so im sure they have gotten better lol
element1988 1 year ago
@element1988 You can actually set up a lexicon, I have done that with the most common 1337 speak and smileys. The program will then read whatever you've told it this should be read as...
Atheistblindchick 1 year ago
I was trying to place that female voice on your computer. unfortunately, I am not sure if its Microsoft sally or a female version of HAL-9000. anyway,I use OS X with voiceover. I also have no use for a mouse (even though its still plugged in). I am still learning how to use voiceover after more than 2 months (I started because i could no longer read large print). Still, web browsing by voice is sure slow.
Anyway, at least I know there are more people who are blind out here.
VisionlessOne 1 year ago
You need to get a bigger monitor, that one is too small. JK
sublbc 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this; it is of particular interest to me as I have a family member who is blind. I have off-times tried to imagine his internet experience, and I believe you just shown me! May I congratulate you on your mental and physical dexterity? I'll be watching more of your videos but I already know you are elegant, eloquent, smart and good looking. Nice mix!
I'm off to send a long overdue e-mail to my blind Christian nephew.
Cheers.
ergonomover 1 year ago
would be nice to see your eyes/face
AmericanIdolQueen84 1 year ago
i heard scientists cured blindness using stem cells
neoarcadezr 1 year ago
awesome!
plusaf 1 year ago
wow,,, your soo cool,,, as if your not ashamed with your imperfction,,,
,,, i try to cover my eyes and try be bline using my cp and its really hard.....
claireisraellove 1 year ago
Hello! I'm quite interested 2 hear what U think would improve your U Tube experience. I can understand how U benefit from many of the videos sighted people enjoy; However, I wood like 2 help make it easier 4 all people 2 get every bit of information they can. Beyond braille code in the video stream, with described video content; I can't seem 2 think of anything that wood B remotely useful. It's a conceptualization problem U seem ideally suited 2 help me understand. Thanks very much 4 what U do!
SecularResponse 1 year ago
as for how she can type: didn't anybody ever wonder why they have those little bumps on the F and J and 5 keys? by the way, those innovations aren't just for blind people; they also make it easy to find the home keys without looking. as a side note, i don't even touch-type, so it would be a difficult transition for me.
rtarbinar 1 year ago 2
this is absolutely amazing...it was much as i imagined it, actually, but quite interesting to watch :) now, i want all of you to imagine just how difficult this would be. you would literally have to construct a webpage inside your mind: an entire conceptual framework, built by YOU. just think about how many people prefer to have images fed to them on tv/movie/computer screens, instead of creating worlds in their minds purely with words(from books, etc.)...just imagine how hard THIS'd be...
rtarbinar 1 year ago
your blind and you type faster than me
and you look better than me :P
TimiS0 2 years ago
Thanks for the insight on how the blind use computers. Much appreciated!
amazingbollweevil 2 years ago
the ending was brilliant
Anthrax1551 2 years ago
There is a completely free, and open-source screen reader called NVDA. It is very similar to the one used in the video, but it is free, and open-source, and can be loaded on a memory stick, and transported to any computer without the need to install.
VideoGuyNC 2 years ago
Thanks for the demonstration; always good to know that in addition to suddenly becoming mute or deaf, being blind isn't as bad nowadays when it comes to the possibillity of acquiring information.
SonofTzeentch 2 years ago 3
your awesome
emcce69 2 years ago
Now what happens when it is given non-english text?
Taksan iy retlas pakdor sy res palsab tasnik dasan ly.
1RadicalOne 2 years ago
That is pretty awesome @Atheistblindchick. As a software developer, I try to make things that people can use with ease-of-access software, so it is wonderful to see such things being used.
v2keener 2 years ago
"I'm not naked".... lol, classic! }|<oD
Hmm, after typing that, I'm going to wager a guess that supernova won't recognize cow-shaped smileys. Would be an awesome feature, though!
werecow2003 2 years ago
Hmpf... especially when youtube messes up the smiley to begin with. }|:o/
werecow2003 2 years ago
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"I'm not naked".... lol, classic! }|<oD
Hmm, after typing that, I'm going to wager a guess that supernova won't recognize cow-shaped smileys. Would be an awesome feature, though!
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Thats a cow? i thought it was someone getting anal probed.
element1988 1 year ago
I personally like using a combination of voice programs, and voice recog programs :D... I'm not blind, but I love using tools like that :D
TheReasonWhyGuy 2 years ago
Hi.
Thank you for the demonstration.
Do you use a similar program to edit your videos?
Peter.
PerthPete1 2 years ago
That mouse joke was so lame that I had to laugh nice one... :)
einyr 2 years ago
You're freaking AMAZING!!!!
KimDonesia 2 years ago
Blind and psychic :O How did you know what all the guys we're thinking.. :P
But cool speech program and you put it on slow?? Cool :)
Exile1a 2 years ago 8
Interesting. I'd never thought very much about it. I think I'll check into accessibility when making my own websites.
efisjenzie 2 years ago
I didn't even consider the fact that you COULD have had problems with using the computer, despite your youtube name being atheistblindchick. I don't know if it was me ignoring "blind", not actually thinking, or just knowing that there's support for it, though :P
zebezd 2 years ago
u should show us your eyes
AmericanIdolQueen84 2 years ago
The voice sounds like Sigourney Weaver!
jazzx251 2 years ago
is she wearing glasses?
theeyeisblind 2 years ago
Yes It's shades. Blind people has eyes that looks creepy often so the use shades.
Peonardon 2 years ago
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I need this program...Im too lazy to read..I also want to become blind..do you know any painless ways to make my self go blind?
MagicCowWtf 2 years ago
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TheFartoholic 2 years ago
sure dumbass, just get a razxorbalde and shove it in,. then you can feel special that you have a disability. too bad your life will still suck even if you do that.
theliberator1 2 years ago
Sorry I missed your Q&A as I was out of town but these videos were great.
I still am curious how you actually cut your videos. I am not asking that you personally address my query but with each answered question 3 more come to mind.
No matter how you actually do it, keep making all the great atheist videos.
Hopeful71 2 years ago
Very interesting. Does spelling present much of a problem with this program? Especialy when some people tend to use "Text talk" or "Leet Speek".
And another thing. I may be in a minority here, but why should it matter if your naked or not? You can achive so much with ease despite your lack of site and I for one would would be more interested in what you have to say rather than how much or little clothing you war.
Nightmare060 2 years ago
Very enlightening, thank you for sharing. The part of your chocolate brown shirt that goes around the back of your neck was readily apparent for most of the video, it never occurred to me that you might be topless. I guess your mentioning it was due to a plethora of uncouth fourteen year old males hooting and hollering at any attractive woman they see on the internet. We all have our trolls, I find it's best to ignore them.
kalin666 2 years ago 12
I'm happy to be the 200th 5 star rating - great vid!
myargonauts 2 years ago
I'm dying to see your face!!
GodlessIrish 2 years ago
ABC, thanks for posting this! You just answered a lot of the questions I've had since I met you - so now I never need to ask ya again! :-)
DefenderOfReason 2 years ago
blind chicks are hot
juliandeathgod 2 years ago
cool
juliandeathgod 2 years ago
What a hottie!!!
Nykytyne2 2 years ago
you are incredible. im impressed and in awe!!
enjoy your sunday!!
ShespeaksUC 2 years ago
Very interesting.
unwashedphallus 2 years ago
haha dirty penis
ShespeaksUC 2 years ago
Filthy in fact.
unwashedphallus 2 years ago
haha
ShespeaksUC 2 years ago
Maybe its sensory overload, but I wasn't able to discern much of what your program was saying.
P.S: How come you are so fit?
HijodeNeton 2 years ago
I can't imagine what your experience of YouTube is like... I'm very visually oriented, and for me at least 70% is seeing the world through YouTube...
fehquig 2 years ago
Your monitor is on and I'm reading your email. Just kidding.
Thanks for your behind the scenes look. Take care and peace back to you, ABC.
frededison 2 years ago
cool
cosmicjackpot 2 years ago
Yay! We get to see the back of your lovely head!
Maybe make the next one with your hair down?
shanedk 2 years ago
heh,that was a response to one of my comments
NemoUtopian 2 years ago
Thank you for that look into your world. One that i've never seen.
216trixie 2 years ago
cool video. Quite informative about the software and all that. Plus, my wife likes to wear her hair the same way, and I really like that too, looks very feminine, attractive and unconventional.
blackwolf1272 2 years ago
freetaught, you done good son
artestra 2 years ago
Yes, I done! Thanks! :)
freetaught 2 years ago
Lol yer welcome, hook me up with her sister you lucky git. :)
Have a great day sir
artestra 2 years ago
I was curious how much longer it would take to navigate web pages and the like, but it's certainly much, much faster than what I'd be able to do if I unplugged my mouse.
TheStephenation 2 years ago
jeez you type really fast! btw did you try vista and the new voice recognition program? it works like a charm with me.
sigurd83 2 years ago
So I've been wondering how a blind person takes a shower. I hope you make a video of that soon! Just kidding. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
GetDrunkAndWatch 2 years ago
Dang! Not naked! lol
Actually, I saw the strap of cloth across your neck. :-) And I imagine your using the computer must be a marvellous thing to listen to. :-)
LeksServices 2 years ago
After you've habituated to it, yeah, it's ok! But I prefer to take the driver seat whenever possible.
freetaught 2 years ago
Ok. Off subject. Actually I never really wondered how you used a computer. I figured that if there was a will there was a way. You are pretty damned good at pretty much anything you want to do. What I want to know is. Are you and Freetaught cohabiting? Has he moved to UK? If so. I think that is GREAT! You both deserve to have someone caring and loving in your lives. I am sure you make a wonderful couple.
GoMetricToday 2 years ago
Unfortunately not, he's going back to the US by the end of the summer :(
But the past 3 months have been wonderful!
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
I am sorry to hear that. Maybe things will work out in the future if you two decided to make a more permanent thing. :) My best wishes for you two.
GoMetricToday 2 years ago
You seem to sometimes look at your hands.
Reflex?
If I went blind, I don't think I'd ever be able to use a computer. I've learned to type on several occasions, but I still have to look at the keyboard. I mean, I have a general idea of where the keys are, but that's it. This last sentwnce was tupes without lookinf ans wirhiut the bacjspace jey.
Eldxale 2 years ago
Can you explain how you navigate web sites and the screen in general without ever missing any critical parts? It seems really difficult to me.
Deathinmusic 2 years ago
The first time I visit a site, I go slow, till I know where everything is located...
I'm sure I miss some critical parts at times, though. And some sites are absolutely not accessible...
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
@Atheistblindchick why do you have a moniter?
cake1834 11 months ago
@cake1834 Because I'm not the only one who uses that computer. Freetaught does so as well.
Atheistblindchick 11 months ago
that program is the coolest thing. Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
HaleyMary 2 years ago
Wow, amazing!
I'd be totally fucked!
OnTheFritz602 2 years ago
LOL... last comment very funny..
Love the video... great to see the behind the scenes at atheistblindchick
RosieDesire 2 years ago
Very interesting, but I'm curious - do you usually have the monitor on or did you only have it on to show us?
Anonymesse 2 years ago
Just for you, it's usually turned off.
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Why bother having one at all? Why not save the cost?
PanDeism 2 years ago
Wow.. thanks for the insight!
-Vogter2100
TheGuardian2100 2 years ago
Wait, is that how Freetaught sounded when he was courting you? LOL
ryjinannon 2 years ago
Voice synthesizers are awesome! it isn't perfect yet, but it has been in the making for 30 years or more.
Chibling 2 years ago
But how can you type if you can't see, for crying out loud?
Very cool, ABC.
hairyreasoner 2 years ago
I'll let you in on the secret. I have captured and enslaved several fairies, who type for me... I knew the secret would have to come out some day...
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago 4
@hairyreasoner Same way I can type with my eyes closed. Muscular memory
pamew 1 year ago
Cool... "Supernova" seems much more advanced than "Jaws"(the text to speech software that I have used) ★★★★★
Katalyzt
Katalyzt 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing your methods with the curious among us.
Peace.
Giuvannuzzeddu 2 years ago
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Katalyzt 2 years ago
You're weren't naked but what you were wearing was sexy.
OriginalNightWarrior 2 years ago
This is so badass.
perditiontheelder 2 years ago
You shouldn't have had to "justify" or "prove" yourself. Don't pander to those morons who can't explore or work things out for themselves.
LordAfwa 2 years ago
Not justifying, but a lot of people were curious as to how exactly I could use a computer. I got a lot of questions regarding that on my questions video, so I thought I'd show them how the software workds...
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Nice. Good to know that if I ever go blind I don't have to give up computers forever.
HonestDiscussioner 2 years ago
Yeah,
I think it makes sense for someone who is blind to still be able to type. After all, i type with little more then muscle memory, Never looking at the keyboard. I`m sure it could still work that way. However its probably Reasonable to assume a raised relief of some kind on the keys would be of assistance, Though perhaps not entirely necessary.
AcanLord 2 years ago
If you take a look at your keyboard, you'll notice a little bump or raised line on the j and the f.
I also have some stick on thingies so that I can easly identify certain keys like the tab, the zero and the ;
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Hey, i never noticed those before! heh, yes Id imagen that would provide a very good Frame of reference for where the keys are located. Very interesting.
AcanLord 2 years ago
Do people actually ask you questions like this? WOW.
dataloreforever 2 years ago
Everything we percieve we percieve with our senses. We might need tools, but if these objects or other things can be detected by our tools, it means it can then be detected by our senses via these tools. So anything that couldn't be perceived by our senses, even with the help of tools, can not be known by human beings. So no, there is no proof for that, and it will remain fantasy.
montrealpsycho 2 years ago
But they are not out of the five senses realm. Everything we find is in the realm of our five senses. So no, we have no proof there is even a sixth sense.
montrealpsycho 2 years ago
Hey, there ABC. Does Supernova-Heather only have an American accent? Or did you choose that one because you're so enamored with us Yanks? ;)
TheAbsurdHero 2 years ago
Actually, I also have brittish voices (Audrey and Charles) but they go crazy with american spelling... So I mostly use Heather
I mean, yeah, I love you yanks, that's why I use Heather ;)
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Well then, I knew the rest of the planet loved us... we yanks need only a sliver of confirmation that we are the adoration of the rest of the planet... hehe ;)
Be well, lass. I one day would absolutely love nothing more than traveling your way and (though I'm aware of your very warranted fear of showing yourself) having the privilege of buying you a pint. Worry not, I'm not a powerful lad, and by the look of it, your boyfriend would put me in my place if I tried anything less than savory lol
TheAbsurdHero 2 years ago
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Justinfh2point0 2 years ago
Infra red light is LIGHT, we can't see it because our senses are not powerful enough, though with tools to amplify it, we see it, it is still LIGHT.
Microwaves are WAVES, the same waves we get with our ears, though they are shorter, therefore to catch the waves, we need tools, but they are still WAVES.
montrealpsycho 2 years ago
Hi montrealpsycho, microwaves are also light. They are electromagnetic waves/photons just like visible light or infrared light only longer.
BelovedRock 2 years ago
I know. I wanted to make it simpler to him to understand. Light is moving in waves.
montrealpsycho 2 years ago
Wow, that program is awesome!
Rikortez 2 years ago
Thank you for showing us your tutorial. And apparently people have not heard about touch typing.
kelliko70 2 years ago
Proven that there are things outside the realm of our natural senses? Not quite. We all know that there are things outside out actual competences fields, but never was it said that it was outside of the realm of our natural senses. There might be, but there is no proof of that.
montrealpsycho 2 years ago
Woo, pushing the ABC invisibility envelope.
Well rehearsed!
To Mr. E. Camera man;
Mind you not that I,
express my envy but thanks,
to you all the same.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
How about videos that have only text? I am sure I seen you comment on those videos...
It is a shame, you cannot see how handsome I am. *Evil grin*
TheAtheistPaladin 2 years ago
Fascinating! Thinking about this software, I'm wondering how it copes with closed captions — I'm mentally reviewing some of my videos where text appears embedded in the visuals, and whether closed captions would make that text accessible?
TheraminTrees 2 years ago
Unfortunately, closed caption is part of the flash player, and SuperNova does not read those...
But freetaught reads it to me, so I have a solution :)
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Wait, how do you type if you're really blind?
Sorry, you basically challenged me to do it.
leifey 2 years ago
Was that a serious question?
Tyrtamus 2 years ago
That is amazing, I never knew something like that existed.
Rahab111222 2 years ago
Vision seems so important when you have it, but we become resourceful when we need to. We work with what we have. Excellent video, and thank you for sharing, ABC.
Dimbnd 2 years ago
So if you get a video that is all text, you're kind of screwed, right?
AncientAtheist 2 years ago
Actually, many YT users are quite willing to send ABC transcripts of their videos.
freetaught 2 years ago
I'm sure of it. Most people are pretty decent, and even more so (I would think) within our community. I just meant that if she brings up a video and starts watching it, there is no translation program.
AncientAtheist 2 years ago
True. But I have freetaught here to read to me, so that's great. As he said, pretty much anyone I ask will send me a transcript, and some YTers even do so without me asking. YT atheists are decent people :)
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
By definition the "super natural" can not be tested by scientific means but a REASONABLE person can conclude that demons are not real because of the utter lack of evidence. Carl Sagan said it best when he said he was agnostic on alien life. He, like many atheist will wait for all the information to get in before ruling on that idea.
matthewj1985 2 years ago
Thanks, ABC! But by the reflection in the monitor, it sure looked like you were naked. You should wipe those nipple looking spots from your screen.
Just kidding.
ndvuncle 2 years ago
Amazing! How long did it take you to get up to the speed you are currently at (with the text to speech, commands, and understanding all the information coming at you)?
Once again, amazing!
crabbybastard1 2 years ago
I think it took about a month to learn to use the software. As for the speed, I have no idea. I gruadually speeded up the voice, I slowed it down for the video actually....
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
It's interesting how you seem to cater to us with visual sense. You have a monitor there but you really don't need one, so was that for us to see or is it for someone else to use? The end of the video is a little disappointing though.
Relativisticism 2 years ago
Usually it is turned off. You are correct in assuming that ABC left it on for her subscribers.
I do, however, use the mintor quite often.
freetaught 2 years ago
The monitor is for freetaught, but I do sometimes turn it on, just for the light.
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
how very interesting. i know this is something i have wondered about for quite a while.
TheAist 2 years ago
Thanks for this video, very informative.
ChilapaOfTheAmazons 2 years ago
A friend of mine that I contact on a p2p program has software similar to this, or the same; I don't remember the name. I didn't know he was blind until some weeks after we'd been talking.
JBSauce 2 years ago
There are a lot of blnd people on the internet, and you'd never be able to tell unless they'd let you know...
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Indeed. I was certainly surprised when I found out, and impressed that the software had already been created. I imagined such software would come about "in the future," but didn't realize that the future was now.
JBSauce 2 years ago
millions of people touch type and yet there are idiots who think you can't?
my only real comment is... you have such beautiful hair, it was a treat to glimpse a little more of the awesome ABC.
theqmogvlogs 2 years ago 3
Yup, even in the last month I had I think 3 people make that comment....
Thanks, my friend. Hope all's well in the US. Having fun?
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
" No one better ask me again how I can type, if I'm "really" blind. I have ten fingers that still work perfectly... "
people have really asked this question? really? That's kind of ironic. I guess these guys are the one's that don't know how to type.
vinak963 2 years ago
I think they meant to ask her how she knows what keys go where....
They've never heard of Brail, and I'm sure they've never played with the words to speech function she uses, and I played with in the computer lab of my high school. I'm betting they haven't looked at the features their computer has.
You are right. It is Ironic. Which makes me smile.
angelicexcel 2 years ago
Who is "Ensiten"? The difference between a possible intelligent being living so far away from us that the light has not even traveled this far is much more plausible than an evil being that only a handful of people claim to see with zero evidence. There is also the fact that no one is praying to intelligent life on the other side of the universe.
matthewj1985 2 years ago
Waitaminit...you're BLIND???
;)
BionicDance 2 years ago
That was fascinating. Thanks for the glimpse into blind chick technology. I am glad it works so well and brings you to us subscibers.
wavymavy 2 years ago 2
Sexy tummy has been joined by sexy shoulders.
:)
Atheistprimate 2 years ago 3
Don't forget neck and hair.
happyfinesad 2 years ago 2
ABC,
As amazing as the program is I think your ability to understand the voice at that speed is even more amazing. lol.
Just curious. Do you have a regular keyboard or does it have any textures on the keys to help you know where your hands are on the keyboard?
Thank you for sharing this with us.
zenmonk420 2 years ago
I've seen a keyboard sold on, I believe it was think geek, where it is not marked with letters. The idea is that it trains us seeing people not to glance down at the keyboard and thus to improve our ability to type more quickly and accurately. If I am typing on a keyboard only printed in Arabic, for example (but the computer treating as English) I find I can type pretty well if I force myself not to glance down all of the time.
CamdenBloke 2 years ago
Is that a ring I see on your left hand? Are you Mrs. Atheist Blind Chick?
matthewj1985 2 years ago
Many Muslims also believe that demons live in toilets, just another attempt by a feeble minded people to explain the world the best way they knew how.
matthewj1985 2 years ago
That was incredibly interesting!
grapevinewrath 2 years ago
I figured you used some sort of program. My brother is legally blind, his vision is like 20/70 with correction. He had to learn how to read Braille when he was younger just in case his vision got worse. Thanks for sharing that with us.
pixelatedxdeath 2 years ago
Sounds like an ingenious program. I'm glad you're online.
Nihilist127 2 years ago 2
You have nice shoulders
dechha1981 2 years ago
Wow! That is ingenious.
ghostofdayinperson 2 years ago
Safe mode is the creator with belief though never once saw the face.
Tiredofcrap 2 years ago
amazing indeed....thanks for sharing this with us :)
jakluk4 2 years ago
amazing!
nicanicabad 2 years ago
Do you even need a monitor?
SeenAndNotSeen 2 years ago
Admired. I am not going to say any old cliche that you've probably heard before, because i know how that one feels. May i recommend a song with no malice or conjecture?
Its just that when one loses a naturally given sense, they gain another. I see that were ever i go.
I talked to someone for two hours on a plane one day flying to America. She was blind and i was, lets say, mentally blind. We were traveling alone, we saw clouds and how high we were. We walked down the steps...I Miss her a lot
flips300021 2 years ago
well you learn something new every day. thanks, abc.
QuillerBarracuda 2 years ago
Interesting video, thanks for posting it :-)
Can I ask, why are you wearing glasses?
BTW the list of recommended YouTubers in your profile is missing TheraminTrees.
Best wishes from Wellington, New Zealand :-)
KrisBlueNZ 2 years ago
Her eyes are like,I think that gray color? And some people might find it weird? Idk...or maybe the light hurts? Or maybe she likes the feel of 'em? Who knows..And would you say she...brings..sexy "back"? Muwahahaha...aaaahahaa lol! I'm a loser..ok bye.
Ravindra9689 2 years ago
I'm wearing sun glasses, because the room needed to be bright for the video and I'm very photophobic.
Atheistblindchick 2 years ago
Atheist blind chick.
My uncle who is blind has photophobia as well. He jokingly states that the reason he took a position working in the x-ray department of a children's hospital was so he could work in the dark. He also has only one arm and yet still manages to beat me when we go cross country skiing. Have you ever heard of the Ski for Light organization? The goal of the organization is to teach blind, visually and mobility impaired adults how to cross country ski. It's really fun.
takotheoktopus 2 years ago
wait... you were not naked? I didn't expect that. Why didn't you let me being ignorant about this? LOL just joking
bulbulxp 2 years ago