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Kes: Of course every blind person known about teh key bumps, but I only recently learn about teh third ring on headphone jacks from Jesse the K.
FYI: when designing keyboards and keypads for visually impaired people, you only need these basic key bumps: if you add too many more, it becomes confusing and tmi.

https://www.makeuseof.com/pointless-technology-that-make-life-better/

A+++ listicle roundup!

Date: 2021-09-19 07:27 pm (UTC)
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Based on my decades fondling the drilled materials used in jewelry making, those are ferrite barrels or tubes, not beads, but they didn't ask me.

There are even braille keycap overlays which mystify me to the max. Fluent braille readers can use 7-key braille input mode. (But MaxiAids has always struck me as the "As Seen on TV" of assistive tech.)

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