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I love this cane repair tip because it is, literally, so metal
From the July 2020 issue of the Braille Monitor comes this cane repair tip:
Using Bullet Shell Casings as Cane Shaft Reinforcements
by Justin Salisbury
https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2007/bm2007.htm

Leveraging accessibility to connect people with the technology they need
https://blogs.microsoft.com/accessibility/inclusive-remote-working-2/#main
A Microsoft accessibility blog post by Anne Taylor, Supportability Director on Microsoft’s Accessibility team, who talks about the tech she uses as a blind user.

Due to some severe sleep deprivation the night before, I fell asleep before last week's "Introduction to NVDA" webinar, but NFB of Pennsylvania has archived previous training webinars for NVDA, which can be found on their archives page
http://nfbp.org/archive
Note that NVDA itself has plenty of finromation about getting started: see the
NVDA 2020.1 User Guide
Includes an introduction, information about braille support, and getting and setting up NVDA
https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/documentation/userGuide.html

Audio tutorial on NVDA Configuration Profiles:
what they are, why you may want to use them, how to create and edit them and how to use them.
https://thedabbler.co.za/tutorials-by-the-dabbler/nvda-configuration-profiles/

Top Tech Tidbits poll results: Do you use more than one screen reader?
So far 18 readers have weighed in giving us the following ranking for the most used screen readers by those that use more than one: #1: JAWS (Job Access With Speech) #2: VoiceOver (Apple OS) #3: NVDA (Nonvisual Desktop Access) #4: Narrator (Windows OS) #5: System Access or SA To Go #6: Chromevox #7: Zoomtext. You can still weigh in, or review the breakdown here:
https://poll.app.do/most-used-screen-readers

What is compatibility mode in MS Office?
https://www.dignited.com/65011/compatibility-mode-microsoft-office/

Some of the preceding links were found in the Top Tech Tidbits newsletter: find it online
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I have a hook-handled white cane, which is my preferred form, but the elastic is stretched out, which makes the bottom shaft somewhat flaccid (for some reasons, men always seem to sound a bit perturbed when they point this out to me, go figure).

Anyway, I have a golf handle cane which I am willing to use for parts; has anyone done something like this? is it worth taking the newer one apart?

Alternatively, the elastic seems to be basic bungie cord; does anyone know the specifics on what I should be looking for?

FYI, I tried searching on white cane supplier Web sites for repair kits, but the elastic only seems to be available in bulk, $100 a spool, and I have a lifetime's supply of new cane tips still in their plastic (is this the blind equivalent to wire hangers? because I'm pretty certain cane tips are replicating in the dark corners of my closets).