A totally blind 40-something-year-old married woman with an adult child. Interests include reading, loom knitting needle knitting, MUDs MUCKs, and other games I can play on the PC or phone. Hard-copy Braille is my favorite way of reading, refreshable Braille with my phone or computer is next, and audio content like human-narrated or text-to-speech is OK when there's no alternative.
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Last Notes npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…hqk5 Stick to one project at a time. I have four going and it is easy to get overwhelmed. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @Sobtanian This is why I have started a very very simple scarf that will never end. The first and last four stitches are k1, p1, then rest is knit. With stitch markers to tactilely remind me when to switch to the knit portion and then to the last four...This should make my other unicorn and dragon come along quite nicely. I now understand why a lady I knew once had a scarf in her car, for that kind of purpose.. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane I am trying to create an NVDA add-on to have a program read incoming chats. radegast_chat is the folder. Inside that folder I have manifest.ini I have a folder called appModules and inside that folder I have radegast.py npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…9huh This is exciting. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…qjt0 Merry Christmas npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…0lj9 Congratulations! I am not that brave to do color changes. Not intentionally... npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…aqq5 One thing I am also looking into, for giggles, coloring books. I hear they exist, raised ones we can color in, and I never really did that growing up. So I am curious. But that will have to wait till we are settled... npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…aqq5 Stickers are cool. What I want is tactile stickers that won't wear out, whenever I get a new phone and case. And i have no idea if that exists...But I want animals. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…aqq5 Perhaps you can buy a case and get help making it all fun like you want? npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c OH yes, very grateful. Losing a month of school when I got the chicken pox was no fun. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c It's freaking common sense! When I had my kid I made darned sure she got all her vaccines. No hesitations. I was shocked to learn they have a vaccine for chicken pox now...well, back in the early 2000s npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane When placing a lifeline in your work, how do you keep the thread *in*? Like I put the thread through the first stitch, tried to go to the second stitch and the thread just came out. Very frustrated. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…npxa Oh I know it's just expressing frustration. I just ... as usuall ... went all serious... Oops. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…npxa Cons are so not worth it. Arrest, life in prison, no friends afterwards.... npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…npxa It is. Don't do it. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…pye9 OMG you picked an awesome narrator!~~ I so cannot wait! npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…npxa Stand strong! npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c How do you find them? I have an account there but have no idea how to find what I want. LOL npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c And it won't matter what kind of yarn I use for that long as it's an OK color. Right! npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c It really is gonna be experimental, I don't have proper sock yarn. LOL npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…eag4 Huh! I was told that when I was an angsty teen, and I never bothered to try and find out if it was true. I just sort of checked out after that. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…eag4 I don't know of anyone who is deaf or hard of hearing because of so-called spiritual stuff. I suppose they are going to say, like some people said to me about my blindness, that blindness is visited on us as punishment for the sin our of families some seven generations back, too. I'd be very careful with what they are trying to seel you. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…eag4 Um...they have it *wrong* npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I am feeling brave. I just bought myself a set with several sizes of DPNs to experiment with. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane Hey [email protected] ... You're a knitter and you've done socks and given me some helpful advice on yarns and needles and I am considering doing just a basic pair to show myself I can. I wear size 8 shoes, so how do I figure out the length of the foot and how many stitches around for the heel and then the rest of the leg? #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane Looking for a shawl I can make with bulky green yarn. Is such a thing even practical? #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I have it, but I am scared! I don't have the right sized needles...nor the right yarn, and I imagine it's *not* cheap...but I have time. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c Oh, that is so cool! Wish I had the skills! Can you send me the pattern so I can look at it and see if I can even attempt it? npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c As for bamboo, I keep getting splinters, and I can't figure out why. I thought of getting some and trying again, but they seem to splinter on my hands or split the yarn. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I ended up starting over, because I have no idea what darning is or how to do it. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane Argh! My blanket was coming along *soooooo* well. Only to discover there's a giant hole, that ... grr...knitting back all those rows? Just ugh! So, now to decide if I start over *again* or ... what. I was so happy with it, too... npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I plan on ordering some after Christmas. I have a pattern for no-seam-socks, and boy, am I glad I found it. The thought of sewing is just too much... npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I am looking into knitting socks...but I don't have the right needles. No DPNs, and I don't have good ones for magic loop. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @nprofile…8t0c I tried yarn, but that backfired. LOL. I didn't know there were rubber markers. I'll need to look into those. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane I found stitch markers. Small metal rings that fit over the needle. Now my problem is knitting the stitch after the marker is placed without getting yarn wrapped around the marker and getting it stuck in the project. Am I making sense? Anyway, trying to figure out how to manage this. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane If a knitting pattern tells you it's OK to use stitch markers, use them. I am finding this out the hard way. Let me tell you, counting all those stitches by feel and making sure the squares are aligned is a pain in the butt. Now to find stitch markers that I can move from needle to needle. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1qjr…kgt0 A year of advocating? That's dedication! I am so glad you got the help you need! npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane There has got to be a better way, but so far the only thing I can think of to do so I can "look" at pictures with alt-text whenever I want is to do it old-school with HTML making a web page on the computer and just add new pictures to it whenever I find one I like. Or something. Surely there's something easier than that. Surely? npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub16hv…sz5u Hey I don't remember if I've ever said but I appreciate the picture descriptions. Have gotten a lot of good laughs out of them! npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane I wish I had a way to tag these so they could be filtered, but guess all I can put is picture or pic or something in a hash tag. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 Talk. I edited it after I realized I mis-spelled the word. LOL npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 You know, if this device could tsalk .. I'd consider it. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane O.M.G. I did it again. I cast on 328 stitches on my teeny needles. Welp. That's enough to make a huge blanket for my bed. #knitting npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1qjr…kgt0 I think I saw a pattern for it, but I dismissed it because I am bad at sewing straight by feel.. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane When you find the coolest scarf that looks like a cat. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 That's so funny, because I did that a little while ago. It *wasn't* that kind of email, but when in doubt, I pass it on to someone to check out. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aum…5jx0 I got a book by Jennifer Brozek and I got Schindler's List. Good reads. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1gaj…78dz It can hold strings, for sure. I am just on the basics. I think I just got confused because the author was clear to say think of it one way and that way is just not working right now. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane Feeling kind of stuck. And only on chapter two. It's variables. I never was good at algebra. #python npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1gaj…78dz Yeah, it'll be a good way for me to remember her, too. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane We're gonna make Grandma's bread for Thanksgiving--OK the night before, but still. Two loaves will actually be enough for us. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 Well, um, you see, I nearly broke a microwave. I mean I had the tea bag with the metal staple attaching it to a string in a mug in the microwave. It's a miracle it *didn't* get damaged. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 I used to microwave tea to make it. In college. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub1aka…zzz2 @npub1p67…y7hl People still have to make those orders, cook them or at least bag them so you can have the privilege of not having to talk to someone and feel all magical and special. There's still humans making the magic work. Most likely Even if you can't see them. npub1p4jy8q89nnmyvt3mykcm570u55nnw2hf6yjsn5rnzfx6a9ywt6zs8fvpd6 Jane @npub15ml…2w4s So, this is the character you and Merlin were talking about in the early episodes of Reconcilable Differences? I was listening to you explaining about Destiny with lots of interest. It's a game I would love but cannot play, because so visual and probably not accessible for totally blind people, but I love learning about it and hearing how it brings you so much joy is just great!