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I did this speech for my speech class. I did it more for my entertainment haha! I couldn't think of anything else, so here is the speech outline. haha! correct me if you find something idiotical.
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Labeling For Accessibility
Introduction: Many have asked me how I type on the computer, use a microwave, know the difference between two similar things, and so forth. And, I am sure that some of you are no doubt curious too, and it is a good question. As blind people need a way to use objects that everyone can use, and labeling is immensely helpful, making life easier and more blind friendly is good. There is a lot of things labeling can help blind people with such as microwaves, vending machines, telephones without a keypad not talking about cellphones as that's a different story, cards, different cords, computers, and keyboards. Most of these are impossible to bring inn and would require me to have a lot of sighted assistance. Therefore, I have brought in my external keyboard.
Thesis: there are many solutions and ways to label but today I'll only show you three ways and these are the most low cost efficient and easiest matterials to get hold of.
Preview: I will be discussing in the following few minutes with you all on how to label the keyboard I brought with me with sticky dots, some tape, and with a dimo labeler.
I. Method One: the ordinary everyday tape.
A. A piece of tape from your handy dandy tape deck that most people have lying around there house, no matter if it's thinner or wider.
B. Look at the object you have to label and figure out if you need thinner or wider tape if you have both.
C. If you only have the wider version of ttape you will need to trim it to fit on to the thing especially if it's a button so you don't impact anything else or can push it at all. (once I stuck it on a button and it overlapped on to the plastic board on my laptop and the button got stuck held down which became an issue.
D. Get a reasonable length piece of tape off of the roll of tape use the usual methods.
E. Check it in real time if it works on the button if not snip some off
F. And then stick it on.
II. A dot, the incredibly fun and useful high dots. Preferably and assuming that you have many sizes on you and that's the most effective way to buy dots is to buy many sizes because you never know how large your labeling surface is. A few times I was trying to stick a dot on a key that was a little too large for the key and hung off the side and you usually don't cut dots or don't want to. Some of them can't be cut, but these phome ones you probably can.
a. Determine which size you have to use and how big your surface is,
b. Maybe you have many textures and you want to categorize such as the hard phome ones are for this the soft phomy ones are for this the phelt ones is for this and the plasticy ones are for these or you can do sizes too or both.
c. Ppeal it off the paper and hold it by the sides,
d. Stick it on the surface
e. Press and hold for a minute so it sticks.
III. The dimo labeler
a. If you have to roll up the tape do that or if you have to put it in do that. Or you might have it in already.
b. Stick it in to the contraption and close the lid.
c. Spin the wheel to the letter you want to braille. And press down on the lever on the back
d. Hold it down for a second or two and release the tape should pop out a little. Repeat until finish typing.
e. Open lid and pull it out, use scissors to cut the dimo tape off a little after the braille.
f. Peal the back off
g. Stick it on to the surface
h. Hold it down for a second.
Conclusion: Now that I've shown you three ways of labeling a keyboard for excessibility I am hoping that you have learnt something both interesting and valuable. I also hope that you may be able to apply this skill one day or help someone else apply it if you are in that situation and can be a good neighbor and make things easier for people.