Hello all. I am a 44 year old totally blind musician, singer, and songwriter. First, I want to thank my friend arucardX, for his kind words, and for helping me get set up here so that I can write to you folks. As for blind people, and their ability to communicate on the net, it is mostly done through the use of screen readers, (Jaws for Windos, Windo Eyes), are just a couple of which I'm aware. I'm sure the mac's have their versions as well. These reading voice programs have their limitations naturally. For example, those little capture boxes where you're supposed to put the "text you se in the box", my screen reader won't tell me what's there. There are a few other limitations as well, but I am able to brows the net, and I do all my musical recording on my computer. For me personally, braille is just too slow for the internet. I have learned to use a regular keyboard, and I can actually type about 60 words a minute. More when I'm wired hahahaha! This brings me to my next subject. Being old school, I have tried many diferent types of halucinigens. I can tell you first hand, that visuals are possible even for the totally blind. Well, I can se light and darkness, and if something blocks the light, I can se a blurry shape, but nothing that I can make out clearly. Under the influence of various antheogins, I have experienced sights such as various lights, which would change shapes and then melt in front of me. Once durring an experience with Salvia extract, I nearly became my rockingchair! I don't mean that I "melted in to it", I mean that if I hadn't jumpped out of it, I'd have turned in to the actual chair. I know that sounds crazy, but that's what happened. Naturally, sounds are a big part of my trip experiences, but I have seen somethings as well. I had a buddy that had his own light show setup, and we used to trip out on really good acid, (this was back in the early 80's when they still made it), and he'd shine these high powered lights through prisoms, and I saw all kinds of wild stuff. I believe I have seen color because of these experiences. I believe that music is a psychoactive thermostat if you will. It can take you to many diferent places depending on your surroundings, and a few other factors.I have had more experiences than I can write here, but I'll be glad to share with anyone interested in my adventures.
