Software, attraction and other reflections on comm

Thanks for all interesting comments. I think it's fair to say it was a rather interesting reading for me. So, to cure some curiousity and put some light onto some things, here's some answers and reflections:
First off, i think i try to explain about the software i'm using to read/write/flower or whatever:)
The software i'm using is called a Screen-reader and what it does is either showing text in braille, providing you have a braille display attached to the computer either by bluetooth, usb or serial port. The screen-reader comes allso with speech, which allows me to listen to what is being written with help of a tts-voice (a text-to-speech voice) which can be installed separately.
As for things that confuses the screenreader.... well, smileys works fine for me since they have a small tag on it telling me what it is for example a teddybear, a wave, dancing etc.
However, there are some things that can be a bit confusing, for instance if you send a picture or share it, the screenreader can not "look" and describe the pictures.
so, the best way to avoid such confusion is to put a tag on the picture, or describe it.
Speaking of pics, i apriciate the comment about my own, thanks:)
That leads us unexpectedly to one of the more complicated things to explain which originates from a comment as well.
As for physical attraction, well, let's take a look at an example:
As a sighted person, you enter a profile, look at the pics and maybe flower the person or send a message when you feel attracted to the pics you see, however as the writer of the comment allso stated, "it seems it works differently for different persons" and yes, it's probably true so maybe a sighted person allso does the same thing as i have to to at least get a sort of pic of the person i read about.
When i enter a profile i start by reading about the person behind it, what the person is looking for and lastly i read the info of the more physical nature like height, bodytype etc.
here's an interesting thing though and to avoid any confusion about this, i will give an example profile which i will use for you to give a hint of how i reflect and what i maybe act upon:
Let's assume the name of the profile is Tracy-37-uk
I enter the profile and look at the about and looking for stuff:
The first thing i notice, is a fact that states she is a quiet shy woman but can allso be bubbly and verry talkative as soon as she gets to know someone.
further more she don't write so much about her interests, however, she has a child and in the looking for-stuff she express a wish that the person who contacts her doesn't mind about the child and the person has allso to be patient.
ok, so what does that stuff telling me more than the obvious?
it's now things starts to get a bit complicated.
as a sighted person, you maybe not take all the facts this fake profile stated, in comparason to me, who actually does exactly that, take everything into concideration because i want to get a pic of her without asking someone else to describe her appearance for me because that wouldn't be my own opinion.
In order to make my own opinion i take everything i read into account when it comes to assembling the pic.
So, what exactly in all the information is telling me something about her?
firstly, the statement about being quiet shy woman tells me 2 things, apart from the obvious it allso tells me to be aware that making contact maybe takes time, perhaps for some reason or she is just like that.
secondly it allso tells me that she might just being shy for a spesiffic reason that might emerge in time, in other words, don't rush it:)
The second thing in the example about her having a child living with her, that's just something that speaks for itself, either you mind, or you don't. which i don't so i move allong.
as for the looking for-stuff it's just telling me nothing more than the obvious.
more coming soon... keep q:s coming:)
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Thank you for allowing us into your world as you see it.

I hadn't thought about posting pictures and how that translates for blind people using this site. I'll try and tag them with a description from now on.

I said on one of your other blogs that I work with a blind woman and your description here has left me thinking about how I can share visual things with her that maybe she's excluded from at times.

I've often thought I'd like to be a fly on her brain and see how her head works from the inside. laugh
The software sounds good & your lack of sight may well give you an insight when reading profiles that a sighted person lacks thumbs up wave
oh yes, i remember that now that you work with a blind woman. is she born blind and totally blind or has she become blind later in life? it may make a difference how to explain things, but i think we can get to terms with that when putting our heads together. do you have any speciffic things in mind as far as explanations goes?
zmountainman; yes the software is good as far as reading and writing goes. I have recently thought about the possibility of voice chats on the site, the only twist i guess is the capacity of servers etc. it would be a nice complement to reading as far as "seeing" the profile is concerned.
I'm guessing based on the fact we don't yet see the return of instant messenger on site that voice would be a step too far, but it wouldn't hurt to ask them, however there are several sites out there that I know a lot of members do use for voice so I can't see that being a problem once you've found someone to talk to, now finding that person is another thing and can take a while laugh beer
zmountain; haha, oh yea, i know about sites as well but instead of running arround to different sites it would be easy and fairly nice to get it here as well, i'll think about that.
hmm, well, takes a while to find one.... you're not wrong, a couple of years has passed now and my heart's still echoing.heart beating
jac, aha, i see, describing a picture can be a bit tricky depending upon the joke about it.
That's a good one with the record button thing
Whilst I can see the attraction of having voice on site my feeling is the site owners would have to weigh up the cost benefit ratio, bearing in mind it's a totally free site & they already give a server which is second to none, just compare page loading here with any of the big names & this site wins hands down every time for me, as I say it may be worth asking but I wouldn't hold your breath laugh rolling on the floor laughing laugh
mountainman;yepp i know exactly what you mean, however there are free sources for voice stuff, thanks jac for showing it.
a link is in my newer post and i am thinking about putting up a blogpost as voice, just for fun;)
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