Sightless Scribbles
Sightless Scribbles
Robert Kingett
Meow. This is my blog and website. I'm scared of being famous but I love people sharing my work. I'm a totally blind, gay, author and accessibility consultant. I used to be legally blind. For more background, check out my about page.
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Listen to An Ode to the Perfectly Weighted Object. We live in a world that worships the sleek and the weightless. Laptops get thinner, phones lose their heft, and everything is made of some space-age polymer that feels like a hollow lie...
It should be noted that I utterly loathe corporations. It's important, though, to keep in mind when reading, that a corporation looks and acts very differently than a small business trying to do the right thing. In the corporate world,...
Listen to the 'Accessibility' Link is a Lie It should be noted that I utterly loathe corporations. It's important, though, to keep in mind when reading, that a corporation looks and acts very differently than a small business trying to...
Ever since younghood, we are taught that sound is intangible. It is a disturbance in the air, a vibration of molecules, a wave that travels from a source to our ears and is then processed by the brain. We are taught that it is massless,...
Listen to The Weight of A Voice Ever since younghood, we are taught that sound is intangible. It is a disturbance in the air, a vibration of molecules, a wave that travels from a source to our ears and is then processed by the brain. We...
I hope to give this letter to a special man, one day. I love you more than I love my books. Your cover is the one thing I look forward to each day. Your leather binding captivates my eye. Your words always keep me turning the pages,...
Listen to On Hearing in Color As a sighted reader, or a temporarily sighted reader, I can probably guess you have a different relationship to color than I do. Because you're a sighted person, you're told that color is a property of...
Listen to On Hearing in Color As a sighted reader, or a temporarily sighted reader, I can probably guess you have a different relationship to color than I do. Because you're a sighted person, you're told that color is a property of...
This is an excerpt from Pass the Salt I can't stop gaping at my sent messages. The number without a reply seems to grow every day. I look back at some of the older messages, wondering when I made that first introduction. I spot some...
This is an excerpt from Pass the Salt I can't stop gaping at my sent messages. The number without a reply seems to grow every day. I look back at some of the older messages, wondering when I made that first introduction. I spot some...
Listen to The Automated Labyrinth, and How I Slew the Minotaur. The modern world’s version of the Minotaur is not a half-man, half-bull. It is the automated phone system of your health insurance company. It lives in a labyrinth of menus...
Listen to The Automated Labyrinth, and How I Slew the Minotaur. The modern world’s version of the Minotaur is not a half-man, half-bull. It is the automated phone system of your health insurance company. It lives in a labyrinth of menus...
Listen to On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs Before we begin, I am in the USA, where levers are rare. Most people think of doorknobs as simple things. A bit of metal, maybe some ceramic or glass, bolted to a slab of wood. A...
Listen to On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs Before we begin, I am in the USA, where levers are rare. Most people think of doorknobs as simple things. A bit of metal, maybe some ceramic or glass, bolted to a slab of wood. A...
I don't have a quippy opening today. Today, I'm deeply upset! For those not in the know, I'm an author. I run a mailing list that also serves as a beta readers email list. I treat my beta readers very well, very well indeed. I give them...