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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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...
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...
I love it when I get email from readers. It's spawned blog posts before, and this time, well, it's going to happen again. This time though, I'm going to publish my reply for the world to see because, well, in truth, I'm a lazy human that...
I love it when I get email from readers. It's spawned blog posts before, and this time, well, it's going to happen again. This time though, I'm going to publish my reply for the world to see because, well, in truth, I'm a lazy human that...