# Are there any blind people on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137 "2003-10-18T02:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/1 "2003-10-18T02:30:29Z")
Back when I was a semi-serious web designer I learned all about accessibility requirements of the Web. It is, of course, possible to read the SDMB with a text-reader program. So, do we have anybody here accessing the Boards by that method? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/2 "2003-10-18T04:26:29Z")
Please type more loudly. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/3 "2003-10-18T04:46:36Z")
Does being blinded by the light, or blinded by science count? Oh, and I was medically blind until I had Lasik surgery… You pose an interesting question! Of course, at this point you’re still waiting for serious posters to reply. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/4 "2003-10-18T05:10:23Z")
Any replies is better than no replies! ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/5 "2003-10-18T05:18:12Z")
There’s this little fella: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/6 "2003-10-18T06:53:00Z")
I was under the impression that the vBulletin made it rather blind-unfriendly. I don’t have firsthand knowledge, though; I just remember reading it in another thread. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/7 "2003-10-18T09:47:27Z")
I’m legally blind without my glasses. I can focus at just about an inch from the bridge of my nose when I’m not wearing my glasses. WITH my glasses, my vision is just good enough for me to get a driver’s licence. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/8 "2003-10-18T09:50:17Z")
I’m blind in one eye. I got 20/40 in the other, 20/20 with glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/9 "2003-10-18T13:39:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*I’m legally blind without my glasses. \*\* Not according to [this site.](http://members.aol.com/twoeyedox/10great.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/10 "2003-10-18T14:06:40Z")
I have about the same visual range as you, **Lynn**. It’s impossible for me to ever leave my glasses anywhere- I can’t see at all without them. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-people-on-the-sdmb/208137/11 "2003-10-18T16:47:56Z")
I have the name, but not the vision. 🆒