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[mmerriam]

musingaloud hit me with questions on the "ask me a question" post.

Here are your answers!

I do have some residual vision. I cannot see much of anything out of my right eye anymore, except light and shades of faded color with the occasional glimpses of real things. I only have 7 degrees of peripheral vision. It's a bit like looking through a toilet paper roll. If you are directly in front of me I can see you. Even better, it varies from day to day.

I don't use voice recognition software. I do touch type. I also use a screen reader program called JAWS for Windows for days when I'm having trouble seeing anything and set my monitor to high contrast for days when my vision is working as well as it works.

What happens is that you learn to pay more attention to your other senses. You learn how to actively use and interpret what you are hearing, smelling, and even air currents and temps in order to create a cognitive map of your surroundings.