Braille or Audio

[BlindTraveler]

Hello,

 

I am 100% blind. I am looking at taking a cruise or two within the next couple of years. I was wondering if I could get menus or the funtimes in a braille or audio format. Can I get anything else in braille or audio? Is there braille room numbers and braille throughout the ship? Should I be aware of anything else?

[momof3cruisers]

The room numbers are in Braille. On the elevators too. Haven't noticed anywhere else. I would suggest contact the Special Needs department. You could also post on the Disabled Cruisers board here on Cruise Critic.

[Ask4Jay]

@BlindTraveler

I am not aware of any assistive services on NCL. Which does not mean that there aren't any.

 

My vision is failing me; at this point I need to invert colors on my iPhone to be able to read printed material. There just isn't enough contrast. In the restaurant on board I take a picture of the menu page and enlarge it.

 

While that will not help you, my iPhone has an Accessibility Section, which includes Voice Over and a couple of Braille options. I have not explored them, but they may be of interest to you.

 

Maybe a demo by a genius in a near-by Apple Store may help.

[BlindTraveler]

Thank you. I am also having a hard time deciding on what cruise I want. lol

[easyboy]

While that will not help you, my iPhone has an Accessibility Section, which includes Voice Over and a couple of Braille options. I have not explored them, but they may be of interest to you.

 

Maybe a demo by a genius in a near-by Apple Store may help.

 

 

Good advice for us visually impaired. Thanks.

 

 

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[BlindTraveler]

ok?

[Rinalouise]

Hi don't know if this helps but on the Legend last year there was an audible version of the fun times on the tv in the cabin.

 

 

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[BlindTraveler]

It does. Thanks. I emailed someone from carnival but I never heard back yet.

[SadieN]

Contact the Special Needs desk

Here's the Special Needs website

 

https://www.carnival.com/about-carnival/special-needs.aspx

 

 

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[crusinpsychRN]

How do you read this?

[Ask4Jay]

@cruiingpsychRN

Loud and clear. On my iPhone with colors inverted, which is my default setting. White on black background, wonderful contrast. Does that answer your question ?

[crusinpsychRN]

@cruiingpsychRN

Loud and clear. On my iPhone with colors inverted, which is my default setting. White on black background, wonderful contrast. Does that answer your question ?

 

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[bakersdozen12]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

 

 

What he's talking about is that there is a setting in the Cruise Critic app that allows you to switch to what they refer to as "nighttime mode." I use it too because I have a sensitivity to bright lights due to floaters, so it helps me to be able to stare at a black background with white text rather than the opposite. Here's a screenshot:

 

 

 

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[BlindTraveler]

Thanks. I saw that before. It wasn't very clear on what I was wanting to know exactly.

[Ask4Jay]

@cruisingosychRN

I was responding to your question "How do you read this?"

After I responded, I wondered whether you meant to ask the OP. Or should I just have said "without moving my lips"with ? :) The pitfalls of written communication. We good?

[BlindTraveler]

Yeah we are.

[sc4125]

The Audible Funtimes on the TV has been available on all the ships I've been on in the last couple of years (at least). The CD's staff reads them every evening for the next day's events. Now, whether they read them clearly is another matter - my daughter was on the staff on the Glory last year - her reading voice (and pronunciations) were sometimes a bit muddled. I didn't listen to any of the other staff (you know proud Mama wanted to see and hear everything she was doing), but it was played over and over again..

[BlindTraveler]

Thanks. That is awesome. Does the tv have more than one channel?

[SadieN]

There are a variety of channels. Miami feed.

I rarely watch TV onboard but a few weeks ago DH was watching CNN, local Miami stations, channel guide, a movie channel, ship channel, Lido cam, bridge cam etc.

 

 

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[BlindTraveler]

Thanks.