Alex Man

Welcome to the website of Alex Man

A digital accessibility consultant, specialising in Assistive Technology for blind and visually impaired people.

What Is Accessibility?

Accessibility Is a Basic Human Right

A recent graduate of a masters in digital marketing, Alex wants to make the web a more inclusive and accessible place through blind Awareness blog posts, tutorials, tech articles, user testing and product design.
Alex is currently working at the Royal Society for Blind Children as their Assistive Technology Officer, training children and young people on the usage of technology so they can live a more independent life.
With a background in Creative Writing, he can promise that the content on here will be fun and engaging.

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Protected: Blind Hit – A sample of my female assassin story

The Relationship Dynamics of People with Blindness

Apple Wireless AirPods (a comprehensive Review)

Dear Media, Your Portrayal of Blind People Is Wrong

Interview With Edward Stern, Lead Games Writer from Splash Damage

I’m a Blind Guy Traveling All by Myself, Please HELP

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To the left is the screenshot of AlexKLMan's bio, on the right is an image of a hand holding a phone with the clubhouse app on the screen. on the top right is some graphic text that reads "is Clubhouse accessible?"

Does clubhouse exclude disabled people by design? A blind users measured response.

‘Oh boy, yet another social media platform’, I hear you say and hear your VoiceOver announce out loud as you read this line. It is

February 16, 2021 No Comments

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✋ Shut your Pi-hole Advertisers

Adverts, got to love them, from those that tells me hot sexy singles are waiting to chat to me, hot singles in East London, really?

August 21, 2020 No Comments

Use your Raspberry Pi as a Torrent Downloader

Ahhhhhh Torrents. For a lot of people, it’s a pirate’s dream, get the latest movies, music and software for absolutely free! But because you’re on

May 22, 2020 2 Comments

Access your Raspberry Pi Files on Windows Explorer

I’m often told that navigating in Linux isn’t the most straightforward of tasks, and typing out commands isn’t as easy as dragging and dropping. If

April 24, 2020 No Comments

Is it Accessible? | an accessibility technology Podcast for Blind Listeners

Hello hello, and welcome to the ‘Is It Accessible?’ podcast. Hosted by me, Alex Man, this is an informal show where I ramble on about

April 3, 2020 No Comments

Basic Linux Navigation and Commands for Raspberry Pi

Navigating the Raspberry Pi’s interface and knowing the commands can be quite daunting, it is very different to using arrows, hotkeys and mouse clicks on

April 1, 2020 No Comments

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