I think I fit this category because my right eye is totally blind from some weird birth defect and my left eye needs some correctional glasses for me to actually see anything. I can see, yes, but if I look at the computer screen for too long. I get head aches and the only other option for me is to use a text reader to know what’s on the screen. I also use a braille keyboard to write stuff because if I look at what I’m typing then I’ll be tempted to look at the computer screen which will only give me a head ache.

Now in regards to using your forum, it’s a little confusing at times. I know that three topics are pinned at the top and below are topics that move depending on what’s the latest. That’s the easy part, the hard part that I encountered, I’m not sure if other users experienced this. At the top it says “All categories” “Latest” “Top” “Categories”

What I find hard is that “All categories” and “Categories” are going to be read as the same thing when I use my text reader. I was thinking why it repeated? When I try to click the “All categories” it will read the topics, but it won’t have a description unlike if I click the “Categories” it will have a description. I don’t know about someone who can see the computer screen, but for me who can’t see the screen. I find both of those links confusing and my reader would keep on repeating the same thing.

The forum is easy to navigate because it’s not like the other forums that have advertisements popping somewhere or everywhere and since the page is simple the text reader is not reading me weird things that are not relevant to the page. When I click on a topic the first thing my reader will inform me is how many comments are there and since the software will automatically take you to the latest post, it was actually a breeze to use.

At the bottom there is a suggested topics that functions well, but when I reach this line “Want to read more? Browse other topics in” my reader would stop and for me to know what it is I have to click it. I don’t know why my reader stops reading that part.

The login and the sign up were easy to navigate, but the search option is weird. I know that there is a search option, but when I click it the reader doesn’t tell me if the pop out is out for me to start writing, so just skip that part. I’m not sure what is next to the search option because my reader doesn’t tell me what it was, so again I skip it.

If I log in there is a notification next to the search engine. That part works okay because if I click it my reader would actually just read what’s on it. I think there are other features that are usable in the forum, but my reader doesn’t pick it up so I might be skipping some things. I know there is a badge system because I received some, but I have no clue to where to find them or where my profile is. I’m not sure if there is a profile page on this forum?

That’s all I can say about my experience while using the CoG forum.