Your voice matters
The Living Blindfully community loves to share tips, tricks, concerns, product recommendations, and opinions of all kinds. It’s one of the aspects of the podcast that makes it special.
So, if you’ve heard something on the show you want to comment on, or you’d like to raise something new, don’t be shy. We welcome a diversity of perspectives on the show.
We receive many contributions, so here is a little information about the way we process them and what makes a contribution that we are likely to include.
In the time the show has been running, we have developed a culture of respectful discussion. It may be old-fashioned these days, but we believe it’s possible to disagree without being disagreeable. We will not air contributions that contain personal attacks.
Usually, we play contributions in the order they are received. Sometimes that means there could be a delay of several weeks between when you send your contribution in and when it gets played. However, we prioritise contributions about time-sensitive or topical issues.
Contribute in writing
You can send a written contribution to opinion at LivingBlindfully.com. Note, this email address is written so as not to attract the spam bots so you will need to write the correct address in your email client.
If you prefer, you can also send a text message via WhatsApp to +447874464152 or just click here from your mobile device to get in touch via WhatsApp.
It is important that you make your written contribution easy to read out loud by writing in complete sentences and spell checking it before sending. If you are dictating and dictation is likely to produce a lot of errors, we appreciate you taking the time to correct them. If you prefer to dictate, you may wish to send in an audio contribution instead, which gives us a variety of voices on the show.
Send us an audio contribution and let your voice be heard
We love getting audio from our listeners. There’s nothing quite like hearing the thoughts of our listeners in their own voices. There are three ways to contribute via audio.
Send us a WhatsApp audio message to +447874464152 or just click here from your mobile device to get in touch via WhatsApp.
You can also record on your smartphone or PC using any recorder app, and attach it to an email message. Our email address is opinion at LivingBlindfully.com. Note, this email address is written so as not to attract the spam bots so you will need to write the correct address in your email client.
Finally, if the above two options, which give superior audio quality, are difficult for you, you can call us on the phone and leave a voicemail. The number, in the United States, is +18646066736. Long distance or international charges may apply.
No matter how you send us audio, please record in a quiet environment with any background music turned off, think about what you’d like to say ahead of time and what will interest other listeners. By making a contribution, you agree that it may be edited for brevity and clarity.
Sending us a tech demo
It’s always great to get audio demos of apps or technology you think listeners might be interested in. Listeners enjoy this kind of content. If you are recording a demo, please ensure that your speech is set at a rate slow enough for people who are not familiar with the text-to-speech you are using to understand. Even our seasoned blind listeners may use a different text to speech engine from you. So, when in doubt, slow it down. If you have your speech set correctly, there is no need to repeat what your text-to-speech engine has just said. If it’s slow enough, we’ll get it the first time.
You and the technology you are demonstrating should never be talking at the same time. This makes it hard for listeners to hear and difficult for our transcriber. Make sure your text-to-speech stops talking before you start to.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you.