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AccessSlice: accessible 3D printer software for blind users
A blind maker used Claude to build AccessSlice, software to make 3D printers and slicers usable with a screen reader.
Credits
- Reddit poster Mrblindguardian Source ↗
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The full story
The poster is completely blind and owns several 3D printers, starting with a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon. Frustrated by inaccessible slicers and printer touchscreens, he built AccessSlice with Claude, though he is not a professional programmer.
He says the application has to work with five slicers and actual printers. The post text available here does not say how well it works in practice.
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I’m 100% blind. I made a piece of software that lets fully blind people use commercial 3D printers aReddit poster: MrblindguardianPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
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