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It's been quite some time, hasn't it?
I'm certain it has, and at long last, I'm back with you all after about a month or so of quiet!
A lot has happened, and I think it might be an interesting experience to share it briefly.
So! Long story short:
I've bought a new Acer laptop, an Aspire M515-58A, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it, despite a few rather significant issues I’ve encountered.
I was absolutely thrilled, thinking, "Finally, I'll have more RAM, and everything will run faster. At last, I'll be able to try things I couldn’t before!" But first, I had to install Windows.
Normally, this process takes me no more than 15 minutes, even though I'm blind, but not on this machine:
I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to access the boot menu, which was unsuccessful. Then, I opened the BIOS and, with the help of Be My AI, managed to boot from my USB stick—a bit of an achievement, I must say!
All set, I thought, but alas, not today! I turned on Narrator, only to find that I couldn't hear anything at all. The storage driver wasn't loading too, so I attempted to load it manually with the assistance of a sighted person, but to no avail. I even tried loading other drivers, but that didn't help either. After all those struggles and puzzles, I eventually brought it to a service centre, and they sorted it out for me.
It's rather unfortunate to realise that I won't be able to reinstall Windows on my own, as I usually do each year to keep my gear in good shape. I've yet to find any solutions, and it's been a month since I purchased the laptop.
The laptop's grand, but let's move on!
I sat an exam to enrol at university, and though it was barely adapted for blind students, with the help of two assistants, I just about managed to finish it, even though I wasn’t allowed to use my own equipment.
I passed the exam, delt with all the bureaucracy - signing and re-signing papers - and yesterday, I officially became a student at Lviv Polytechnic National University.
Am I proud? Certainly, I am.
It's quite an accomplishment and the start of a whole new chapter in life, believe me!
I sincerely hope you're all doing well here, and I'll hopefully be posting occasionally with thoughts or whatever’s trending across the global internet!