Hello! My name is Jerry. I am legally blind, and love 3D printing! I am also the Media-Marketing Manager for a local non-profit that provides free services to the blind and visually impaired of our community. I loved this video and am excited to view what you have coming up!
Jerry, I am so happy to meet you! If you have any advice or suggestions of ways you've used 3D printing that is helpful to visually impaired people we would love to hear more. Reese and I have experiences, but she is not yet an adult so I would think there are things we might not have thought about or encountered yet. If you're interested in collaborating sometime in the future, please feel free to email us at sales@filamentstories.com. ❤❤
I think showing a 3D printed model that helps those who are blind is a great idea. Once or twice a month would be a great start! You daughter is so cool too! Thank you for sharing this video! You all are awesome!
The tactile aspect of 3D printing has been an unexpected bonus for me! You're not only a cool Mom, you've got a cool kid too! I love that she's able to share with her classmates and make for an enhanced experience!
This was an OUTSTANDING video, I very much look forward to more of them. The space you have curated for a studio is so nice, hopefully you can keep up with the increase in video production. While not visually impaired… beyond color blind, and lasik… helping other is what got me into creating and making. I would love to hear new ways to help that can make a big difference. Thank you and God Bless.
Hi Courtney, I resonated so hard to the pilgrim village map! My son is totally blind and I just spent an entire week converting a 10 puzzle escape room into braille - which only took him an hour to complete. You and your daughter's plan to use your platform to help others is amazing, particularly given the cost of much of the assistive options out there. ❤
Mihai, I was about to reply and then I realized it was you! Reese of course knows of you. What a lovely message though, I like that, "Welcome to RUclips". Thank you, my friend!
We have a daughter with down syndrome and have found several things to help her as learning aids for counting and reading. I love the limitless possibilities with 3d printing. Combine that with the desire to help others and it is a huge win. God bless you guys.
Jon, thank you so much! I will tell Reese about your message in the morning. She is excited about making more videos, but she has had a lot of school work her first year in middle school and we have been trying to make the time to plan what she wants to talk about and what we can do to make a video both interesting and fun. It always makes her feel full of pride to know people are interested in what we might have to say. Thank you so very much from the both of us!
Oh Mike, thank you. I am such a proud mother. This was hard for her to get here because accepting she'd lost her vision was tough. But wow, has she turned into someone who wants to tell a positive message. So proud of her!
@FilamentStories I have four kids and am getting them into 3d printing as well. Very cool you can use your platform to better not just your family but others. Keep it up and bless you and your family.
That's awesome! Love the story of how you got into 3d printing! I'm always looking for fun 3d prints for my daughter and her class. Seems like a great idea for a design contest would be to design educational models. Hearts, machines, etc.
So great to learn your story and to meet your cool duaghter! I am an occupational therapy student and my capstone project is 3d printing adaptive equipment for individuals with disabilities. This was a very inspiring video and made me realize i should reach out to the school for blind and visually impaired in my area to see what they may want! Thank you! ❤
Courtney, Wow!!! Such a great mom and teacher. Yes, a teacher, you are teaching all of us to open our hearts and minds. Our world needs more people like you. Keep up your great work and energy. Thanks!!!
I'm drooling over that closet of filament, haha!! I just built a a set of filament shelves from a model on Printables. As you mentioned this yourself, the massive amount of models that the community provides to each other for free or quite fair prices is just phenomenal and a huge part of the reason I got my first printer as well. Knowing I wouldn't be on my own was a big comfort. Thanks for sharing your story with us!
What an outstanding video. The story and the reason to get into 3d printing to help your daughter really touched me. I would never had thought of using a 3d printer to do just that. I'm in Australia and I have not heard of anything like this being done within school for the visually impaired and this would be a great way for those that are blind or visually impaired to understand what things in other country's like flora and fauna look like. You and your daughter are an inspiration so thank you for sharing your story with everyone and I'm glad I watched your vid after it popped up in my feed so again thank you from down under
Your daughter has a wonderful personality, and is obviously quite intelligent and intuitive. I’m glad that 3D printing can aid her in learning, and navigating life.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I told Reese about your message but I totally didn't respond! We miss you and want to come back to visit again. (We both had WAY too much fun in New York!)
Such a great, heartfelt vid. Brought a tear to this ole man's eyes. Thanks so much and Reece is so kewl! Well, you are also, but she is the star of this!
Oh how wonderful! We really hope we can share things that will be helpful. Or perhaps something that's just relaxing and fun. There are a lot less game options for blind people. Having fun is an important part of life, especially for children (and adults that don't want to grow up!)
Hey Ladies. You're awesome for doing this. Godspeed on the project. I am certain you're going to change the world for the better. Thank you very much for being a force for good in the world.
Thanks for sharing and having your wonderful daughter be part of the video. I have been a supporter of Sven for over a year- he is a genius of designing 3D printed things that work like magic. I found some Braille TrueType fonts when I was working on sign projects to 3D print
Very inspiring the both of you, I'm sure you will help loads of people out. 3d printing is a fantastic medium for it & I'm sure you will get loads of support from the community.
I tell all my 3d printing friends about you and your daughter. My (12yo) son is Autistic and loves Bubble Guppies so I'm learning so I can hopefully make toys for him as they don't make them anymore. Thank you and Reese so much for sharing your passion and joy!!!
1:02 - I was the same way - "what would I print?" - then I got a 3D printer for Christmas and have been printing nearly every day since . . . Also great uses of 3D printing, I never thought of it being so beneficial for someone who is blind, but it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing!
Courtney, I knew this would be coming soon, after talking with you at RMRRF last month. You told us you hoped to do this soon and it cleaned my eyes right out. The love we have for our children is tremendous. Sharing your love for your Daughter on camera is a big task and I hope it never feels like a burden on either of you. Thanks for sharing the video, and thanks for all involved at Filament Stories. Your videos are fantastic. You do a wonderful job with them.
(long read) Thank you for having Reese on and for sharing her story and how you got into 3D printing. I love these stories and think they're important to share as people often don't realize the importance or affects of something until it's told to them. And then to reinforce it by talking about it more frequently then one off videos. But importantly for this one, that Reese came to you to tell you she's ready. There are so many stories that are now coming to light about early content creators/streamers involving their kids and the kids, now young adults or older, going "I don't want to be involved in these. Take the videos/streams down". Combined with history of how those with disabilities are treated, stereotyped, etc. and to have Reese do this of her own accord means a lot. Her interactions and what she talks about reminds me of the WeThe15 ad campaign where it's a number of individuals explaining "we're just normal people." The comments on this video show that too, as people are identifying with how you got into the field and participating in a similar way. It reminds me of some comments I made years ago: how well do our slicers work for screen readers? How accessible are the screens/apps for our printers? Is there a way to make repairs/maintenance/and usage of a printer easier if not fully possible for someone with a visual impairment, problems hearing, limited motion, etc.? A big moment I know was people asking how to use braille and similar in PrusaSlicer's text tool and they indicated "it's just a font" and even demoed it. There is much to do and I don't see the cheaper brands doing R&D so they aren't going to do it, and the more expensive/premium brands are currently beating each other's communities over trivial technicalities... so it's not looking good. But more progress and visibility are good and hopefully inspire people to take a moment and go "let me add the alt text to a pic on Twitter" "let me add some tactile elements to that model so it can be assembled without needing eyesight or fine motor skills" and hopefully "let's make the tools we use more accessible" I put this at the end because otherwise it felt like I was trying to talk about my own experiences instead of the video... I know this "how I got started" story. I got into programming out of interest, out of having family who did it to an extent, and out of a desire to try and create/modify video games. And then my aunt made a comment at a family gathering. My younger cousin was born and lived what is often called a normal life for nearly 3 years. Then one day... like a switch, he stopped being normal. He was diagnosed as non-verbal autistic and my aunt's family had to adapt and change. They didn't have the money, the space, the environment. My uncle was in denial for a number of years. A non-verbal autistic individual doesn't operate the same as an able-bodied/minded individual, and so they shouldn't be expected to learn and interact like them. One place this comes in is PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System). Best worded as a series of (copyright) cartoon/pictures to explain everything. How they feel, what they want, for identification, and more. Notice that (copyright) part... they are expensive. And also, they're not convenient in the modern computer era, having a small backpack of containers, each with a category of cards. My aunt would ask what my cousin wanted, my cousin would pull out a sleeve, take out a card, and attach one or more to a board to make a sentence. Tablets exist for this, but they were going for $10k or more, and that's before you pay for the digital versions of PECS themselves. So, to the point, my aunt told us about how expensive it all was and I stopped what I was doing for a few months and worked on my own digital version of the software. Literally able to perform the container -> individual card selection and then a button that would do text to speech so my cousin could speak. Unfortunately, that software was on a hard drive that crashed and my aunt informed me that as great as it was, she couldn't afford to get the real cards which are used for teaching. So just grabbing pictures off the internet was out of the options as my cousin wouldn't recognize them. Years later, I came across a tweet from Grafit and Irblinx talking about the CogniTimer (RUclips doesn't like links in comments, find it on Printables) which is a visual way to explain time to someone who doesn't understand numbers. There's a nice little writeup about it on the page. My aunt loved it, though I didn't follow up if it got any use outside of me explaining it. While I am also diagnosed on the spectrum, I have the high-functioning Asperger's Syndrome and can generally live a normal life. But it still is some area that I fixate on. My cousin learned late in life they have celiac disease? I became very focused on food allergies (and very easily annoyed over avoiding foods simply because it makes someone feel better, as it has meant friends and family now can't trust "gluten free" and other dietary restrictions because "feels better" means "don't need to be as strict". Some flour in a roux is fine for "feels better" but can leave my cousin doubled over in pain). I became focused on accessibility in my fiend of tech, watching the Paraloympics, and more. It became a thing that grabbed my attention and I want to do what I can to make sure those people can live a normal life as opposed to me expecting them to do more to get to the same level as me. And my last point, is that's kinda the hook of 3D printing. To repeat a quote my family and friends have heard me say: it's not about what I'm going to do, it's about the potential of what it can do. Don't get a 3D printer only when you think of a reason for it, get one so that you can see where it has been used or can be used. Not everyone can 3D model, but if you try, you may have 3D printing become a hammer and everything else a nail. It's a family member telling me that their young kids (in this case, 4 y/o) decided it would be fun to hide the cabinet mount for a compost bin... and 3D printing one based off pics alone so it didn't become trash. It's making a stand for something that didn't fit with a commercial solution, or decor that require more time or tools then I care to deal with (yes yes, some PVC and wood can do a job 10 times better and faster then a 3D printer can, but I can press print and walk away and have it be done when I come back later... can't do that with PVC and wood). I now have a number of friends with 3D printers, not because they went "I want a 3D printer" even though they saw them online, at Maker Faires, etc. But because they came over my home and I went "check this out", they asked about something, and within minutes I had started a print for what they asked about. It was that moment they realized where it fit in for them. Once you find a fit, the pieces all come together. Thanks to you and Reese for the story and background, and for possibly bringing a bunch of spread out people together in a place they can interact with others in similar situations.
Great video Courtney, I really enjoyed getting to know more about you, your family, and your story getting into 3D Printing. In the future, though, I might not run the MK4 in the background, because it's quite loud in the headphones :) Keep up the good work
@@FilamentStories Im so used to the sound of 3d printers, I don't hear a thing. Id gladly listen to you, your daughter and the gentle hum of a printer any day! Keep up the great work!
Hi this is Aditi here I am so happy you are sharing Reese’s sorry and that you would not let anything stand in her way of being a successful young woman.
That is so cool, it's practical, fun and educational. I'm very impressed with how passionate you are with 3D printing and all these things about tactile feel and such that i never thought of until now. 👍
Hi! My name is Andrea, from Italy. I lost most of mi sight on my late twenties, going legally blind. I stumbled upon this great video right now since I just bought with some frinds of our local national blind association to support visually impaired and blind people, especially childs, and I was wandering the internet to found some info about this topic! I was exaclty looking for the same path turning litophanes into tactile images! We are totally new to the 3d printing world and this very week I am starting some basics but we are fast learners. Thank you so much for involving your levely daughter and keep up this amazing serie! Let's keep in touch!
This is a great and inspiring story! I am pretty new to the world of 3d printing, and I am constantly amazed by how many uses to help people there are!
Joe, thank you!!! I am still catching up on messages (my life has been crazy the last two weeks) and I am just seeing this. You are a total rock star! I can't wait to Tell Reese when she gets home. ❤❤
How interesting for me to happen across your channel and this video in particular, as I am a sighted person who as a kid went to school with a couple of blind kids, and I became so fascinated with Braille that I taught myself (at about 10 or 11) to read and write it. This was late 70s and I'm pushing 60 now and I still do it. Just for myself...I've remained in love with Braille for all these years! I've now become a 3D printing enthusiast (more like casual hobbyist), and in my searches for interesting things to print, I've actually specifically looked for Braille-related items. Some folks have come up with some cool things...even some Braille slates! Love it!
Oh my stars I love this!!! My oldest isnt visually impaired, but due to a stroke at birth there are some definite deficits that i think 3d prints could help fill out!
This video is the best thing ever! Better than all the 3d printed lessons and reviews .. love the idea. There should be more channels with 3d printing and people with special disabilities and talents
Loved your idea. I'd do something like you in my country. I have experience in 3D modelling & recently started 3D printing. I'll keep following your videos & ideas. And, I'll share my ideas too. Love & respect for you. ❤
I absolutely love this! Thank you for sharing your story. My husband and mom are both blind and went blind late in life so I try so hard to make life accessible to them. Now I might invest in a 3D printer.
Thanks for sharing! Your daughter is blessed to have you as you are her. This is all so intuitive and helpful! Your enthusiasm is palpable and I’m glad to see your passion Side note: she’s so cute 11:12 !!! She’ll be so wise. Her little voice and humor/wit 🥰💕 such a sweet middle schooler you have
Your shorts are so wholesome and inspiring. I’ve been building my studio for the past 3 years and 3D Printing is a branch that I would love to integrate. You make it simple, love it.
I to have a blind daughter, alas she is older and out of school now. We so would have used this if it had been available to us if we could have. Thank you for inspiring others.
My capstone for 3d design and printing degree was creating a braille fidget toy! I had lots of fun making it and I learned so much about blindness and lack of accessable education for people with vision impairment. I LOVE this idea and if you need any design help let me know! I ultimately want to make a fully 3d printed braille machine! If you have any insight I'd love to here it. Much love
I have to say and you dont know this but you and your daughter and another creator in this community @loyalmoses are the reasons i have dived into this world and purchased 2 printers and filaments and such. I wouldnt have pulled the trigger on getting into it if it wasnt for you. Ive started my own channel and i want to thank you. Ive started my own comp to help focus on things for special needs and those with disability's. I am on the start of this journey but i wouldn't even be at that if it wasnt for yall and loyal. of course i do plan to make plenty of the cool toys and trinkets. Again thank you and you are apart of my bucket list. love to meet yall some day as i want to me loyal as well. Also love the work you did with 3dprenty. another awesome creator. thank you for introducing me to his channel as well. Thank you.. Would be a honor if yall joined my journey. Yall have a fan for life and viewer for life.. And your the super cool people..
You guys are so sweet, I’m looking forward to this series! I’m at that age now where I’m getting Nephews and Nieces and I’d love to know this stuff to prepare for anything :)
Terry, thank you so much! We are reading every comment to Reese. I thought this was going to be hard for her, but she has been so happy to hear so many supporting comments. She is excited about doing more videos and sharing ways 3D printing can help visually impaired people. As a parent, I am SO proud of her. I will pass on your kind message and support!
Congratulations to you all for sharing your story AND for kicking-off a sub-series of videos of 3D prints for the visually impaired! I know not all of them can be about miniature buildings, but I'd be honored if one of them is and I can help you!!!
Thanks for sharing this touching story with us. I think it must have been an difficult decision to do or not. (Since I also have a daughter) Media give a child sooo much option to learn, experience and share but it unfortunately also has room for negative items. Looking forward to see your journey on that!
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Hello! My name is Jerry. I am legally blind, and love 3D printing! I am also the Media-Marketing Manager for a local non-profit that provides free services to the blind and visually impaired of our community. I loved this video and am excited to view what you have coming up!
Jerry, I am so happy to meet you! If you have any advice or suggestions of ways you've used 3D printing that is helpful to visually impaired people we would love to hear more. Reese and I have experiences, but she is not yet an adult so I would think there are things we might not have thought about or encountered yet. If you're interested in collaborating sometime in the future, please feel free to email us at sales@filamentstories.com. ❤❤
I think showing a 3D printed model that helps those who are blind is a great idea. Once or twice a month would be a great start! You daughter is so cool too! Thank you for sharing this video! You all are awesome!
The tactile aspect of 3D printing has been an unexpected bonus for me! You're not only a cool Mom, you've got a cool kid too! I love that she's able to share with her classmates and make for an enhanced experience!
I'm so amazed at all the wonderful support from people! Reese is already preparing what we're going to do next!!
This was an OUTSTANDING video, I very much look forward to more of them. The space you have curated for a studio is so nice, hopefully you can keep up with the increase in video production. While not visually impaired… beyond color blind, and lasik… helping other is what got me into creating and making. I would love to hear new ways to help that can make a big difference. Thank you and God Bless.
Hi Courtney,
I resonated so hard to the pilgrim village map! My son is totally blind and I just spent an entire week converting a 10 puzzle escape room into braille - which only took him an hour to complete. You and your daughter's plan to use your platform to help others is amazing, particularly given the cost of much of the assistive options out there. ❤
What a heartwarming story! Thanks for sharing this with us! It means so much!🥰
Hello Reese, welcome to RUclips! 🥳
Mihai, I was about to reply and then I realized it was you! Reese of course knows of you. What a lovely message though, I like that, "Welcome to RUclips". Thank you, my friend!
Outstanding video! You are a wonderful mother!! Very inspirational... your daughter is amazing and one of the coolest people!
We have a daughter with down syndrome and have found several things to help her as learning aids for counting and reading. I love the limitless possibilities with 3d printing. Combine that with the desire to help others and it is a huge win. God bless you guys.
My heart goes out to you and your daughter finding ways to make learning easier and fun while also improving the lives of others.
Jon, thank you so much! I will tell Reese about your message in the morning. She is excited about making more videos, but she has had a lot of school work her first year in middle school and we have been trying to make the time to plan what she wants to talk about and what we can do to make a video both interesting and fun. It always makes her feel full of pride to know people are interested in what we might have to say. Thank you so very much from the both of us!
Awesome!!!!! Thank you for sharing
❤❤❤❤❤ got me tearing up great story!!!
Oh Mike, thank you. I am such a proud mother. This was hard for her to get here because accepting she'd lost her vision was tough. But wow, has she turned into someone who wants to tell a positive message. So proud of her!
@FilamentStories I have four kids and am getting them into 3d printing as well. Very cool you can use your platform to better not just your family but others. Keep it up and bless you and your family.
That's awesome! Love the story of how you got into 3d printing! I'm always looking for fun 3d prints for my daughter and her class. Seems like a great idea for a design contest would be to design educational models. Hearts, machines, etc.
I discovered your channel through RUclips Shorts and this is the first video I see from your channel.
Heartwarming video.
KUDOS from Barcelona.
Hooray for Shorts! I'm glad you found us. Thank you for the kind words!
So great to learn your story and to meet your cool duaghter! I am an occupational therapy student and my capstone project is 3d printing adaptive equipment for individuals with disabilities. This was a very inspiring video and made me realize i should reach out to the school for blind and visually impaired in my area to see what they may want! Thank you! ❤
Courtney,
Wow!!! Such a great mom and teacher. Yes, a teacher, you are teaching all of us to open our hearts and minds. Our world needs more people like you.
Keep up your great work and energy.
Thanks!!!
Just beautiful! 💕💕💕
Thank you for sharing your story Reese!! I’m really looking forward to this video series!!
Also the one day notice on big projects is classic haha
Thank you so much Krizia! Reese is so amazed with all the positive comments from people. She's already planning the next video!
How wonderful and uplifting! God be praised!!
Such a cool and special way to make your daughter’s learning really immersive!
I'm drooling over that closet of filament, haha!! I just built a a set of filament shelves from a model on Printables. As you mentioned this yourself, the massive amount of models that the community provides to each other for free or quite fair prices is just phenomenal and a huge part of the reason I got my first printer as well. Knowing I wouldn't be on my own was a big comfort.
Thanks for sharing your story with us!
Amazing! 👍
What an outstanding video. The story and the reason to get into 3d printing to help your daughter really touched me. I would never had thought of using a 3d printer to do just that. I'm in Australia and I have not heard of anything like this being done within school for the visually impaired and this would be a great way for those that are blind or visually impaired to understand what things in other country's like flora and fauna look like. You and your daughter are an inspiration so thank you for sharing your story with everyone and I'm glad I watched your vid after it popped up in my feed so again thank you from down under
This is amazing! I love how you're creatively making things easier and more fun. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Your daughter has a wonderful personality, and is obviously quite intelligent and intuitive. I’m glad that 3D printing can aid her in learning, and navigating life.
Hi Reese! You did AWESOME! ❤❤❤ -Love, Britt and Fox
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I told Reese about your message but I totally didn't respond! We miss you and want to come back to visit again. (We both had WAY too much fun in New York!)
That is a great story, thanks for sharing! I’ve been following your channel for awhile, and it’s great to hear your background on how you got started.
I love it. Thank you! Thank you for sharing this with us. Looking forward to the videos!
Reese is so excited about what to do next. She's already planning the next video!
Such a great, heartfelt vid. Brought a tear to this ole man's eyes. Thanks so much and Reece is so kewl! Well, you are also, but she is the star of this!
Brilliant!
An aspect I never thought of. Am excited to do some projects for a friend of my daughter. Thanks so much.
Oh how wonderful! We really hope we can share things that will be helpful. Or perhaps something that's just relaxing and fun. There are a lot less game options for blind people. Having fun is an important part of life, especially for children (and adults that don't want to grow up!)
Love this video! ❤️
Reese is wonderful on camera and I think she will inspire so many people 😊
Thanks Marsgizmo! When I told Reese about all the comments from people she said, "Amaze! Amaze!" Rocky is a such family favorite!
Wow!! This is just an amazing story, and video (...and the filament closet)!
What a wonderful story!!! Looking forward to seeing many more stories from you and your very cool daughter :)
Thank you for sharing your ideas and help people around you. It was nice to see you both.
Hey Ladies. You're awesome for doing this. Godspeed on the project. I am certain you're going to change the world for the better.
Thank you very much for being a force for good in the world.
Thank you so much. We are reading all the comments to Reese and she is very humbled by all the wonderful support and can't wait to do the next video!
Thanks for sharing and having your wonderful daughter be part of the video. I have been a supporter of Sven for over a year- he is a genius of designing 3D printed things that work like magic. I found some Braille TrueType fonts when I was working on sign projects to 3D print
This was an amazing video! Super eye opening to me on the value 3d printing can bring to visually impaired folks!
Mother of a kind! Heartwarming!
Keep up your great work!
This is so wholesome keep it up!
Thank you for your video,You seem like a wonderful person and Awesome Mom.Keep up the great work.
Thank you for such kind words. I'm so proud of Reese and she can't wait to do more videos!
Very touching!!! 🤔😯😁
Beautiful ladies❤
I can’t wait to see the results of your project. Oh, wait…….There. Subscribed!!
Hooray! Thanks for the subscribe. I can't wait to see what Reese decided to do in the future-she has lots of plans!
Great job Reese! Can’t wait to watch all your videos!
Very inspiring the both of you, I'm sure you will help loads of people out.
3d printing is a fantastic medium for it & I'm sure you will get loads of support from the community.
I tell all my 3d printing friends about you and your daughter. My (12yo) son is Autistic and loves Bubble Guppies so I'm learning so I can hopefully make toys for him as they don't make them anymore. Thank you and Reese so much for sharing your passion and joy!!!
kids are a great way of getting into 3D printing. My youngest has a feeding pump, so I've been printing stuff related to that recently
1:02 - I was the same way - "what would I print?" - then I got a 3D printer for Christmas and have been printing nearly every day since . . .
Also great uses of 3D printing, I never thought of it being so beneficial for someone who is blind, but it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing!
I think her video is amazing!! As a sighted person, there are probably so many things I don't even think about. Thank you so much for sharing this! :)
Courtney, I knew this would be coming soon, after talking with you at RMRRF last month. You told us you hoped to do this soon and it cleaned my eyes right out. The love we have for our children is tremendous. Sharing your love for your Daughter on camera is a big task and I hope it never feels like a burden on either of you.
Thanks for sharing the video, and thanks for all involved at Filament Stories. Your videos are fantastic. You do a wonderful job with them.
Beautiful video! I hope it reaches many people
Reese seems really cool. Regardless of her being visually impaired, she seems like an awesome addition to the channel!!❤❤🎉
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Thank you for having Reese on and for sharing her story and how you got into 3D printing. I love these stories and think they're important to share as people often don't realize the importance or affects of something until it's told to them. And then to reinforce it by talking about it more frequently then one off videos. But importantly for this one, that Reese came to you to tell you she's ready.
There are so many stories that are now coming to light about early content creators/streamers involving their kids and the kids, now young adults or older, going "I don't want to be involved in these. Take the videos/streams down". Combined with history of how those with disabilities are treated, stereotyped, etc. and to have Reese do this of her own accord means a lot. Her interactions and what she talks about reminds me of the WeThe15 ad campaign where it's a number of individuals explaining "we're just normal people." The comments on this video show that too, as people are identifying with how you got into the field and participating in a similar way.
It reminds me of some comments I made years ago: how well do our slicers work for screen readers? How accessible are the screens/apps for our printers? Is there a way to make repairs/maintenance/and usage of a printer easier if not fully possible for someone with a visual impairment, problems hearing, limited motion, etc.? A big moment I know was people asking how to use braille and similar in PrusaSlicer's text tool and they indicated "it's just a font" and even demoed it. There is much to do and I don't see the cheaper brands doing R&D so they aren't going to do it, and the more expensive/premium brands are currently beating each other's communities over trivial technicalities... so it's not looking good. But more progress and visibility are good and hopefully inspire people to take a moment and go "let me add the alt text to a pic on Twitter" "let me add some tactile elements to that model so it can be assembled without needing eyesight or fine motor skills" and hopefully "let's make the tools we use more accessible"
I put this at the end because otherwise it felt like I was trying to talk about my own experiences instead of the video...
I know this "how I got started" story. I got into programming out of interest, out of having family who did it to an extent, and out of a desire to try and create/modify video games. And then my aunt made a comment at a family gathering. My younger cousin was born and lived what is often called a normal life for nearly 3 years. Then one day... like a switch, he stopped being normal. He was diagnosed as non-verbal autistic and my aunt's family had to adapt and change. They didn't have the money, the space, the environment. My uncle was in denial for a number of years. A non-verbal autistic individual doesn't operate the same as an able-bodied/minded individual, and so they shouldn't be expected to learn and interact like them. One place this comes in is PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System). Best worded as a series of (copyright) cartoon/pictures to explain everything. How they feel, what they want, for identification, and more. Notice that (copyright) part... they are expensive. And also, they're not convenient in the modern computer era, having a small backpack of containers, each with a category of cards. My aunt would ask what my cousin wanted, my cousin would pull out a sleeve, take out a card, and attach one or more to a board to make a sentence. Tablets exist for this, but they were going for $10k or more, and that's before you pay for the digital versions of PECS themselves. So, to the point, my aunt told us about how expensive it all was and I stopped what I was doing for a few months and worked on my own digital version of the software. Literally able to perform the container -> individual card selection and then a button that would do text to speech so my cousin could speak. Unfortunately, that software was on a hard drive that crashed and my aunt informed me that as great as it was, she couldn't afford to get the real cards which are used for teaching. So just grabbing pictures off the internet was out of the options as my cousin wouldn't recognize them.
Years later, I came across a tweet from Grafit and Irblinx talking about the CogniTimer (RUclips doesn't like links in comments, find it on Printables) which is a visual way to explain time to someone who doesn't understand numbers. There's a nice little writeup about it on the page. My aunt loved it, though I didn't follow up if it got any use outside of me explaining it. While I am also diagnosed on the spectrum, I have the high-functioning Asperger's Syndrome and can generally live a normal life. But it still is some area that I fixate on. My cousin learned late in life they have celiac disease? I became very focused on food allergies (and very easily annoyed over avoiding foods simply because it makes someone feel better, as it has meant friends and family now can't trust "gluten free" and other dietary restrictions because "feels better" means "don't need to be as strict". Some flour in a roux is fine for "feels better" but can leave my cousin doubled over in pain). I became focused on accessibility in my fiend of tech, watching the Paraloympics, and more. It became a thing that grabbed my attention and I want to do what I can to make sure those people can live a normal life as opposed to me expecting them to do more to get to the same level as me.
And my last point, is that's kinda the hook of 3D printing. To repeat a quote my family and friends have heard me say: it's not about what I'm going to do, it's about the potential of what it can do. Don't get a 3D printer only when you think of a reason for it, get one so that you can see where it has been used or can be used. Not everyone can 3D model, but if you try, you may have 3D printing become a hammer and everything else a nail. It's a family member telling me that their young kids (in this case, 4 y/o) decided it would be fun to hide the cabinet mount for a compost bin... and 3D printing one based off pics alone so it didn't become trash. It's making a stand for something that didn't fit with a commercial solution, or decor that require more time or tools then I care to deal with (yes yes, some PVC and wood can do a job 10 times better and faster then a 3D printer can, but I can press print and walk away and have it be done when I come back later... can't do that with PVC and wood). I now have a number of friends with 3D printers, not because they went "I want a 3D printer" even though they saw them online, at Maker Faires, etc. But because they came over my home and I went "check this out", they asked about something, and within minutes I had started a print for what they asked about. It was that moment they realized where it fit in for them.
Once you find a fit, the pieces all come together. Thanks to you and Reese for the story and background, and for possibly bringing a bunch of spread out people together in a place they can interact with others in similar situations.
Wow. Congratulations. Your daughter is amazing
Great video! I loved the podcast you did and having Reese introduced in your channel is exciting. I'm looking forward to more of these.
Great video Courtney, I really enjoyed getting to know more about you, your family, and your story getting into 3D Printing. In the future, though, I might not run the MK4 in the background, because it's quite loud in the headphones :) Keep up the good work
Oh I know! One of the drawbacks to my print room and “studio” in the same space- that is a 60 hour print going there!
@@FilamentStories Im so used to the sound of 3d printers, I don't hear a thing. Id gladly listen to you, your daughter and the gentle hum of a printer any day! Keep up the great work!
Hi this is Aditi here I am so happy you are sharing Reese’s sorry and that you would not let anything stand in her way of being a successful young woman.
Aditi Hello! Reese got your message earlier but Chris didn't respond to say she saw it!
This is far beyond wonderful, I love this, major props.
That is so cool, it's practical, fun and educational. I'm very impressed with how passionate you are with 3D printing and all these things about tactile feel and such that i never thought of until now. 👍
As a teacher, I love this! Thank you and looking forward to seeing more!
Hi! My name is Andrea, from Italy. I lost most of mi sight on my late twenties, going legally blind.
I stumbled upon this great video right now since I just bought with some frinds of our local national blind association to support visually impaired and blind people, especially childs, and I was wandering the internet to found some info about this topic!
I was exaclty looking for the same path turning litophanes into tactile images!
We are totally new to the 3d printing world and this very week I am starting some basics but we are fast learners.
Thank you so much for involving your levely daughter and keep up this amazing serie! Let's keep in touch!
3d printing vids on mobility assistance for dogs with bad hips or missing limbs would be cool too. Thanks for sharing your story
This is a great and inspiring story! I am pretty new to the world of 3d printing, and I am constantly amazed by how many uses to help people there are!
awesome!
Thanks!
Joe, thank you!!! I am still catching up on messages (my life has been crazy the last two weeks) and I am just seeing this. You are a total rock star! I can't wait to Tell Reese when she gets home. ❤❤
She's adorable!
I loved the "hahaha... I mean 'sorrrrrry'!"
That had me in stitches
How interesting for me to happen across your channel and this video in particular, as I am a sighted person who as a kid went to school with a couple of blind kids, and I became so fascinated with Braille that I taught myself (at about 10 or 11) to read and write it. This was late 70s and I'm pushing 60 now and I still do it. Just for myself...I've remained in love with Braille for all these years! I've now become a 3D printing enthusiast (more like casual hobbyist), and in my searches for interesting things to print, I've actually specifically looked for Braille-related items. Some folks have come up with some cool things...even some Braille slates! Love it!
Oh my stars I love this!!! My oldest isnt visually impaired, but due to a stroke at birth there are some definite deficits that i think 3d prints could help fill out!
This is very wholesome and sweet story, its amazing that you use 3d printing for cool things but also to help others as well.
You just made me try and resubscribe.
Thank you so much for all that you do.
Oh thank you so much for such kind words!
Wholesome
Congratulations. Not only because of your great idea for using 3D printing, but for your amazing spirit.
Nice to meet you, Reese.
This video is the best thing ever! Better than all the 3d printed lessons and reviews .. love the idea. There should be more channels with 3d printing and people with special disabilities and talents
That's amazing!
Fantastic! My brother is in a wheel chair, and there are lots of great things to help many differently abled people!
Awesome video. You two are funny together, you made me laugh. Looking forward to more of these.
Such a wholesome story and it brings insight to your passion for 3D printing.
Loved your idea.
I'd do something like you in my country.
I have experience in 3D modelling & recently started 3D printing.
I'll keep following your videos & ideas.
And, I'll share my ideas too.
Love & respect for you. ❤
Great young adult that you are raising!!!
Great! Thumbs up!
I love 3d printing i do a lot of 3d printing for the rc hobby
I absolutely love this! Thank you for sharing your story. My husband and mom are both blind and went blind late in life so I try so hard to make life accessible to them. Now I might invest in a 3D printer.
Thanks for sharing! Your daughter is blessed to have you as you are her. This is all so intuitive and helpful! Your enthusiasm is palpable and I’m glad to see your passion
Side note: she’s so cute 11:12 !!! She’ll be so wise. Her little voice and humor/wit 🥰💕 such a sweet middle schooler you have
Best video of the day :)
Oh wow, thank you! That's such a huge compliment!
Your shorts are so wholesome and inspiring. I’ve been building my studio for the past 3 years and 3D Printing is a branch that I would love to integrate. You make it simple, love it.
I to have a blind daughter, alas she is older and out of school now. We so would have used this if it had been available to us if we could have. Thank you for inspiring others.
Good for you, great job keep up there great work daughter is adorable
Thank you
This is amazing. Inspiring
My capstone for 3d design and printing degree was creating a braille fidget toy! I had lots of fun making it and I learned so much about blindness and lack of accessable education for people with vision impairment. I LOVE this idea and if you need any design help let me know! I ultimately want to make a fully 3d printed braille machine! If you have any insight I'd love to here it. Much love
I have to say and you dont know this but you and your daughter and another creator in this community @loyalmoses are the reasons i have dived into this world and purchased 2 printers and filaments and such. I wouldnt have pulled the trigger on getting into it if it wasnt for you. Ive started my own channel and i want to thank you. Ive started my own comp to help focus on things for special needs and those with disability's. I am on the start of this journey but i wouldn't even be at that if it wasnt for yall and loyal. of course i do plan to make plenty of the cool toys and trinkets. Again thank you and you are apart of my bucket list. love to meet yall some day as i want to me loyal as well. Also love the work you did with 3dprenty. another awesome creator. thank you for introducing me to his channel as well. Thank you.. Would be a honor if yall joined my journey. Yall have a fan for life and viewer for life.. And your the super cool people..
Love this! I look forward to seeing you ladies create more content together.
Pretty is nice but practical printing is always the best and Sven also rocks.
Sven is totally the best, agreed!
You guys are so sweet, I’m looking forward to this series! I’m at that age now where I’m getting Nephews and Nieces and I’d love to know this stuff to prepare for anything :)
That's awesome
This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry, thank you so much! We are reading every comment to Reese. I thought this was going to be hard for her, but she has been so happy to hear so many supporting comments. She is excited about doing more videos and sharing ways 3D printing can help visually impaired people. As a parent, I am SO proud of her. I will pass on your kind message and support!
Congratulations to you all for sharing your story AND for kicking-off a sub-series of videos of 3D prints for the visually impaired! I know not all of them can be about miniature buildings, but I'd be honored if one of them is and I can help you!!!
Really heartwarming story and Reese was awesome and unscripted!
Thanks for sharing this touching story with us. I think it must have been an difficult decision to do or not. (Since I also have a daughter) Media give a child sooo much option to learn, experience and share but it unfortunately also has room for negative items.
Looking forward to see your journey on that!