Thank You US Census Bureau

Hi everybody. I actually have some quality time for an entry with some substance, so here you go. I recently received, via postal mail, an envelope which said "US Census Bureau" on it. I was able to recognize the text on this envelope with Microsoft Seeing AI, after some trial and error. I'm told the lighting up here isn't that great for these things, but this is an ancient building and most likely nothing can or will be done about that without incurring a rather large cost. But this is a fantastic app, and I strongly recommend it to anyone with an iPhone whether you use assistive technology or not. Not sure about an Android version of the app at this point, but that is probably in the works if it isn't already in the Google Play store. But anyway...I had never before received anything from the census, so into the recycling bucket it went. Or at least that's what I wanted to do with it. But then somebody with working eyeballs came into my apartment as I was about to recycle the letter, and he stopped me just in time. As it turned out he and I were scheduled to go to my parents' place that evening for dinner, so I took along that letter as well as some other stuff. My father opened the letter from the US Census Bureau, and told me that I had to complete a survey by going to the listed website.





The next morning said neighbor friend read off the URL as well as my ID and I was off and running. Before I talk about my experience with the website itself, I'd like to say something. Those who know me well--and who have been to my journal before--know that I haven't been too politically savvy over the years, but that's starting to change. I have more or less been keeping up on the news as of late, and I've had various articles read to me. I'm not a fan of the current president here in the United States and his administration. I honestly don't know whether impeachment is a harsh enough punishment for Mr. Trump, but perhaps there's more to the whole situation and further exploration by yours truly is in order. I'm well aware that others feel that impeachment and jail time is too harsh a punishment. But it's been said before that actions speak louder than words, and I think this man's actions from the very start have clearly done that.





Having said all that, I had a great online experience taking this survey. Besides the wonderful accessibility with VoiceOver and Chromevox on the Mac, I like the fact that respondents are allowed to skip over questions and come back to them. This feature in particular came in handy for me, as I need help answering some of the questions. I got some of the help I needed, and I thank those people but I need more help. But other than that, it was smooth sailing on my Mac and I hope the same thing is true of other assistive technology. So thank you to everyone involved for making this a smooth experience for me. Just know that somebody and his phonies are gonna be in very hot water if they end up winning the 2020 election!

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