Question for #blind people, particularly those who use both a #Braille display and a laptop, if you’re sitting at a desk and need to use both, how do you arrange them so using them both doesn’t kill your back? For context, I don’t have a desk since I usually work from bed, but sitting with my legs straight out in front of me hunched over my display and keyboard was hurting my legs and back, so I got two TV trays and an office chair and I’m using those. I have my Braille display and laptop both on one TV tray in front of me, with the Braille display in front of the laptop, but this means that if I need to use the laptop, I have to lean over my Braille display, so I’m still hurting my back. I’m working on my #BrailleTranscription course, so I have to use the laptop to type the exercises and drills. Also, I’m on a rug, so rolling the office chair between two TV trays isn’t an option. Is there anything I can do here to not hurt my back so much?
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@RareBird_15 @main I use an external wireless keyboard like the Logitech K380 or MXKeys mini. It can fit on top of the braille display using either one of those raised monitor tables or having the display on a keyboard tray and the keyboard on the table. The point is that you don’t have to lean forward, which I could never get used to, you just move your hands up and down to write/read. This is, of course, if you don’t have a display with an entry method you like, I like QWERTY so prefer to use a keyboard separate from the display. If you are happy to do your keyboard entry and commands with the braille keyboard, you don’t have this issue, you can enter from the display if it has a keyboard or try to use one of the Bluetooth braille keyboards depending on your software setup.