Published on 12, July, 2020
I seem to be the only one who dosen't understand acronyms and initialised words and phrases. It's very disconcerting to read a post or a whole thread where I find I don't understand what people are talking about because of acronyms and stuff. Is this just me being an old fogey who dosen't understand text speak or something?
IMHO, IDK...LOL
Seriously though, I Google quite a few myself, I know quite a few but often get texts from my teenage daughters and have to do a quick Google search to figure out what they mean!
Emoji's really do my head in, I don't only not understand what they mean, but I can't even see most of them, I just can't make out what they're supposed to be, let alone things like aubergenes!
That's really made me chuckle, next time my phone does that with a message I'll reply saying "thanks, I'll take stock"
Bunny, thanks but my computer skills arn't up to what you suggest, I really am crap with computers, theres almost no begining to my skills!
Autisician I don't think I have anything that does emoji's, I've certainly never used one and tend to ignore ones sent to me as I can't see them, I just decipher the text, but only a handful of people ever send me texts anyway. I'm still not entirely sure what a box followed by X means, it looks like oxo to me and I'm sure nobodies sending me stock cubes.
Oh, sorry! There are similar, built-in "zoom in" / "magnify" tools for desktop computers:
Windows: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/use-magnifier-to-make-things-on-the-screen-easier-to-see-414948ba-8b1c-d3bd-8615-0e5e32204198#WindowsVersion=Windows_10
Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl779716b8/mac
They can be useful if you're sending a message and want to convey the spirit it was as meant in, but I only really understand the basic and obvious ones, like a laughing or winking face, which is useful to point out sarcasm or joking when I send a message, to avoid it being taken seriously, which would be the case quite often as I have quite a dry sense of humour.
Thanks Bunny but that all went right over my head, I have a desk top computer with an independent keyboard and monitor and thats it.
I've had the same problem previously (not being able to make out what various emojis are)!
There's a useful and pretty convenient "zoom in" feature for iOS (Apple) and Android devices that you can use to help with that:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3e2e367e/ios#:~:text=Double%2Dtap%20the%20screen%20with,then%20drag%20up%20or%20down.
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6006949?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cfull-screen-magnification-zoom-in-and-make-everything-bigger
I've also taken screenshots and then zoomed in on those manually within the Photos app. It's a more long-winded process, but helpful when I'm really struggling to see what something is.