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<p>Austin Seraphin - Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:07\u202fAM</p>
<h1>How to Tell a Driver You are Blind</h1>
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<p>Ridesharing companies like <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://lyft.com">
Lyft</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://uber.com">Uber</a> have a problem. Many times, a blind passenger needs to tell their driver that they cannot see, but the driver does not understand due to the language barrier. At best it will work
out. At worst it can present a physical safety issue. The blind have no other way to communicate.</p>
<p>Recently, I had an idea. I asked <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://chat.openai.com">
ChatGPT 4</a>:</p>
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<p>I am blind. Often when I get a Lyft I get an immigrant who cannot speak English well, and does not understand the situation. I would like you to make a table of how to say \u201cI am blind.\u201d in all of the languages commonly used by drivers from other countries.
The table should include the language, the text, and an approximate pronunciation for American English speakers.</p>
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<p>In less than a minute it had produced the following table. In another fifteen seconds it rendered it into Markdown for my blog. Welcome to 2023</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Language</th>
<th>Translation</th>
<th>Pronunciation</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Spanish</td>
<td>Soy ciego.</td>
<td>Soy cee-ay-go</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mandarin Chinese</td>
<td>\u6211\u662f\u76f2\u4eba\u3002 (W\u01d2 shì máng rén.)</td>
<td>Wo shi mang ren</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hindi</td>
<td>\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0905\u0902\u0927\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901\u0964 (Main andha hoon.)</td>
<td>Main and-ha hoon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Arabic</td>
<td>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u0639\u0645\u0649. (Ana a\u2019ma.)</td>
<td>Ana a\u2019ma</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>French</td>
<td>Je suis aveugle.</td>
<td>Je swi aveugle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Russian</td>
<td>\u042f \u0441\u043b\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0439. (Ya slepoy.)</td>
<td>Ya slep-oy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Portuguese</td>
<td>Eu sou cego.</td>
<td>Eh-o soo se-go</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bengali</td>
<td>\u0986\u09ae\u09bf \u0985\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7 (Ami ondho)</td>
<td>Ami on-dho</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Punjabi</td>
<td>\u0a2e\u0a48\u0a02 \u0a05\u0a70\u0a27\u0a3e \u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02\u0964 (Main andha haan.)</td>
<td>Main and-ha haan</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Japanese</td>
<td>\u79c1\u306f\u76f2\u76ee\u3067\u3059\u3002 (Watashi wa m\u014dmoku desu.)</td>
<td>Wa-ta-shi wa mo-mo-ku des</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>German</td>
<td>Ich bin blind.</td>
<td>Ich bin blind</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vietnamese</td>
<td>Tôi mù.</td>
<td>Toy moo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Turkish</td>
<td>Ben körüm.</td>
<td>Ben kor-um</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Polish</td>
<td>Jestem niewidomy.</td>
<td>Yes-tem niewi-domy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dutch</td>
<td>Ik ben blind.</td>
<td>Ik ben blind</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greek</td>
<td>\u0395\u03af\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03c5\u03c6\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2. (Eimai tyflos.)</td>
<td>Ee-mai ti-flos</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>I would like to see ridesharing companies do more to train their drivers to better accommodate people with disabilities. Until then, I hope this table will help. I just hope it doesn\u2019t end up like
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao">
Monty Python\u2019s Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch!</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://localhost:4000/2023/06/16/how-to-tell-a-driver-you-are-blind/">http://localhost:4000/2023/06/16/how-to-tell-a-driver-you-are-blind/</a></p>
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