Blind athlete and engineer - Para-athletics, showdown, and accessible technologyhttps://slohmaier.de/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/dresden-paraathletics-championship-2026/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/dresden-paraathletics-championship-2026/Two 400m races on the heatwave weekend of the German Para Athletics Championship in Dresden: 66.57s in the Men's Master I class and 68.41s in the open men's T12 class – two weeks after the 65.80 personal best in Augsburg. With guides Sophie and Simon.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/inclusive-max-steger-sportfest-2026/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/inclusive-max-steger-sportfest-2026/400m in 65.80s at the Inclusive Max Steger Sportfest in Augsburg. New personal best, run with guide Simon.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/rolf-watter-sportfest-regensburg-2026/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/rolf-watter-sportfest-regensburg-2026/400m in 68.09s at the Rolf Watter Sportfest in Regensburg 2026, with guide Sophie. Just off the best, went out too slowly.Sat, 23 May 2026 20:15:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/new-pb-at-the-39th-ludwig-jall-sportfest/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/new-pb-at-the-39th-ludwig-jall-sportfest/400m in 67.52s at the 39th Ludwig Jall Sportfest in Munich, also the Bavarian Championship. New best and gold, with guide Simon.Sun, 17 May 2026 09:30:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletics-indoor-championship-2026/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletics-indoor-championship-2026/400m at the German Para Athletics Indoor Championship 2026, with guide Simon. New personal best despite a poor start.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:00:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/langdetectspeech-nvda-addon/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/langdetectspeech-nvda-addon/A lightweight NVDA addon that automatically detects text language and switches synthesizer voicesTue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/nvda-tip-capslock-arrow-keys/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/nvda-tip-capslock-arrow-keys/How to disable Windows Narrator hotkey interception so NVDA can use CAPSLOCK+Arrow keysTue, 13 Jan 2026 12:30:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/zurich-open-2025/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/zurich-open-2025/Competing at the Zurich Open 2025 international showdown tournament in Switzerland, November 12-16, 2025. Improved from rank 49/52 to 30/35.Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:00:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/1st-showdown-sports-games-aics-2025-bologna-italy/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/1st-showdown-sports-games-aics-2025-bologna-italy/My first international showdown tournament in Bologna: 49th of 52 men at the 1st Showdown Sports Games AICS 2025.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:47:09 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/vienna-paraathletics-championship-2025-finally-less-than-70/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/vienna-paraathletics-championship-2025-finally-less-than-70/400m in 68.23s at the Vienna ParaAthletics Championship 2025 in 34-degree heat. New personal best, run with guide Simon.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 20:15:36 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletic-championship-2025/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletic-championship-2025/400m in 70.23s at the German Para Athletics Championship 2025 in Leichlingen, with guide Simon. New best in 34-degree heat.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:49:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-ludwig-jall-sportfest/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-ludwig-jall-sportfest/400m in 70.6s at the Ludwig Jall Sportfest in the Dante Stadium Munich, with guide Edi. New personal best and a gold medal.Sun, 18 May 2025 20:32:45 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-the-rolf-watter-sportfest-in-regensburg/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-the-rolf-watter-sportfest-in-regensburg/400m at the Rolf Watter Sportfest in Regensburg, with guide Simon. Went out too fast, fell at 350m, finished in 80.03s.Sat, 17 May 2025 21:06:16 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/presenting-showdown-in-german-tv/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/presenting-showdown-in-german-tv/Presenting showdown on the German kids show 1, 2 oder 3 with Elton. Stefan and a referee explain the sport for blind players.Sat, 08 Mar 2025 20:51:42 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-german-paraathletics-indoor-championship/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/400m-at-german-paraathletics-indoor-championship/400m in 73.48s at the German ParaAthletics Indoor Championship 2025 in Erfurt, with guide Simon Pieper. First 400m competition.Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:49:33 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/showdown-germany-league-region-south-division-c-2025/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/showdown-germany-league-region-south-division-c-2025/Showdown Division C South 2025 in Frankfurt: won every group game despite thumb surgery and finished third overall.Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:47:50 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/want-to-become-a-downhillski-guide-for-the-blind/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/want-to-become-a-downhillski-guide-for-the-blind/If you want to become a downhill ski guide for blind skiers in Germany, you can attend a training at blind.ski.Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:14:15 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/3-chemnitz-every-man-showdown-tournament/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/3-chemnitz-every-man-showdown-tournament/3rd Every Man Showdown Tournament in Chemnitz with 23 competitors. Won all five games and took the tournament.Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:32:52 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/inclusive-max-steger-sportfest-2024/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/inclusive-max-steger-sportfest-2024/My first 800m run at the Inclusive Max Steger Sportfest 2024, with guide Xin. Hit the target time almost exactly: 3:00.68.Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:04:38 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletics-championship-2024/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/german-paraathletics-championship-2024/1500m in 6:44 at the German Para Athletics Championship 2024 in Erfurt, with guide Frank. 15 seconds faster than a month before.Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:07:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/ludwig-jall-sportfest-on-may-11th-2024/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/ludwig-jall-sportfest-on-may-11th-2024/1500m in 6:59.57 at the Ludwig Jall Sportfest in Munich, with guide Chloe. Run after two weeks of illness and only one week of training.Sun, 12 May 2024 20:46:00 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/starting-with-clicksonar/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/starting-with-clicksonar/Two days of ClickSonar training with Juan Ruiz in Vienna: tongue-click echolocation to locate doors, walls and trees as a blind person.Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:31:39 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/bavarian-paraski-championships-2024/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/bavarian-paraski-championships-2024/Bavarian Paraski Championships 2024 at Großer Arber, with guide Tom. 4th place in 53 seconds, both runs finished without a crash.Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:16:46 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/path-to-the-german-indoor-championships/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/path-to-the-german-indoor-championships/3000m in 14:33.92 at the German Indoor Para Athletics Championships 2024 in Erfurt, with guide Frank. Stayed under 15 minutes.Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:08:27 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/showdown-bundesliga-division-c-south-herren-2024/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/showdown-bundesliga-division-c-south-herren-2024/My first showdown tournament: Division C South in February 2024 in Nuremberg. One win and a close 11-9 loss in the third set.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:47:47 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/language-ident-0-3-1/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/language-ident-0-3-1/LanguageIdent 0.3.1 for NVDA fixes a bug in 0.3.0 that prevented settings from being saved.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:57:48 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/languageident-0-3-0/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/languageident-0-3-0/LanguageIdent 0.3.0 for NVDA switches from langid to langdetect. The addon works with the NVDA 2024 beta and no longer ships libraries.Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:24:42 GMThttps://slohmaier.de/en/posts/hello-world/https://slohmaier.de/en/posts/hello-world/The first post on Stefan Lohmaier's new blog about running, showdown, skiing and the occasional tech tip.Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:40:24 GMT