I too, have cataracts, in both eyes and I'm blind in one eye, but, my eye doctor is putting surgery off because of glaucoma. I know how hard it is to read documents - I don't want to give in to the disease, but sometimes, I just can't do the CCA stuff.
There are some aids that I've found helpful. To help view some records I use colored filters - yellow or goldenrod seem to work best - also, if you're familiar with night vision glasses, they seem to help, as well. I also bought a scanner with built in filters, which I use for difficult to read originals. My wife has an IPad, but I don't want to monopolize it, because, I gave it to her as a gift. My laptop works pretty well, though, I can tilt the screen back a little, and that helps with the contrast. As for the tutorial, its still a good idea, because if you don't read Portuguese well, you can at least figure out how various narratives are structured. Then when you go to your documents, you know where and how far down to look for your dates, and where to find the names and places, etc. If you think baptisms are hard, I've had more than my share of marriage records with tiny, cramped, script, written by a scribe who's trying to save space. Those experiences usually involved a lot cursing and swearing on my part. Thank God, I now can expand such documents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:10:37 PM UTC-4, Lee wrote: > > Dano, > > Thank you. Part of my problem is that aim legally blind in one eye nod > have had cataract surgeries in both. > > At times the records are too light for me read and in some cases the words > seem to run together. Luckily, I can see better using my iPad because I > can have it closer to me. > > Again, thanks. > > Lee > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
