I ment 20/400 sight level. terry Sorry about that.
-----Original Message----- From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:03 AM To: NFB Talk Mailing List Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] THREE CHEERS FOR THREE WISHES!!! Hi Joseph; Thanks for your message. I sure never knew you could do something like that with a computer. I don't think it would work with me, because I have tunnel vision and have a very small field of vision. The way I describe it is, a quick motion of the eyes to put a picture together. I used to have 20/4000, but they can not even measure it any more, but I can still can read my own jumbo print. I am exsighted about the recording feature because I am trying to use print, less and less. I know my sight is getting worse and I have accepted it and am trying to adapt to it before the shock comes. As you most likely know, I also have epelepsi and a mild hearing problem. I use an amplifier on my phone and a head set that connects my phone and computer and also has a volume. It has a mouth piece and is great. Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: T. Joseph CARTER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:00 PM To: NFB Talk Mailing List Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] THREE CHEERS FOR THREE WISHES!!! Terry, The secret is that I don't watch TV on a TV. I watch it on my computer's 20" LCD screen, at a distance of mere inches. Most of the detail of the program such as the park's landscaping was observed magnified over even that because I needed to zoom in on the little numbers giving me minutes, seconds, and hundredths of a second as I was splicing the video together. The slider happened to be at the bottom of the video window, so the video itself was zoomed in very large just above the controls I was fiddling with. I do rate the (in my opinion somewhat offensive) label of "high partial". My vision is about 20/310, but it's also true that like most albinos I am light sensitive and nearsighted, the latter being largely unfixable due to complications of the former (such as uncontrolled eye movement..) That means in a dark room I can see things pretty well, but take me out in the sunlight and I can't see a thing. Most albinos try to figure out how to get the most out of their vision and do not even carry a cane. At 12, I had the good sense to ask for one since i couldn't see what I was doing in the sunlight. At 14 they gave me some lessons in the "proper" usage of a cane (useless I tell you!), and I went through periods after that where I did and did not carry a cane to avoid drawing too much attention to myself. I'm 27 now. I've got scars on my calves from not using a cane when I should have, and today I carry a cane. When I was little, authority figures told me when I was and was not allowed to use my cane. That was especially true after an incident for which I am not especially proud. At the time, I didn't feel I had the power to tell them that I would not be denied my cane. Today, I don't feel I have that power. I know I have that power. They will take my cane when they pry it from my cold dead hands. On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 11:42:33AM -0500, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) wrote: > Joe; > Your sight must be prety good to be able to detect something like that!. I > just listen and do not even try to strain my eyes unless my husband tells me > about something he knows I would like to see. That sounds like something a > sighted person would be able to see. > By the way, I never let go of my cane. If I want to show someone how I use > it, I demo it or I have them hold on with me and we both walk together. > Never let go of your cane, especially when you are alone. > terry Powers > > -----Original Message----- > From: T. Joseph CARTER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 3:44 AM > To: NFB Talk Mailing List > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Holdsworth, Lynn; Donna Waring; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] THREE CHEERS FOR THREE WISHES!!! > > > I don't know, there was one thing I saw in the program that gave me cause > for concern--Nicole walking with Brandon more than once, with him being > the one holding the cane. Now, maybe I am over-reacting to that image > (which happened on two different occasions in the show), but I consider > keeping track of your cane so fundamental to independence. If you have my > cane, you decide where I can go. If I have my cane, I can go wherever I > want, whether you like it or not. > > Presumably she trusts Brandon more than I trust some random person reading > this message, and I do rather frequently hand my cane to sighted people as > part of my effort to educate them, but the little secret I don't tell them > is that if they were to decide that they weren't going to give it back, I > have a second one hiding in my bag. Technically it's there because I have > had inattentive cyclists run over and break canes, but it's also true that > I have had more than one instance where I have been denied my cane by > often well-meaning sighted people. If it happens to me, a very assertive > six foot tall man of imposing stature, it could easily happen to Nicole. > > > I did get the sense that she has now just the basic set of skills. I hope > that she remains in contact with the NFB and continues to develop her > skills and maybe even become a strong voice in our community. In fact, I > think it would be cool to hear from her on these lists after she's had the > opportunity to recover from her celebrity status. *grin* It'd be great > to hear how she and her family are doing. *smile* > > -- > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, > but a habit." > -- Aristotle > _______________________________________________ > nfb-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk > _______________________________________________ > nfb-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk -- "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle _______________________________________________ nfb-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk _______________________________________________ nfb-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk
