For a blind person using a computer of any kind it is always best to have no
screen saver at all. The picture interferes with the screen reader on
several levels. It slows down the screen reader by having it try to
interpret a graphic and I visited a web page that had a sceen of autumn
falling leaves, and that really made the screen reader jump around a lot,
since the screen reader tried to interpret the falling leaves. Of course it
could not. At first I thought my computer was broke. It was not broken.
It was just trying to do its thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Screensaver
Richie, the way to keep your screen reader for your wife and to be able
to read long documents is to set it to almost never come on.
On Mar 25, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Marshall F. Scott wrote:
Richie,
I just turn off the monitor or turn down the brightbness on my laptop.
The only other thing a screen saver does is give you a convienent way of
securing your machine if you need that capability.
Marshall
On Mar 24, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Bejarano wrote:
Hello,
I've thought about turning my screen saver off, too, but I've been
concerned that this would hurt the screen (e.g., by burning it out). I
understand this used to be a problem with old cathode ray tubes, but I
don't know if it's also a problem for LCD displays. As it's never been a
high priority issue, I've never inquired into it, but since you're
bringing it up, I thought you might clarify whether or not turning
screen savers off might also hurt LCD displays.
Cordially,
Rafael Bejarano
On Mar 24, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Do any of you leave your screensavers on? I ask this because I turned
mine off, in order for me to read a rather lengthy publication I
receive electronically, and in the middle of the reading, the
Screensaver was activated, so I went into the System Preferences and
turned it off. I then went back to the publication and it read just
fine. My wife loves the screensaver, but it means nothing to me, so I
turned it off. I just wondered if any of you use yours for anything?
Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
Marshall F. scott
University of Utah - CVRTI
95 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: (801) 587-9523
Fax: (801) 581-3128
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