I would suggest moving him over to using just speech. I have sight on
the low end of sightedness and it changed my life. I get a better
picture of the screen if I do it with speech rather than trying to
strain to see. Plus it gives him the advantage of not having to have
to see if he has to trouble shoot. Keep him encouraged and tell him
the good that the blinder doing. HTH
On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Nick Harvey wrote:
I have been asked to supply a Mac to a partially sighted client. From
what I have gathered, his impairment requires him to view any normal
text from a distance of a few inches from the screen. His mother
describes his vision as being at the poor end of partially
sighted, and
he is legally blind under UK rules, should that be relevant,
although
this is apparently a pretty broad classification.
This will be a 24" iMac. Are there any recommendations of other
applications beyond VoiceOver and Zoom that I should consider for
him?
Budget is not an issue! Given his lack of engagement with his
current
PC, ease of use is a major factor - his motivation is not too high!
Many thanks in anticipation
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Regards
Nick Harvey
Orange Hand Systems, London
** Enjoyable IT **
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