Anna@mothninja@beige.party

Dear Fedi, advice and suggestions please! My father is losing his eyesight due to age-related macular degeneration; he has some peripheral and distance vision left, but almost no near vision, and is for example unable to read either screens or print. Might anyone have any ideas for making his life easier, either with assistive technologies (which is the best screen reader?) or general tips for navigating daily life?
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D. G. Marshall@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social

Replying to an earlier post

@mothninja

My wife uses:

Fusion screenreader: speech to text, and magnification, for her computer.

A white cane (with training from Guide Dogs). When I'm guiding her I often hold her white cane so people realise she's vision impaired (they tend to be more helpful if they know).

Here, Vision Australia (used to be the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind) has a library of ebooks for free (she listens to them on her iPad).

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