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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I spent some weeks earlier this year almost blind after eye surgery in my working eye.
Now I have a screen reader and voice to text configured properly.
As he still has some distance vision I thought my adaptations might help for now?
My eye with refractive amblyopia is long sighted although even that is very fuzzy. As a fix, a friend colour coded all my meds with a large print sheet in the same colours so I knew which to take when.
I already use a walking stick so used that to find bumps and steps outside.
And I already use a couple of sites that offer free audiobooks for anyone with a relevant disability.
If he has to get his own meals then you can in the UK buy a gadget to read labels or get an app.