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jshelagh:
GREETINGS FROM SCOTLAND!
I HAVE JUST TURNED 80 AND I AM LOSING MY SIGHT.
I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF ANY OF YOU GUYS COULD
SUGGEST WAYS OR APPS THAT CAN HELP ME KEEP
USING MY LAPTOP.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH 8)

SQUIDMAN:
There is a program in widows I think called magnifier, it enlarges the screen. Though not sure how to find it in windows, you might want to do a search for it.

jshelagh:
THANK YOU.  DO YOU KNOW OF A PROGRAM THAT CAN READ ALOUD?

4wd:
In Windows 7: Start->Accessories->Ease Of Access

Magnifier & Narrator

tomos:

This was posted yesterday. He talks about "JAWS" a screen reader - I checked it out but it's almost $900 for personal use :(
http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/JAWS-product-page.asp

Hi, I am a german government employee and 64 yeaers old. I am blind since 1975. Since 1985 I work with computers that have  a software called Screen Reader (JAWS=Job Access with Speech) that speaks out the written Text of the Display.-ulrich.hanke (August 29, 2013, 04:18 AM)
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It might be worth sending Ulrich a PM though - he also says he is "in charge of a computer Club for blind people, and my hobby is the testing of software, if it can be used by blind people."
You can send him a personal message here:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=409143


I also did a search and came across this page which talks about free screen readers:
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/free-screen-readers.shtml#screenreaders

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