HELP PLEASE

[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

[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.

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:
http://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

[rjbull]

I think the category that might help you is called "assistive software."  One source of assistive programs is FX Software, here in the UK.  Quite a few applications designed to help people with imperfect sight.

[TaoPhoenix]

As a simple thing you can do in many programs such as browsers is "zoom". So look under Vew Menus and then you can zoom your way to a larger size. There are also keyboard commands such as control and the + key that zoom in as well.

[jshelagh]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HELP

[tomos]

Best of luck with it jschelagh!