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Salmon Egg
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:17 pm
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My vision is deteriorating. Reading off of a computer display can help
but often adds problems. Is there software available that avoids some of
the problems I list below without requiring custom handling. In my case
use Apple's Safari and Mail.
1. Very small type.
2. Low contrast fonts: Gray on gray or light blue on white.

Bill
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Zetsu
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:17 pm
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On 2 May, 02:37, Dan Abel <da...@sonic.net> wrote:
Quote:
In article <SalmonEgg-2DF794.17174801052...@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
Salmon Egg <Salmon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

My vision is deteriorating. Reading off of a computer display can help
but often adds problems. Is there software available that avoids some of
the problems I list below without requiring custom handling. In my case
use Apple's Safari and Mail.
1. Very small type.
2. Low contrast fonts: Gray on gray or light blue on white.

I use Safari Version 3.1.1 (4525.1Cool, but don't use Apple Mail. I use
Eudora for Email, and it lets me choose the font (including size). Of
course, for HTML, all bets are off.

For Safari, go to Preferences in the Safari menu. Select advanced, and
the top option lets you choose a minimum font size. I haven't tried it,
but it looks promising. While in a page, choose Make Text Bigger from
the View menu, or use the shortcut, "Apple +".

For low contrast fonts, I would suggest a 12 gauge shotgun. What I
actually do is close the page and never go back to it. If the author
can't figure out that his page is unreadable, why should I believe the
information on it anyway?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
da...@sonic.net

I don't know what you guys are complaining about!

I always found that small font always makes my vision better. And low
contrast is great! Actually, this is what Bates referred to as
"unfavourable conditions". If you strain to see in these conditions,
your eyesight will get worse. But if you can learn to not strain (to
rest) in them, by using the various methods which the Bates system is
all about such as imagining the swing, the halos, and so on, not only
will the discomfort cease but the vision becomes super clear. In other
words the pessimum becomes an optimum. And when the computer monitor
(which is a pessimum for a lot of people) becomes an optimum you can
probably see almost any near object without straining.

Anyway if you are really bothered by small font-type on the web, it's
not exactly hard to make it bigger. Just hold ctrl+scroll up or down.
No need to dive into a hissy-fit about the webauthors' competence. And
just because you can't see it because of defective vision/imagination
doesn't mean they did a bad job of presentation and colour choices.
For normal sighted people it's completely readable and visible!

Also, you can try getting a higher resolution monitor. I recommend
Samsung. They are amazing. Contrast ratio is very superb. Colours are
stunningly vibrant. In price and quality combination they are
unrivalled. Ebuyer is the best place to buy.
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Zetsu
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:17 pm
Guest
Another alternative if your vision is really bad to the point that
it's impossible to read anything, is to get one of those speech
softwares that can read the text out. But most of them kind of suck.
And the good ones aren't even available for Windows or Macs. You
should get a linux distro. Sabayon is my favorite. You might be
interested in following the directions of a tech guy who has actually
gone and done this himself. I think he was converting the entire Bates
book into an MP3 file. I've given a link to him below. Anyway that's
only a temporary measure just to help you in your current state. It is
wiser to cure your sight altogether.The best thing to do it practice
imagining halos or seeing how the letters pulsate. Well, at least that
gives me instant microscopic level of vision. I'm not joking. But
different things work for different people since all people's minds
are different. So you have to read Dr.Bates' work (book, magazines,
etc.) and understanding the principles then applying them, and see
what is effective.

http://www.iblindness.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=927&p=5357#p5361
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Dan Abel
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:37 pm
Guest
In article <SalmonEgg-2DF794.17174801052008@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Quote:
My vision is deteriorating. Reading off of a computer display can help
but often adds problems. Is there software available that avoids some of
the problems I list below without requiring custom handling. In my case
use Apple's Safari and Mail.
1. Very small type.
2. Low contrast fonts: Gray on gray or light blue on white.

I use Safari Version 3.1.1 (4525.1Cool, but don't use Apple Mail. I use
Eudora for Email, and it lets me choose the font (including size). Of
course, for HTML, all bets are off.

For Safari, go to Preferences in the Safari menu. Select advanced, and
the top option lets you choose a minimum font size. I haven't tried it,
but it looks promising. While in a page, choose Make Text Bigger from
the View menu, or use the shortcut, "Apple +".

For low contrast fonts, I would suggest a 12 gauge shotgun. What I
actually do is close the page and never go back to it. If the author
can't figure out that his page is unreadable, why should I believe the
information on it anyway?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
dabel@sonic.net
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