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Study Shows That iPads Help People With Vision Loss Read Faster, More Comfortably

(6:28 pm PDT, Nov 12th 2012)

Study Shows That iPads Help People With Vision Loss Read Faster, More Comfortably

A study was presented at the 116th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology yesterday that shows the benefit of backlit tablet computers like the iPad help patients with vision loss due to eye diseases read at a comfortable level again.

The study looked at all backlit tablets, scoring the iPad highest in terms of helping readers with low vision due to conditions like macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy read at their previously higher and more comfortable reading level.

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See Your Screen More Easily with Built In Accessibility [OS X Tips]

(5:54 am PDT, Feb 22nd 2012)

See Your Screen More Easily with Built In Accessibility [OS X Tips]

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As we all age, chances are our senses will age along with us. As someone with great vision most of my life, I was aghast a couple of months ago when I couldn’t read the writing on a watch battery, no matter how close or far I held it from my eyes. So sad!

Luckily for us, and for thousands of users with visual impairments, OS X has a plethora of ways to interact with the Mac, all built right into the operating system. In this tip, we’ll focus on the vision side of things.

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