Add-ins That'll assist a Visually Impaired user

[Mike]

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the LCD
screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What else is out
there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

Mike

 

[John Holmes]

Mike "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the LCD
screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What else is out
there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

Mike

Start>run
type "magnify"
hit "enter"
In magnifier, hit escape to enter the configuration menu.

 

[meerkat]

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the
LCD screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What
else is out there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

Hi Mike
Something like a Screen magnifier ?
One example here.
http://www.ic-online.co.uk/it050002.htm

or here..
http://www.xpscreenreader.com/index.php?tab=o&cPath=254

 

[FrankV]

You might find something that would help from Microsoft. Read these help and
support pages for disabilities:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308949/en-us,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247533/en-usm and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165486/en-us.

FrankV

 

[Lem]

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the LCD
screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What else is out
there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

Mike

If this person was recently diagnosed with diabetes, his vision may well
be impaired because high blood glucose levels affect the moisture
content of the lenses (in his eyes) causing blurred vision. This is
similar to the effect that causes out-of-control diabetics to get very
thirsty, drink large amounts of fluids, and have to urinate frequently.

Once he has been treated, and gets his blood glucose under control, his
vision should improve back to about where it was before. Of course,
it's also possible that more permanent eye damage has occurred. He
should see an ophthalmologist. See the 3rd Q&A at
http://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/composite-218.htm

Treating the symptoms by getting a bigger monitor without dealing with
the underlying medical problem is not doing him a favor.

 

[Pennywise]

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the LCD
screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What else is out
there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

I thought a magnifying glass (pane) would work, found one.

goto www.froogle.com enter:
screen magnifier

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

An employee developed a severe case of diabetes and is now visually
impaired. He needs to use a magnifying glass to read data on the LCD
screen. I requested a 21" LCD monitor for him to use. What else is out
there that might help him? Will XP Power Tools help?

You've gotten a couple of replies about magnification. He might also
want to look into software that reads the text out loud to speakers or
earphones.

 

[Aardvark]

The Greatest Prank Call Ever - Well, pretty decent...

Enjoyed the hell out of that one, mate. My 14-year old lad was in pleats
of laughter.



--
Registered Linux User 413057.
Both Mandriva 2007.1 and Ubuntu 7.04
You can have it all. My empire of hurt.

Liverpool F.C.-more European Cups than all
the other English teams put together

 

[Mike]

You've gotten a couple of replies about magnification. He might also
want to look into software that reads the text out loud to speakers or
earphones.

Yes, well get naturally speaking pro and as another poster suggested turn on
audio in accessibility options.

 

[Mike]

Mike "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:


Start>run
type "magnify"
hit "enter"
In magnifier, hit escape to enter the configuration menu.

OK, we'll check it out

 

[Mike]

You might find something that would help from Microsoft. Read these help
and support pages for disabilities:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308949/en-us,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247533/en-usm and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165486/en-us.

FrankV

Will do

 

[Mike]

If this person was recently diagnosed with diabetes, his vision may well
be impaired because high blood glucose levels affect the moisture content
of the lenses (in his eyes) causing blurred vision. This is similar to
the effect that causes out-of-control diabetics to get very thirsty, drink
large amounts of fluids, and have to urinate frequently.

Once he has been treated, and gets his blood glucose under control, his
vision should improve back to about where it was before. Of course, it's
also possible that more permanent eye damage has occurred. He should see
an ophthalmologist. See the 3rd Q&A at
http://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/composite-218.htm

Treating the symptoms by getting a bigger monitor without dealing with the
underlying medical problem is not doing him a favor.

he has serious permanent eye damage and he's being treated.