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From: swiers@plains.nodak.edu (Mike Swiers )
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Arkenstone VS. Iris (information wanted)!
Keywords: Info wanted about OCRs
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Date: 8 Feb 91 22:08:19 GMT
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Sorry if this isn't the place for this.  I don't normally read this newgroup.

Anyway,

My mother is legally blind, when she was younger (Jr high, I think it was),
she and two of her brothers got some sort of high fever, and it "burned out"
the optic nerve.  From my understanding the central vision is about shot, and
peripheral is very poor (ie cannot read, drive, watch TV, etc), but she get's
around fine (at least I always thought so.....).  Anyway, she mentioned last
night that a guy was coming in a week or so with some new glasses, magnifiers,
etc, and she was keyed.  She wants to do some sort of job, either from her
house or whatever.  Anyway, what I'm wondering is if anyone out there has
any info/experience with this sort of thing?  Anyone ever heard of a fever
doing this to someone?  Do you know of any computer-related things that
could help her (I have an Apple IIgs, Sun 2/50 and Sun 2/120)?  OCR/vioce
type stuff?  She's never learned braille, and was told at one point in time
not to, and to use her sight as much as possible.  I dunno if these things
get worse with time or what...

Thanks for reading this far,

Mike