Hi everyone: Thanks for all the input. I am still searching and I guess basically what I need is some sort of "text-to-speech" software that I can load onto...
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Frank Siedlaczek
siedlaczek@...
Jan 28, 2009 8:23 am
... Maybe... But the poster was looking for a solution for his iPod, wasn't he? BTW: Can someone in the U.S. please shed some light on the question how people...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 28, 2009 4:26 am
While rockbox does give some speech access, it is not designed for the visually impaired and is not designed for audio books. The Victor Reader is designed...
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Chris Legg
cdlegg@...
Jan 27, 2009 12:06 pm
www.rockbox.org...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 27, 2009 6:06 am
The Victor Reader Stream is ideal for what you are asking. /greg In a message dated 1/26/2009 3:02:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, siedlaczek@... writes: ......
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BruceHP
brucehp2001
Jan 26, 2009 11:03 pm
One of the new iPods has audio menus, but, you can load Rockbox on most iPods. I use a Sansa e260 with Rockbox. http://www.rockbox.org/ ... -- ... Keep...
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Frank Siedlaczek
siedlaczek@...
Jan 26, 2009 8:02 pm
... The Rockbox system is available for 1st through 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (/not the Shuffle, 2nd/3rd/4th gen Nano,...
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cbblob@...
Jan 26, 2009 5:13 pm
Hi: Has anyone come up with a way for the visually impaired to actually use an iPod for music and audio books? Please let me know if you have found a way to...
aisquared.com In a message dated 1/23/2009 1:50:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cazbow2005@... writes: hi all. where can i download zoomtext for my...
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cazbow2006
Jan 23, 2009 6:51 pm
hi there. i think this solftware good so thanks and it works on my vista laptop gald i log on here today wow!!! take care caroline ... of Lightning with great...
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cazbow2006
Jan 23, 2009 6:50 pm
hi all. where can i download zoomtext for my vista laptop? thanks guys caroline...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 16, 2009 5:49 am
It is ture that the greater the magnification the smaller field of view you will obtain, however, with mutlti-lens devices like binoculars not all 4x ...
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BruceHP
brucehp2001
Jan 15, 2009 10:40 pm
The field is inversely proportional to the power, and as much as I know I'll get grief from this, all (I know this bad to say) 4x binoculars have the same...
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burt@...
burt753
Jan 15, 2009 8:12 pm
Hi, Greg - You are correct, sir-! I meant to type degrees, but had percent on my brain from figuring discounts. Thanks for catching that-! Burt Levy Beyond...
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Wayne King
the_rocking_...
Jan 15, 2009 7:29 am
Yeah, that makes sense. 12.5 degrees is not a very large filed, but for my needs it works. It's important to strike a good balance between power and field. For...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 15, 2009 3:10 am
_burt@..._ (mailto:burt@...) writes: Your monocular can view only 12.5% of the non-magnified FIELD OF VIEW This is not...
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burt753
Jan 14, 2009 6:38 am
Hi, Wayne: Your monocular can view only 12.5% of the non-magnified FIELD OF VIEW. This simply means that you will have to move it around so see the entire...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 14, 2009 12:58 am
in 4x12 4 is the magnification 12 is the apature size of the front lens, probably in millimeters in this case, The 12.5o is the field of view, 12.5 ...
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Frank Siedlaczek
siedlaczek@...
Jan 13, 2009 7:33 pm
... Yep. Seems one cannot click in the magnified area. Well, you can, but to no avail. The mouse pointer changes to a cross anchor in order to move the...
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Loy
randall2845
Jan 13, 2009 5:57 pm
I could stretch the edge of the magnifier to full screen but it was unusable for me. Maybe there is something else to do to get it to work. ... From: "Frank...
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Frank Siedlaczek
siedlaczek@...
Jan 13, 2009 5:30 pm
... Windows 7 beta is out and I downloaded and installed it to take a look at the new magnifier. I have Build 7000 installed, german version. Both the...
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Wayne King
the_rocking_...
Jan 13, 2009 4:33 pm
Hi Norah, I went to a low vision specialist about 20 years ago. I had to pay out of pocket, as my employer insurance would not cover it. The insurance company...
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Wayne King
the_rocking_...
Jan 13, 2009 4:33 pm
Hi Burt: Thank you for your explaination of magnifier power measurment. I have a question as well. What do the numbers following the 'x' mean? For example, I...
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burt@...
burt753
Jan 13, 2009 6:25 am
Hi, Nora: When choosing a magnifier, the "X" as in 4x does NOT mean that the instrument will increase the size of the viewed area 4 times. It means that the...
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Haverp@...
porchgreg
Jan 13, 2009 6:09 am
compare by diopter In a message dated 1/12/2009 1:19:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, norah.jay@... writes: Greetings,all. Is there an accurate way of...
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norah.jay@...
norah.jay...
Jan 12, 2009 6:17 pm
Greetings,all. Is there an accurate way of selecting an optical magnifier based on its specifed power or strength? The anomaly is that a 4x magnifier viewing...
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Frank Siedlaczek
siedlaczek@...
Jan 8, 2009 4:14 pm
... Hi, Peter! That doesn't sound too bad at all! Finally! But we should wait until we see it. The thing that has always been bugging me is that you had so ...
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Peter Verhoeven
magnifiers
Jan 8, 2009 1:44 pm
Michael Bernstein, is a Microsoft development lead on the User Interface Platform team where he focuses on accessibility. In a Blog on MSDN he announced, that...
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Peter Verhoeven
magnifiers
Jan 2, 2009 4:11 pm
There is a new version of the most popular free screen magnifier DesktopZoom. See http://magnifiers.org/news.php?action=fullnews&id=359 Regards Peter Verhoeven...
