Insight into Low Vision

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Eyeglasses Used for Magnification

Near vision can be improved by strengthening the eyeglass prescription to magnify. The advantages of high powered reading glasses are that they can have a larger field of view and are...

Hand-held Magnifiers

Hand-held optical magnifiers come in many styles, sizes, and magnification powers. Commonly, they are sold as either round or rectangular clear lenses, with a handle. Other types include small pocket...

Electronic Technology: OCR, TTS, and STT

Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Speech Recognition Software (Speech-to-Text, STT) These are three technologies that can be used to manipulate the printed word to...

Electronic Low Vision Aids:

Video Magnifiers and CCTVs Video magnifiers and CCTvs vary in size, but are basically a camera, a screen to view what the camera 'sees', and a light source. The size will determine its usefulness for...

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