[WEB4LIB] Re: Large screen monitors for public computers

[Dixie Y. Beer]

Agreed. I have a 21 inch monitor that Voc Rehab got for me after a stroke 
left me with homonymous hemianopsia (a visual cut of everything left of 
center with swirls, flashes, and weird visual things in the *good* right 
field and shimmering in the *bad* field). It is big enough that I can focus 
on it without exhaustion and I would imagine that it would be a good size 
for other visual impairments also.

Dixie



At 12:45 PM 4/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Bill,
>
>We have a couple of 21 inch monitors in our public area.  In addition
>to being helpful for the visually impaired (which includes me, I have
>a 21 in office and at home), they're great for when a librarian is
>showing a small group of students something at one time (you know, the
>two or three students working together on a project, etc.).
>
>We buy Micron PCs so we get Micron monitors.  Unless you get
>(unnecessarily) high end with Sony Trinitrons or something, I think
>that whatever brand you normally use will be just fine.  That is based
>on comments from others that I know with large monitors.  If you're
>worried, try to look at one in operation in a store or somewhere.
>
>dan
>
>
>Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 8:18:04 AM, you wrote:
>
>DB> We are looking to purchase a couple of large screen monitors for 
>public use
>DB> at stations set up for the visually impaired.  Any suggestions or special
>DB> considerations that need to be taken into account?  Anyone have any
>DB> suggestions as to particular models or sizes?  The monitors must work with
>DB> IBM desktop computers.
>
>--
>Dan Lester, Data Wrangler  dan at RiverOfData.com
>3577 East Pecan, Boise, Idaho  83716-7115 USA
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    Dixie Y. Beer	
    Systems Administrator
    Jackson County Public Library
    Seymour, IN  47274
    Telephone:  812-522-3412  ext. 226
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