[WEB4LIB] low vision patrons

[Patricia F Anderson]

My low vision patrons have liked ZoomText from AI Squared:

<http://www.aisquared.com/index.htm>

Best wishes, Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Robin Boulton wrote:

> Posted on behalf of my Outreach Services librarian:
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> How are you providing Web access to your low vision patrons?
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> We have been struggling to find the best assistive software and/or =
> device to
> help those with low vision to view Web pages. We have tried Magic, in
> several incarnations, and find it frustrating in the extreme. This may =
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> due to the fact that we have it running in a library environment with =
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> software. But in any case, it just does not work for us.
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> We have also considered placing a laptop on a CCTV platform. This =
> invites
> all types of abuse by normal vision patrons, however.
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> If you are successfully addressing the low vision computer access to Web
> pages issue, would you please share what you are doing, and how it =
> works? We
> would be so grateful for any help.
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> Thanks!
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> (630) 584 0076 x 258
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> St. Charles Public Library District
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>  Cell:  (630) 918 8738
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