RL Tech: Cybereyes Options

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Okay...

First, lol, I wouldn't mind an imagelink if I could bring myself to use such a thing.

Second, I'm using Jaws for Windows 4.51. The main players are:
www.freedomscientific.com Jaws reader and Magic Magnifier
www.gwmicro.com Window Eyes reader
www.dolphinuk.co.uk Lunar/Lunar plus magnifier, Hal reader and Supernova reader/magnifier combo
www.aisquared.com Zoomtext magnifier

All readers can support braille displays (handy for the deaf-blind, yes they do use PCs). THere are also software and hardware solutions around for mobile phones (Symbion only in software) and PDAs (Windows Mobile only for software solutions). Narrator stinks, don't bother with it (the one in Windows that is). There are free demos of most software out there for this purpose, certainly all the companies above make demos of their PC software.

Third, I'm not sure even I would go for it if it camt out. The money from the government isn't exactly to live on, it's par tof the initiatives usually in place to help people with disabilities get back into work. It helps pay for things like my speech software and so on. As for the DLA (disability living allowance) that exists in the UK I get about £120 a month, and I need to use it for when costs are higher. If I want a usable microwave it costs £200 as opposed to £40, there are things like atlking kitchen scales and jugs (about £30-40), liquid level indicators (to tell when your cup's full, you can use a finger but not with hot coffee), my long cane (white stick, they don't last for ever) and so on and so forth. It's because living costs are higher.

It isn't that we sponge. I lost my sight from pretty much full to pretty much nothing in the space of about 3-4 years, I coped but because I had no choice. It can really play hell with your self identity, and whilst if it happened naturally I think I could cope I'm not sure I could bring myself to go through another big change like that of my own doing. It's a *lot* to expect. I'm just getting comfortable with myself (something I used to find hard at the best of times), and to turn it upside down again... I'm not sure I could handle it. Don't underestimate the psychological impact of a change like losing your sight.