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submitted by omercade
Hello all!
My (GERMAN in Germany) father in law (65 year old) just had an eye stroke and lost 70% of the vision.
He already had 10% vision in one eye and now he has 10% in one eye an 30% in the other.
Doctors say it's irrecoverable .
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Now i'm focusing on how to make him the life the easiest as possible and help in the transition from 100% to 30% the best it can be done.
Do you have any tips & hacks for this transition at this age?
To enable him to continue doing stuff i thought about:
1) Adapt PC with all accessibility options ( Magnifying glass, maybe text reader, etc)
2) Adapt tablet with all accessibility options too
3) Create an audible account and fill it with books he can like to hear
4) Buying a bigger TV ( when you have only 30% vision, do TV size matter? i guess yes, no? what size would be good? or it depends to much on every case?)
5) Buy a big nice real magnifying glass for looking at papers and stuff?
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Thanks for your tips and help!
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My (GERMAN in Germany) father in law (65 year old) just had an eye stroke and lost 70% of the vision.
He already had 10% vision in one eye and now he has 10% in one eye an 30% in the other.
Doctors say it's irrecoverable .
​
Now i'm focusing on how to make him the life the easiest as possible and help in the transition from 100% to 30% the best it can be done.
Do you have any tips & hacks for this transition at this age?
To enable him to continue doing stuff i thought about:
1) Adapt PC with all accessibility options ( Magnifying glass, maybe text reader, etc)
2) Adapt tablet with all accessibility options too
3) Create an audible account and fill it with books he can like to hear
4) Buying a bigger TV ( when you have only 30% vision, do TV size matter? i guess yes, no? what size would be good? or it depends to much on every case?)
5) Buy a big nice real magnifying glass for looking at papers and stuff?
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Thanks for your tips and help!
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estj317 2 points 4y ago
Are you open to pricier solutions. Go mac, they have wonderful wonderful solutions. Screen reading and magnification is totally free to any mac or iphone user. Voice over and the magnification is actually all built in. Iphones and ipads have such wonderful accessibility. Never want to go away from it.
If he could lose more vision I would suggest he get use to a screen reading software.
Other tips here seem good.
If he could lose more vision I would suggest he get use to a screen reading software.
Other tips here seem good.
omercade [OP] 1 points 4y ago
thanks too!
i have a mac, will explore that too and compare with his windows. i could certainly give him mine.
i have a mac, will explore that too and compare with his windows. i could certainly give him mine.
estj317 2 points 4y ago
Macs are just so much better in general. Haha! But yeah. Well it’s called voice over it’s in the preferences obviously, under accessibility, and it’s in that table it’s called voice over. I am not sure if command f5 will actually work the first time, it may. Keystrokes are completely different. How you work the computer with the screen reader is very different from a windows computer. It’s very similar kind of as an iphone. May be worth it because he can work with both in sync.
brimstone_tea 2 points 4y ago
For computer accessibility, he might need an enlargening software. The zoom (Bildschirmlupe) on windows is pretty good with newer versions. With 10-30% you rarely need a Screenreader, but as it is depending on his condition and preferences, you could get one. They can be quite expensive though. (Healthcare will pay for it in most cases though)
I would highly recommend for you to get him a disability ID card (Schwerbehindertenausweis) because that enables him to use public transport for free and get discounts at many places.
His health care service is going to pay for things like the Bildschirmlesegerät, which is a magnifying device. I would highly recommend for him to get help from a professional (low- Vision-Beratung), it is available in many cities and gives you tips on technical devices.
Also, his health care provider will pay him training lessons in orientation (Orientierung&Mobilität - o&m) and household specific matters (lebenspraktische Fähigkeiten - lpf).
Maybe you'll want to get him household items with larger text on them, like scales or measuring cups. Audible is a pretty good idea, too.
I would highly recommend for you to get him a disability ID card (Schwerbehindertenausweis) because that enables him to use public transport for free and get discounts at many places.
His health care service is going to pay for things like the Bildschirmlesegerät, which is a magnifying device. I would highly recommend for him to get help from a professional (low- Vision-Beratung), it is available in many cities and gives you tips on technical devices.
Also, his health care provider will pay him training lessons in orientation (Orientierung&Mobilität - o&m) and household specific matters (lebenspraktische Fähigkeiten - lpf).
Maybe you'll want to get him household items with larger text on them, like scales or measuring cups. Audible is a pretty good idea, too.
bradley22 3 points 4y ago
There’s NVDA. It’s a free screen reader. Trying zoom options might be better for him but you now know both options exist.
omercade [OP] 1 points 4y ago
thanks for the answer!
lots of content and good advice.
will go carefully through it and use it for our situation.
best!
lots of content and good advice.
will go carefully through it and use it for our situation.
best!
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