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Full History - 2020 - 11 - 19 - ID#jx5ryl
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For the visually impaired, what is your webcam setup? (self.Blind)
submitted by woozei
I use monitor arms to put my screen basically in front of my face. With my vision impairment, glasses really do not work to improve screen reading.


This presents an issue for webcams. I'm wondering if anyone else has come up with a creative solution. Right now I have my webcam on top of my second monitor, which is further back (making it more difficult to see for me, but easier for others to see me. The angle is weird though.
siriuslylupin6 1 points 2y ago
I just use my imac camera it’s pretty good or use the portfolio case and then use my ipad’s camera.
CountingKat 1 points 2y ago
I use my phone on a gooseneck/adjustable clamp as my camera either behind and off to the side or behind with just the camera peeking over the top edge of my monitor and join the meeting a second time from my computer with no mic/speakers on. This also means I can pause to use NVDA for files shared in the meeting or to take in meeting sidebar chats without breaking my brain since the audio streams are coming from two different devices with physical mute buttons. (I use in ear Bluetooth earbuds with built in mic and without noise blocking for meeting audio and over ear wired headphones for my computer). Depending on the context, I sometimes let organizers know in advance I need to join from two devices since it sometimes throws other people for a loop to see two attendee tiles for the same person.
lhamil64 1 points 2y ago
Like you, I put my webcam on a second monitor. That monitor is just sitting on a side table, not mounted on an arm, so the angle is a kind of odd (it's basically side-on). If I'm doing a video chat with someone, I'll put the chat window on the second monitor so that I can just sit facing that direction. Makes it harder to see them, but I don't generally need.to see them that much if it's just a video chat. For work meetings where I actually need to see the screen, I just don't turn on my webcam. It actually works out fine because most of my coworkers don't turn their cameras on either.
noaimpara 1 points 2y ago
I use two screens! One where the webcam is mounted and my other screen that i can get all of my accessibility mess on
viciousSnowFlake 1 points 2y ago
I have my webcam on a shelf behind a monitor.
Amonwilde 1 points 2y ago
I have a similar setup, with the camera on a gooseneck or whatever those things are called. The angle is a bit weird, but I haven't found anything else.
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