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E-reader for senior with macular degeneration (self.Blind)
submitted by Zhankfor
Hello,
My 94-year-old grandmother has age-related macular degeneration and reading regular-print paper books has become very difficult for her, which is very depressing for her as reading is her favourite activity (especially during the pandemic, when she rarely gets to see other people). I would like to get her an e-reader so she can continue to read as long as possible. My requirements are:
1) Text as big as possible
2) As large a screen as possible
3) As easy to use as possible for reading books and magazines (at 94, she's not exactly a tech wizard)
Does this community have any recommendations? I have seen that the Kindle Paperwhite is a good choice but the screen is so small that at font sizes large enough to read you really get like half a paragraph at a time, which I think she would find frustrating (I use a Paperwhite and prefer to read without my glasses \[I am fairly nearsighted\] and even for me it's annoying to have to turn the page so often\]). It seems like the biggest e-reader screen available is the Kobo Elipsa, but I worry it might be overly complicated for her.
Thank you very much for any advice you're able to provide!
My 94-year-old grandmother has age-related macular degeneration and reading regular-print paper books has become very difficult for her, which is very depressing for her as reading is her favourite activity (especially during the pandemic, when she rarely gets to see other people). I would like to get her an e-reader so she can continue to read as long as possible. My requirements are:
1) Text as big as possible
2) As large a screen as possible
3) As easy to use as possible for reading books and magazines (at 94, she's not exactly a tech wizard)
Does this community have any recommendations? I have seen that the Kindle Paperwhite is a good choice but the screen is so small that at font sizes large enough to read you really get like half a paragraph at a time, which I think she would find frustrating (I use a Paperwhite and prefer to read without my glasses \[I am fairly nearsighted\] and even for me it's annoying to have to turn the page so often\]). It seems like the biggest e-reader screen available is the Kobo Elipsa, but I worry it might be overly complicated for her.
Thank you very much for any advice you're able to provide!
robsug 2 points 1y ago
Have you considered something that utilises text to speech to read the books over headphones?
Or even audiobooks, so they're professionally acted? Audible is great for that.
Or even audiobooks, so they're professionally acted? Audible is great for that.
Zhankfor [OP] 1 points 1y ago
My grandmother isn't interested at this point, but I suspect within a couple years we'll need to do so.
retrolental_morose 1 points 1y ago
I have no usable vision at all so can't comment on the efficiency of reading on a television screen, but there's this:
https://yourdolphin.com/en-gb/page?id=113
https://yourdolphin.com/en-gb/page?id=113
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