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Post by Anna on Mar 11, 2010 9:11:17 GMT -5
Reposting from a thread where it went off topic.  Ginny--Do you use ZoomText or some other kind of magnification or optical character recognition software, like JAWS? I use Big Shot Magnifier at home on one computer, and ZoomText at work and on my laptop. I'm mainly just curious. Sorry to quote the who thing, at the moment I using what Windows Vista has, or Mozilla without ZoomText, had on the Window XP and not sure if well work with Vista, the voice on Vista drove me nuts, for a while just what happen to the runner in SoP The Skies of Pern, had a cataract got removed, then had a secondy membrane grow over it, had that removed, and that too a bit to heal, now a fall two weeks ago has effect me in both typing, and other things, like trying to learn to read Braile, the pads of my fingers can't tell the dot within the cell six dot to a cell and I can't read them at the moment.  <-  - if I could, I have dry eyes and glaucoma and the oxgen used to save my life, has done addition damage is now showing up. "Sigh" Ginny--Yikes! I have retina problems from being born premature, and oxygen is thought to have been the culprit there, too. You are doing a fantastic job typing, considering all those difficulties. I was born only 1 lb 10 oz. and two 1/2 months before my due day, only reason I lived is I was born at the same that had the NICU there. I've got an image of myself, I was so small that I could fit in the palm of my dad's hand, and the dresser in which I slep in my first winter is her with me in Wausau, its was my Great Grandmother, my Grandfather's mother, to myself. Over 100 years old give or take, Grandmother is same age as AMC 83 going to be 84 in July. Thanks, I have an idea for a story in the back of my mind, a twist on my own life background. And something from my grandparents too. |
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Post by Chantal on Mar 11, 2010 17:06:22 GMT -5
Thanks, Anna! Perhaps we can discuss mundane technical geekery in here. |
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Post by ginnystar on Mar 11, 2010 18:01:07 GMT -5
Yes, and perhap help out each other, at the moment. I am debating on get some extra magnification software or not, also a new MP3 player so I can enjoy Pern and more one more.
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Post by Suki on Mar 11, 2010 20:01:09 GMT -5
Hey, ladies -
I was just Stumbling, and came across this:
"MIT researchers are developing a microchip that could help blind people regain partial eyesight. Though it won’t completely restore normal vision, it will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance. The chip, which is encased in titanium to prevent water damage, will be implanted onto a patient’s eyeball. The patient will then wear a pair of eyeglasses equipped with a tiny camera that transmits images directly to the chip, which in turn sends them to the brain. With any luck, human trials are only a few years away."
Interesting, no?
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Post by Suki on Mar 11, 2010 20:04:43 GMT -5
Hi, Ginnystar -
Welcome to StarRise!
I am glad to hear you survived being born so small. My son was also born premature: he was 3 1/2 lbs, and 17 inches long. He could fit in the space from my husband's hand to the crook of the elbow when he was born. He is nearly 5 now (!), and doing quite well...
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Post by ginnystar on Mar 11, 2010 21:18:04 GMT -5
Hey, ladies - I was just Stumbling, and came across this: "MIT researchers are developing a microchip that could help blind people regain partial eyesight. Though it won’t completely restore normal vision, it will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance. The chip, which is encased in titanium to prevent water damage, will be implanted onto a patient’s eyeball. The patient will then wear a pair of eyeglasses equipped with a tiny camera that transmits images directly to the chip, which in turn sends them to the brain. With any luck, human trials are only a few years away." Interesting, no? Yes, and no my problem is the nerve that goto the brain is gone. The other is damaged, and now the only way I've found to explain it in words is what look like from the inside of a facet of dragon's eye or perhaps a watch-whers. for it reflecting some light now and then, bight light making the transition to dark area, hard to explain. |
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Post by ginnystar on Mar 11, 2010 21:19:14 GMT -5
Hi, Ginnystar - Welcome to StarRise! I am glad to hear you survived being born so small. My son was also born premature: he was 3 1/2 lbs, and 17 inches long. He could fit in the space from my husband's hand to the crook of the elbow when he was born. He is nearly 5 now (!), and doing quite well... Glad to hear that, its been a struggle for me most of my life. |
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Ginny--Do you use ZoomText or some other kind of magnification or optical character recognition software, like JAWS?
Sorry to quote the who thing, at the moment I using what Windows Vista has, or Mozilla without ZoomText, had on the Window XP and not sure if well work with Vista, the voice on Vista drove me nuts, for a while just what happen to the runner in SoP The Skies of Pern, had a cataract got removed, then had a secondy membrane grow over it, had that removed, and that too a bit to heal, now a fall two weeks ago has effect me in both typing, and other things, like trying to learn to read Braile, the pads of my fingers can't tell the dot within the cell six dot to a cell and I can't read them at the moment. 
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- if I could, I have dry eyes and glaucoma and the oxgen used to save my life, has done addition damage is now showing up. "Sigh" 
