Reading
Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012 3:26 pm
Hello everyone,
I came to the forum last year for computer advice - thank you all for your time and advice!
I am back again for somemore advice!
I am just going into to my 2nd year of a psychology degree having successfully completing the 1st year.
Last year my studies were interupted alot due to an eye ulcer, infection, dry eyes, and simple irritation due to my hard lenses, so spent alot of time lenseless and with blurred vision as my vision cannot be corrected with spectacles. I am in the process of being fitted with soft lenses so as to be able to rest my eyes when I am not studying in the evening but still have moderate vision so as to function.
My computer does have screen reader softwear (Read&Write version 10) but it's very mechanical/robotic, also it means I have to be by my computer if I want to 'read' anything, I get all my texts books in pdf form for these occassions that my eyes are not working. To be more mobile I want to get something that I can through in my bag when I'm running about doing activities with any of my 5 kids, for example an ipad or a kindle but I need some help with the technical side. The college support team suggested a laptop but that is hardle portable, and I trying to read entailed alot of 'scrolling' which means I am always worried I miss a page. It appears that with a kindle you do not 'scroll' but flick from page to page.
MY QUESTIONS ARE:
Do you flick from page to page on a kindle/ipad?
Does the kindle/ipad keep your place in a book?
Can you change the font size in a kindle/ipad?
Does a kindle/ipad have a screen reader? If so is it mechanical/robotic?
Do you get screen glare from a kindle/ipad?
I am a very slow reader, I would go as far as to say I find reading very labourious, I avoid it at all costs! I get dizzy whilst reading, loose my place if not using a ruler under the line I am reading, it's very draining on my eyes, and on days that I have had to do a lot of reading I usually end up with very irritated eyes resulting in me waking in the night rubbing the living daylights out of them...Is this normal for a person with KC? If so what can I do to stop myself from rubbing them?
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Penelope
I came to the forum last year for computer advice - thank you all for your time and advice!
I am back again for somemore advice!
I am just going into to my 2nd year of a psychology degree having successfully completing the 1st year.
Last year my studies were interupted alot due to an eye ulcer, infection, dry eyes, and simple irritation due to my hard lenses, so spent alot of time lenseless and with blurred vision as my vision cannot be corrected with spectacles. I am in the process of being fitted with soft lenses so as to be able to rest my eyes when I am not studying in the evening but still have moderate vision so as to function.
My computer does have screen reader softwear (Read&Write version 10) but it's very mechanical/robotic, also it means I have to be by my computer if I want to 'read' anything, I get all my texts books in pdf form for these occassions that my eyes are not working. To be more mobile I want to get something that I can through in my bag when I'm running about doing activities with any of my 5 kids, for example an ipad or a kindle but I need some help with the technical side. The college support team suggested a laptop but that is hardle portable, and I trying to read entailed alot of 'scrolling' which means I am always worried I miss a page. It appears that with a kindle you do not 'scroll' but flick from page to page.
MY QUESTIONS ARE:
Do you flick from page to page on a kindle/ipad?
Does the kindle/ipad keep your place in a book?
Can you change the font size in a kindle/ipad?
Does a kindle/ipad have a screen reader? If so is it mechanical/robotic?
Do you get screen glare from a kindle/ipad?
I am a very slow reader, I would go as far as to say I find reading very labourious, I avoid it at all costs! I get dizzy whilst reading, loose my place if not using a ruler under the line I am reading, it's very draining on my eyes, and on days that I have had to do a lot of reading I usually end up with very irritated eyes resulting in me waking in the night rubbing the living daylights out of them...Is this normal for a person with KC? If so what can I do to stop myself from rubbing them?
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Penelope