[Athen] Programs for people with low-vision

[Dan Comden]

I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision.
Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also
is an pretty good reading tool when it works.

-*- Dan

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred <CherniwchanL at macewan.ca> wrote:


>  Hi,

>

> Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking

> for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with

> cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is

> a very lengthy process.

>

> Thanks,

> Liza

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