11-14-2009, 04:40 AM | #1 |
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Accessible reader for vision impaired person?
I'm looking for recommendations for a reader for my husband who has recently developed vision problems. I showed him my Sony Pocket Reader with the text size at the largest setting and he was able to read on it if he held it very close.
I figure if I can get him a 6" or bigger device with even larger text size, good contrast and easy to locate buttons he might be able to enjoy reading comfortably again. Thanks |
11-15-2009, 03:02 AM | #2 |
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I remember there were a thread about tips for visually impaired. I searched for 'visually impaired' in the forums and couldn't find what I remembered, but I did find these three threads that might be of interest:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42923 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39757 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8742 The largest size on Kindle 20 pt - I don't know if that is big enough. You also have to consider which books he is going to read - what format(s) and are you prepared to convert (and perhaps de-DRM). For a Sony, if you can convert, you can use calibre and set the base font size to a very large one - that way you can get around the size issue. Then there's the Hanlin V3 clones, among them the Australian ECO Reader. You could ask here about specific issues: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=101 |
11-15-2009, 04:02 AM | #3 |
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Thanks very much for the advice. Those threads have a lot of useful information in them.
I think that most of the content that he would like to read is non-DRM (technical documents, web content, free books), so converting them for any device shouldn't be a problem. |
11-15-2009, 04:19 AM | #4 |
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You could try to download calibre (if you don't already have it) and convert a couple of books and see how it works.
Here's another good thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39165 As for button layout, it's easy to feel the buttons on the Sony 505, and the Kindle aren't too bad either. The Hanlin V3 would be a little worse, but one could glue on small bit of something in a distinct shape, such as 2 or 3 layers of sticky vinyl. BTW, except for text-to-speech on the Kindle, (which is surprisingly good), I don't think it has any other extra features that he could take advantage of in comparison with the others, as dictionary lookup and manu items are smaller size text. |
11-15-2009, 05:10 AM | #5 |
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Thanks Ea!
I've been leaning towards either a CyBook Gen3 or Sony 505, so now I know that either one of them should be suitable. The ability to customise the fonts is an added feature that I didn't realise the Cybook had. |
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11-15-2009, 08:23 AM | #8 |
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I see that one of the threads Ea referenced points out that the Sony can use larger fonts with RTF files. On the other hand, the Cybook allows a larger native font than the Sony for all formats, and has a 5 ebooks per page library view. So it may be the best current 6" device for someone with vision problems.
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11-18-2009, 06:49 AM | #9 |
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Thanks very much for all of the advice. We'll give the Cybook a try.
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05-05-2013, 07:00 PM | #10 |
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well having tried the ez reader pro 5 . have to say it wasnt for us the speach was annoying to hear, and after the upgrade it was to slow to read anything with.
so sold it now have 2 kindle fire one an hd with 16 gb . been trying out the accessability addition to the kindle app and we cant get the hang of it once turned on it changes how my parners phone works using a different swipe combination and thats not helpful so we are removing the app from the phone. some people could use it but its not for us |
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