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Old 06-16-2014, 12:58 PM   #33
MikeWV
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MrMikel,

I haven't done any research on accessibility for those with poor eyesight but I suspect it's probably not as big a concern now as it was a few years ago, as there are now more options for digital reading. When e-readers first hit the market, I'm sure there were a significant number of people with poor eyesight who bought e-readers to read novels and maybe some basic non-fiction. However, with a good selection of tablets now available, I would think that many of those people would have moved up to tablets to take advantage of the larger screens, on which they could see a lot more large text at one time.

Some people just aren't going to be able to read my largest tables on an e-reader. But according to recent polls, the trend in e-reading is toward tablets and I'm hoping that a substantial portion of my audience will be reading my books on tablets. Also, this particular book is 98 type-written pages with two large tables, one of which is in an appendix and very likely will not be used much. The other 33 tables range from small to medium-large and I don't see most of them being a problem for most people to read.

My main concern with all of my tables and charts is that they look good. And with what I've accomplished with a lot of help over the past few days, I now know how to make them now look good. That someone might not be able to read this one very large table is not a big concern, as the important numbers in that table are stated and their derivation described in the accompanying text.

Last edited by MikeWV; 06-16-2014 at 01:16 PM. Reason: Afterthought
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