HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH VISION PROBLEMS? I would definitely purchase one of the ebooks, but has anyone with vision problems tried it, and can you adjust the font, etc.?
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Hey, I know how it feels to love reading, but have vision problems. I was diagnosed with convergence insufficiency a couple years ago, and after three months of vision therapy, I still couldn't read normal-print books without getting headaches and straining my eyes. Ever since then, bookstores have become bittersweet because I have to actually take font sizes into account when purchasing books. This e-Reader has saved my intellectual life. Before, I was reading entire books online at 150-180% on the Internet, and 300% on PDFs. But the glare from my laptop hurt after a while and it was too cumbersome to carry. After figuring out how to format the text (check my review of this product), I could read thousands of pages on the Sony Reader. The print is larger than any large-print book, there are none of the negative effects of reading on the computer, and I can hold hundreds of books. Not only am I reading more books faster than before my vision problems, but I'm also saving tons of money and time shopping because I can get most books immediately off the Internet for free. I don't know much about your condition, but if you're worried about text-size and glare, this Reader is perfect. There is no glare even in the brightest sunlight, unlike a computer or magazine, though sometimes close lamps are reflected in it. In the sun, it looks almost exactly like paper. Inside, it looks like black on gray. But most of all, I love that I can read at a ridiculously large font size and no longer squint at tiny print books.
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My mother had macular and she could not have worked this CD player. the read out is much to small as well as the buttons. My vision is fine and I have a difficult time reading it. I would suggest a player with a large read out and buttons. Good luck. My mom had a player from the Braile Society and got all her tapes from them....they now have CD players.
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I had the same problem. There was absolutely nothing in the manual about how to enable text to speech. If you did not know the acronym ("TTS") and what that meant alongside the voices, you would never have guessed it. I love my unit, but was seriously disappointed with the poor documentation of the product. It is like so much tech doc these days: written BY the people who thoroughly understand the product's ins and outs and FOR the same sorts of readers (i.e., fellow knowers of the ins and outs)!
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I tried to do some research and cannot come up with anything. I do not have the book as I gave the digital frame to a friend as a gift. You might try pandigital.com and do an inquiry. They should be able to put you in the right direction. Sorry I cannot help anymore than that. I loaded some pictures on the frame before I gave it away. It is a great product for the money.
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Yes, I think it will be helpful. Perhaps not the best solution, but worth a try. Remember, it's just a tiny magnifying glass. So, you have to get it at just the right position for your eyes, and then you have to move it if the clue is larger than the set magnifying area. Doing that for every clue will get tiresome. A better solution? How about a pair of readers with the led lights on the sides? That's what I prefer.
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I had trouble with instructions because the printing is so small I couldn't see it even with my glasses (it's not fun getting old). Someone posted this link and it helped tremendously. http://omronhealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/HJ-321-IM-WEB-03212012.pdf.
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Like you, I have to wear sunglasses with my prescription in them. I have always had a problem looking at the LCD screens with my sunglasses on. What I do, is take my sunglasses off, and rely on the EVF. I am lost without it, especially with my vision. I think I get better photos that way.
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Hello Gina! This is well worth the money. My husband absolutely loves it - with his slight vision problems, this is perfect for him to read small print. Packaging is with bubble wrap. For gift giving, you may want to place in a small box gift wrapped or, like me, use a small decorative gift bag for the occasion. Know your recipient will love it - you need only to give with love. Good luck!!
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Once you get it started, you should be fine. I don't have any problems and my eyes are Not great!!
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With 2.0 you can side-load android apps like the Kindle app.. also has good, free/cheap ebook readers you can download from App World
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Not sure about what the font is - the size Marilyn mentions seems about right. I too have difficulty reading at times, but I'm not sure it is the font style or size as much as it is the screen. I'd like to see a lighted screen or at least a screen with a lighter background.Still, it does everything I ask it to do, and it has certainly helped enable my reading habbit...
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Good buy, helpful for people with vision problems. We are very happy with it.
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I don't know. If I were you, I'd take something to my local Walgreens or other store with a glasses display and see how different prescriptions work on something like what you'll be using. These readers are very good for me, but I have presbyopia (aging eyes). I do know when something is too small or printed in gray rather than black ink I put on a second pair of glasses (just for a minute) and can usually read it.
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To 5 yorkies and H. Bowman: This should work just fine for the both of you. I've had this a few days, but today was the first time I've really had time to play with it. Its taken all day to get to get an eReader that will work good. This unit comes with Aldiko as the eReader app, but I couldn't figure out how to buy/download books (it comes with downloads to tons of free books, but thats not what I was looking for). Someone else on this site gave a web address to download Kindle for Android and now I have it downloaded (even started reading the book I was looking for). I was able to setup my email right away, although it didn't work very well through the setup wizard (I have yahoo mail). Since I already have an android phone, I checked the settings on my phone and just did a manual setup using the same settings. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will do what I can do help. Good luck to you...I'm loving my new tablet so far.
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Glad to hear that it works for you and you now have a manual. Sounds like you were only able to print one page of the manual per side on the printed sheet. There is a lot of GOOD info in that manual but I cannot study from the computer screen - like a comfortable chair and plenty of time (when needed) to study some subjects.You may find it beneficial to explore if you can print two pages per side (4/sheet). So many things associated with digital (any other fields) are relying on you to print their manuals.
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I have the Yiynova MVP22U, I don't seem to have a problem with the readability of the fonts, you can go to Control panel&gt;Display&gt;Adjust ClearType text to make the text better to read, you can also Calibrate the color there for better contrast.
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HeidiI don't think I'm more advance with this unit than you are at this point!I have not tried the zoom feature and I can't help you there regarding whether the text stays on the screen.I was playing with the basics of the screen formatting last night.I did mess around with the settings and got the "boxing" to be reduced and the image enlarged. I believe this was under Setup\TV Settings, and then I selected the 4:3 PS that you described.This seems to work pretty well for me.