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OT- DIABETIC - typing while blind
Dan Abel wrote:
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> In article >,
> wrote:
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> > Julia Altshuler wrote:
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> > > I've known a few blind people over the course of my life. Their typing
> > > has been perfect including capitals, lower case, punctuation, the works.
> > > Since a computer designed for the blind can make the typeface any
> > > size, I don't understand how all caps could be easier. (I believe what
> > > you say; I'm just trying to puzzle this out.)
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> > What I don't understand is, since we all type in capitals and lower
> > case, if they can't read it, how are they reading anything we say?
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> I believe that the poster said that they were LEGALLY blind. This means
> that they can see but not well enough. Typing in all caps might just make
> the letters big enough for a person to read when they couldn't see the
> lower case letters. In any case, the better solution would be just to
> make ALL the letters bigger by increasing the font size. I don't know how
> to do that in WEBtv, but one poster here claims that it can be done.
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> When a person can barely read something, it creates a lot of eyestrain.
No, I understand that, Dan. My point was, how are they able to read
what we write, yet are unable to read their own typing unless it is
in caps.
nancy
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