A client has macular degeneration resulting in moderate visual impairment. The client works as a data entry clerk and wants to c
ontinue working but is having difficulty seeing the computer screen. What feature should the OTR recommend for the client’s work computer to improve accessibility?
Visually impaired people can use the same low vision aids for viewing a computer screen as they do for regular reading activities. These include eyeglass-mounted magnifiers, handheld magnifiers and stand-alone magnifiers. But also, special software has been developed to display content on the screens of computers and other digital devices in large print. Other applications can read text and other visual content aloud with a synthetic voice. These adaptive low vision devices let partially sighted people do the same computer-related tasks as fully sighted people — such as word processing, creating and using spreadsheets and viewing web pages online.
The various problems with patching electronics such as heart rate monitors and MRI machines that run embedded Windows OSs is that they have a certification which is usually at a specific revision level.
Another issue is that probably the maker or the manufacturer didn’t provide the patch method which would have been used to fix such electronics.