VIDBE-Q 2026 Volume 71 Issue 1
Here are a few examples of how I've been able to impact my clients' lives:
• Three college bound students who had only ever used Chromebooks in high
school, were able to prepare for college over the Summer by learning how to
use screen reader software on their Windows PCs to work with Microsoft
Office products and explore the internet.
• A woman in her 30's with progressive vision loss associated with a genetic
vision condition, realized that her increasing need for greater magnification
meant that she needed to learn how to use screen reading software to
complement the display magnification/augmentation software she had been
using.
• A man in his 50's learned how to use VoiceOver on his iPhone and Fusion
on his computer to extend his career despite advancing RP.
• A woman in her 50's learned know how to adjust her computer displays at
work and home to more comfortably cope with the effects of optic nerve
damage due to NAION.
• A man in his early 60's recovering from a stroke that left him blind and
needing a cochlear implant and a hearing aid to hear, has now learned to use
VoiceOver on his iPhone with a Bluetooth connection to his hearing aids to
listen to music and electronic books with BARD.
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