21st century low vision care: apps and accessibility.

21St century low vision care: apps and accessibility Dr Michael Crossland Ph[), MCOptom, DipRVI Ihis article gives an overview ofsome Of the accessibility options and apps used by people with vision impairment to make their lives easien i Bookshare servicef this provides electronic versions of Optometrists ge textbooks, which cart be viewed on screen or printed in any font size and format. If people dislike the magnifier app built into their device, there are many others which can be downloaded., Super Vision+ is a popular magnifier app, developed at 1 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, which includes image stabilisation and large-button controls (see r s~13-1 " Figure 2). Many students receive lesson slides iPads and tablet computers in advance so they can follow along on their own laptop iPads and other tablet computers have bright, high- or tablet. [Extracted from the article]