A Comparison of Subjects' Reading and Writing Performance and Preference While Using Various Portable Electronic Magnifiers.

The article discusses a study which compared the reading and writing performance of persons with visual impairments using different types of portable electronic magnifiers (PEM). Topics covered include the ocular diagnosis and educational attainment of subjects, the reading and writing rates of the PEMs used, and the Likert scale ratings of different writing tasks according to PEM used.