dgc@ucla-cs.UUCP (02/23/86)
A friend of mine has a daughter who is partially sighted. Her best
corrected sight is less than 20/200 (this means that she is unable to
read the large E on a standard eyechart and is legally blind).
She is able to use the mac with the aid of a large magnifying glass.
What would be useful would be a 25-inch (or even larger) monitor connected
to the mac.
Are such monitors, complete with mac attachment, commercially available
at a reasonable price? or are there plans available that a technician
could follow?
dgc
David G. Cantor
ARPA: dgc@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
UUCP: ...!{ihnp4, randvax, sdcrdcf, ucbvax}!ucla-cs!dgcmazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &) (02/24/86)
>A friend of mine has a daughter who is partially sighted. Her best >corrected sight is less than 20/200 (this means that she is unable to >read the large E on a standard eyechart and is legally blind). > In a lot of ways, this is the often repeated request for a larger screen that Apple once promised as part of the "Modular Mac" configuration. This is NOT the same as cranking up the screen size adjustment on a normal Mac. It IS one of the reasons that Mac has had its troubles penetrating the business market. We use the "video out" jack from a Lisa to feed our classroom projection system. Unfortunately, a little non-commercial electronics buffers the output. I don't know if a direct TV feed is possible. As a side note, using the larger Lisa screen is nicer for word processing than the Mac as you can get more of your documents image on it - about 7.25 inches with Word. >She is able to use the mac with the aid of a large magnifying glass. > >What would be useful would be a 25-inch (or even larger) monitor connected >to the mac. > >Are such monitors, complete with mac attachment, commercially available >at a reasonable price? or are there plans available that a technician >could follow? > >dgc > >David G. Cantor > >ARPA: dgc@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU >UUCP: ...!{ihnp4, randvax, sdcrdcf, ucbvax}!ucla-cs!dgc
jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (02/25/86)
>A friend of mine has a daughter who is partially sighted. >What would be useful would be a 25-inch (or even larger) monitor connected >to the mac. I believe I have seen Apple booths with projector or large screen TV's hooked up to Macs. Likewise, I am sure that large software developers have large screen demo capability. I would suggest contacting Apple directly, if you have not, and then Microsoft, Lotus, and so on. Try to get to the people who put on demo's, and from them get the name of whoever handles the equipment. The video output should be adaptable to something that would help. I think that performing extraordinary help for a partially sighted user would be much easier to do then release a "modular mac." good luck. I hope this posting receives more specifically useful replies.