[Trainer-talk] double vision software

Thu Sep 20 16:05:56 UTC 2012

hi,

as someone who drove longer than they should have, why hasn't a doctor 
refused to sign her paperwork to date?
if you go to a license office, you have to place your chin in the rest of a 
machine and identify traffic signs and letters that are not viewed as long 
distance and if you fail that test, you can see your doctor and slide thru 
with restrictions.
I hope the person and the doctor realize there is a serious accident waiting 
down the road.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "laotab" <laotab at msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] double vision software

>I had asked if she tried that and she said it does not help.  that each eye
> has a different visual perception and each cornea has ridges.  She tried
> hard contacts but the ridges cause air pockets and they pop out.  glasses 
> do
> not help.  contrasting color and light changes do not help.
> And she said "moist air" seems to make the rainbows and prisms worse. 
> Such
> as a cloudy day or boiling pasta...I was lost on that one.  and she said 
> you
> don't really have to see that well to get your license.
> JAWS seems to be the best option for her and it would be fine for short 
> text
> but not a long text or information to retain.  She says she has a problem
> even reading print and retaining it due to her comprehension issues.
>
> I am spinning with this one.
>
> Bridget A. Toal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M 
> Robinson
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:47 AM
> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] double vision software
>
> Why is she not patching  one of her eyes to stop the double vision?
> Denise
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:45 PM, laotab <laotab at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We recently got a client with double vision.  An accident back in 1995 to
>> the left eye resulted in lasic (sp?) surgery before the procedure was
>> mastered.  Her left eye would not work with the right.  More operations
> and
>> she ended up with lens transplants to each eye and ridges on both 
>> corneas.
>> She cannot read anything close up but says she can see distance good. 
>> she
>> recently got her license back.  although I do not know how she can see
>> anything on the dashboard.  She has double vision; lines and letters
>> overlap; spacing is wrong and she sometimes sees rainbows or prisms.  She
>> said she has to much vision.  She is unable to see large print well, 
>> color
>> contrast doesn't help much.  she does not retain information well just
> from
>> listening.  She also has ADHD and comprehension issues.  She has problems
>> with patterns and direction and cannot get her fingers to type what she
>> wants them to do.
>>
>> So, with all of that, she is driving as mentioned, she would like to find
> a
>> desk job and work on the computer.  She admits to not being very computer
>> smart and doesn't use them much.
>>
>> So, we were thinking of Kurzweil 3000 for the comprehension problems. 
>> But
>> the magnification programs do not seem to help and she won't do well with
> a
>> text to speech program either.  She has heard of Dragon.  That will help
>> her
>> to type but not to read the text.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have contacted a few blind and low vision companies and have Googled
>> software for Double Vision.  Did anyone else know there is a program
> called
>> Double Vision?  And it has nothing to do with an eye problem, lol
>>
>> So, this is a big question mark.  Any suggestions or pointers are greatly
>> appreciated.  Thanks so much.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bridget A. Toal
>>
>> Office Manager
>>
>>
>>
>> Synergy-Tech Computing & Consulting
>>
>> Training the Technology of Tomorrow...
>>
>> Repairing the Technology of Today...
>>
>>
>>
>> 115 Ardmore Ave.
>>
>> Reading, PA 19607
>>
>>
>>
>> Office: (484) 706-6179
>>
>> Fax: (610) 406-5074
>>
>>
>>
>>  <http://www.synergytechpa.com/> www.SynergyTechPa.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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