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Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by awsh on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:04AM (#37294161)
My mother has a very similar condition and has been recently declared legally blind and her vision worsens by the month. She primarily uses a Vision Buddy (https://visionbuddy.com/) for screens and for books, she has an audio book player that connects to the Library of Congress where she gets free audiobooks (https://www.loc.gov/nls/enrollment-equipment/equipment-neede...)
Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by jareds on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:11AM (#37294277)
Have you looked into streaming devices so she can watch movies and tv with audio description? I'm totally blind and the availability of audio description on all major streaming services has made tv watching a lot better for me.
Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by javajosh on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:16AM (#37294369)
Do the descriptions interfere with the dialog? Are they recorded human voices or computer generated?
Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by jareds on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:20AM (#37294425)
Descriptions are read by a human narrator. Description only occurs when there is no dialog. According to my sited wife it's not that distracting, she got used to it after a month or two.
Re:Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to ... by rawgabbit on Monday August 28, 2023 @11:11AM (#37295363)
Vision buddy looks very cool. This is what I had hoped Apple's headset would be.