Open AccessA clinical evaluation of equipment which allows the partially sighted and blind to access computer–based information
Author(s) -
Boulton Lesley M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1989.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - partially sighted , recreation , visually impaired , blindness , work (physics) , multimedia , computer science , psychology , human–computer interaction , optometry , medicine , engineering , political science , law , mechanical engineering
Twenty‐five visually handicapped people, including two who were completely blind, were trialled on recently developed equipment which enables such severely visually impaired people access to the modern computerised world. Twenty‐one of the people found that such equipment would enhance their study, work and recreational capabilities and allow them to utilise computerised technology alongside their normally sighted peers. Two already had equipment sufficient for their needs, and two children were too young to require it at this stage.