About Katherine: 

  • She is 74 years old and lives alone.
  • She has Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Tasks Katherine is struggling with:

  • Recognising faces and watching television.
  • Seeing things close-up, including labels on her medication.
  • Reading greetings cards from family.
  • Completing her cross stitch.

Suggested Assistive Technology solutions

For simple tasks, a magnifying glass would be helpful, but for more advanced solutions, see below.

Portable video magnifier

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Desktop video magnifier

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) desktop

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OXSIGHT Onyx glasses

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Assistive Technology helps to manage tasks made difficult by low vision and blindness. Sight and Sound Technology can offer free advice on which solutions could better meet your needs. 

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