The commercial website NvisionCenters.com has good information about using the Internet if you have impaired vision. Check out the website yourself, but here are the opening paragraphs:
Visual impairment can make navigating the Internet a challenge, but it is far from impossible.
Many computers come with built-in tools you can use to interact with the web. Adding elements to your computer can help you do even more. And web designers use techniques to make some sites more accessible for people with vision loss.
To change the size of this text in a Windows PC web browser, hold down the ‘Control’ keyboard button and press ‘+’ or ‘-‘ to zoom in and out.
On a Mac, hold the ‘Control’ button down and use the ‘Scroll’ function on your mouse. With an Apple Mouse, this is done by dragging a finger up or down the area where the tips of your fingers rest. With a non-Apple mouse, it is done through a scroll wheel.
If you’d rather listen to this text than read it, try this:
On a Mac:
- Choose the Apple menu.
- Select “System Preferences.”
- Click “Accessibility.”
- Click “Speech.”
- Select “Speak selected text when the key is pressed.”
On a PC with Windows:
- Click the “Start” button or the Windows icon in the bottom left corner.
- Click “Settings”, which may be a ‘gear’ icon, depending on your version of Windows.
- Click “Ease of Access.”
- Click “Narrator” in the left-hand menu.
- Click the sliders from “off” to “on.”
- Alternatively: Click the ‘Search’ field, in the lower-left corner, and type in ‘Narrator’.
On an Android device:
- Open “Settings.”
- Select “Screen Reader.”
- Turn the function on with the slider.
On an Apple device:
- Open “System Preferences.”
- Click “Accessibility.”
- Click “Speech.”
- Enable “Speak Screen.”
Internet Navigation for Individuals with Low Vision or Blindness
