Last year some time I listened to a podcast interview with Susan Gerhart. Susan has recently experienced macular degeneration and is using technology to help her maintain her quality of life.
To listen to the podcast, go to http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3715.html
Some points that I remember are:
- How useful the Kindle (generation 1) has been for her. Later versions of Kindle had not been released yet at the time of this interview.
- How useful screenreaders are and that she prefers to use computer-generated voices as you can speed them up and still understand them quite easily.
- Some newspapers provide a specialised device that will read the newspaper contents to you daily.
- She uses multiple mobile devices. Her PDA is extremely important to her.