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       Visual Aids
   DIR By: googily_eyes
       Date: November 6, 2013, 1:09 am
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       So I was curious about CCTV's and portable magnifiers, as
       someone just posted a link to one.   I thought, hey, cool, I
       actually really need one of those for shopping because for the
       life of me, all the prices and labels are too small for me.  And
       not just for shopping--there's a ton of things I can't see, even
       with contacts on.  Lots of times I have to take off my contacts
       or glasses and put it up to my eye and let my nearsightedness do
       it's thing.  So a magnifier would be great.
       And then I looked at the prices.  Wow.  I found it really
       disheartening.  I wasn't expecting it to be beyond $1,000 for
       something with apparently only a 4 hour battery life.  My tablet
       gets 10 hours and was only $300.
       Anyway, what are your experiences with visual aids?  What aids
       are out there?  Are there aids for seeing farther too?  I'm just
       trying to gauge what's out there.
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       Re: Visual Aids
   DIR By: Cass
       Date: November 7, 2013, 9:59 pm
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       I use a glass dome magnifier that I got from my local blind
       school.  I went to public school though and they paid for it so
       I didn't have to, which was awesome! I've been using it for 8 or
       9 years and its super helpful and I carry it around in my
       backpack; it wouldn't fit in a pocket but it would easily fit in
       a purse.  I don't know where you could find one but if you
       searched around online something similar might pop up.  I
       remember it being a reasonable price.
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