MDS organised its second computer tutorial at the home of member Steven Lo, which has once again kindly agreed to be the "tutor" of the day and share his tips on how to make using computers much easier with low vision. Just like the first session last year, it was an intimate and cosy affair, with just a handful of participants. It allowed for closer interaction.
The society is grateful to Steven for sharing and stepping forward to play an active role to help fellow members. A big thank you!
Please find below the report and pictures filed by Steven.
By Steven Lo
MDS member
It was a good thing only five persons registered for the Computer Tutorial because this was the maximum number I could "comfortably" accommodate. Even if my room could take more than five, it would be hard for the participants to make out the words from my 22-inch monitor.
The first half hour was reserved for demonstration only. The participants were shown the default font size set by the software designers for Desktop, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer in their computers at home. After a few mouse clicks, they were able to see the much enlarged fonts in the Title Bar, Menu, etc in not only Desktop, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer, but also in other software like MS Word, Adobe Reader.
Many of them were aware of the magnification feature in MS Word but all agreed that increasing the font size would cut down the annoyance and giddiness of left-right scrolling in reading.
The participants welcomed the prospect of a short break where we had the opportunity to pose for a group picture. The next hour or so was spent going through in detail the various steps to tweak the computer settings to what we wanted.
One of the participants had to leave for another appointment and requested for a soft copy of the "Roadmap" so he would not miss any steps.
It was around 5 pm when we finally ended the session and took the time to pose a final photo for the MDS blog and website.
The society is grateful to Steven for sharing and stepping forward to play an active role to help fellow members. A big thank you!
Please find below the report and pictures filed by Steven.
By Steven Lo
MDS member
It was a good thing only five persons registered for the Computer Tutorial because this was the maximum number I could "comfortably" accommodate. Even if my room could take more than five, it would be hard for the participants to make out the words from my 22-inch monitor.
The first half hour was reserved for demonstration only. The participants were shown the default font size set by the software designers for Desktop, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer in their computers at home. After a few mouse clicks, they were able to see the much enlarged fonts in the Title Bar, Menu, etc in not only Desktop, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer, but also in other software like MS Word, Adobe Reader.
Many of them were aware of the magnification feature in MS Word but all agreed that increasing the font size would cut down the annoyance and giddiness of left-right scrolling in reading.
The participants welcomed the prospect of a short break where we had the opportunity to pose for a group picture. The next hour or so was spent going through in detail the various steps to tweak the computer settings to what we wanted.
One of the participants had to leave for another appointment and requested for a soft copy of the "Roadmap" so he would not miss any steps.
It was around 5 pm when we finally ended the session and took the time to pose a final photo for the MDS blog and website.
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