Laptop for blind user

[Novalee]

Hi everyone,

 

Been a long time since I've been on here! I went over to the dark side (teaching 😂).

 

I have a question though and couldn't think of who else would know except this clever bunch!

 

My Nan is in her 90s. For years she has loved playing spider solitaire on her laptop but with her eyesight deteriorating very quickly, she can't see to play.

 

She enjoys using the laptop, so my (brilliant) suggestion of a pack of cards isn't going to work.

 

We tried her with a tablet but she didn't manage with it well. She kept pressing things accidentally etc and getting confused.

 

Does anyone have any inspiration? She literally wants to play spider solitaire!

 

Thanks!

[elsiegee40]

What’s her hearing like?

 

What she needs is Audio Description. Whether that works with Spider is another matter

[witch]

A big magnifier that sits on the screen? There are lots for reading that I am sure you could adapt and fix to a screen

[Novalee]

Ah here are two users I remember! Hiya!

 

Thank you. Her hearing isn't great either. The problem I have is that, anything that isn't the most straightforward thing will confuse her.

 

Although, after I posted this, I ran updates on the laptop and she now says she can see it much better. I didn't even do anything... 😂

 

I think it's the contrast which is the main issue and being able to find the mouse cursor.

[DJ-1701]

Well if you do need it in the future, in the Display settings you can give change the Scale and layout a go, which is usually at 100% to a value like 175%.

 

[strawberry]

Have a look at accessibly in windows 10. You can invert colours and increase zoom.