Paulina Reyes

Paulina Reyes

  • Age: 25
  • Media use at home – Type: Personal computer, Smartphone
  • Media use at home – Frequency: ★★★★
  • Current use assistive technology: OCR, Brielle Embrosser, Adobe Reader Speech Out, VOCA
  • Diagnose: Total visual impairment – Total blindness

Paulina was born blind and currently resides in Murcia, Spain. Paulina was unable to find work after graduating from high school due to her vision disorder. The only work options she had would have forced Paulina and her family to travel, something they did not want to do.
She began taking guitar lessons and is now proficient in the instrument. It was difficult to understand at first.

Capacities to support

She is not able to see so it affects her life quality and her professional/daily task.

Advice for Assistive Technology:

Color Filters

Description Color filters change the color palette on the screen and can help you distinguish between things that differ only by color. It makes it possible for you to always see what’s on the screen. (source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-color-filters-in-windows-10-43893e44-b8b3-2e27-1a29-b0c15ef0e5ce) Manuals – online support Where to find & pricing Start Menu > Settings > Ease of Access > […]

Dark Mode

Description Dark mode is a view that is easy on the eyes and helps you to focus more on your work. Dark mode uses a dark color scheme that works system wide. (source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208976) Manuals – online support Where to find & pricing Mac: Apple menu > System Preferences > General > Light, Dark or […]

VoiceOver

Description VoiceOver is an advanced screen reader built into OS X. VoiceOver speaks text in documents and windows and provides a spoken description of events on your screen. You can control your Mac primarily from the keyboard, a braille display or a trackpad. (source: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/turn-on-and-practice-voiceover-iph3e2e415f/ios) Manuals – online support Where to find & pricing iPhone, […]

Text-To-Speech from Kurzweil 3000

Description Kurzweil 3000 is a web-managed application that helps educators to meet the varying needs of their students within one intuitive environment. Students of all levels can learn from the same materials, which are accessible through the system’s cloud-based library, anytime and from any computer, or their iPad. This new level of accessibility, combined with […]

Text-To-Speech from SprintPlus (Dutch)

Description SprintPlus is a handy reading program that helps you read and write. Thanks to the pleasant reading voice, you can hear what you are writing and notice mistakes more quickly. SprintPlus works with Microsoft Word and PDF files.In addition to the reading functions, the software contains a series of additional aids such as homophonic […]