Why would you be struggling to see in the recovery process? Well, there are a bunch of reasons, but some of the top contenders are:
- Medications.
- Some meds can make vision very poor for a few hours after the medication is taken. If you take this med a few times a day, it can get very frustrating as it limits many of your activities.
- Some meds cause drowsiness, which doesn't make vision all that wonderful for most
- Fatigue
- There's a difference between being fatigued (weak) and being tired (drowsy). Both can affect vision
- Conditions.
- With severe malnutrition for example, reading time can be restricted and vision is affected because of the sheer number of calories required to use your eyes even just to read!
Again, that's not an exhaustive list, but I'm sure you get the gist. When do we get to the amazing apple part? Right now:) This post is "Part 1" as there are a lot of ways to address vision issues with a mac, an iPad, iPhone, etc. I am sure that the PC will have options too, but I prefer Apple. In fact, I chose to switch to all things Apple because of their many accessibility issues - but that's a different post.
For today, we'll focus on Apps only. While there are many apps to choose from, there are a few that I love and use all of the time:
- Battery Free.
- What: It's an app that tells you what percent of your battery you have left. Yes, this is on the home screen of most iproducts, but it's very small. When you press the icon, this app takes you to a black screen with a green number telling you at what percent your battery is charged.
- Cost: free
- Notes: I wish the numbers were larger yet, but any amount helps!
- Light and Flash-Light. Both apps turn your device into a powerful flashlight.
- What: Flash-light I like this better than "light" because it's less fussy (yep, fussy is now a technical term!). Press the icon and you get to a black screen. Tap once for light (twice for blink, 3 times for SOS).
- Cost: Free.
- Notes: The writing telling you about the taps is small, but I know that one tap is for the light so it's easy, and I never use the others.
- What: Light. Again, turns your device into a flashlight. And is very customizable.
- Cost: Free
- Notes: This app has a higher rating, and many more options (like brightness of light). That's precisely why I don't like it as much (the whole fussy thing).
- Magnifier
- What: An adjustable magnifying glass you can use to see almost anything. Press the icon and presto it's magnifying. There's a bar on the screen to zoom in and out.
- Cost: Free
- Notes: A very cool feature of this app is that you can turn the "torch" on or off so that magnifying in the dark is not an issue.
- Large Clock
- What: A large clock :P Again, yes the time is on every device, but this one is legible for those of us with vision issues. You press the icon, and suddenly you see the time in VERY large numbers with a few colour variations (black on white, yellow on black, etc)
- Cost: Free
- Notes: Options include things like the display appearing analog or digital, 24 hour or 12 hour, etc.
- Angry birds Light
- What: Very popular game where you shoot birds out of a slingshot in order to destroy pigs. So, doesn't really qualify as an app that helps vision. In fact, I can't see it qualifying at all…. BUT, it's the only game I've found that you don't have to see perfectly well to play. It's not complicated, and there's a lot of repetition.
- Cost: Free
- Notes: Yes, there are many free versions of the games (angry birds rio, angry birds seasons, etc) BUT if you pay for very fun upgrades the fun just keeps going and going!!
So, there you have it; a few apps to help you live largER at least, even if they don't help you to live high on the hog. But what do you need with living high on the hog right now anyway? I think being as happy as one in mud because you can see well is better, and getting entertained as I sling imaginary birds at hogs… well, what more could a girl ask for? Try it and"see" what you think!
Happy Hogging!!
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