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Originally Posted by LuvNH
I am low vision and am unable to read like I used tdo do. I am thinking about Kindle, but need to know how much you can enlarge the text. Can someone help me with this please.
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Yes, I did this for my mom as her vision deteriorated. Our takeaways:
- fonts can be adjusted on e-readers (both different fonts/typefaces depending on what looks clearer to you and size of font). The paperwhite was great for glare-reduction, as Mom spent a lot of time outdoors in her garden reading. Which models have the best range of font sizes (and backlighting, which can make quite a difference too) would take some research - my info there is out of date.
- sources of books vary. Mom didn't want a monthly bill, so we did not set up any paid services but Amazon has a list of free books you can download. The source Mom used most was public libraries - the best for her was the State Library of Ohio (Mom was a resident). The library card was free for state residents, you could get it online, and once you had the card number you could log into the site and download books (and magazines). One note on downloading books from public libraries - not all library systems have the same books - it's like cable packages, the library system has to pay to use the system, and not all libraries are well funded enough to afford an extensive shelf of viewable books. That made the State Library of Ohio a great choice - compared to the local library systems she had access to, it was like the unlimited cable package compared to basic cable. We got her library card to all the ones she was eligible to, but the larger the system the better her choices were.
It is definitely worth getting an e-reader - and remember, you can also download e-books to a notepad or tablet, there are apps that can handle that which would give you a larger screen size so you have more space for those larger fonts!