I'm Marc and I live in the south west of merry England. I'm 33, and I am a part time student at the University of the West of England where I am studying social science and information systems.
I have been messing about with computers for years and I am esecially interested in the "useability" of software.
Apart from a list of minor medical problems, about ten yeas ago I developed an eye condition called Kerataconus which meant that my eyesight deteriorated over the years forcing me to wear glasses followed by contact lenses and then finally I had corneal grafts to both eyes, which improved my sight enormously.

Why this site?

Over the years I have used many different computer programs and found that most of them are very difficult to use for anyone with less than perfect eyesight. For example; All the word processors I have seen show black text on a white background and although it is often possible to change the size and colour of the text, it is NEVER possible to change the background colour.
Now I have a problem with reading high contrast type so using word processing software is quite difficult for me. The same goes for personal ograniser, spreadsheet, Dbase, and email software (and as for those terribly designed web pages, , ).
after receiving a recomendation from a fellow Kerataconus sufferer I decided that it was time to hunt down some better software and put up a list of recommendations for anyone else who suffers with poorer than average vision.
There isn't much in the list yet, but as I find more I will try it out and write about it.
This is where I need some help. If you have found a really good piece of software, please TELL ME! You can click here or email me at judgemarc@oocities.com
although I'm looking for stuff that makes computers easier to use for people with poor eyesight, I also want to hear about any software that you think is well designed and reliable.

I'm stuck with Windows 95 so I can't do anything with Apple software but I will still include any recommendations in the list.

Thanks for listening and all the best,
Marc.
 

P.S.
And if there are any programmers or developers out there reading this, get in touch!