New high tech equipment can help visually impaired people remain independent members of society. They include devices such as closed circuit television systems (which enlarge printed material) and electronic reading machines. Also available are speech synthesizers and computer software that work together to read computer screens. And lastly, there are many software programs available that enlarge the characters on a computer screen to make computer use possible.

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