Strategy: Screen resolution changes and tinted glasses

10 Keywords: Screen Glare, High Resolution, Tinted Glasses, Tinted, Dyslexia, Visual Stress, Specific Learning Difficulties, Specific Learning Differences, Screen Changes, Display Settings

green tinted glasses"I have my glasses set up so that they work better with laptops with a special tint on them. You can’t notice the tint – it’s a bit greeny, but you put them on and it is supposed to help with the glare off the screen that you get with laptops. They are just normal reading glasses but they have a special tinted coat over the top of them that helps stop the glare. I don’t really need glasses - my prescription is so low, but if I am using the computer over a long period of time it is quite useful to have them. I use them for reading when you get the glare off the white paper or off the screen."

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Vista Display settingsThe high resolution setting can be found via the control panel or click right hand mouse button when on the desktop - personalize in Vista. Don't forget Low resolution - items on the screen appear bigger and perhaps a little fuzzy; high resolution - smaller and sharper.

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"I have adjusted the screen size so that it is the highest resolution you can get, which makes things smaller but I find the detail is a lot better on them. I’m long sighted, so it’s better if things are smaller for me. It’s a laptop screen."

- Gemma

Tip

"Save your eyes with DPI Scaling in Windows Vista" advice taken from a TechRepublic blog that allow for easier reading with larger fonts and change the layout of icons on an LCD screen that like to be set at a very high resolution.