City Scene - November/December 2001: Making things bigger

November-December 2001

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Making things bigger

Daphne Crampton, secretary of the Friends of Christchurch City Libraries, officially launches the Smart View Reader with a cut of a pair of scissors.

A Smart View Reader in the Central City Library will enable people with low vision to use a new tool to improve their reading.

The reader was developed and produced by the Christchurch company, Pulse Data, which has an international reputation in the field.

The reader has a moveable reading table and big buttons but no keyboard. The machine, on the ground floor, magnifies and enhances print and pictures.

It is free to use.