Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Severely diminished eyesight

At http://www.learningstrategies.com/PhotoReading/FAQ5.html it says that PR can work with severely dimished eyesight. Is there, however, the limitation that if text is simply not recognizable at the reading distance, it can not be photoread?

I would imagine that FAQ5 applies mostly when people have problems seeing close, but can see a pageful of text from a distance. So PR does not magically make eye sight better, correct?

Thanks,
JH

If you can read, you can PhotoRead. You might need to adjust to what you find more comfortable.

Even with regular vision we could argue that it is difficult to read the newspaper while standing up because the text gets too small but we can still PhotoRead it.

How small a print can we read? Well as an example "We the sons of Scotland..." is printed on one side the Australian Ten Dollar note. The third line is one of the first with Ten Dollars repeated across the line. (This might come as a surprise to a few Aussies.)

I don't wear glasses I can see and read it (it isn't the easiest thing to read but not impossible). No one else in my family has been able to see it. So it really is necessary to explore how far you can really go with your personal limitations. It is the mind that reads not the eyes.

No, PhotoReading does not restore sight to normal but it may make it easier than struggling with slow reading because of the physical limitation of the foval vision. The peripheral vision may be functioning a lot better and with PhotoReading you can use this to your advantage.

Alex

Ok!

I just read an article about eyes. Apparently there are veins behind retina and with age, these veins stop functioning. This happens particularly on the part of retina where foveal vision is. So, it is a common condition for older people to have bad foveal vision but still good peripheral vision!

Which means their PhotoReading skills are available for them whenever they are ready to use them

Alex