Vision impaired girl's use of iPad impresses Steve Jobs

  A 9-year-old girl with sight problems has swapped out magnifying glasses and other clunky equipment for  an iPad. Holly Bligh, 9, has albinism, a genetic condition that affects not only the pigment in her skin, hair and eyes, but also her vision.. To read, teachers had to make photocopies with enlarged text for her or she had to use a magnifying glass or other devices to read. Thanks to an iPad she now can zoom in and enlarge the text with the touch of a finger. Bligh can also read about twice as long as she could with regular printed material. Holly's attention span has increased and her mother, Fiona, estimates "visual fatigue" now takes twice as long to set in. "Holly's very adaptable and she's got a fantastic attitude,"...

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