MonoMouse

MonoMouse is a handheld electronic magnifier manufactured by Bierley, designed to help people with a visual impairment to read printed text or images.[http://www.califa.org/monomouse.php#tab1 California Libraries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105161024/http://califa.org/monomouse.php#tab1 |date=2009-01-05 }}, California Libraries{{cite web |title=Bierley Electronic Magnifiers |url=https://www.bierley.com/ |access-date=22 December 2020}}

Originally developed by Ian Bierley in 2003 for use by his mother, who had glaucoma, and then later released as a commercial product supplied through opticians in 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/2005/07/22/13746/Bierley's+MonoMouse+.html#tab2 |title=Optician Article |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513154344/http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/2005/07/22/13746/Bierley's+MonoMouse+.html#tab2 |archive-date=2006-05-13 |url-status=dead }} The MonoMouse is shaped like an oversized computer mouse and connects to any television through either the SCART connector in Europe or the RCA connector in the rest of the world.{{cite news |last1=Adams-Spink |first1=Geoff |title=Visually impaired see the future |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4412283.stm#tab1 |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=BBC |date=5 April 2005}}

It is an example of assistive technology to enable people with eye conditions like macular degeneration to read printed text and see printed images.

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Category:Assistive technology