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In reading text, two processes can be discriminated: 1) the search for desired information on the page, and 2) the process of processing information once the desired spot on the page has been found. A global overview is given about the research on the structure of the visual system and how this system is used in normal reading and reading by people with low vision (LVP). It is concluded that research has been concentrated at the second process of the reading process and that no knowledge is available on how LVP can use their residual visual function to enable search. It is argued that visual search is of increasing importance in our modern society and that low vision aids (LVA) should support visual search. It is assumed that betters LVA can be developed on the basis of an ‘Ecological approach to visual perception’ (Gibson (1979).
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den Brinker, B.P.L.M. (1994). A new approach in designing low vision aids (LVA). In: Zagler, W.L., Busby, G., Wagner, R.R. (eds) Computers for Handicapped Persons. ICCHP 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 860. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58476-5_180
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