Poll: Do you wear lenses or glasses to read in front of your computer monitor? Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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| | Thayenga 
Německo
Local time: 22:28
Člen (2009)
angličtina -> němčina
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| Yes and no :) | Sep 1, 2012 |
In front of the desktop screen I need my glasses, while working on my laptop, I don't since the screen is close enough. In fact, keeping my spectacle on while working on my laptop puts too much strain on my eyes.
| | | | neilmac
Španělsko
Local time: 22:28
španělština -> angličtina
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The lenses (are supposed to) have a built-in protective filter against screen glare.
| | | | C. Mouton
Francie
Local time: 22:28
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> francouzština
| it's not only for the computer screen | Sep 1, 2012 |
Since I'm a lucky very-myopic-plus-astigmatic-plus-presbyope person, I do not wear glasses "for the computer screen" but all the time... can't walk without them !
Surprisingly enough, the intensive use of computer screens has not increased the problem at all, I show a normal evolution over the years.
The secret is a correct configuration of brightness and contrast.
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I have lenses/glasses for everything but working at my computer.
| | | | Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X)
Belgie
Local time: 22:28
angličtina -> francouzština
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| Screen filter. | Sep 1, 2012 |
I put a filter in front of my screen and it has been enough to protect my eyes up to now.
As to character size, one can always enlarge it and/or zoom the screen content.
With the Google Chrome browser, you can pre-set these options.
You can also bring the screen closer to your eyes in lots of cases.
A flexible window screening is also key, due to the changing sunlight.
An adequate room lighting is also key. Natural light is better.... See more I put a filter in front of my screen and it has been enough to protect my eyes up to now.
As to character size, one can always enlarge it and/or zoom the screen content.
With the Google Chrome browser, you can pre-set these options.
You can also bring the screen closer to your eyes in lots of cases.
A flexible window screening is also key, due to the changing sunlight.
An adequate room lighting is also key. Natural light is better. I found economic bulbs less expensive but they give me headaches, so I avoid them sometimes. More of a problem in winter in the northern hemisphere.
Hope this fully covers the subject, or is this survey just to know the percentage of translators with eye problems (nothing to do with translation, I would guess, although, who knows...).
Eye protection & treatment is an additional cost that should be covered by translation fees. Let's not forget about this... by the way... ▲ Collapse
| | | | inkweaver
Německo
Local time: 22:28
francouzština -> němčina
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Being myopic I need to wear my glasses in front of my desktop. I have been myopic since the tender age of 10, so I can't blame it on computer work ...
My eyesight hasn't really got much worse over the last 15 years or so, so I don't think computer work has much to do with it anyway.
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C. Mouton wrote: Since I'm a lucky very-myopic-plus-astigmatic-plus-presbyope person, I do not wear glasses "for the computer screen" but all the time... can't walk without them ! Surprisingly enough, the intensive use of computer screens has not increased the problem at all, I show a normal evolution over the years. The secret is a correct configuration of brightness and contrast.
Only last week I tried to walk without my glasses and... fell over my dog!
[Edited at 2012-09-01 12:05 GMT]
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Julian Holmes
Japonsko
Local time: 05:28
Člen (2011)
japonština -> angličtina
| Eye protection is more important that you might think | Sep 1, 2012 |
@Isabelle
Thank you for your helpful advice.
My eyesight rapidly deteriorated in the space of one week when I was 14 to the point that I couldn't see what was written on the blackboard even sitting at the frontmost desk in the classrroom. After this, I had to wear Harry Potter specs and got beaten up all the time. Such was life at grammar school. "Four eyes" always had a hard time. Sigh...
So, now I wear specs all the time. God help me if I put them down somewhere... See more @Isabelle
Thank you for your helpful advice.
My eyesight rapidly deteriorated in the space of one week when I was 14 to the point that I couldn't see what was written on the blackboard even sitting at the frontmost desk in the classrroom. After this, I had to wear Harry Potter specs and got beaten up all the time. Such was life at grammar school. "Four eyes" always had a hard time. Sigh...
So, now I wear specs all the time. God help me if I put them down somewhere -- I just lose sight of them. 
Anyway, here's another useful piece of advice to help protect your eyes:
Never site your computer screen in front of a window or place subject to lots of reflected light from overhead lighting.
Your eyes will constantly try to adjust to the different light intensities/light sources and cause unnecessary and very intense eye strain.
I recommend placing the screen in front of a non-reflecting wall or cover the wall with a similar non-reflecting material, preferably a nondescript - read "easy-on-the-eyes" - pastel color.
As for myself, my computer screens are sited in front of a sanded-down concrete wall and there are few different contrast objects in the immediate surroundings that will cause my eyes to continually re-adjust to variances in light intensity.
Lots of non-reflecting gray cardboard will do just as well. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Marlene Blanshay
Kanada
Local time: 16:28
Člen (2009)
francouzština -> angličtina
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I used to be very nearsighted and had laser surgery. However, i still do need reading/computer glasses.
| | | | Rebecca Garber
Local time: 16:28
Člen (2005)
němčina -> angličtina
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| Since my clear range of vision is approximately 15cm... | Sep 1, 2012 |
yes, I wear glasses or contacts all the time.
My vision has been stable for years, so I don't think the computer is affecting it.
| | | | | Glasses all the time. | Sep 1, 2012 |
I wear spectacles all the time, no special specs or screen filters, just a correct adjustment of the screen.
What Julian and Isabelle say is more important than many people realize.
I used to enjoy taking my computer out to the back porch to work, but I have stopped doing that because of the strain on my eyes.
It surprises me to see how many people place their computers in front of a window or with the window to their back. If it is in front, your eyes h... See more I wear spectacles all the time, no special specs or screen filters, just a correct adjustment of the screen.
What Julian and Isabelle say is more important than many people realize.
I used to enjoy taking my computer out to the back porch to work, but I have stopped doing that because of the strain on my eyes.
It surprises me to see how many people place their computers in front of a window or with the window to their back. If it is in front, your eyes have to adjust all the time to the different intensities of light, as Julian so rightly says. If it is behind you there are too many reflections on the screen. For me it indispensable to have good natural light, FROM ONE SIDE. At night, I place a lamp in such a way that it illuminates the keyboard and the wall behind my computer screen.
[Edited at 2012-09-01 16:43 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Julian Holmes
Japonsko
Local time: 05:28
Člen (2011)
japonština -> angličtina
| One other thing | Sep 2, 2012 |
@Jose
Thank you for emphasizing and driving home the fact that a lot of people tend to underestimate this facet of our working environment.
One other thing?
Prolonged spells in front of a computer screen will not improve your eyesight -- it will get progressively worse over the years. So, I do recommend preventive steps now while your eyesight is good to ensure that it stays that way as long as possible.
Contacts don't help either. Minute dust ... See more @Jose
Thank you for emphasizing and driving home the fact that a lot of people tend to underestimate this facet of our working environment.
One other thing?
Prolonged spells in front of a computer screen will not improve your eyesight -- it will get progressively worse over the years. So, I do recommend preventive steps now while your eyesight is good to ensure that it stays that way as long as possible.
Contacts don't help either. Minute dust particles are attracted to even LCD screens and are bounced back to bombard your eyes, more specifically, your retinas and leave them covered in minute scars. 
This may sound heavy-handed but this invisible damage becomes increasingly apparent as you get older. ▲ Collapse
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