Well the thing that helps me the most is a pair of very strong magnifiers. As opposed to hand held magnifiers, these happen to be mounted in glasses and they are quite strong. And for some things that suffices, providing that I remember to bring them with me. To be able to go into the store and do something but the reality is a lot of the world is written in very small print. Menus in restaurants are written in cursive or quite fancy.
Restaurants have no lighting.
Low vision people need three things. They need magnification. They need lighting and they need contrast. And the rest of the world doesn t always provide that. Restaurants aren t interested in providing light and contrast and certainly magnification.