At Home Vision Test
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Click the eye chart and print on white 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper
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Attach the chart to a windowless wall in a well-lit room at eye level
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Measure ten feet from the wall
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Wear your prescription glasses or contact lenses
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Cover your left eye
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Have another person point to each line as you read the letters out loud and keep track of which letters you get right
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Continue to the bottom row or until you can no longer read the letters
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Write down the number of the smallest line where you identified the majority of letters correctly (Ex. If you were able to read at least 5 out of 8 letters on line 9, you would write 20/20.)
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Cover the right eye now and repeat steps 6-8.