FBN Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Would really appreciate some advice on this. A colleage is suffering from slow macular degeneration; a condition affecting the retina and causing patches of visual loss; especially centrally. This means fonts which are too small can't be read and characters too large break up. Are there any specific screens, software and other aids on offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Don't know if this will help? In Windows - Start - Control Panel - Acessability Options. Here there are many options like high contrast screen display and audio help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgrims Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I use an awesome extension for firefox that can read any text for you out loud. its free. Its "robot speak", but one gets used to it. http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 In Windows - Start - Control Panel - Acessability Options. Also there is the screen magnifier. For browser font increase, hold the CTRL key down and press the +/- key to increase font size. Or, hold the CTRL down and move the scroll wheel on the mouse if it haves it. There is also within Windows text to speech conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokian Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 There's also the "magnifier option under "Accessibility"--Perhaps this is not really a solution.... In Windows - Start - Control Panel - Acessability Options. Also there is the screen magnifier. For browser font increase, hold the CTRL key down and press the +/- key to increase font size. Or, hold the CTRL down and move the scroll wheel on the mouse if it haves it. There is also within Windows text to speech conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) There's also the "magnifier option under "Accessibility"--Perhaps this is not really a solution.... In Windows - Start - Control Panel - Acessability Options. Also there is the screen magnifier. For browser font increase, hold the CTRL key down and press the +/- key to increase font size. Or, hold the CTRL down and move the scroll wheel on the mouse if it haves it. There is also within Windows text to speech conversion. This would be fine if websites such as the ThaiVIsa one did not fix the font size. In order to increase the text size you must go to tools/options/accessibility and check the box ignore text size in IE Edited October 17, 2009 by harrry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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