this looks interesting thank you so much. Also zoomtext might do the trick, when I can afford it I may get it because I’ll get it at a discount because I have zoomtext for windows. Zoomtext is useless for me on windows but the 27 inch imac even with the colors inverted is letting me see better on the screen, of course still using voiceover because my eyes get tired quickly having such damaged corneas. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: December-13-14 12:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: newbie any help from members with a little vision I'm not sure about window colors and such but in preferences under desktop & screensaver under the desktop tab is where you can pick a desktop picture. In that list of folders under Apple is also one item called "Solid Colors" which you can use to set your desktop color to anything you want.
For finder windows, from what I found, you can only change the background color in the icon view. To do so, open a window, make sure you are in the icon view and the command-J to show view options. In there is a radio button that lets you choose between white, color or picture. So you can make it any color you want but they don't let you do this in the non-icon view. Another site suggested using f.lux: https://justgetflux.com/news/pages/mac/ which lets you change the color scheme based on the time of day but it was pointed out that you can customize those so you could use it to make the color scheme whatever you want. Hope this helps. CB On 12/12/14, 10:12 PM, Zoe Fiogkos wrote: Thank you so much for trying to give me an option. I don’t know how to open a color profile to see if the one I want might be there however asking apple accessibility to maybe create it sounds wonderful. Thank you again. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: December-12-14 9:32 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: newbie any help from members with a little vision It sounds like you are trying to emulate the level of customisation ,that you can get on Windows, on the Mac. On Windows you can fine tune colours for particular elements of windows. including borders, background, menu shades etc. However , although I have no vision and not an expert in this area at all as far as I am aware this is not possible on the Mac. The mac relies on colour profiles rather than allowing individual fine tuning. I think this is a trade off of customisation versus system stability which tends to be the distinction between Mac and Windows all across the OS. Windows is far more customisable but is also far less stable andiron to frequent crashes. Colours do matter for O/s, even on Windows Jaws for years did not work properly with some colours. Others have shown accessibility profile like invert colours. I hope that I am wrong and someone will show you a way I am not familiar with.. In the meantime I suggest you contact Apple Accessibility and specify the colour scheme you would find helpful and ask if that could be added as a colour profile. This is unlikely to be released before the next OS upgrade though even if adopted. If others support the colour profile you request this is likely to have more impact.. David Griffith On 13 Dec 2014, at 00:09, Zoe Fiogkos <fiog...@rogers.com> wrote: Yes I have done that but it doesn’t give me the right colors in the menus and windows, that’s why I asked if anyone knows more advanced options on the mac From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com[ <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Badger Sent: December-12-14 6:08 PM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: newbie any help from members with a little vision If memory serves me correctly, you go into system preferences, look for display. I think the color options are in there. However, the person who wrote the other reply is correct, you can also invert colors through excess ability. Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. 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