The reason why I don't like ZoomText or any other magnification software is because your mouse is like a camera that you have to move around the screen... you may have a pop-up balloon or a flashing icon that you wouldn't notice because you are zoomed in on an edit field and typing away. Also, when reading a document you have to move your wrist back and forth, back and forth, back and forth for each line. I hate this and I like just hitting the down arrow to read. I normally just do CTRL + on apps that support it and increase the fonts in apps that don't. Unfortunately there are a lot of apps that don't support either function. I will download and try ZoomText just so I know for sure that it won't work for me, but from what I've seen on ZoomText for Windows it is not really what I wanna do. I'd rather find a way to increase the DPI scailing or get the resolution lower than what it's allowing me to do right now.
Thanks, Byron On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Terje Strømberg <[email protected]>wrote: > I mean option-command+esc to turn off the web reader eventually. > > Take care > > 27. des. 2013 kl. 15:16 skrev Terje Strømberg <[email protected]>: > > Zoom Text for mac is better i have read. I use Zoom Text, but have never > bothered to try Zoom integrated in mac because Zoom Text works fine in co > operation with Voice Over. Its best for you to read about Zoom Text for mac > on aisquared.com Download a free trial and learn about it. I don't like > their Web talking thing, because Voice Over works fine. You can turn the > Web talking thing off by pressing vo+esc and select Zoom Text web or > something. > > Take care > > 27. des. 2013 kl. 13:06 skrev Byron J. Lee <[email protected]>: > > Hey Guys, > > I am really struggling as a low vision user of OS X. I know there is a > free Zoom feature and VoiceOver is a lifesaver as usual, but I am a strange > case when it comes to computing with limited vision. When I was young I > never had ZoomText or anything in the Windows world. I was forced to adapt > the computer to my needs on my own. I figured out a few tricks like using > the Extra Large theme in Windows XP (this feature seems to be gone in > Win7), lowering the resolution, DPI Scailing, and of course, using CTRL + > and - inside Firefox. I've never been a fan of magnifying my screen because > I am used to seeing everything on my screen all at once. I prefer making > the text bigger and using magnification ONLY when there's a button or > something that can't be modified and I can't see what it is. > > Now I own a MacBook Air because Windows 8 was even harder to modify than > Windows 7... and I don't see it getting any better. I think I made a poor > decision on my Mac, an 11-inch MacBook Air. The screen is small and the > text on it is tiny. I tried lowering the resolution but it doesn't go very > low. Also, sighted people tell me that the lower resolution makes > everything look like crap but I can't see the difference. I also tried > changing the DPI scailing but apparently Apple doesn't allow you to do this > without some developer tools like Xcode. I also tried a program called > TinkerTool but it didn't seem to make a damn bit of a difference. I > detected absolutely NO change after altering the settings. > > I have figured out that Command + and - do change the text size on certain > things like e-mail and messages... but its still not quite big enough for > me. I also did a few things like turning on the feature that magnifies your > Dock, and increase the size of icons on my desktop, but I have a very long > way to go before everything looks right. Can anyone recommend a tool or a > method of enlarging text on the Mac without using something like Zoom? > > Thanks, > Byron > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
