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Computer Screen zoom (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by chaotic_david
(not blind, but eyesight is getting bad) I find that Chrome is really helpful by giving me a default zoom setting for me to set. I find that 150% or 125% is the best balance of comfort and practicality for me. At that zoom, most websites still display everything without needing a horizontal scroll bar and I can read esily. The rest of windows 8, however, is really hard to get around. It comes with a built-in "magnifier" but it is so bad. You have to pan around the page uncontrollably and it makes it really hard to use. What have you used to solve this problem?
What I really want from a zoom setting is to just make all OS elements bigger.
Thanks for your hlep.
What I really want from a zoom setting is to just make all OS elements bigger.
Thanks for your hlep.
EldieTurner 1 points
I use the default magnifier but I use the lens option rather than the default full screen zoom. this way I can just mouse over what I want to read. (I make mine very wide and narrow).
Also you can up the zoom level for everything in windows. right click on the desktop and click personalize, in the lower left of the windows click display. Change the size to 125 - 150% going above that causes issues in my experience.
Also you can up the zoom level for everything in windows. right click on the desktop and click personalize, in the lower left of the windows click display. Change the size to 125 - 150% going above that causes issues in my experience.
kaall 1 points
I think most people who have significant visual impairment use the pan around mode, either built into the OS or something like ZoomText. It takes some getting used to, but it's really not too bad. I read by moving my screen focus and keeping my eyes fixed, and when I go back to normal large text now it feels like so much effort. I've found the OS tools to perform pretty good or even better then ZoomText etc. Specialized tools have a lot more features though.
Lion_the_Bunny 1 points
There's software that you can purchase. I use ZoomText - really easy to navigate and to turn on/off.
dmazzoni 1 points
ZoomText is awesome.
As a simpler solution in the meantime, try changing your display resolution. That will make everything bigger.
As a simpler solution in the meantime, try changing your display resolution. That will make everything bigger.
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