Magnification under Linux

Magnification under Linux

[Mario Lang]

Hello.
I'm currently helping a visually handicaped friend to install linux.
We now reached the problem, that I couldnt really find useful
magnification tools for Linux for him.
Does someone here have experience with Magnification under Linux (Console
& X)
If you got any tip what program or modification of configuration we could
use to reach about 2/1 or 3/1 magnification please send me a mail.

Regards,
        Mario

Re: Magnification under Linux

[Charles McCathieNevile]

If you are running X then fonts can be specified as large sizes. Xview, an
dprobably many othe programs, allow you to rescale images. It is not a
perfect solution, but should be a good start. (Navigator, on the other
hand, tends to do everything with tiny fonts, which makes life pretty
miserable. One of the reasons why Lynx is my primary browser...)

Charles McCathieNevile

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Mario Lang wrote:

  Hello.
  I'm currently helping a visually handicaped friend to install linux.
  We now reached the problem, that I couldnt really find useful
  magnification tools for Linux for him.
  Does someone here have experience with Magnification under Linux (Console
  & X)
  If you got any tip what program or modification of configuration we could
  use to reach about 2/1 or 3/1 magnification please send me a mail.
  
  Regards,
          Mario
  
  
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Magnification under Linux

[Buechel Olivier]

Hi there
I looked once for such a tool, but found none which was adequate
for my visual h. friend. If you have found a programm which works for
you, could you mail me the url?

thanx
o
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Mario Lang writes:
 > Hello.
 > I'm currently helping a visually handicaped friend to install linux.
 > We now reached the problem, that I couldnt really find useful
 > magnification tools for Linux for him.
 > Does someone here have experience with Magnification under Linux (Console
 > & X)
 > If you got any tip what program or modification of configuration we could
 > use to reach about 2/1 or 3/1 magnification please send me a mail.
 > 
 > Regards,
 >         Mario
 > 
 > 
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Re: Magnification under Linux

[mark novak]

hi bruce

i'd refer you to look in two places to start.

1 - the Linux HOWTO

http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Access-HOWTO.html

2 - Trace R&D Center web site

http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/unix/unixshar.html

mark

>	Is there a large print program which works under Linux, like
>Zoomtext for
>Windows '95. Thanks.
>
>Bruce Coonce
>Student Development Specialist
>Office of Disability Services
>601 University Drive
>San Marcos, TX 78666
>Phone: (512) 245-3451 (V/tty)
>Fax: (512) 245-3452
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>  Dc06@A1.swt.edu
>
>----------
>> From: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@pop.systemy.it>
>> To: blinux-list@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Magnification under Linux
>> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 2:53 AM
>>
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> > If you are running X then fonts can be specified as large sizes. [...]
>>
>> But these means configuring any and every program. Not very handy.
>>
>> Isn't it easier to configure X to use, say, a 320x240 physical
>> resolution and a 1024x768 virtual one? Then you can just shift the
>> virtual screen in the physical one by pushing with the mouse on the
>> sides. I run at 1024x768, and when I switch to a 640x480 physical
>> screen it looks already already decently magnificated.
>>
>> For the console, I'd use SVGATextMode. The distribution already includes
>> some "bigfont" modes: 50x15, 40x15, 40x12. This is not real
>magnification,
>> just using a small terminal on a big screen
>>
>> /alessandro
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Re: Magnification under Linux

[Bruce Coonce]

	Is there a large print program which works under Linux, like Zoomtext for
Windows '95. Thanks.

Bruce Coonce
Student Development Specialist
Office of Disability Services
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 245-3451 (V/tty)
Fax: (512) 245-3452
E-mail: Dc06@academia.swt.edu or
  Dc06@A1.swt.edu

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> From: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@pop.systemy.it>
> To: blinux-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Magnification under Linux
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 2:53 AM
> 
> 
> Hello.
> 
> > If you are running X then fonts can be specified as large sizes. [...]
> 
> But these means configuring any and every program. Not very handy.
> 
> Isn't it easier to configure X to use, say, a 320x240 physical
> resolution and a 1024x768 virtual one? Then you can just shift the
> virtual screen in the physical one by pushing with the mouse on the
> sides. I run at 1024x768, and when I switch to a 640x480 physical
> screen it looks already already decently magnificated.
> 
> For the console, I'd use SVGATextMode. The distribution already includes
> some "bigfont" modes: 50x15, 40x15, 40x12. This is not real
magnification,
> just using a small terminal on a big screen 
> 
> /alessandro
> 
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Re: Magnification under Linux

[Alessandro Rubini]

Hello.

> If you are running X then fonts can be specified as large sizes. [...]

But these means configuring any and every program. Not very handy.

Isn't it easier to configure X to use, say, a 320x240 physical
resolution and a 1024x768 virtual one? Then you can just shift the
virtual screen in the physical one by pushing with the mouse on the
sides. I run at 1024x768, and when I switch to a 640x480 physical
screen it looks already already decently magnificated.

For the console, I'd use SVGATextMode. The distribution already includes
some "bigfont" modes: 50x15, 40x15, 40x12. This is not real magnification,
just using a small terminal on a big screen 

/alessandro