[WEB4LIB] Visually Impaired

[Thomas Dowling]

> Looking for ways within NT and/or Netscape and/or 3rd party software
to
> enlarge text and images on the screen for visually impaired patrons.
> PREFERABLY something that could be run 'on the fly' so that the person
who
> needs it could use it and the person who didn't wouldn't have to --
without
> staff constantly having to come change system settings etc.
>

There's a minimal screen magnifier built into Windows 2000, and also a
minimal screen reader and onscreen keyboard.  W2k refers people needing
more robust accessibility programs to a list at
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

The Opera web browser has a built in zoom function that takes both text
and images from 20% to 1000% of their original size.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu