Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts

Monday, October 18, 2010

Vision enhancement/magnifier for public PC's

Our public PC's have a magnifying option for those who require a visual aid to use a computer. The Information Commons has placed its location at:
  1. "Start" button
  2. Accessibility
  3. Magnifier
Doing the above immediately places a small rectangular section at the top of the screen. This area magnifies whatever the mouse cursor is hovering over.

Alternatively...instead of choosing "3. Magnifier", in the same folder there is a "wizard" that will walk the user through the process of selecting personal visual settings of a greater variety than just a magnifier.
The wizard is a very helpful tool and should be pointed out to all users interested in this type of assistance.

This is a standard component of the existing Windows XP operating system. When this operating system changes to Windows 7 (probably in 2011) the location of this tool may be different.