[TriLUG] Vision disability

[Carl Crider]

 I don't know much about this issue, but would a high-contrast theme help in
any way?
Both KDE and Gnome offer high-contrast preferences.


On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Paul G. Szabady <paul at thyservice.com>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I have someone that works with me that has a vision problem that is not
> necessarily related to the size of a font, but more so the thickness.
> In other words, if I had two documents, one with 10pt font and the other
> with 20pt, the person would have the same difficulty reading both.
> However, if I were to change the 10pt font document to be boldfaced, she
> could read that easier than the 20pt font.
>
> What would be the best option(s) to use to meet her needs?  Is there one
> version of linux that integrates with $DESKTOP than the other?  Is there
> a linux/desktop combo out there, specifically designed for vision
> challenged people?
>
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> Paul
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