Hello all,

I am replying to an older post (below) from Jim Mayor (Sat, 17 Apr
2004) regarding free magnifiers.  There is a new free magnifier called
iZoom from Issist (Canada), you can download it from:
http://www.issist.com/index.asp?page=iZoom
It is the first, free full-screen magnifier/reader application and I
think it is definitely worth a try -- the price is more-than-right,
it's entirely free.

BTW,
I am working on a different freeware magnifer, Virtual Magnifying
Glass for Windows, as mentioned below.  Link here:
http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/
This magnifier is geared more for simple usage and has some limited AT
features, which I'm adding over time.  But, iZoom already solves the
gnarly problem of free, professional-quality AT-software for windows,
so I think it's highly recommended.  (If only iZoom was Open Source!
<sigh>)

Anyway, just wanted to pass this info along.

Have a nice day,
-Chris O'Donnell
(another btw:  I'm 35 with strong astigmatism and parial-blindness in
one eye from glaucoma)

**** Previous message below ****
I am a volunteer (and non-visually impaired) at our local public library (a
very small library in a small rural community in Vermont's Northeast
Kingdom).  We are making an attempt to improve our computer access for the
visually impaired (We have two Gates Foundation computers).  The computers
all have Windows 2000.  We find the visually-impaired feature of 2000 to be
less than satisfactory.  The librarian saw a Mac recently that had a
feature to enlarge the entire screen by various increments.  She liked it,
but understood that software like that for the PC was very expensive.  Does
anyone know of something that will work well and not be expensive?

Incidentally, we also have Virtual Magnifying Glass, which is priced right,
to be marginally satisfactorily.  We would like something that enlarges the
entire screen.

BTW, would anyone like to suggest any other software (or hardware) that
might be suitable for us, considering out extremely limited resources.

Thanks very much.
Peace.
Jim Mayor


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