RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Visually impaired Students

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Chris Puttick

18 Jun 2003 18 Jun '03

10:22

Assuming you mean KDE under Nymph thin client, I think it is possible to create specific settings for an individual student - bigger icons would not be enough; we'd also want a lower resolution, if possible. Anybody supporting a VI student under KDE? Cheers Chris -----Original Message----- From: techies stpauls To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Sent: 6/18/03 9:21 AM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Visually impaired Students We have a Student starting in September who is visually impaired, does anybody know how to make all the icons on the screen larger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sam Deakin and Andrew Nix St Pauls Catloic Hgh School Firbank Road Wythenshawe Manchester M23 2YS tel: 0161 437 5841 ext 168 fax: 0161 498 2030 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com

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Thomas Adam

18 Jun 18 Jun

15:00

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--- Chris Puttick wrote:

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Assuming you mean KDE under Nymph thin client, I think it is possible to create specific settings for an individual student - bigger icons would not be enough; we'd also want a lower resolution, if possible.

Anybody supporting a VI student under KDE?

Cheers

Chris

My suggestion (and Chris, you skimmed on this) is to dramatically increase your "dpi" settings for X when it loads to say something like 100. That way the text size ought to be large. -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

Robert J Gautier

15:08

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It might also be helpful to give them a reasonable sized desktop (e.g. 1024x768) but include a lower resolution mode such as 320x200, which they will be able to switch to with CTRL/ALT/+ to 'zoom in' when necessary. Bob G On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Thomas Adam wrote:

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--- Chris Puttick wrote:

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Assuming you mean KDE under Nymph thin client, I think it is possible to create specific settings for an individual student - bigger icons would not be enough; we'd also want a lower resolution, if possible.

Anybody supporting a VI student under KDE?

Cheers

Chris

My suggestion (and Chris, you skimmed on this) is to dramatically increase your "dpi" settings for X when it loads to say something like 100. That way the text size ought to be large.

-- Thomas Adam

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Thomas Adam

15:30

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It might also be helpful to give them a reasonable sized desktop (e.g. 1024x768) but include a lower resolution mode such as 320x200, which they will be able to switch to with CTRL/ALT/+ to 'zoom in' when necessary.

Bob G

Bob, This would most likely be WM specific to implement. Try looking at the program "xmag". HTH, -- Thomas Adam

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Assuming you mean KDE under Nymph thin client, I think it is

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create specific settings for an individual student - bigger icons would not be enough; we'd also want a lower resolution, if possible.

Anybody supporting a VI student under KDE?

Cheers

Chris

My suggestion (and Chris, you skimmed on this) is to dramatically increase your "dpi" settings for X when it loads to say something like 100. That way the text size ought to be large.

-- Thomas Adam

===== Thomas Adam

"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com

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Robert J Gautier

16:48

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Thomas Adam wrote:

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It might also be helpful to give them a reasonable sized desktop (e.g. 1024x768) but include a lower resolution mode such as 320x200, which they will be able to switch to with CTRL/ALT/+ to 'zoom in' when necessary.

Bob G

Bob, This would most likely be WM specific to implement. Try looking at the program "xmag".

No, the feature I'm talking about is in the XFree86 X servers. The WM and the clients know nothing about it, which makes it nice and general. But I had a play with xmag and that looks handy too! Bob G

Thomas Adam

16:51

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Thomas Adam wrote:

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It might also be helpful to give them a reasonable sized desktop (e.g. 1024x768) but include a lower resolution mode such as 320x200, which they will be able to switch to with CTRL/ALT/+ to 'zoom in' when necessary.

Bob G

Bob, This would most likely be WM specific to implement. Try looking at the program "xmag".

No, the feature I'm talking about is in the XFree86 X servers. The WM and the clients know nothing about it, which makes it nice and general.

Oh, right. I see what you mean. The description above was a little ambiguous at first! :)

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But I had a play with xmag and that looks handy too!

Yes -- I suppose it is. I cannot think for another reason for using it :) HTH, -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

MJ Ray

19 Jun 19 Jun

01:20

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But I had a play with xmag and that looks handy too! Yes -- I suppose it is. I cannot think for another reason for using it :)

I use it to check colours and find tune layouts when I'm designing user interfaces. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Thought: "Changeset algebra is really difficult."

Robert J Gautier

18 Jun 18 Jun

17:07

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Thomas Adam wrote:

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It might also be helpful to give them a reasonable sized desktop (e.g. 1024x768) but include a lower resolution mode such as 320x200, which they will be able to switch to with CTRL/ALT/+ to 'zoom in' when necessary.

Bob G

Bob, This would most likely be WM specific to implement. Try looking at the program "xmag".

With xmag as a 'proof of concept' it shouldn't be so hard to write something that will let you point at a *window* and magnify that -- a sort of xmag with xwd's window selection options... Bob G

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