So Steve if we kept this link you give would that be OK for downloading each day? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:54 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Free Screen Magnifier
I wrote some information about this for the RNIB web pages but it hasn't gone live yet. There are two options I would suggest. Here's the relevant extract from the page 1. Lightning Express Lightning Express works with Windows XP, Vista and 7. It doesn't require installation and supports Aero but not 64-bit Windows. It defaults to x3 full screen magnification with an inverted-colour mouse pointer, and tracks the mouse pointer, keyboard focus and insertion point. Magnification goes up to x6 with basic font smoothing, and there is an inverse colour option and a lens mode. It replaces the Windows mouse pointer options with a larger pointer for which you can choose between four colours. A significant limitation of Lightning Express is that it has to be downloaded or run from the Internet each day - if you download it today, it will only work until midnight, and then has to be downloaded again tomorrow. Its big plus is that it offers free full screen magnification to Windows XP and Vista, or Windows 7 users who use a High Contrast theme. You can download Lightning Express from here: http://www.clarodownloads.com/oneday/lightningexpress.exe 2. Desktop Zoom Desktop Zoom works with Windows XP, 2000, Vista and 7. It doesn't require installation and turns off Aero when it's started. It starts with x3 magnification and a yellow mouse, tracking the mouse only and with text smoothing turned on. It has lots of options such as keyboard control for zooming in and out and for turning some features on and off, mouse pointer size and shape enhancements, and speech output using the Windows TTS voice. Multiple configurations can be saved. An overview of the original screen with the magnified area superimposed appears at a bottom corner of the screen (this is called a "thumbnail"). As well as the default whole screen mode there are two others called "around mouse" and "fixed window". In these alternatives most of the other options - colour, tracking, speech - aren't available. Desktop Zoom has some unusual features, such as the ability to turn magnification off simply by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom right corner of the screen. Desktop Zoom isn't as reliable as Magnifier or Lightning Express. Keyboard tracking and text smoothing don't work smoothly and zoom level settings are difficult to set. At high levels of magnification, smoothing and general movement deteriorate. You can download Desktop Zoom from here: http://users.telenet.be/littlegems/MySoft/DesktopZoom/Index.html Hope that helps, Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howie, Sam Sent: 20 March 2012 07:55 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; BCAB Group Subject: [access-uk] Free Screen Magnifier Hi All Can anyone point me in the direction of a free screen magnifier for windows apart from the built in one as part of xp Sam Sam Howie Resource Worker Performance & Information Systems Ground Floor Wheatley House 25 Cochrane Street Glasgow G1 1HL 0141 276 2258 mailto: sam.howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sam.howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Glasgow - Proud Host City of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Host Council of the 2012 Olympic Games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: This message is intended only for use of the addressee. 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