Magnifier

[terrencevak]

I'm wondering if there is a magnifier with or that can be used with Knoppix? I'd like to be able to use Knoppix, but I am blind and need to either magnify the screen or have it read. Are either of these possible?

Thanks,
Terrence

[baldyeti]

Hi Terrence,

KDE might have something better, but there's always the standard "xmag" X-windows tool. Anyway, google returned the following promising page listing several such utilities, some of which hopefully are only one apt-get away:

http://www.magnifiers.org/links/Screen_Magnifiers/UNIX_Linux/

Ironically, their choice of colors/fonts makes the page somewhat hard to read, imo ;-)

[terrencevak]

What does the KDE stand for? Is that a pfogram within Knoppix? Also, how does one get to the x-mag program? Does that come with the distribution?

Thanks,
Terrence
Hi Terrence,

KDE might have something better, but there's always the standard "xmag" X-windows tool. Anyway, google returned the following promising page listing several such utilities, some of which hopefully are only one apt-get away:

http://www.magnifiers.org/links/Screen_Magnifiers/UNIX_Linux/

Ironically, their choice of colors/fonts makes the page somewhat hard to read, imo ;-)

[baldyeti]

KDE is one of the two major desktop environments available on linux, the other one being gnome. KDE is the one included with knoppix. I just checked, and can confirm that xmag is on the CD, and kmag and xzoom are available as debian packages and can thusly be installed using apt-get. That is, if your knoppix has been installed to hard disk. To give xmag a try, simply type "xmag" from a console or from the <Alt><F2> prompt.

[user unknown]

There is the possibility to set the screen-resolution in the file


/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
to a lower resolution or use <Ctrl>-<Alt><+> to toggle through different resolutions.

KDE means - K Desktop Environment, and I don't know what 'K' means, but think to remember that it stands for entirely nothing.