Configuring Windows for people who are blind or have impaired vision
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...vision_cc.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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"Electrajune" wrote:

| I am giving my old computer to my cousin who is visually impaired. I wonder
| if anyone has any expertise with various software programs which enhance the
| text by magnification and/or voice? I have just learned that XP [the
| computer she is getting has XP Pro w/SP2 on it] has some features for
| magnification of the screen. She has not used a computer since retiring with
| medical disability several years ago. She does have some familiarity with
| computers and both her grown sons are computer users. I do not live near her
| and and I don't want to send her something that will be a problem. The
| computer, though older, is working well; I replaced it because the hard drive
| was too small. It has 312MB RAM with a 9GB hard drive. Any thoughts or
| advice are most appreciated
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| Electrajune