TSCOTT@YORKVM2.BITNET (Tom Scott) (01/18/90)
Index Number: 6318 I am a part-time instructor and have a visually impaired student who is learning to use a PC but has great difficulty reading normal print size. Does anyone know of software that will produce large print on a monochrome monitor (with CGA; IMPC/XT compatible; 640K; networked) and compatible with DOS, WordPerfect 4.2, dBASE III Plus and LOTUS 123? If anyone has alternate suggestions to large print software, I would be interested to hear from you.
MAINT@UQAM.BITNET (Peter Jones) (02/09/90)
Index Number: 6611 [This is from the BLIND-L mailing list] For producing large text on an IBM-PC compatible, I can suggest a couple of programs called PC-LENS and PC-View respectively. These run on an IBM-PC compatible and require both the monochrome and CGA cards. They take the information displayed on the monochorme card buffer and regenerate the same information in larger characters in the CGA buffer. Another possibility it the VISTA system, produced by TSI Inc. This works by intercepting the normal video output and regenerating a portion of the image with oversize pixels. Peter Jones MAINT@UQAM (514)-987-3542 "Life's too short to try and fill up every minute of it" :-)
carey@hpccc.hp.com (Ken Carey) (02/13/90)
Index Number: 6694 Hello Tom, I use the T.S.I./VTEK Inc. Vista system for PC image enlargement. I think it's great. From what I have heard it is the best available but it is not cheap. You can phone them for further details at (800) 227-8418. You might be able to find a lower cost alternative at The National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering, which is a non-profit organication. I am anticipating buying a portable Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) visual enlargement system (or electronic reading aid as they call it) from them. You can call Donald Selwyn, the Director, at (800) 736-2216. Hope this helps, Ken Carey carey@hpccc.hp.com