Bug#439168: gnome-orca: should use a text-aware magnifier

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 14:18 -0300, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> No, I just think, gnome-mag is the wrong tool for the task.
> gnome-mag magnifies "by pixel", which could be the right thing,
> depending on what you want. For helping visually impaired users,
> I think orca should use something else. But if the problem can
> be fixed in the context of gnome-mag, I'm happy.

Well, gnome-mag is specifically designed to help users with low vision.
Are there any other applications or methods that does this better? 

The upstream bug mentions other methods to improve font readability
"cooperation with Xserver", but that's probably not trivial. 

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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