[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2742] Re: "Hidden" Accessibility Settings

From: Jeff Carter (jcarter@worlded.org)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 12:53:56 EST


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On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 10:49  AM, Steve Linberg wrote:

>> Which of these accessibility settings do you find useful, either as a
>> teacher or learner?
>
> Mac users running OSX 10.2 or higher have a nifty new tool in the
> "Universal Access" system preference panel: text zooming.

I agree, Steve, that is a great tool. The OS X 10.2 update (aka 
"Jaguar") included several other accessibility other features, too. 
It's too bad they waited until the 10.2 release to implement most of 
these.

<http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/universalaccess.html>

Unfortunately, I imagine there are only a very, very small number of 
folks in adult ed who are using OS X.

Jeff



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