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For those that use FireFox

I'm not a FireFox user, but for those that are you might want to check this out and see what you think. I haven't tried it yet. Maybe when I get some time - ha ha ha.....don't laugh too hard.


The vision research staff at Lighthouse International has developed an innovative way for visually impaired internet users to browse the web. LowBrowseTM, an add-on to Mozilla's Firefox browser, enables people with moderate or severe low vision to view web pages as the original web author intended, as well as read the text on those pages in a format that is tailored to their own visual needs.
Some of the features of this new extension include:
a reading frame at the top of the browser in which users can customize font, text size, color contrast and letter spacing while preserving the original site layout below
image enlargement
speech capability
and much more.
Download LowBrowseTM
Requirements:
Before downloading LowBrowseTM, be sure that you are currently running Firefox 3 or higher. Don't have the Firefox web browser yet? Download Firefox here. It is also recommended that while using LowBrowseTM, you also increase the size of your cursor. If you do not know how to do so you can get technical assistance here.
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Unknown said…
I don't know about LowBrowse, but just a warning that I upgraded from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3 on my Mac at work recently. It's slower than any browser I've used in a long time and I really don't like it. The accessibility features may make it worth it, but I thought I'd give you this heads-up.
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