I agree that Apple and Microsoft could do more in the adaptive technology realm. I am legally blind (20/200 right eye 20/1500 left eye) and use the screen magnifier that comes with OS X. While it's far superior to anything Microsoft has attempted (it has full screen magnification as opposed to the chintzy Magnifier utility in Windows), they could still do better. Unfortunately, screen magnifiers for Linux tend to fall short as well, although I did see some improvement in the last couple of Ubuntu releases.
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I agree that Apple and Microsoft could do more in the adaptive technology realm. I am legally blind (20/200 right eye 20/1500 left eye) and use the screen magnifier that comes with OS X. While it's far superior to anything Microsoft has attempted (it has full screen magnification as opposed to the chintzy Magnifier utility in Windows), they could still do better. Unfortunately, screen magnifiers for Linux tend to fall short as well, although I did see some improvement in the last couple of Ubuntu releases.