A large monitor may be worth the added expense. Using a large monitor is one alternative solution. Other solutions may be found in Windows itself and still others may be addressed by screen magnification shareware. For the sake of argument let's say a large monitor, adjusting Windows, and experimenting with shareware does not give you enough screen enhancement. The next step should be to try-out the different programs.
Manufacturers give out demonstration disks, and they often can be downloaded from their websites.
To determine the most appropriate solution, we have identified 5 screen access problems that need to be addressed to a varying degree, depending on the needs of the individual. They include insufficient magnification, setting color and contrast, ease of use, locating items on the screen, and using synthetic speech. Some of aspects of these problems can only be handled by screen magnification programs but others may be efficiently dealt with by configuring the windows environment or using shareware. In the remainder of this session we will go over how the 5 screen access problems are handled by Windows 95 and Windows 98, shareware, and each of the 5 screen magnification products we have evaluated. A review of TeleSensory's Vista PCI screen magnification system.