Idea: Dyslexia screen tinter

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Hi Neil

Neil Munro wrote on 02/11/09 01:53:
>...
> Many of my friends or people I have met have dyslexia and struggle to
> read information on screen, however recent studies have shown
> overlaying colour over text or changing both the text colour and it's
> background colour can make it significantly easier to read for some
> individuals.
> 
> Software solutions exist for Windows, I've submitted a bug report on
> launchpad that has been confirmed by someone else, but nothing has
> been done with it since it was placed in the hands of the a11y team,
> it's something i feel strongly about and was wondering if I should
> take a more involved approach in getting this issue addressed.
>...

You can already change the colors of text fields and other elements in
Ubuntu: "System" > "Preferences" > "Appearance" > "Theme" > "Customize"
> "Colors" > "Input boxes".

Not all programs obey these settings; you could help by reporting bugs
on the individual programs.

You might reasonably argue that this setting should be easier to find,
but the same is unfortunately true for every other accessibility setting
in Ubuntu.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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