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Screen Magnification

Also known as: Screen Magnifier, Display Magnification

Software or operating system features that enlarge a portion of the screen content to make it readable for people with low vision. Common modalities include full-screen magnification (which expands the entire display around a movable center point) and lens magnification (which shows an enlarged view within a movable window while the rest of the screen remains at normal size). Screen magnifiers are one of the most widely used assistive technologies among people with low vision, with surveys indicating that 94% of this population uses some form of digital magnification.

Category: Assistive Technology · Visual Accessibility · low vision

Related: Low Vision · ZoomText · Visual Acuity · Magnification Factor

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