[nabs-l] Zoom Text questions

[pajohns1 at vt.edu]

        Try setting the scheme to reverse video, should fix your link color 
issue.

Patrick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 4:16 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Zoom Text questions


> Hey all,
>
> This question is a two-parter. First, when using "yellow on black" color 
> setting on Zoomtext, the blue color of many internet links just disapeers. 
> How do I fix this? Many of the sites I use don't work well in "yellow on 
> Black", so I frequently switch between "color" and "yellow on black." Is 
> there a color (for internet links) that works equally well on both "color" 
> and "yellow on black" modes?
>
> Additionally, often times the boundary of a search box disapeers. For 
> examp[le, in Yahoo email, I know from past experience that there is a box 
> where search terms can be entered to search for old emails, but under the 
> yellow on black color setting those boxes disapeer. Is there a way to fix 
> this?
>
> My second queston relates to the Microsoft Zune. When I try to use it 
> using Zoomtext, it doesnt work. For the most part, things that would 
> normally be displayed on the Microsoft Zune interface are simply not 
> displayed using Zoomtext. How do I make this work?
>
> I also have an admission/revilation I wish to make public. In addition to 
> wanting answers to these issues, this problem has also made me aware of a 
> distinction that i had previously made in my mind regarding the difference 
> between high-partials and totals. I once thought that I was somehow 
> different and better from the majority of you. I believed that some vision 
> was somehow more desirable than no vision. I believed that the fact that I 
> could solve a problem visually made me better than you. Now, I am begining 
> to come to a different conclusion. Based on the fact that most of you 
> could use a screen reader to accomplish what I currently cannot means I 
> have to fundamentally rethink my preceptions on blindness. I have to admit 
> the fact that I am blind, and that there is no execption or distinction to 
> be made between the various degrees of blindness. I have to admit that if 
> there is an exception or distinction to be made within the realm of 
> blindness, that
> exception or distinction relates to blindness training; in that aspect, I 
> am a miserable failure, and in-fact, most totally blind people are 
> probably far better off than I currently am.
>
>
> Sorry, I felt the need to get that off my chest.
>
> Jim
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