Nice to see (no pun intended) that there are other people here with visual handicaps.
I used magnification programs before, but I found out that I didn't really need them, as I rarely used them. I now run only Jaws for Windows 5.0 and that works fine. I'm also learning to be a programmer, so I must use the computer a lot . I have never used a Mac.
I saw in your profile that you're interested in video games. I'm too, so what games are your favourites and what type of games can you get something out of? (This is really going off topic, but hey, what's "The bar" for anyway .)

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Robert.