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Magnifiable Text Access Key

Sites accessible to people with low vision who like to enlarge text on their screens or who use Screen Magnification software will receive a Magnifiable Access Key. Users in this group include people who find standard font sizes on a computer screen too small, people with tired eyes after a long day at the office or with a more serious visual impairment caused by conditions such as glaucoma, retinal degeneration or diabetic retinopathy.

Designing for Screen Magnification Software

Those users who require screen magnification software may enlarge a web page so much that they can see only one or two characters on the screen at a time. As a result you should not use any fixed widths or fixed font sizes so every element of a page enlarges by the same ratio. You should also ensure you use a consistent page layout and navigational scheme so these users can find their way around pages of your website more easily.

Magnifiable Access Key Checkpoints

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