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Thank you for the response, Cheesehead.

The information which you provided is much appreciated.

I had signed up as a member of the Ubuntu Accessibility team several years ago (maybe in 2007),...

Here is a link to the Ubuntu-Accessibility mailing list thread which has this topic in discussion:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-accessibility/2013-May/006418.html

In this thread I had...

linbetwin,

Thank you for your rreply. It is nice to know that someone here feels the same way that I do.

It sure seems to be the case, doesn't it? There are some wonderful people who are doing...

I do not know where to post this message. I posted this on the Ubuntu Facebook page, and I will post it below as well. If you know of someone who could influence this for the better, please share it...

I hope that this may be a helpful addition to your list.

The Debian Administrator's Handbook.

This book, after months of work by its authors, was made avaialble both in print and as a free...

Although magnification is not working properly under Unity3D, I am going to mark this thread as solved because I am successfully using Unity2D with screen magnification, and it works great!

To linbetwin and anyone else interested,
I was using Linux Mint for awhile because of the magnification issue in Ubuntu, but I found that in some ways Linux Mint was less accessible than Ubuntu. I...

Hello, linbetwin.

I can't personally say how well eZoom works in Unity2D; I will have to test it out.

As far as focus tracking goes, I believe that this is something which is in the working...

Hello, de Bacon.

Unfortunately, I do not believe that Orca works completely with KDE or XFCE (the desktop environments for Kubuntu and Xubuntu, respectively) at this time. However, this will very...

Very good information, jonathonblake.

I am simply amazed with how far Orca has come along. I remember using Gnopernicus back in 2005, and I felt like Linux (something I so desired to use) was out...

Hello, Pendulum.

Thanks for the reply, and thanks for your concern with this situation; I kind of felt like I was a lost cause. :)

My biggest frustration is that I am too inexperienced to do...

Hello, ohm314.

So, Compiz eZoom works with Unity 2D?

When you zoom in, is the desktop area the only area zoomed, or does the Unity Dock and top panel zoom in as well? I know that with Unity 3D...

Well, in any case, it s the way it is for right now. I appreciate the hard work going into such a new project as Unity, but personally I am unable to use it right now. Being a blind user, I rely on...

Hello, everyone.

Ubuntu 11.10 is due to be released here very soon, and I would like to upgrade to it. I have been wanting to use Unity to test it out since it was first available. I heavily rely...

Thanks for the replies.

MartyBuntu, thanks for clearing that up for me. I just did a bit of research so that I could understand the differences between letterbox, widescreen, and fullscreen. I...

Hello, everyone.

I will first state that my knowledge of video terminology and conversion techniques is minimal at best.

I recently purchased some movies, and they were only available in...

I agree with you, GSF1200S. I didn't like Unity much at all, but I am definitely excited to see where it will go. I am simply amazed at how far it has come. I remember trying Breezy Badger back in...

I apologize if it is too late to add to this post, as it seems to have been last active on May 31, nearly two months ago. I just wanted to add my two cents on this topic.

Before I continue, I want...

Hello, startgame412.

I am glad that a solution was found for this problem as well. I, too, am a visually impaired user, and I completely rely on magnification software for any and all...

Anytime, Raaaaay; however, the major thanks goes to okmat for posting the solution. :) I just gave the steps to get there. I hope that all is working smoothly for you now.

Take care.

Hello, everyone.

I am sure that this question has an obvious answer, but I cannot seem to find it right now.

My wife would like to have her Unity dock positioned at the bottom of the screen,...

For anyone else experiencing this problem (assuming you have Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM) installed on your system), just do the following:

1. Open up CCSM.

2. Go to the Utility...

Thank you, okmat. That was the solution. Now it works great. Just have to wait until I can zoom in on Unity panels, so I can test out Unity. But I am so glad to have a smooth magnification experience...

Hello, okmat.

I tried out the Zoom Desktop plugin. It does run quite smoothly, but it unfortunately does not scale the mouse pointer. With my limited vision, I was not able to use it successfully....

Hello, Raaaaay.

In order to add yourself to the affected users, go to the links provided to notlistening, and at the top fo the page under the heading for the bug, you should see something like,...