Help reading the screen

This is one for Windows users.

Do you ever find yourself squinting at your computer screen trying to read text that is too small? There are various ways that can change your settings in Windows or in your web browser to make things more readable, but some websites still come out too small.

Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free Windows program that shows a magnifying glass lens that follows your mouse movement. You can move the lens around the screen to view magnification of any screen area. Unlike most similar programs it does not open a separate window for the magnification but instead puts a movable magnifying glass on screen. Magnification levels can be set to your needs. This is quite a useful tool to have sitting on your taskbar for times when you might need a little help seeing a small area of your desktop. It also has the ability to invert the colours of the area being magnified, which is quite handy for those who have problems with certain colour combinations.

http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/

More information about using computers if you have low vision is in this RNIB factsheet