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Screen Magnification for Office Applications.

Hae-Na Lee¹, Vikas Ashok², I V Ramakrishnan¹

¹Stony Brook University.

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MagPro enhances computer interaction for low vision users by integrating application commands near the cursor. This reduces panning and automatically synchronizes the screen magnifier, improving usability in productivity applications.

Keywords:

accessibility low vision office productivity software screen magnifier usability

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Area of Science:

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Assistive Technology
Computer Accessibility

Background:

Low vision users rely on screen magnifiers for computer interaction.
Office productivity applications present challenges due to spatially distributed UI elements, requiring extensive panning.
Existing interaction methods for screen magnifier users are often inefficient.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce MagPro, an interface augmentation for office productivity tools.
To reduce interaction effort for low vision screen magnifier users.
To enhance command exploration and viewport synchronization.

Main Methods:

Developed MagPro as an interface augmentation for office productivity tools.
Integrated application commands closer to the user's current focus in the edit area.
Implemented simple mouse actions for command exploration.
Enabled automatic synchronization of the magnifier viewport with the keyboard cursor.

Main Results:

MagPro significantly reduces the interaction effort for low vision users.
Users can explore application commands more easily using simple mouse actions.
Automatic viewport synchronization ensures users always see their typing cursor.

Conclusions:

MagPro offers a more efficient and intuitive interaction method for low vision users of screen magnifiers.
The interface augmentation improves accessibility in office productivity applications.
MagPro demonstrates a promising approach to assistive technology for computer users with low vision.