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On 9/13/2012 10:32 PM, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> When I give a lecture or a speech, I use to display some text to the
> listeners. I create simple HTML pages, that I display on a projector.
> Because I'm blind, I need to have the same text on a braille display. I
> want to use a text based web browser, lynx, so I start Cygwin from
> within a normal Dos window (cmd), and from there, I can start BRLTTY and
> Lynx. This works perfect for me with the braille display, but to the people
> who are looking at the wall, the text is a bit too small, and not so easy
> to read.
>
> Is it possible to enlarge the window and the font size within the Dos
> box environment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lars


as suggested here
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/cmd-window.html

pressing "ALT-Spacebar" and then "P"

is it possible to change the windows cmd properties including the
font size and character.

No idea how easy could be for a blind to set them

Marco



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