Text size and temporary vision impairment

[wizardragon]

I have been going through phases of intense tiredness which after loads of tests at hospital and my doc, they have said it chronic fatigue syndrome.

I can get so physically tired I cannot keep my balance when walking or focus my eyes, however am still awake enough to use the phone although I slur.

The problem is my eyes are OK, but I get so tired I cannot see to read the letters on the screen and I cannot hold the device far enough away to get things in focus even at the largest text.

My doc says there is little point in seeing an optician as when I get more awake again I can see things fine, and the intensity of the problem will vary with how tired I am - so the only way I can see to address this is to have text larger than the current largest.

Is there any way of doing this. or getting the wizard to read me the text?

Or alternately any other suggestions?

[katherine45]

A neighbor of mine was diagnosed with something similar, he's in his 40's. He has sleep apnea (sp?) and wears a mask to create pressure and give slight amounts of oxygen. He also had a sleep test done, and found out he has 900 leg twitches at night (I thought restless leg syndrome was BS at first). The leg twitches don't let him go into REM deep sleep so he's ALWAYS tired. Even to the point of being pulled over for "acting drunk" (I've never seen him even have a beer, ever).

He's improved now with some RLS medication and the mask, much more energetic. He's a carpenter, so quite active during the day, and looks pretty fit. Anyway, I'm not a doctor, but just odd that you mentioned your issues, and it sounded like his, because he cannot read his smartphone later in the day.

The MDA seems to have a tiny screen compared to some of the older PDA's. I really wish all PDA's had 640x480 screens instead of 320x240, it would make it so much more readable.

To change the system font size
1) On the Home screen, click Start > Settings System Tab > Screen.
3) Enable Cleartype using tab at the bottom (optional, might help)
2) Select Text Size tab, slide slider to larger or largest to set the size of the font that is displayed on the screen. It doesn't do it for EVERYTHING, but it might help with tasks, emails and calender
Click OK along the top right.

There are some registry tweakers out there that claim to be able to change the font size, or even the font itself to another font. Or you can research how to change registry settings yourself. Good luck!