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The GNOME Magnifier is the default magnifier that is provided in Oracle Linux 6.
The following is a known issue for the GNOME Magnifier in Oracle Linux 6: GNOME Magnifier does not work out of the box. (Bug ID 28679884)
Due to the limitation introduced by this bug, the following steps that describe how to enable the GNOME Magnifier in the GNOME desktop do not work as expected. Note that it is possible to enable the GNOME Magnifier by using more involved setup instructions. However, these steps are beyond the scope of this document. For more information about the detailed setup that is necessary to configure the tool, run the man magnifier command.
An alternative to using the GNOME Magnifier is to use the magnifier that is provided for use with the Orca screen reader in Oracle Linux 6. For more information, see Section 2.1, “Enabling and Customizing the Orca Screen Reader”.
To enable the GNOME Magnifier from the top bar of the GNOME desktop:
Starting from the System menu, select Preferences, and then select Assistive Technologies to open the Assistive Technologies Preferences tool.
Under the Assistive Technologies section, ensure that the Enable assistive technologies check box is selected.
Click Preferred Applications to open the Preferred Applications preferences tool.
From the Accessibility tabbed section, ensure that GNOME Magnifier without Screen Reader is the application that is selected for the Visual category.
(Optional) To specify that the GNOME Magniifer is enabled automatically when you log in to the system, select the Run at start check box.
Click Close to save the changes.
Continue configuring preferences by using the Assistive Technologies Preferences tool, or click Close to exit the tool.
(Optional) Add an application launcher for the GNOME Magnifier so that you can launch the application directly from the desktop.
For instructions, see Section 1.4, “Adding an Application Launcher to the GNOME Desktop”, where for Step 3, you would enter the following required information for the GNOME Magnifier:
Type: Application (Default setting)
Name: GNOME Magnifier
Command: /usr/bin/magnifier...
Comment: (Optional field)