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Ratio – WCAG colour contrast checker

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Ratio is a colour-contrast checker that validates foreground and background combinations against key WCAG accessibility requirements.

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ACIAH-Linux – accessible Linux Mint-based distribution

September 17, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

ACIAH-Linux is a Linux Mint Xfce-based distribution with a simplified, vocalised interface designed for accessibility and digital inclusion.

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hyprmag – screen magnifier

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

hyprmag is a screen magnifier for wlroots-compatible Wayland compositors. It displays a magnifying lens that follows the mouse pointer.

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shmooz – Wayland presentation and screenshot tool

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

shmooz is a Wayland presentation and screenshot tool. It lets you magnify and pan the current output, add annotations

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17 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Accessibility is the degree to which products, devices, services, or environments are available to as many people as possible whatever their circumstances. Accessibility is paramount. Social inclusion is not an act of charity but a fundamental human right.

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wooz – zoom / magnifier utility for Wayland compositors

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

wooz is a Wayland magnifier utility that provides a zoomed view of the screen with mouse and keyboard controls.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Zoom

March 14, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

On a Mac, the Zoom settings for accessibility makes everything on the screen larger or to enlarge just the area where the pointer is located.

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Magnus – very simple screen magnifier

February 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Magnus is billed as a very simple screen magnifier. It’s designed for Ubuntu but runs on other Linux distributions.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Magnifier

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifier is a screen magnifier app intended for visually impaired people to use when running Microsoft Windows. We recommend the best FOSS alternatives.

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Magnifiqus – Qt based screen magnifier

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifiqus is a screen magnifier system tray tool; once started, a floating window appears after clicking on the tray icon.

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KMagnifier – screen magnifier

February 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

KMagnifier is a screen magnifier created by KDE.

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