Would love to have a "Large Text" feature about wingpanel-indicator-a11y HOT 10 CLOSED

Reading this issue I felt like developing a magnifier app for elementary OS. Not sure if it meets your request though because I've never used Alfred's Large Type.

The development happens at https://github.com/ryonakano/louper so if you're interested in feel free to submit issues, create PRs, etc. 😄

I'm going to release its first release when elementary OS 6.0 is released.

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Yeah I wonder if it makes more sense for this to be a feature of the a11y indicator and/or gala and/or some other daemon. I'm not sure that this is really within the scope of the applications menu.

@cassidyjames any objections to moving this to indicator-a11y?

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Looking at the other Synapse plugins there's just a chance even my puny brain might have a shot at implementing this :)

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I get that Alfred has this, but I wonder if this makes sense as an accessibility feature in Gala (our window manager), perhaps even as an extension of the existing Super+Plus/Minus zoom.

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Like I said I am totally not married to any particular implementation. As a low vision user, I have found the ability to say "This blob of text I have selected. Make it HUGE until I hit a key" incredibly useful and empowering.

Making it part of Gala might make more sense, as then it could be used in any context.

As a separate but related question, I'd be curious about what if any future vision there is for the plugins that the app launcher offers.

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@danrabbit works for me

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I think this would be a great addition, but am struggling to comprehend how best to even start implementing such a feature - given the way in which text is generated - with only a few "things" being selectable.

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Hi I had this same thought! That's why I initially thought about making this a plugin to the launcher like the calculator one that's already present.

Way less elegant and integrated, to be sure!

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@feoh how would this differ from say, a magnifier app? elementary/gala has a picture-in-picture plugin that could be made use of with some tweaks (I think)

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Elementary already does vastly better than your average magnifier app by providing superlative full screen zoom that works well.

I think I'm going to close this because unless you've used Alfred's Large Type feature you just can't grok what I'm getting at here.

Thanks!

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