Debian Accessibility Project
Summary
X11
Debian Accessibility X11 Accessibility Software

This metapackage will install packages which are useful for X11 Accessibility Software.

Description

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If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Accessibility to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Accessibility mailing list

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Debian Accessibility X11 packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

big-cursor
larger mouse cursors for X
Versions of package big-cursor
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
trixie3.16all
bookworm3.16all
bullseye3.12all
stretch3.10all
buster3.10all
sid3.16all
jessie3.9all
Debtags of package big-cursor:
accessibilityscreen-magnify
interfacex11
roleapp-data
x11theme
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git

This package provides some large mouse cursors for use under X. It's useful for laptop users, for those running X at very high resolutions, and for anyone who finds it hard to see the default mouse cursors.

xcalib
Tiny monitor calibration loader for Xorg
Versions of package xcalib
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bookworm0.8.dfsg1-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
jessie0.8.dfsg1-2amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch0.8.dfsg1-2amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster0.8.dfsg1-2amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye0.8.dfsg1-2.1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
trixie0.8.dfsg1-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid0.8.dfsg1-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
Debtags of package xcalib:
interfacecommandline
roleprogram
scopeutility
useconfiguring
Popcon: 80 users (19 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

xcalib loads 'vcgt'-tag of ICC profiles to the X-server using the XVidMode Extension in order to calibrate your display.

xzoom
magnify part of X display, with real-time updates
Versions of package xzoom
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
jessie0.3-24amd64,armel,armhf,i386
sid0.3-27amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm0.3-27amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bullseye0.3-26amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster0.3-24amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
stretch0.3-24amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Debtags of package xzoom:
accessibilityscreen-magnify
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeutility
uitoolkitxlib
useviewing
x11application
Popcon: 31 users (10 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free
Git

Like xmag, xzoom magnifies a section of the X display. Xzoom is different because it will continuously update the magnified area as the display changes. It is fast enough to enlarge small animations, for example.

It can also mirror or rotate a part of the screen.

Screenshots of package xzoom
*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 244547