Where are my glasses? I can't see the screen!

One day, early in the morning (10:00 a.m. in this household) shortly after we woke, my mother’s phone beeped to tell her she had new mail. I passed the phone to her and she said:

I don’t have my glasses. I’ll read it later.

It was then I realised how often we expect things to “just work” and often skip over tailoring our devices to our needs. It’s the difference between heating ready-made dishes that work out fine and picking ingredients and cooking a dish that suits your tastes.

So here we go on an attempt to adjust the salt size of your dishes devices.

Choose a Platform

Android iOS

1. Open the Settings app.
   Wait how do I do that?

   There are many ways to open the Settings on your Android device. The easiest is probably to

   • Place your finger at the top of your screen
   • Drag down and let go. You have opened the Notification and Quick Settings panel!
   • Tap on the tiny ⚙ gear icon.
   • If you don't see it, repeat steps 1 - 2 again and it should appear.
2. Look for the menu item that has Display in its name and tap on it.
3. Tap on the menu item saying Font size.
   The font size is how big you want text to appear. This setting makes it easier to read text.
4. Just place your finger on the dot that isn’t black and slide your finger to the right to make text bigger and to the left to make text smaller.
5. Take off your glasses and look at the preview text and settle at a comfortable size.
6. The changes are immediately saved and applied throughout your phone!
7. Press the back button.
8. Look for the menu item Display size.
   The display size is how big you want elements to appear. Increasing this makes icons and buttons bigger!
9. Again place your finger on the dot that is not black (this marks the current size!).
10. Slide away to your suited size. And press home.

Keep in mind, this is to tailor your device to your taste ‒ ehm ‒ sight!
Now you can see who is calling you without hunting for your glasses!

1. Open the Settings app.
   Wait how do I do that?

   There are two ways to open the Settings on your iOS device. The easier is probably to

   • Place your finger in the middle of your screen
   • Swipe downwards and lift your finger. You have opened Search!
   • Tap on the Settings app icon. It looks like a gear ⚙ .
2. Scroll down and tap on the menu item Display & Brightness.
3. Look for the menu item Text Size. And tap on it.
   This setting makes it easier to read to read text by adjusting the size.
4. Just place your finger on the big white dot and slide your finger to the right to make text bigger and to the left to make text smaller.
5. Take off your glasses and look at the preview text and settle at a comfortable size.
6. The changes are immediately saved and applied throughout your phone!
7. Press the back button.
8. Look for the menu item View under the title Display Zoom.
   The zoomed display view makes icons and buttons bigger!
9. You can choose between Standard and Zoomed. And tap on Set.
10. On newer versions of iOS, a prompt will appear at the bottom saying the device needs to restart for changing this setting.
11. Confirm your choice and let a quick restart take place.
12. Go back again.
13. If you feel the letters are too thin, you can also enable Bold Text by tapping on the toggle switch.

Keep in mind, this is to tailor your device to your taste ‒ ehm ‒ sight!
Now you can see who is calling you without hunting for your glasses!