Nokia Pocket Magnifier

That smartphones are a great tool for day-to-day life is something that is no longer lost on anyone. But it is that they are not only a great utility for productivity or communication, they can also meet the needs of elderly people and those with vision problems thanks to applications such as Nokia Pocket Magnifier An option that allows you to transform Nokia Lumia terminals into a magnifying glass for comfortable reading thumbnail letters, flyers, view details and anything else that cannot be seen

This is a very simple tool that uses the camera of the terminal to display on screen those details that cannot be detected by the human eye. In this way, all you have to do is frame to see the text or image enlarged, although it has several features and extra functionsthat make this tool especially useful for people with vision problems or who need help deciphering thumbnails.

Using Nokia Pocket Magnifier is really simple, and you only have to start the application to activate the mobile lens and begin to see on the screen what is being focused. In addition, the first time the application is accessed, a complete tutorial shows its different extra functions.Among them is the possibility of making the pinch gesture on the screen to enlarge the image and better appreciate the details to the size that the user wants. But there are more interesting questions.

At the bottom of the screen, up to four buttons with different characteristics are displayed. The first on the left allows access to the gallery of photographs taken with this tool in case you want to review any detail captured. The second one, for its part, allows pause the magnifying glass, capturing a moment and detail that can be saved later in the gallery. Even more interesting is the icon of the bulb that allows the user to turn the flash of the terminal on and off to provide lightwhen enlarging any text or image.

However, the key feature of this tool is the filters that it offers on its fourth button. By accessing this section, the user is able to alternate the vision of the image taken by the camera, all focused on achieving maximum readability For this reason, it includesfilters contrast that modify colors or reduce everything to black and white to be able to comfortably see an enlarged text or image on the screen. A detail that is especially useful with texts when the Negative filter is used, avoiding colors, reflections and other issues that get between the characters and the user's vision .

In short, a curious tool, simple but really useful to be able to read miniature texts. And it is that its extra possibilities are specially focused on achieving the best possible readability.But the best thing about Nokia Pocket Magnifier is that it's completely free It can be downloaded via Windows Phone Store