You can change the man pager with the man -P <command> directive.
eg: man -P more less

Find a file reader in linux you like better and then alias it to man:
alias man='man -P more'


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:07 PM, eric oyen <eric.oyen@gmail.com> wrote:
such ideas are often born of necessity. In my case, I need to be able to read man pages and they don't quite read right with a screen reader.

-eric