Scratch 3 is working well although I am having trouble recovering saved files.
Being elderly (over 80), my eyesight is not as good as it used to be: can you make the font in the “Ask” box a bit larger.
It really is extremely small when compared with previous versions of the program.
also, it doesn't always work, in that the box appears but does not accept input. Frequently, I have to close the desktop and reload it to make it work

Instead, you can just zoom in.
If not, this is a better fit for the Suggestions forum

Johnell wrote:

Scratch 3 is working well although I am having trouble recovering saved files.
Being elderly (over 80), my eyesight is not as good as it used to be: can you make the font in the “Ask” box a bit larger.
It really is extremely small when compared with previous versions of the program.
also, it doesn't always work, in that the box appears but does not accept input. Frequently, I have to close the desktop and reload it to make it work

I do agree, you can suggest this in the Suggestions forums to make the text bigger.
Scratch 2 had bold text, however, Scratch 3 has no bold text, and while the blocks are bigger, the text is not.
However, as of Scratch 3, there is no option to change the text size.

Johnell wrote:

also, it doesn't always work, in that the box appears but does not accept input

Are you on a tablet? If you are, can you try to switch to a PC?
Let's see your browser info - click the globe in the post box please.
This should be in “Bugs and Glitches” instead of QaS.

If you press Ctrl+Plus you can zoom in on the page. This will increase the size of many elements on the website, including the ask box.