Accessibility in Windows 7

Windows 7 includes accessibility options and programs that make it easier to see, hear, and use your computer including ways to personalize your PC. Windows 7 includes significant accessibility improvements. now includes a lens mode and full-screen mode. On-Screen Keyboard can be resized to make it easier to see and includes text prediction. Windows 7 also gives you more ways to interact with your PC by taking advantage of new strides in speech recognition and touch technology.

Ease of Access Center Speech Recognition Provides a centralized location in Command your PC with your the where you can voice including the capability to adjust accessibility settings and dictate into most applications. programs. Get recommendations Dictate documents and e-mail and for settings to make your PC easier surf the Web by saying what you to see, hear, and use. see. An easy setup process and an interactive tutorial are available On-Screen Keyboard to familiarize you with the Displays a visual keyboard with speech commands and train all the standard keys. Instead of your computer to better relying on the physical keyboard to understand you. type and enter data, use On-Screen Keyboard to select keys using the Change text size mouse or another . Make text and icons larger and On-Screen Keyboard can now be easier to see without changing the resized and customized to make screen resolution. it easier to see and use. When text prediction is enabled, a list Personalization of words you might be typing Add a personal touch to your is displayed. computer by changing the theme, color, sounds, desktop background, Narrator screen saver, font size, and user Reads aloud on-screen text account picture. You can also select and describes some events (such specific gadgets for your desktop. as error messages appearing) that happen while you’re using the computer. Magnifier Visual Notifications For More Information Enlarge portions of the screen Replace system sounds with visual making it easier to view text and cues, such as a flash on the screen, Accessibility in Windows 7 images and see the whole screen so system alerts are announced www..com/enable/ more easily. Magnifier now includes with visual notifications instead products/windows7/ full-screen mode, lens mode, and of sounds. Video demos docked mode. In full-screen mode, Captions www.microsoft.com/enable/ your entire screen is magnified demos/windows7/ and the Magnifier follows your Display text captions of spoken mouse pointer. In lens mode, the dialog (when available) in videos Tutorials area around the mouse pointer is and animations. www.microsoft.com/enable/ magnified much like a magnifying training/windows7/ glass. Magnification quality is also Instead of having to press three Assistive technology improved and you can magnify keys at once (such as when you Assistive technology products images as well. must press the CTRL, ALT, and are specialty hardware and DELETE keys simultaneously to log Windows Touch software products that on to Windows), you can press one With a touch-screen monitor, you provide essential accessibility key at a time when Sticky Keys is can just touch your computer to computers for those with turned on. screen for a more direct and natural significant vision, hearing, way to work. Use your fingers to dexterity, language, or learning scroll, resize windows, play media, Instead of using the mouse, you can needs. Many assistive technology pan and zoom. use the arrow keys on the numeric products are compatible with Windows. Select and shop for Keyboard shortcuts keypad to move the pointer. assistive technology products Keyboard shortcuts save time and Filter Keys compatible with Windows at multiple mouse clicks. Press two or Ignore keystrokes that occur in www.microsoft.com/enable/at/. more keys to quickly perform a task rapid succession and keystrokes without using a mouse. that are held down for several seconds unintentionally.

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