January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
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English
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CHAPTER 14
Making Windows More Accessible
If you have visual, hearing, or mobility challenges, you might find the default Windows setup to be frustrating, inefficient, or close to unusable. Fortunately, Windows offers a variety of tools, features, and settings that are designed to make your computer more accessible. As you learn in this chapter, you can increase the text size, use text-to-speech, use voice commands, and more.
Change to a High-Contrast Theme
Flash the Screen During Audio Notifications
Increase the Text Size
You can make most text on your computer screen bigger by adjusting the text size to a larger value. If you have a visual impairment — or if your eyesight is not what it used to be — the relatively small size of most of the text displayed by the Windows interface and by your apps can make it difficult to use your computer. To remedy this problem, Windows offers a setting that enables you to increase the size of most text that appears on the screen, including the text in menus, title bars, and icons.
Increase the Text Size
Click Start ().
Click Settings.
Windows opens the Settings app.
Click Accessibility ...
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