CHAPTER 12

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 and settings that are designed to make your computer more accessible. As you learn in this chapter, if you have visual issues, you can increase the text size, magnify areas of the screen, have screen text read to you, use a high-contrast color scheme, and apply a color filter. If you have mobility issues, you can make the keyboard easier to use, and you can control Windows using voice commands.

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