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Microsoft Windows

Current versions of Windows such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 contain many accessibility features which can make computers easier and more comfortable to use. The table below shows you the accessibility features are most likely to assist with your particular type of disability. Select the link for each feature for a step by step guide to turn on the feature.

 

  FEATURE

   VISION    

  HEARING  

 MOBILITY 

  DISPLAY AND READABILITY




  Desktop font size 

 Yes

No

No

  Desktop icon size

 Yes

 No

 No

  Screen resolution size

 Yes

 No

 Yes

  Colour themes and schemes

 Yes

 No

 No

  Cursor width and blink rate

 Yes

 No

 Yes

  Magnifier

 Yes

 No

 No





  SOUND AND SPEECH




  Sound Volume

 No

Yes

 No

  ShowSounds and SoundSentry

 No

 Yes

 No

  ToggleKeys

 Yes

 No

 No

  Narrator

 Yes

 No

 No





  KEYBOARD AND MOUSE




  Mouse double-click speed

 No

 No

 Yes

  Mouse pointer movement speed  

 Yes

 No

 Yes

  Mouse pointer size and trails

 Yes

 No

 No

  ClickLock

 No

 No

 Yes

  MouseKeys

 No

 No

 Yes

  StickyKeys

 No

 No

 Yes

  FilterKeys

 No

 No

 Yes

  On-Screen Keyboard

 No

 No

 Yes

In addition, Windows Vista provides an ‘Ease of Access’ manager, a greater emphasis on speech recognition, improved ‘under the bonnet’ accessibility support and enhancements to existing utilities. Windows 7 builds on the Vista framework by including some of the additional accessibility features such as an enhanced full-screen version of Magnifier anda predictive text feature in the On-Screen Keyboard.