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Make your PC
more accessible
“Windowsis fullof reallyusefulfeaturesfor
peoplewithsight,hearingormobilityissues”
indowsis designedtobe
enjoyedbyeveryone,and
thatincludesthoseofus
whodon’thaveperfectvisionor
mobility.Manyofusexperience
visionproblems,mobilityissuesor
otherthingsthatmeanwe’dreally
liketomakeWindowslookorwork
slightlydifferently– andthegood
newsis thatWindowsenablesyou
dotojustthat.
Aswe’lldiscover,it’seasytomake
Windowsmuchmorevisually
accessible.Butit candoevenmore.
WithNarratoryoucanuseWindows
withouta display,andfeaturesinthe
EaseofAccesspanelcanmake
Windowsmoreusableforthoseof
uswithmobilityissues.Monoaudio
- newintheCreatorsUpdate– can
makein-appspeechclearer,while
SkypeTranslatorcanturnvoicechat
intotext.There’sevenexperimental
butsolideyetracking,whichuses
specialhardwaretonavigate.
1 StartattheStart
One ofourfavouritethingsaboutWindowsis thebig
friendly tilesintheStartMenu.Tohavenicebigtilesforyour
favourite apps,firstofallyouneedtopinthemtotheStartMenu
by right clickingontheone(s)youwanttopin,orbyusingdrag
and drop fromthemenu.Thenright-clickagain,butthistime
choose Resize.Youcannowchooseoneoffourtilesizes.
2 Make the Start Menu bigger
You can make the Start Menu bigger on screen so that you
can see more of your tiles at once. To do this, just move the mouse
to the top or right hand edge or to the top right hand corner.
When it changes to a double-arrow, drag it up or out to make the
menu bigger. If you prefer you can make the Start Menu into a full
screen menu by opening up Settings > Personalisation > Start.
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Step-by-step Access accessibility
Anyonecandoit
Straightforward
Trickyin parts
Windows 10
Windows8.1
Windows^7
At a glance
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