Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-11)

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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

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Windows 10

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