Accessibility Tools

Windows can be made more accessible to people with varying hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive abilities. The following is a list of the various accessibility tools:

Ease of Access Center—In the Control Panel, the Ease of Access Center lets you control a large number of settings and features that make Windows more accessible.

Ease of Access—In the Windows 8–style PC Settings app, Ease of Access lets you control a few of the accessibility options, but oddly enough, not all of them. For the rest you have to go through the Ease of Access Center in the Control Panel.

Magnifier—The Magnifier accessory lets you see an enlarged version of a portion of the screen.

Narrator—The Narrator uses a synthesized voice to speak ...

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