Windows 7 Accessibility Tutorials

• Use the computer without a display
• Make the computer easier to see
• Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard
• Make the mouse easier to use
• Make the keyboard easier to use
• Use text or visual alternatives to sounds
• Make it easier to focus on tasks

• Change your theme
• Change the colors on your computer
• Change computer sounds
• Create a desktop background slide show
• Change your desktop background (wallpaper)
• Change screen saver
• Make the text on your screen larger or smaller
• Choose a picture for your user account and Start menu
• Customize desktop gadgets

• What's new for computers with touchscreens
• Using touch gestures

• Ease of Access
• General
• Dialog box
• Windows logo key
• Windows Explorer
• Magnifier
• Remote Desktop Connection
• Paint
• WordPad
• Calculator
• Windows Journal
• Windows Help Viewer
• Create keyboard shortcuts to open programs

• Choose where Magnifier focuses
• Change the zoom level
• Set the zoom increment
• Set the lens size
• Turn on color inversion for better screen legibility
• Display the Magnifier toolbar

• Change how information is entered into On-Screen Keyboard
• Set On-Screen Keyboard to use audible clicks
• Use a numeric keypad in On-Screen Keyboard
• Enable text prediction in On-Screen Keyboard

• Choose which text Narrator reads aloud
• Change the Narrator voice
• Start Narrator minimized

• Set up your microphone
• Teach yourself how to talk to your computer
• Train your computer to recognize your speech
• Use Speech Recognition
• Dictate text using Speech
• Use the dictation scratchpad
• Add or edit words in the Speech Dictionary
• Use Common commands