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Windows Vista Accessibility Tutorials

Learn how to use the accessibility features of Windows Vista.

Make your computer easier to use (Ease of Access Center)

  • 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

Personalize your computer

  • Change your desktop theme
  • Change the colors on your computer
  • Change computer sounds
  • Change your desktop background (wallpaper)
  • Change screen saver
  • Choose a picture for your user account and Start menu
  • Customize Windows Sidebar

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Find keyboard shortcuts for:
    • Ease of Access
    • General
    • Dialog box
    • Microsoft
    • Windows Explorer
    • Windows Sidebar
    • Windows Photo Gallery
    • Windows Help Viewer
  • Create keyboard shortcuts to open programs
  • Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Windows Mail keyboard shortcuts

Make items on the screen appear bigger (Magnifier)

  • Set the zoom level in Magnifier

Type without using the keyboard (On-Screen Keyboard)

  • Select a layout for On-Screen Keyboard
    • Change the keyboard layout
    • Organize keys either in rows or like a keyboard
    • Add extra keys to the keyboard
  • Change the font for On-Screen Keyboard keys

Hear text read aloud with Narrator

  • Choose which text Narrator reads aloud
  • Change the Narrator voice
  • Troubleshoot Narrator problems

Speech Recognition

  • Set up Speech Recognition
  • Use Speech Recognition
  • Dictate text using Speech Recognition
  • Common commands in Speech Recognition
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