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CHAPTER 7: Customizing Windows

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In the Quick access to common tools section, click one of the following options to make 
some of the most common accessibility changes to Windows:

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Start Magnifier provides a close-up view of the area near your touchpad pointer.

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Start On-Screen Keyboard displays a keyboard on the screen. You can press keys 
on the on-screen keyboard by clicking them with your touchpad.

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Start Narrator reads on-screen text and describes graphics.

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Set up High Contrast changes the Windows color scheme to use high-contrast colors.

You can also use the Ease of Access Center to:

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Use your notebook without a display, touchpad, or keyboard

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Make your notebook display easier to see

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Make the touchpad and keyboard easier to use

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Use text or visual alternatives for sounds

Using voice recognition

You can attach a microphone to your notebook, or use the built-in microphone available on select 
notebooks, and configure Windows to create typed text from your voice.

To set up voice recognition:

 

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Click  

(Start), Control Panel, Ease of Access, then click Speech Recognition Options. 

The Speech Recognition Options window opens.

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Click one of the following settings to start setting up speech recognition:

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Start Speech Recognition turns speech recognition on. With an attached microphone, 
you can then control your notebook using voice commands.

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Set up microphone configures your attached microphone to work correctly with 
speech recognition.

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Take Speech Tutorial helps you learn how to use speech recognition.

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Train your computer to better understand you helps you create several voice 
samples that your notebook can use to better recognize the words you speak.

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Open the Speech Reference Card lets you view and print a list of common voice 
commands.

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You can also click Text to Speech on the left of the window to configure your notebook’s 
settings for reading aloud on-screen text.