Seeing
Seeing settings provide visual enhancements to help visually impaired users navigate the operating system's user interface.
High Contrast
Enabling High Contrast applies a high contrast theme to windows and icons.
High Contrast Mode Off
High Contrast Mode On
Large Text
Enabling Large Text increases the size of text across system windows and supported applications.
Large Text Disabled
Large Text Enabled
Enable or Disable Animations
Animations appear when minimizing and maximizing windows. Disabling animations may improve performance on systems with low video resources.
Animations Enabled
Animations Disabled
Cursor Size
Cursor Size allows users to choose between five cursor sizes.
Zoom
The Zoom setting designates all or a part of the screen to display magnified content. This feature can be further customized to render the zoomed area to specific portions of the screen, increase or decrease the zoom magnification, add a crosshair, and add color effects to the zoomed area.
Magnification
This option determines the magnification of the zoom effect. Values range from 1-20 and correspond to percentages; a value of 4.0 applies a magnification of 400%.
Follow Mouse Cursor & Screen Part
If Full Screen is selected under Screen part and the Follow mouse cursor radio button is selected, the magnification effect is rendered to the entire display area.
Follow Mouse Cursor & Half Screen Zoom
Select a portion of the screen to display the rendered zoom effect. If Follow mouse cursor remains selected, the Top Half and Bottom Half options will render the zoom effect to an unfixed horizontal band of the screen. The Left Half and Right Half options will render the zoom effect to an unfixed vertical band of the screen.
Magnify a Fixed Portion of the Screen
Select the radio button next to Screen part to focus zoom rendering to the section of the screen selected in the dropdown.
The zoomed area of the screen renders to a static portion that corresponds with the selected drop-down option.
Magnifier Extends Outside of the Screen
When Magnifier extends outside of the screen is enabled, magnified content continues to scroll when the cursor moves toward the edges of the screen.
Disabled
Enabled
Keep Magnifier Cursor Centered
When Keep magnifier cursor centered is enabled, the cursor stays in a fixed position in the center unless moving along the screen's edges. Magnified content always scrolls beneath the cursor.
Magnifier Cursor Pushes Contents Around
When Magnifier cursor pushes contents around is enabled, magnified contents do not move until the cursor pushes against the edges of the magnified area.
Magnifier Cursor Moves with Contents
Magnified content moves with the mouse, but the mouse does not remain in a fixed position on the screen. This provides indication of the general area of the mouse's position on the un-magnified screen.
Crosshairs
Crosshairs help users locate their mouse while navigating zoomed content.
| Option | Function |
|---|---|
| Overlaps mouse cursor | Check this setting to layer the crosshairs over the cursor. Uncheck this setting to end the crosshair lines before they reach the cursor. |
| Thickness | Adjust the thickness of the crosshair's lines between 1 and 100 pixels. |
| Length | Set the length of the visible crosshair. |
| Color | Launch a color picker to customize the crosshair's color and transparency. |
Color Effects
Color effects modify the color of zoomed content. These settings assist users with photophobia or when using the computer under poor lighting conditions.
| Option | Function |
|---|---|
| White on black | Toggle on to invert white and black colors: White becomes black, black becomes white, dark grays become lighter, lighter colors and grays become darker. Color hues do not change. |
| Brightness | Adjust the overall brightness of the zoomed content. Low and High are reversed when White on black is enabled. |
| Contrast | Adjust the contrast of the zoomed content. Low decreases contrast, while High increases contrast. |
| Color | Adjust the color saturation of zoomed content. Setting this to None will convert zoomed content to grayscale. |
Screen Reader
The Screen Reader option enables a feature that converts the displayed text of a focused window to audible speech.
Sound Keys
When Sound Keys is enabled, users will hear a beep whenever Num Lock or Caps Lock are turned on or off.
