Accessibility wizard

Accessibility Options

Accessibility wizard

Installing Accessibility Options

If you installed Windows 98 with a compact disc, you will be prompted to insert it into your computer. Following the installation, you will be asked to restart your computer. You should shut down any programs you have open before beginning this procedure.

To install Accessibility options on your system follow these steps :

1. Click On the Start menu:

• Point to Settings. • Click Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel:

• Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box:

• Click the Windows Setup tab.

4. In the Windows Setup dialog box:

• Click the Accessibility check box.

5 Click OK.

6. In the Systems Settings Change dialog box, click Yes to restart your computer.

Using the Accessibility Wizard

The Accessibility Wizard groups accessibility features in categories designed to help people with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. A fourth option helps network administrators set accessibility options for many computers and/or for more than one user on one computer.

The Accessibility Wizard will step you through several pages that enable you to set the accessibility options you want. To use the wizard, you must first select the text size you are most comfortable reading. Then you select from among the four options.

Regardless of which options you choose, you must work through the wizard from the beginning. Once you have selected a category, you will see only those pages that relate to the type of disability—or disabilities—you have selected. Or, you may see only the pages for administrative options.

Starting and Using the Accessibility Wizard

1. On the Start menu:

• Click Programs. • Point to Accessories. • Point to Accessibility. • Click Accessibility Wizard.

2. On the Welcome to Accessibility Wizard page:

• Click the smallest text you can read. • Click Next.

3. On the Text Size page, the Change the font size check box should already be selected.

• If it is not selected, click this option. • If you want to use Magnifier, click that option. For more information about the Magnifier, see Putting the Magnifier to Use. • Click Next.

4. On the Set Wizard Options page:

• Click the statements that apply to you. • Click Next.

Setting Accessibility Wizard Options

Note: The procedures given below presumes that you have completed the Accessibility Wizard till the Set Wizard Options page, if you have not completed till that please complete till Set Wizard Option to proceed.

Setting Options for People with Vision elimination

Using the Accessibility Wizard options for vision, we can:

• Increase (or decrease) the size of the scroll bar and window borders. • Increase (or decrease) icon sizes. • Change the color scheme.

To set Options for People with Vision elimination, follow these steps:

1. On the Scroll Bar and Window Border Size page:

• Click the options that best suites your requirement. • Click Next.

2. On the Choose Icon Size page:

• Click the option that best suits your requirement . • Click Next

3. On the Choose Color Scheme page:

• Click the option that best meets your needs. • Click Next.

• click Finish. • If you’d like to change your options, click Back until you are at the appropriate page.

Setting Options for People with Hearing damage

Using the Accessibility Wizard options for hearing, you can:

• Display visual warnings for system sounds (SoundSentry) • Show captions for speech and sounds (ShowSounds).

To set options for People with Hearing damage, follow these steps:

1 On the SoundSentry page:

• Click Yes to see warnings for operating system sounds. • Click Next.

2 On the ShowSounds page:

• Click Yes to see captions for speech and sounds whenever possible. • Click Next.

• click Finish. • If you’d like to change your options, click Back until you are at the appropriate page.

Setting options for people who have problem using the Keyboard or Mouse

Using the Accessibility Wizard options for mobility, you can choose to change the way the keyboard reacts to certain types of keystrokes.

The changes you can select are:

• Press one key at a time instead of pressing and holding two or three keys simultaneously (StickyKeys).

• Have the keyboard ignore repeated keystrokes (FilterKeys).

• Hear a sound when you press the "locking" keys (CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, or SCROLL LOCK) (ToggleKeys).

• Get extra keyboard help.

• Use the numeric keypad instead of a mouse to navigate (MouseKeys).

You can also change the mouse cursor, mouse button settings, mouse speed, and mouse trails, if you wish to do so.

Please make sure that you have selected the I have difficulty using the keyboard or mouse option on Set Wizard Options page.

To set options for people who have problem using the Keyboard or Mouse, follow these steps :

1. On the StickyKeys page:

• Click Yes to press keys in key combinations one at a time and Click on Next.

2. On the BounceKeys(FilterKeys) page:

• Click Yes to have the computer ignore repeated keystrokes and Click on Next.

3. On the ToggleKeys page:

• Click Yes to have the computer play a sound when you press the CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, or SCROLL LOCK keys and Click on Next.

4. On the Extra Keyboard Help page:

• Click Yes to have keyboard help displayed when it’s available and Click on Next.

5. On the MouseKeys page:

• Click Yes to use the numeric keypad instead of the mouse and Click on Next.

6. On the MouseKeys Onset page:

To use MouseKeys when the NUM LOCK key is on, click On, otherwise click Off.

To adjust MouseKeys pointer speed:

• Move the Top Speed slider by clicking and dragging it. • Move the Acceleration slider by clicking and dragging it and Click on Next.

7. On the Choose a Mouse Cursor page:

• Click the icon that shows the size and color you want and Click on Next.

8. On the Mouse Button Settings page:

• Select whether to change how the mouse buttons function by clicking Right-handed or Left-handed and Click on Next.

9. On the Mouse Speed page:

• Move the Mouse Pointer Speed slider by clicking and dragging it and Click on Next.