Apple Universal Access

   

Universal Access is a simple concept no OS has been able to provide completely natively. It describes the ability to provide computing abilities to the blind, deaf, and handicap. In Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3, there are four panes to customize the accesibility settings.

Seeing

Turn On/Off Screen Zooming Inverse Colors (White on Black) Set Display to Greyscale Enhance Constrast Enable Access for Assistive Devices Enable Text-To-Speech for Universal Access Preferences

Hearing

Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs Raise/Lower Volume

Keyboard

Sticky Keys (Treat a sequence of modifier keys as a key combo) Slow Keys (Delay between key press and key acceptance)

Mouse

Mouse Kes (Use the numeric keypad in place of the mouse) Mouse Pointer Delay Mouse Pointer Max Speed

External Links

Apple > Mac OS X > Features > Universal Access (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/universalaccess/)

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