Features built into software or a device to allow the greatest number of users to operate them, especially features for people with disabilities. This can also be the extent to which a program or device is accessible.
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Is it possible to use Windows 8 with a keyboard that lacks a start key?
I have found an old AT-era keyboard that lacks the Windows 95 “start” and “app” keys. It has a great click mechanism and that is the reason I would like to use it. The problem is to operate Windows 8 ...
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How to deactivate Ease of Access in window in Windows 7
By mistake I had activated ease of access "use comp. w/o mouse or keyboard" & from that my laptop keyboard is not giving any response i.e. not working so I have to use online keyboard & it ...
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Any way to use swype for laptop/desktop
I'd like to be able to use swype on either my phone and have the text transferred to my computer, or swype with my trackpad. The closest I got was andromouse (http://andromouse.com/) , which works ...
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How to cleanup forum browsing by hiding signatures and avatars on Chrome?
I am looking for a crome extension or user-script which would remove all garbage from popular online forums like vBulletin and allow me to find the information I need.
Usually I was using AdBlock ...
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How to increase recieved messages text size in Lotus Sametime
I'm using Sametime 8.5.1 on Windows 7 and I would like the text to appear bigger. I tried changing file>preferences>Sametime>Chat Window>Chat font but this changes my font, not the senders font. Is ...
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Windows Server 2012 start icon (button)
How can I create a desktop or start bar icon which would should show the Start Menu in Windows
Server 2012?
I having multiple remote connections in small windows (not full screen) and hovering the ...
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Set Korean input type to default
I often need to switch between French keyboard layout and Korean layout. However, by default, the input type of the Korean layout is set to English, so equivalent to a regular QWERTY keyboard. I may ...
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Getting Rid of White Flash in Windows 8 High Contrast Mode
I am trying out Windows 8 and I see white flashes whenever I open a tab (and immediately switch) in Firefox. In Windows 7, I was able to get rid of this by setting the Application Background color to ...
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xorg: emulate mouse, no numeric keypad
How to emulate the mouse without a real mouse on X?
i know about shift+num lock but i'm using a half keyboard that does not have a num pad or even the num lock key...
i'm looking for something ...
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How to help a computer user who has Parkinson's Disease
A good friend of mine is a long-time programmer, but he has Parkinson's disease and his motor control is suffering. He's no longer working, is getting the medical attention that he needs. But even so, ...
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Configure Windows 7 to show all windows in black and white
I have difficulty viewing different types of colors.
Many would call it a color impairment, because when I see to many colors my brain gets overloaded. I would like the following for Windows 7 How ...
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Windows 7 displaying Shift/Alt/Control/Meta balloon dialog [duplicate]
After a reboot today, suddenly Windows 7 is showing a little balloon dialog almost in the center of my display every time I hold down shift, control, alt, or the windows key. You can see it in the ...
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How to expand dropdowns in IE?
In most Windows applications, you can use F4 to expand a currently focused dropdown. How do I do that in IE? F4 focuses on the address bar.
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iPhone 4s Font Size Contact Info [closed]
I've used the Accessibility settings to increase the font size (Large Text 32 pt) on my iPhone and have enabled Zoom. The Contacts Info page doesn't seem to allow any of this. The list of contacts ...
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Configure Firefox for all buttons to respond to apostrophe searching
Type CTRL-F and you can find the text on a button just fine. Type apostrophe and then type the text and you can find some links, and then hit Return to click on the link. The problem is that this does ...
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Win 7 mouse pointer auto-activation
On my HP laptop with 64 bit Win7, the mouse pointer will automatically click on anything that I point it at. If I hover over a folder, the folder will automatically open. I hover over an application, ...
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How to disable automatic launching of the Touch Keyboard [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Permanently remove/disable Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 taskbar?
In Taskbar Properties under Toolbars, if I uncheck Touch Keyboard and restart, after signing in again it ...
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What are some screen accessibility options for folks who like to read BIG text
I have a hard time reading fonts on webpages, programs and email. I have dropped the resolution down to bump up the text and noticed an improvement in reading comprehension. I can alt+scroll wheel in ...
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How to add Color Scheme to Windows Vista/7/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2?
Windows, up to Windows XP, had Color Schemes, e.g.:
Windows Standard
Windows Standard (large)
Windows Standard (extra large)
High Contrast #1
High Contrast #1 (large)
High Contrast #1 (extra large)
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Quickly locate your cursor on a Chromebook
I recently bought a chromebook for my aunt and teaching her how to use a computer for basic skills and browsing. She often loses track of the cursor and I remember that there was a simple setting ...
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Play sound when certain text appears in browser
I'm looking for a browser, or browser extension that will play an audio file when certain text is displayed (or even buried in the html).
Specifically I'd like a sound to play when GMail tells me ...
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How to use cepstral swift for tts instead jovie in kde L?
So I'm running KDE settings, in kttsmgr.
I go add Talker, and try to add a swift talker:
/opt/swift/bin/swift -p "speech/rate=180" %t -o %w
..per the instructions here, which I suspect are out of ...
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How to access Windows guest server IP from Ubuntu Host OS in VirtualBox
I am using a Ubuntu 10.04 OS as host and Windows 7 as a Guest OS. I want to run some selenium test in my Ubuntu Linux OS whose selinum server is launched in my Windows 7 Guest OS. The guest OS I can ...
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Solution to example audio recaptcha [closed]
I find captchas very difficult to read, in particular Recaptcha (as Stack Overflow happens to use). Typically I take 5-10 tries to succeed. My friend with worse eyesight finds them impossible. Today I ...
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How can you improve accessibility in Visual Studio for visually impaired people?
My friend has a with a visual impairment. He is interested in learning and programming in VB.NET.
He's currently using Narrator in Windows for his regular activities when using his computer. But is ...
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Reorder/rearrange tabs using keyboard shortcut
In Firefox, it's possible to rearrange tabs (reordering, moving to a new window, etc.) by drag-and-drop. But drag-and-drop is slow and unwieldy, and is difficult for some people to use.
In ...
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How do I select multiple non-consecutive options from an html multiple select using just the keyboard in chrome?
How do I select multiple non-consecutive options from an html multiple select using just the keyboard in chrome?
I am aware of methods in ie and firefox.
Here is an example multiple select: ...
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How to change the location of pointer (mouse sonar) shortcut in windows?
Windows xp+ has a feature in
control mouse
to show location of pointer when i press the ctrl key. Is it possible to change this shortcut?
Possible options (some are [not] mutually exclusive):
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How to zoom without following the cursor in OS X
In OS X Lion, I want to zoom in to an area of the screen, and then lock the zoom there regardless of where I move my cursor (by default the zoomed-in area will follow my cursor position).
I read ...
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Quickly move the tab focus to the content in Chrome
When you press enter on the omnibar, the focus switches to the web page content. This is great, but what if you have switched to the omnibar and want to switch back to the web page?
Hitting tab ...
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Text-to-speech program on Windows saying “ASCII”
I am using Windows native text-to-speech program to read web pages and pdf files.
Whenever the reader encounters a special character (or a blank space of some sort), it says "ASCII". Is there a way to ...
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How can one-handed work in Emacs be eased?
My right hand is temporarily immobilized and I would like to do some minor work in Emacs, mostly in Org-mode, but also in AUCTeX. Are there ways to ease one-handed work in Emacs, such as some mode or ...
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On a mac can I use CUPS to set a minimum font size?
I am setting up a mac for an aunt who needs large fonts to read, I have set up Safari correctly but there is a problem.
When I print the text comes out at the original font size, not the enlarged ...
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How to open a link with only a keyboard on Google Docs
I wanted to know if anyone have any experience with using Google Docs with only a keyboard? How do I open a link there? The only solution I could find was to use Microsoft's MouseKeys option - but ...
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Outlook Express in Win7
Is it possible to install Outlook Express in Windows 7? Problem is, that my sister is visually impaired and needs to use email client together with AI Squared Zoomtext 9 ReaderMagnifier (aka ZT 9).
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How to pause TTS in Mac Safari when not using full VoiceOver mode?
I normally use OS X in visual mode, with just the cursor and fonts a bit bigger.
But when reading long web pages I do like the Text-To-Speech feature. You highlight some text and then a hot-key ...
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How to enforce default text style for incoming mails?
One of my coworkers is handicapped with restricted vision and needs a very high contrast on his workspace. This works well for most applications, but it's not working for outlook-mails send as ...
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Coming from Win XP to 7 and having new accessibility software problems
I just switched from Windows XP Pro SP3 (32bit) to Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) on a new PC. Now, both the new onscreen keyboard and a utility for sending mouse clicks are being problematic.
The ...
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Setting Konqueror-style access keys for links in Chrome
In Konqueror, if I press the Ctrl key, I get boxes with letters in them for every link and button on the page:
I believe this is called an "access key", but it is done without the original webpage ...
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How can I use the keyboard to navigate dialog boxes in OS X Lion? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
OS X: using the keyboard to select an option in a message window / box?
On Snow Leopard 10.6 I used to be able to use tab and space to navigate between buttons and ...
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How do I Force the Background color on web pages IE9 Win7
Normally opening up internet options , and adjusting the "accessability" type features for colors, and fonts, would allow a person to control how a web page was viewed. (rant) that is what the item ...
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Changing width of column in Explorer details view with keyboard
On Windows XP, open up an Explorer window, for example by pressing Start-e. Make sure you're in the "details" mode, where you see for each file its size, type, etc.
As you know, you can use the ...
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Can you move items on the desktop with the keyboard only?
Is it possible to move icons (files) on the desktop of Windows XP without touching the mouse, using the keyboard only?
EDIT: I am specifically interested in an answer that does not involve simply ...
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Can't enable universal zoom in OS X Lion
I upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard and I accept the bugs with Microsoft Outlook but I have to find a way to fix my Trackpad zooming.
I used to be able to pinch with two fingers on the trackpad and ...
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Is there a widget to adjust display resolution in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Easily change screen resolution in Windows 7
Any way of changing Windows 7 screen resolution via command line?
I'm setting up a Windows 7 Home box for my parents, and ...
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Is there a way to control Rosetta Stone with the keyboard?
I'm using the excellent Rosetta Stone for learning German. Problem is, in order to answer its language questions I'm forced to click the correct answer with the dreaded mouse. Is there any way to ...
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Windows 7: Can't access or delete folder although logged in as administrator
I have some folder: C:\program files (x86)\myApplication\myFolder
I uninstalled the application, but myFolder is still there. If I try to open it, I get an 'Access denied'.
If I try to delete it I ...
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Screen reader that logs text (for accessibility testing)?
Does anyone know of a screen reader for Windows that writes text to a log instead of actually reading it out? This is for accessibility testing. I know how to directly access the automation tree, but ...
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Strange memory access error on actions
There is one error happening in one of my local machines (3 machines), which remains unsolved for me.
I'm running Microsoft Windows XP SP3, all latest updates and the error happens on attempts to do ...
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Software to read PDFs with inverted colors (Windows)
I sometimes want to read a long PDF file in a computer, but because white background I can read only a few pages until my eyes weep.
Is there any software to invert colors of a PDF (PDF converter, ...
