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Chapter6.Accessibility
Lenovohelpsuserswithdisabilitiestoaccessinformationandtechnologyeasily.
SomeaccessibilitytoolsareavailableintheWindowsoperatingsystem,andotherscanbepurchased
fromthird-partyproviders.
Thissectiongivesabriefintroductiontotheavailableaccessibilitytools.Fordetailsabouthowtousethe
accessibilitytools,seetheWindowsHelpandSupportinformationsystem.
On-screennotificationOn-screennotificationhelpshearing-impairedpeoplebeawareofthestatusoftheir
tablet.On-screennotificationreplacessoundswithvisualcuesortextcaptionsto
indicatethatactivityishappeningonthetablet.Asaresult,systemalertsarenoticeable
evenwhentheyarenotheard.Forexample,whenyouselectoneobject,theobject
ishighlighted.
Touseon-screennotification,openControlPanel,tapEaseofAccessEaseof
AccessCenter,andthentapUsetextorvisualalternativeforsounds.
Audionotification
Audionotificationhelpsvisuallyimpairedpeopleorpeoplewithweaksightbeawareof
thestatusoftheirtablet.
Touseaudionotification,openControlPanel,tapEaseofAccessEaseofAccess
CenterUsethecomputerwithoutadisplay,andthenselectTurnonAudio
Description.
NarratorNarratorisascreenreaderthatreadstextonthescreenaloudanddescribesevents
likeerrormessages.
ToopenNarrator,taptheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStartscreenand
thentypeNarratorintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusingakeyboard,youcan
juststarttypingontheStartscreenandthenthesearchboxandsearchresultsare
displayedautomatically.Inthelistofresults,tapNarrator.
Screen-reader
technologies
Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareprograminterfaces,help
informationsystems,andvariousonlinedocuments.Foradditionalinformationabout
screenreaders,seethefollowing:
UsingthePortableDocumentFormat(PDF)fileswithscreenreaders:
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility.html?promoid=DJGVE
UsingtheJAWSscreenreader:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp
UsingtheNVDAscreenreader:
http://www.nvaccess.org/
SpeechrecognitionSpeechRecognitionenablesyoutocontrolyourtabletbyvoice.
Usingonlyyourvoice,youcanstartprograms,openmenus,tapbuttonsandother
objectsonthescreen,dictatetextintodocuments,andwriteandsende-mails.
ToopenSpeechRecognition,taptheSearchicononthetop-rightcorneroftheStart
screenandthentypeSpeechRecognitionintothedisplayedsearchbox.Ifyouareusing
akeyboard,youcanjuststarttypingontheStartscreenandthenthesearchboxand
searchresultsaredisplayedautomatically.Inthelistofresults,tapSpeechRecognition.
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