Text Narration for Computer Users with Poor Eye Sight

There are many ways you can make your computer more accessible for you or someone else who uses it with age related problems. In this multi part series, I will explore the built in settings you can adjust on your PC to make it more accessible for anyone with age related vision, hearing, or tactile problems.

For people with poor eyesight, a narrator can read menus, text, and anything else on screen without leaving the active window. Here is how to activate your computer's built in narrator:

To turn on the narrator for your current session:

1. To open the Ease of Access Center, select:

Start.
Control Panel.
Ease of Access.
Ease of Access Center.

2. Under Quick access to common tools, select:

Start Narrator.

Turn on Narrator so that it starts automatically each time you log on to your computer:

1. Under Explore all settings, select:

Use the computer without a display, by pressing TAB, then ENTER.

2. Under Hear text read aloud, select:

Turn on Narrator.
Select Save.