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Make OS X Accessible
1. Open System Preferences and then click the Universal
Access icon.
2. To adjust settings for visual impairments, click the
Seeing tab to reveal the Seeing settings, as shown in
Figure 1-13.
3. To enable VoiceOver — a basic screen reader program
built-in to OS X — select the On radio button below
VoiceOver.
If you aren’t happy with how VoiceOver sounds, click the Open
VoiceOver Utility button. There you can change the voice, pitch,
speed, and other characteristics of VoiceOver.
4. To enable screen zooming, select the On radio button
below Zoom. Press Option+
Ô+= to zoom in on an area
of the screen, and press Option+Ô+- to zoom back out.
5. Use the settings below Display to change the appearance
and use of color onscreen.
6. Click the Hearing button to reveal audio options, as
shown in Figure 1-14.
7. If you can’t hear alert sounds from the computer, place
a check mark next to Flash the Screen When an Alert
Sound Occurs.
Click the Flash Screen button to test the screen flash.
Figure 1-13: Use these settings if you need help seeing your Mac.
Figure 1-14: If you can’t hear audio alerts, you can enable a screen flash
instead.
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