1. Below the Surface: Built-in Features of Windows 10
Christine Vo1,2, Jillian Budd1,3,4, Evelyne Marcil1,3,4,5, Catherine Fichten1,3,4,5,6, Mary Jorgensen1, Alice Havel1
1Adaptech Research Network 2Concordia University 3McGill University 4CRIR 5Dawson College 6Jewish General Hospital
Title
Did You Know?
There are many exciting built-in features in Windows 10. If you know where to find them, you can access a variety of tools to facilitate the use of your Windows 10 computer.
To figure out how, go to:
More Hidden Treasures
The Real Gems
Items
Magnification and Visual Tools
High contrast
Magnifier
Make focus rectangle thicker
Set thickness of blinking cursor
Remove background images
Turn off all unnecessary animations
Mouse
Activate window by hovering over it with mouse
Change colour and size of mouse pointers
Mouse keys
Control cursor with keypad
Speech
Closed Captioning – Subtitles
Touch Feedback
Change the colour and size of
mouse pointers
Magnifier – make things larger
Narrator – have the computer read to you
Speech – dictate to your computer
Conclusion
Hidden Treasures
You can do so much, if you just know what to look for.
For built-in features of Windows 10 and other devices and information on free and inexpensive technologies, visit the Adaptech website:
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Presentation at the Summer Student Research Expo at Dawson College from August 20, 2016
Keyboard
Filter keys
Slows down repeat rates
Sticky keys
Enter key combinations in sequence
Toggle keys
On-screen keyboard
Screen Reading
Audio description
Narrator