Windows 7 / Getting Started

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Customizing Windows for visual, audio, mobility, or cognitive needs

Windows 7's Ease of Access Center provides many features, settings, and programs to fit a wide variety of needs. These capabilities are designed to help you get the most out of your computer, through whatever means of input and interaction works best for you. There is no one-size-fits-all technique for visual, audio, mobility, or cognitive needs. The average age of the world's population is increasing, and with age, hearing, vision, mobility, and other abilities decline. So, many of the traditional definitions of disabilities are blurring.

The Ease of Access Center lists all the features that can make your computer easier to use. If you are not sure what you need, the Ease of Access Center also provides a great assessment tool to survey your needs and, based on your answers, recommends features and settings that will benefit you specifically. Any information gathered by Windows in this process is private and will not be shared or accessible to anybody else outside of your computer.

To open the Ease of Access Center, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, and in the Start menu's search box, type Ease of Access.
2. On the list that appears, click Ease of AccessEase of Access.
   The Ease of Access Center window appears. In this window, you can directly apply many specific settings to make your computer easier to use, explore other settings, or answer a series of questions to help recommend features for you.
   The Ease of Access Center provides many ways to view, explore, and apply a wide variety of tools and features to make your computer easier to use. This window is enabled for ease of use with a number of aids and needs.
3. If you don't know what you need or want some recommendations because you don't know what features Windows offers for your needs, click Get recommendations to make your computer easier to use. Again, the questions, answers, and recommendations are private. The results of the answers do not label, name, or group the user into a category but, rather, suggest the specific features and settings that may be of most benefit.