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Setting Accessibility Options for People Who Are Deaf or Have Difficulty Hearing Sounds from the Computer

If you are deaf or have difficulty hearing sounds from the computer, you can quickly set sound options using the Accessibility Wizard. Sound options include turning on SoundSentry so that you can get visual warnings for system sounds, and ShowSounds so that captions are displayed for speech and sounds in programs that provide them.

This option in the Accessibility Wizard allows you to:

Show visual warnings to notify of system events.
See captions for speech and sounds in programs that offer this feature.
Save the settings to a file.

Step 1

Select Start, or press CTRL+ESC, or press the Windows logo key.
Point to Programs, or press P.
Point to Accessories, or move there using the arrow keys and then press ENTER.
Point to Accessibility, or move there and then press ENTER.
Click on Accessibility Wizard, or move there and then press ENTER.

Step 2
In the Welcome to the Accessibility Wizard dialog box:

Select Next, or press N.

Step 3
In the Text Size dialog box:

Select the smallest text you can read with a mouse click or using the arrow keys.
Select Next, or press N.

Step 4
In the Display Settings dialog box:

Select the options you want.
Select Next or press N.

Step 5
In the Set Wizard Options dialog box:

Select the I am deaf or have difficulty hearing sounds from the computer check box, or press D.
Select Next, or press N, to continue through the wizard.

Step 6
In the Completing the Accessibility Wizard dialog box:

Press ENTER to save your changes and exit the wizard.

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