Apple Universal Access is a component of the

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that provides computing abilities to people with visual impairment, hearing impairment, or physical disability.

Components

Universal Access is a preference pane of the

System Preferences System Settings (System Preferences on macOS Monterey and earlier) is an application included with macOS. It allows users to modify various system settings, which are divided into separate Preference Panes. The System Settings application wa ...

application. It includes four sub-components, each providing different options and settings.

Seeing

* Turn On/Off Screen Zooming * Inverse Colors (White on Black, also known as reverse colors), +++8 * Set Display to Greyscale ( 10.2 onwards) * Enhance Contrast * Enable Access for Assistive Devices * Enable Text-To-Speech for Universal Access Preferences * Disable unnecessary automatic animations

Hearing

* Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs * Raise/Lower Volume

Keyboard

Sticky Keys Sticky keys is an accessibility feature of some graphical user interfaces which assists users who have physical disabilities or help users reduce repetitive strain injury. It serializes keystrokes instead of pressing multiple keys at a time, allowi ...

(Treat a sequence of modifier keys as a key combo) * Slow keys (Delay between key press and key acceptance)

Mouse

* Mouse Keys (Use the numeric keypad in place of the mouse) * Mouse Pointer Delay * Mouse Pointer Max Speed * Mouse Pointer enlarging

External links

Universal Access Webpage

Apple Accessibility webpage with more information
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