Comments on: Windows Vista Accessibility Options

By: Ian Dixon's Blog : April 2007 - Posts

Ian Dixon's Blog : April 2007 - Posts — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:43:05 +0000

[...] Accessibility is pretty important to us, and we want to make Windows Media Center easy to use for visually impaired folks. The default experience in Windows Media Center makes your digital media much more accessible to start with compared to Windows Media Player, iTunes or Zune -- because everything is bigger (your album art, the text, selectable items, etc.). There are some high contrast accessibility features you can turn on which make it even easier to read and navigate Windows Media Center if you are vision impaired. [...]

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:37:20 +0000

Can someone please help me with this problem? I’m new to Visa. How do I change the background color on the “Help and Support” screen that is in the “Start” menu?
Thanks, Kathy

By: nachony

nachony — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:26:50 +0000

wmp11 stinks for accessibilty and i am unfortunately tied to it for its ability to sync my mp3 player. wmp11 library appears as white text on off-white background due to my high-contrast white text on black background desktop theme. in full screen mode there is no option to change background color, text size, text color, control button size & color. MS’s commitment to accessibilty is lipservice at best. i won’t even get started on the lack of free support options…

By: Darrell Shandrow

Darrell Shandrow — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:46:03 +0000

System Access by Serotek also runs on Windows Vista. It was ready to go at Vista’s launch. More information is available at http://www.freedombox.info.

By: Alijah Green

Alijah Green — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:09:29 +0000

The absolute only problem that i have with vista is the fact that Windows Mobile Device does not work with My 8125 and there seem to be no work around yet so i do feel your pain

By: Nickie

Nickie — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:01:10 +0000

I’m not an employee of Microsoft or any assistive technology company, but wanted to suggest a program that will work with Vista.

GW Micro (www.gwmicro.com), offers a beta version of Window-Eyes that is free to download and try and works with Vista.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:34:36 +0000

I am glad that there are members of the Microsoft community reaching out to A-list bloggers, however, I have to comment that I don’t think everyone is getting the same service or personal one-on-one workaround in Windows Media Player. Where is that kind of support (the cast of 1000s) for the regular user that can’t use iTunes, faces instability problems in Firefox or is out of luck on drivers?

By: Emily Green

Emily Green — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:08:37 +0000

Thanks Chris, Can I link to this in my blog?

By: Charlie Owen

Charlie Owen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Accessibility is pretty important

By: Ian Dixon

Ian Dixon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

week its on the High Contrast settings for the visually impaired. I would have thought that Media Center is good in that respect anyway with the big UI and clear text, but as Charlie points out there are some High Contrast settings that can help too Accessibility is pretty important to us, and we want to make Windows Media Center easy to use for visually impaired folks. The default experience in Windows Media Center makes your digital media much more accessible to start with compared to Windows Media Player, iTunes or Zune --

By: The Chris Pirillo Show

The Chris Pirillo Show — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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