4: Who benefits from accessibility?

How does accessibility help people with blindness, low vision, or color blindness?


Refreshable braille devices may include portable note takers. Screen magnifiers zoom in on areas of the computer display, enabling people with low vision to see it more clearly

Caption: Refreshable braille devices convert computer text into braille characters. Screen magnifiers enlarge the view of content for users with limited vision.

People with blindness, low vision, or color blindness may use

  • screen reader programs, such as JAWS and Window-Eyes (Listen to sound clip of JAWS...);
  • screen magnification software like ZoomText and Magic;
  • braille output devices or printers; or
  • basic computer settings to control text size, color, and contrast.

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