Windows 11 Accessibility For The Blind And Vision Impaired

This is a first look at the accessibility features of the new Windows 11 operating system. In this video, we walk through all of the settings and accessibility options that will help the blind, vision impaired, low vision, and partially sighted, use the computer.
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[LuisHernandez]

Appreciate you Sam! You're a pillar in the (blind) community

[brianrunyon]

Plan to upgrade to it eventually. Great to know most of the changes for the new operating system are visual.

[LESTERL]

Thanks so much, Sam! I am looking forward to the upcoming videos on other windows 11 features. Happy new year Sam!

[tomvanbaren]

Thanks Sam, I just upgrade to Window 11 a couple of weeks ago, but learned of a couple of controls that I might try to adjust to improve usage from your video.

[darquequeen]

Thanks for showing us what’s in the accessibility menu, so people like me don’t turn on something we’d rather not. I’m glad MS changed the Ease of Access name to just Accessibility. As you said, makes more sense! Hope all is well with you and your family. ❤️

[jknzoiw]

Great video, so i've been liking windows 11 and agree that this new version was basically a visual update with the same windows 10 accessibility features.

[cheri]

Thanks for this video. I'm looking forward to the updates. I know it took awhile for me playing around with the contrast to get the look rightt. I liked that the pop up menu was in the middle, it made it easier for me to see, plus it all came up in dark mode which was a huge bonus since I am extremely light senseitive

[tehilatempelhof]

thank you sam - your channel is very good- Im dont have eye problems but i work everyday with ... i work in a company in israel that sales low vision and blind pepole technology and more - we import to israel all there is for them. so your chanal is very helpfull - glad i find you.

[melissaslegallyblindworld]

Hey, Sam, I never heard of Wondow's 11 'til this video, the features are pretty nice, and the magnifier reader feature is kinda neat. I wonder for your video on Window's Narrator. Would things be improved with the lag as I tend to lag a tiny bit on certain sites if I go too fast with navigation, but it self-fixes after 1 sec. Hope Narrator gets a massive overhaul. The magnifier reader feature is kinda neat, that's like part magnifier, part screenreader which is nice.

[mr-ladi]

Than you for your video! Watching you from Albania! It hellps me

[rafaeltorovip]

I still using Windows 10 and my current laptop can’t upgrade to 11, but it is nice to see the options available if I get a new PC with Windows 11. Thanks for the video. 👍

[farelheart]

Sam, good video as always. I appreciate the assessment of Windows 11. I have not used PC for quite a number of years since I started using Apple products. Voiceover is such an excellent way to read things on the screen or have them read to you so I’m wondering how it would compare to the narrator that you talked about in Windows 11. I tried to learn fusion and jaws recently and find it very cumbersome and key stroke heavy. Not sure I would want to use it so I stick with my Apple devices. Could you possibly do a video comparing voiceover to fusion and windows narrator? I know that’s a big request but maybe at least talk about how the Windows reader would compare two jars or fusion. Thank you Sam as always.

[karenmac]

G'day Sam
Thanks for a window 11 video. Can't wait for the other videos on windows 11. It's great to watch a video that is nice and clear.

[browley]

Great timing! I just got a laptop with Windows 11

[exoticimagesbyalexa]

While your video had some valid points, the most important was omitted: The TASKBAR.
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Increasing the fonts, texts, etc. happen to be useless since you can't ENLARGE the taskbar, tray icons, pinned programs, folders, etc. everything is moot until that change is made. When I say make the taskbar BIGGER, I'm talking placed on the right side of the screen (vertical), and able to be expanded to 2 or 3 inches in width and able to stretch the full height of any monitor, easily, simply and with just a left-click and drag of the mouse. I don't need, nor want tiny fonts set to a MICRO size by some idiot with 20/20 vision staring at 9 foot monitor and calling it good. A nice hack to allow US to adjust the taskbar and ALL of its features to the location and sizes WE want/need would a great help to literally, millions of people.
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Since words are displayed on/above the taskbar, BIGGER TEXT for the taskbar is also needed. Adjustable taskbar THUMBNAIL sizes would also be nice. These are just some the failures Win 10, 11, and soon, 12.1 all possess. Win7 got it right, MSNs redesign gets it all wrong. Want it to be better, allow the PURCHASER complete and total freedom to make ALL adjustments to all parts of the system, as they SEE fit just as Win7 did. Next, bring back the Aero Glass features for everyone that wants them, and MSN is off to a slow start to a true OS UPGRADE. Anything less, is still a delusion and poor excuse for charging a fee.
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Perhaps a video showing us just how to accomplish these much needed adjustments, at NO COST to us, would be awesome! Thanks.

[JM-wubh]

Subscribed! Amazing video! My mother is losing her sight, and I have tons of questions. Should i go to reddit? Is there a better place?

[KTHKUHNKK]

Very nicely done I have macular degeneration so I'm going to have to learn to use some of these features I'm currently using 10 and things are very difficult to see but perhaps if I upgrade to Windows 11 I can learn this thanks very much

[mikemoore]

Windows 11 worked well for me with JAWS 19 and then again with JAWS 22 after I upgraded.

[lelanmiller]

I'm eager to learn more about the new contrast options because black letters just seem greyish and not black or bold enough.

[tugberkayar]

Thanks for the content! I have a small question about magnifier narrator. When you click a text, it starts reading, but does it automatically detect the language it reads, or is it just reading in the default regardless the text?