Re: Windows 7 - Turning off screen resources
- From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:24:51 -0000
Thanks for that. At first I thought it was just the usual stuff about starting
narrator etc. I've never bothered to click on the button to use the computer
without a display but I was surprised to find that it does give you other
options such as turning on audio description (not sure when this will work
though other than for DVDs or some online content), it turns off unnecessary
animations (assuming JAWS does this on startup), and also gives you the option
of loading either narrator or JAWS.
Thanks
Peter
From: Wren Langley
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:32 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Windows 7 - Turning off screen resources
Hi,
Here is the message from my brother that will give yo this information, as well
as some information about other things that might be of interest.
Go to control panel; select "Ease of Access". A window will open in which you
can start narrator, make text larger, etc. Also in this window is the entry
for "Use the Computer Without a Display (Optimize for Blindness)". I'm not
sure if it actually turns the display off (something you can do with the
monitor power button anyway), but you can set it to use narrator, get an audio
description of videos on the screen, turn off unnecessary animations, etc.
There is also a selection in the window for "Make it easier to focus on tasks",
in which you can (among other things) remove background images on the monitor,
and set the computer so you can turn on toggle keys to hear a tone when you
press CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, OR SCROLL LOCK. Hope this helps.
Let me know if you need more information.
God Bless,
Wren
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:36 PM
Subject: Windows 7 - Turning off screen resources
Hi, somebody on one of these lists last week said that you can go in to
control panel and turn off the video resources in some way i.e. the image then
isn't on the screen. They also said this makes it a bit quicker. Does anybody
know where this is please as I couldn't find it in the obvious places.
Thanks
Peter
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