Windows 10 Settings for Low Vision

From Low Vision Accessibility Task Force

This page documents Windows 10 preferences that may pertain to people with low vision.

Display

  • brightness and color profile of monitor
  • hd color settings for media
  • Scale % (change size of text, apps and other items)
  • screen orientation
  • screen resolution

Personalization

  • background color
  • accent color
  • dark/light mode
  • High Contrast settings 
    • text
    • link
    • disabled text
    • selected text
    • button text
    • background color

OS Font

  • family
  • size
  • style

Ease of Access

  • Bigger text (changes only text size across the system)
  • Show animations
  • Automatically hide scrollbars (e.g. show scrollbars)
  • Increase length of time notifications appear
  • Show visual feedback while touching the screen
  • Make visual feedback for touch points darker and larger
  • caret thickness
  • Magnifier (more settings)
    • default zoom level
    • zoom level increments
    • Smooth edges of images and text
    • Lens/docked mode
    • Keep mouse pointer centered
  • color filters (grayscale, color blindness)
  • transparency
  • caret blink rate

Mouse

  • line scrolling (mouse wheel) (vertical & horizontal)
  • mouse pointer size (15 total sizes)
  • pointer color
    • black, white, inverted
    • Highlight colors (6)
    • Pick a custom pointer color
  • pointer speed
  • pointer snap to 
  • pointer trails
  • pointer locator
  • hide pointer while typing