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The older you get, the more you may struggle with the use of a computer. <\/em>Sooner or later we all experience some loss of vision, hearing, or physical dexterity<\/strong>. Fortunately, personalization options in Windows make it easy to adjust your PC.<\/p>\n

As a lot of the Hakisa community members are Windows users, we decided to share the “10 Tips for the Awkward Age of Computing<\/strong>” with you on our blog.<\/p>\n

Have a look on the first 5 of 10 tips illustrated with cartoons from Brian Bassett on how to counter the effects of aging to make your computer more comfortable to use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#1 A Screen Too Far<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"\"<\/a>Do you find yourself fighting the urge to press your nose against the screen because you can’t see text<\/strong> and objects clearly? Consider changing your monitor display settings to increase the size of icons or text<\/strong> for individual documents and Web pages.<\/span><\/div>\n
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#2 Built-in Bifocals<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"\"<\/a>Having trouble seeing things<\/strong> that are close up? Magnifier<\/strong>, one of the accessibility utilities in Microsoft Windows, opens a window that enlarges<\/strong> all or parts of the screen you choose – just like a magnifying glass.<\/div>\n
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#3 Lights, Camera, Action<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"\"<\/a>If stiff joints or other dexterity issues are slowing you down, try using Windows Speech Recognition<\/strong> to write email and documents by speaking commands rather than using the keyboard and mouse.<\/div>\n
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#4 Tune In, Tune Out<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"\"<\/a>Are you having trouble hearing email alerts and other audible notifications of system events? Try to adjust the sound volume<\/strong> of your computer or use text or visual alternatives to sounds.<\/div>\n
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#5 Talk to Me<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"\"<\/a>If your vision is beyond the point where magnification is enough, Narrator<\/strong> in Windows can help by converting text and captions to speech<\/strong>. If this problem is persistent, you may need a device called a screen reader.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By the way, if you want to change your settings and you don’t know how, you can find detailed information on every problem on the Microsoft.com<\/a> homepage. The next 5 tips are coming soon in an extra post!<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Brian Basset and Microsoft Corporation<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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