Setting Up and Using Accessibility Features

Updated 5 months ago by Triana Kalmanoff

We are committed to providing fair and equal access for anyone that wants to use a Legal Kiosk. All Legal Kiosks are mounted to either a desk or a cart that is height adjustable. Learn how to adjust the height of a cart. Learn how to adjust the height of a desk. There are a few settings you can configure to make the printer and scanner more accessible including magnification and voice guidance. For more information on accessibility compliance, read more from the manufacturer.

Screen reading and text enlargement features

We are in the process of rolling out Jaws Screen Reader and ZoomText to enlarge sections of the screen for those that are visually impaired. These softwares works in conjunction with a speech synthesizer by speaking what is on the computer screen aloud. Learn more about how to use Jaws, ZoomText, and Fusion.

Here are the main hotkeys that allow you to launch and operate our accessibility features:

Video Meeting Accessibility

If you are deaf or hard of hearing you can turn on (or ask the host to turn on) closed captions and a live transcription. Learn more from Zoom.

Printer and Scanner Accessibility

Some Legal Kiosks have a printer and scanner. These printers and scanners can be configured to magnify text, read the content aloud, and select options using gestures. For more information on accessibility compliance, read more from the manufacturer.

Enabling Magnification Mode

1. From the control panel, press and hold the 5 key until you hear a voice message.
2. Select Magnification mode.
3. Select OK.

For more information on navigating a magnified screen, read more below on how to navigate using gestures.

Activating Voice Guidance

From the control panel

1. Press and hold the 5 key until you hear a voice message.
2. Select OK.

From the keyboard

1. Press and hold the 5 key until you hear a voice message.
2. Press Tab to navigate the focus cursor to the OK button, and then press Enter.

Notes:

• Voice Guidance is also activated when you insert headphones into the headphone jack.
• To adjust the volume, use the volume buttons at the bottom part of the control panel.
• Voice Guidance has limited language support in some printer models.

Adjusting the Voice Guidance speech rate

1. From the home screen, select Settings > Device > Accessibility > Speech Rate.
2. Select the speech rate.

Navigating the screen using gestures

Notes:

• The gestures are applicable only when Voice Guidance is activated.
• Enable Magnification to use the zoom and pan gestures.
• Use a physical keyboard to type characters and adjust certain settings.

Gestures

• Double‑tap - Select an option or item on the screen.
• Triple‑tap - Zoom in or zoom out text and images.
• Swipe right or swipe down - Move to the next item on the screen.
• Swipe left or swipe up - Move to the previous item on the screen.
• Pan - Access parts of the zoomed image that are beyond the limits of the screen.
  • Note: This gesture requires the use of two fingers to drag across a zoomed image.
• Swipe up then left - Exit an application and return to the home screen.
• Swipe down then left - Cancel a job, Go back to the previous setting, Exit the screen that appears without changing any setting or value.
• Swipe up then down - Repeat a spoken prompt.

Using the keyboard on the display

Do one or more of the following:

• Drag a finger over the key to announce the character.
• Lift the finger to enter or type the character in the field.
• Select Backspace to delete characters.
• To hear the content in the input field, select Tab, and then select Shift + Tab.

Enabling spoken passwords or personal identification numbers

1. From the home screen, select Settings > Device > Accessibility > Speak Passwords/PINs.
2. Enable the setting.

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