I talked in previous posts about the Vista ease of access center and features designed to help people with disabilities to use their PC easier. Today I will talk about the narrator feature which can assist people with vision problems use their Vista computer.

Microsoft Narrator is a program that uses a voice to narrate out what is seen on your PC, so if you do have trouble with vision you can hear what is on the screen.

To get started using Microsoft Narrator just follow this;

  • Open control panel
  • Click ease of access
  • Click ease of access center
  • Click start narrator
  • A narrator box will now open like this

Microsoft Narrator

You can change the voice settings by;

  • Click on voice settings
  • You can select the type of voice (male or female), it should come standard with just Microsoft Anna
  • Select the voice speed
  • Select the voice volume
  • Select the voice pitch
  • Click OK

You should here in the background your PC talking out everything you do and all pages you visit. You can also use the quick help function to learn more about narrator.