Windows low vision features

By PaulMartz, 12 May, 2025

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My daughter uses a Windows PC. She has recently been diagnosed with RP, which runs in our family. For now, her symptoms are mild. She doesn't need a screen reader such as Narrator or NVDA. However, she might benefit from high contrast colors, a larger mouse pointer, or whole screen magnification. Are these features available in Windows? Can they be easily toggled on and off with a keyboard shortcut? Last time I used Windows was Win7, and switching to high contrast colors and tweaking the mouse pointer were in settings without a convenient keyboard shortcut. There was no way to do whole screen magnification without a third party tool like ZoomText. Win7 had Magnifier, but it was klunky.

Please update me on these low vision features in current Windows so I can share the info with my daughter. Thanks.

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