Turn on Chromebook accessibility features

Choose the accessibility features you'd like to use:

• Text-to-speech: Turn on the screen reader or Select-to-speak.
• Type text with your voice: Turn on dictation.
• Display and magnification: Turn on:
  • Color correction: Color filters for protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, or find the display in grayscale. You can adjust the filter intensity.
  • Color inversion: Screens change from light to dark and vice versa.
  • Full-screen magnifier: Use to enlarge items on the screen.
  • Docked magnifier: To find screen magnification, use a split-screen.
  • Reduced animations: Limit on-screen movement.
  • Display settings: To make items on your screen smaller or larger, change display size.
  • Website text size and font: Customize text size and font for the web browser.
• Keyboard and text input: Turn on:
  • On-screen keyboard: Use the on-screen keyboard.
  • Dictation: Type with your voice.
  • Switch Access: Control your device with one or more switches.
  • Sticky keys: Turn on Chromebook accessibility features.
  • Highlight item with keyboard focus: Item is highlighted when you move focus.
  • Highlight text cursor: Cursor is highlighted when it appears or moves.
  • Text cursor blink rate: Adjust the text blink rate to fast or don’t blink.
  • Navigate with text cursor or caret browsing: Use the arrow keys to move through items letter by letter.
• Mouse and touchpad: Turn on navigation buttons in tablet mode, automatic clicking, tap dragging, cursor highlighting, or change the cursor's size or color.
• Audio: Play all sounds together through all speakers or play sound on startup.
• Chrome Live Caption: Turn on Chrome Live Captions for media played on your Chrome browser.

1. At the bottom right, select the time.
   • Or press Alt + Shift + s.
2. Select Settings Accessibility  Cursor and touchpad.
3. Select Open mouse and touchpad device settings.
4. To move an item, double-tap it and hold, then drag.

To use tap-to-select, double-tap it and hold, then drag it to move.

1. At the bottom right, select the time.
   • Or press Alt + Shift + s.
2. Select Settings Accessibility.
3. To enter keyboard shortcuts sequentially, under "Keyboard and text input," turn on Sticky keys.

To use sticky keys, press Search , Launcher , Shift, Alt, or Ctrl, whichever key starts the keyboard shortcut.

• To keep a key pressed until you finish the keyboard shortcut, press the key twice.
• To unpress a key, press it a third time.

You can use buttons instead of gestures to switch between apps and interact with your Chromebook in tablet mode. Learn how to change from laptop to tablet mode.