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Add or Remove Mouse Keys Icon on Taskbar in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show the mouse keys notification icon on the taskbar system tray when using mouse keys for your account in Windows 11. Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer. When mouse keys is turned on, you can only use mouse keys when Num Lock is on by default. Num Lock will toggle mouse keys active or inactive without turning off mouse keys. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33 The "Show the mouse keys icon on the taskbar" setting and other mouse keys settings are saved to the Flags string value (REG_SZ) in the registry key below for the...
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Enable or Disable Only use Mouse Keys when Num Lock is On in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off only use mouse keys when Num Lock is on for your account in Windows 11. Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer. When mouse keys is turned on, you can only use mouse keys when Num Lock is on by default. Num Lock will toggle mouse keys active or inactive without turning off mouse keys. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33 The "Only use mouse keys when Num lock is on" setting and other mouse keys settings are saved to the Flags string value (REG_SZ) in the registry key below for the current user. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control...
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Enable or Disable Control Mouse Keys Speed with Ctrl and Shift keys in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Hold the Ctrl key to speed up and Shift key to slow down" the pointer when using mouse keys for your account in Windows 11. Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33 The "Hold the Ctrl key to speed up and Shift key to slow down" setting and other mouse keys settings are saved to the Flags string value (REG_SZ) in the registry key below for the current user. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\MouseKeys Option One: Enable or Disable Control Mouse Keys Speed with Ctrl and Shift...
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Change Mouse Keys Acceleration in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change how quickly the pointer starts and stops when using mouse keys for your account in Windows 11. Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33 Option One: Change Mouse Keys Acceleration in Settings Option Two: Change Mouse Keys Acceleration in Control Panel Option Three: Change Mouse Keys Acceleration in Registry Editor Change Mouse Keys Acceleration in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Mouse on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open...
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Change Mouse Keys Speed in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change how fast the pointer moves when using mouse keys for your account in Windows 11. Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33 Option One: Change Mouse Keys Speed in Settings Option Two: Change Mouse Keys Speed in Control Panel Option Three: Change Mouse Keys Speed in Registry Editor Change Mouse Keys Speed in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Mouse on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Mouse settings 3 Adjust the Mouse keys...
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Turn On or Off Live Captions Profanity Filter in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the profanity filter in Live Captions for your account in Windows 11. Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription. You can turn on the Filter profanity option to mask profanity in live captions. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-live-captions-to-better-understand-audio-b52da59c-14b8-4031-aeeb-f6a47e6055df#bkmk_getmost Option One: Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter from Live Captions bar Option Two: Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter using REG file Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter from Live Captions bar 1 While you have...
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Turn On or Off Include Microphone Audio in Live Captions in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Include microphone audio option in Live Captions for your account in Windows 11. Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription. When the Include microphone audio option is turned on, any audio captured by your microphone will be captioned, provided that no other audio on your device is being captioned. For example, if you use live captions to caption an online meeting with another person, if you both speak over each other, you will only see the captions for the other person while the other person is speaking. To improve captioning accuracy when using the microphone, make sure to minimize...
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Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the keyboard character repeat rate for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can change the keyboard character repeat delay and rate for when you press and hold down a key. The repeat delay is the pause between pressing a key and when it starts repeating. The repeat rate is the speed at which it repeats. Option One: Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Keyboard Properties Option Two: Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Registry Editor Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Keyboard Properties 1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Keyboard icon. 2 Click/tap on the Speed tab in Keyboard Properties. (see screenshot below) 3 Adjust the Repeat...
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Change Color of Mouse Pointer Indicator in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse pointer indicator color for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26058 (Canary and Dev), Microsoft added a mouse pointer indicator feature that allows low vision users on Windows to now easily locate and use their cursor. This will allow these users to be more productive and efficient when using a Windows device. You can choose a custom color for the mouse pointer indicator. The mouse pointer indicator color is stored in the Color DWORD value at the registry key below. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors\CursorCrosshairSettings EXAMPLE: Mouse pointer indicator shown over Settings in Windows 11 Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on...
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Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Indicator in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mouse pointer indicator for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26058 (Canary and Dev), Microsoft added a mouse pointer indicator feature that allows low vision users on Windows to now easily locate and use their cursor. This will allow these users to be more productive and efficient when using a Windows device. You can also choose a custom color for the mouse pointer indicator. Option One: Turn On or Off Pointer Indicator using Keyboard Shortcut Option Two: Turn On or Off Pointer Indicator in Settings Option Three: Turn On or Off Pointer Indicator in Registry Editor EXAMPLE: Mouse pointer indicator shown over Settings in Windows 11 Turn On or...
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Turn On or Off Speak for Me in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Speak for me for your account in Windows 11. With the help of Speak for me, you can create your own voice avatar or preserve your own voice to communicate with others, whether in online meeting or in-person conversations. Type what you want to say and have it spoken aloud by Speak for me when turned on. Speak for me is currently a hidden feature in Windows 11 build 26052 (Canary and Dev) that needs to be enabled using the command below with the ViVeTool app if you wanted to play with it now until officially released. vivetool /enable /id:44950080,47123936,47405131,47976395,48002155,48339425,48624087,48812316,48900033...
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Change Closed Caption Style in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the caption style for your account in Windows 11. Microsoft introduced a new feature called Live Captions starting with Windows 11 build 22557. Live captions will help everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, better understand audio by viewing captions of spoken content. Captions are automatically generated on-device from any content with audio. Captions can be displayed at the top or bottom of the screen, or in a floating window. The caption window can be resized, and caption appearance can be personalized by applying or customizing a caption style. Microphone audio can be included, which can be helpful during in-person conversations. Windows lets you customize things like...
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