Accessibility tools for vision

This page lists sight-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. We offer support for people who are blind, people with low vision, and people with a vision disability, such as color blindness

Set up Windows to fit your vision

• Use color filters in Windows
• Change color contrast in Windows
• Make Windows easier to see
• Use Magnifier to make things on the screen easier to see
• Use color and contrast for accessibility in Microsoft 365

Listen instead of watching

• Hear text read aloud with Narrator 
• Use a screen reader with Microsoft 365 apps
• Complete guide to Narrator
• Listen to your Outlook email messages
• Listen to your Word documents
• Converting text to speech in Excel
• Seeing AI narration (hear descriptive audio everywhere)
• Microsoft Soundscape (experience maps in 3D sound)

Use Immersive Reader

• Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge
• Open Immersive Reader for Outlook
• Use Immersive Reader in Word
• Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Teams
• Use Immersive Reader in PowerPoint
• Use Immersive Reader for OneNote
• Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Forms

Use your keyboard effectively

• Windows keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
• Keyboard shortcuts in Windows
• Keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft 365

Other helpful tools

• Make your content accessible to everyone with the Accessibility Checker

• Dictate in Microsoft 365

• Use Search/Tell Me (find the command you want)

  • Find what you need with Microsoft Search
  • Do things quickly with Tell Me

• Learn about Windows Hello and set it up (sign in without a password)