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[[!meta title="Accessibility"]]
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Tails and the GNOME desktop include assistive technologies to support users with various impairments and special needs, and to interact with common assistive devices.
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Universal access menu
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You can activate most of these technologies from the universal access menu (the
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[[!img lib/preferences-desktop-accessibility.png alt="Universal Access" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
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icon which looks like a person) in the top bar:
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[[!img desktop/accessibility.png link="no"
alt="Universal Access menu with the following options (disabled
by default): High Contrast, Zoom, Large Text, Screen Reader, Screen Keyboard,
Visual Alters, Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, Bounce Keys, and Mouse Keys"]]
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These technologies are documented in more details in the [GNOME universal access documentation](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html).
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Keyboard shortcuts
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<table>
<tr><td>Turn screen reader on or off</td><td>Alt+Super+S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Turn zoom on or off</td><td>Alt+Super+8</td></tr>
</table>
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To access the universal access menu using the keyboard:
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Press <span class="keycap">Ctrl+Alt+Tab</span> to move the keyboard focus to the top bar.
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Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select the universal access menu.
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Press <span class="bold">Enter</span> to open the menu.
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Use the up and down arrow keys to select items in the menu.
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Press <span class="bold">Space</span> to toggle the selected item.
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Press <span class="bold">Esc</span> to close the menu.
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Screen reader
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To hear screen elements spoken to you, you can activate the
<span class="guilabel">Screen Reader</span> accessibility feature.
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For more detailed documentation refer to the official [<span
class="application">Orca</span> Screen Reader
documentation](https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/).
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