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[[!meta title="Welcome Screen"]]
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The Welcome Screen appears after the Boot Loader, but before the GNOME Desktop.
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You can use the Welcome Screen to specify startup options that alter some of the basic functioning of Tails.
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[[!img welcome_screen.png link=no alt="Welcome to Tails!"]]
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To start Tails without options, click on the <span class="bold">Start Tails</span> button.
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<div class="note">
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<p>To store the settings of the Welcome Screen across different Tails sessions, turn on the [[Welcome Screen|persistent_storage/configure#welcome_screen]] feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>
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<p>With this feature turned on, unlock your Persistent Storage to restore your settings in the Welcome Screen.</p>
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</div>
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[[!toc levels=2]]
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<a id="accessibility"></a>
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Assistive technologies
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You can activate assistive technologies, like a screen reader or large text, from the universal access menu (the
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[[!img lib/preferences-desktop-accessibility.png alt="Accessibility Menu" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
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icon which looks like a person) in the top bar.
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<a id="locale"></a>
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Language & region
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You can configure Tails depending on your language and location from the Welcome Screen.
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[[!img locale.png link="no" alt=""]]
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The <span class="guilabel">Language</span> option allows you to change the main language of the interface.
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