Turn on Chromebook accessibility features
You can make your Chromebook easier to use by turning on accessibility features that work best for your needs.
Step 1: Find accessibility features
- At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.
- Click Settings
.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the "Accessibility" section, click Manage accessibility features.
Step 2: Turn on a feature
Choose the accessibility features you'd like to use:
- Text-to-speech: Turn on the screen reader or Select-to-speak.
- Display: Turn on high contrast mode or screen magnifier, or change screen resolution or text size.
- Keyboard: Turn on sticky keys, on-screen keyboard, highlighting, keyboard repeat rate, word prediction. Learn how to type with your voice.
- Mouse and touchpad: Turn on automatic clicking, tap dragging, cursor highlighting, or change the cursor's size.
- Audio: Play all sounds together through all speakers.
You can speak to enter text in most places where you usually type. You can even add common punctuation marks by saying "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point."
- At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.
- Click Settings
.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the "Accessibility" section, click Manage accessibility features.
- Under "Keyboard and text input," turn on Enable dictation (speak to type).
- Tap or click where you want to type.
- Select Speak
, or press Search + d.
- Say what you want to type.
- At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.
- Click Settings
.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the "Accessibility" section, click Manage accessibility features.
- Under "Mouse and touchpad," turn on Enable tap dragging.
- Click Open mouse and touchpad device settings.
- Turn on Enable tap-to-click.
To use tap-to-click, double-tap the object and hold, then drag it to move.
- At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.
- Click Settings
.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the "Accessibility" section, click Manage accessibility features.
- Under "Mouse and touchpad," turn on Automatically click when the mouse pointer stops.
- In the "Delay before click" drop-down, choose how long you’d like your Chromebook to pause before clicking.
To click without physically pressing your mouse or touchpad, hover over the object you'd like to click.
- At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s.
- Click Settings
.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- In the "Accessibility" section, click Manage accessibility features.
- To perform keyboard shortcuts by entering them sequentially, under "Keyboard," turn on Enable sticky keys.
To use sticky keys, press Search, 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.
Get more help
To learn more about how to use accessibility features on your Chromebook, check out the Chromebook Accessibility Video Series.