Turn on accessibility features

Your Chromebook's screen reader is called ChromeVox. ChromeVox describes what's happening on the screen and can read documents and web pages out aloud.

To have web pages read out aloud, press the arrow keys while holding down the Shift and Search keys. If you're using an external keyboard, press the arrow keys while holding down the Shift and Windows keys.

For your security, your Chromebook will not say your password out loud when you sign in.

Introducing ChromeVox

You can use the on-screen keyboard to type with your Chromebook.

• You can use shortcuts with the keyboard by pressing the keys in sequence.
• You can keep the keyboard on the screen by clicking the keyboard lock on the bottom-right.
• If you want to type accented letters, you can click and hold any key to bring up alternatives.

To have each element on a page read out loud, press the arrow keys while holding down the Shift and Search keys. If you're using an external keyboard, press the arrow keys while holding down the Shift and Windows keys.

For your security, your Chromebook will not say your password out loud when you sign in.

You can turn on some accessibility features the first time you turn on your Chromebook:

• Turn on spoken feedback (describes what is happening on the screen)
• Make the cursor bigger (so it's more visible on the screen)
• Turn on high contrast mode (makes the screen easier to read)
• Turn on the screen magnifier (enlarges items on the screen)
• Turn on the on-screen keyboard (shows a keyboard that can be clicked with a mouse)

To use a refreshable Braille display, plug the display into a USB port on your Chromebook, then enable spoken feedback by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Z.

Your Chromebook works with many, but not all, Braille displays. You'll see a list of compatible displays below; we'll update this list as additional displays are supported.