Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine January 2021 | Page 138

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Again , the results are immediate . There ’ s now a thick black line around all interface elements , making it a lot easier to tell where one thing ends and another begins . The fancy transparency effects are also gone .
Some people need this in order to see things clearly ; others might just prefer how it looks .

Type to your virtual assistant instead of talking to your computer

Siri has quick access to all kinds of information . This is why I recommend every Mac user enable the Type to Siri option found in System Preferences > Accessibility > Siri . Check this option and you won ’ t have to talk to your computer - you can type instead .
I ’ d point out how to do this on Windows , but Cortana works this way by default : open the Start menu and start typing .
Good job on that one , Microsoft .