Accessibility
Accessibility features help people with disabilities use devices, work with software, and browse the internet.
How it works
- Speech recognition makes it possible to manage services using voice commands instead of a keyboard.
- Reading text aloud helps people with visual impairments understand the page content.
- Screen readers help people with blindness interact with sites and mobile apps.
- Large fonts and images make information more accessible to people with low vision.
- Underlining or color-coding links helps people with color blindness see them.
- Large links are easier to click for people with motor impairments.
- Subtitles and sign language interpretation in videos makes the content more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing users.
- The absence of flashing effects ensures that webpages don't trigger seizures in people with neurological disorders.
- Simple text with explanatory graphs and animations make information more accessible for people with cognitive disabilities, such as dyslexia.
Operating system features
Special browser settings
Modern browsers have built-in assistive technologies, such as page and font zoom, sound captchas, text-to-speech readers on sites (including voice descriptions of videos, pictures, banners, and buttons), video subtitles, user speech recognition, interactive prompts in the interface, and other accessibility features. Browsers also support screen reader software.
Screen readers
Screen reader software allows people with low vision to read from a computer screen using touch or voice control. The program reads aloud everything on the screen, and the user controls it with touch gestures and keyboard shortcuts. Screen readers aren't built into browsers: you need to install them yourself. Some screen readers are built into the operating system. Select the program supported by your browser.
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Program |
Operating system |
Browser compatibility |
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JAWS (proprietary license) |
MS Windows |
Yandex 14.12 and higher |
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MS Windows |
Yandex 14.12 and higher |
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ZoomText (proprietary license) |
MS Windows |
Yandex 14.12 and higher |
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Linux |
Yandex 21.3.3 and higher |
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macOS (built-in) How to start the programUse the keyboard shortcut ⌘ Cmd + F5 |
Yandex 21.3.0 and higher |
Page zoom and font size
Page zoom and font size in the browser can be adjusted to make it easier for visually impaired people to read from the screen.
To learn how to change the page zoom or font size in your browser, see Help.
Keyboard shortcuts
Note
On some computers and laptops, keyboard shortcuts only work when you press them together with the Fn key.
You can use these keys and keyboard shortcuts to perform actions without a mouse.
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Action |
Windows |
macOS |
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Expand the window to full screen |
F11 |
Shift + ⌘ + F |
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Exit full screen mode |
F11 |
Shift + ⌘ + F |
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Zoom in on the page |
Ctrl + Plus |
Ctrl +⌘ + Plus |
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Zoom out on the page |
Ctrl + Minus |
Ctrl +⌘ + Minus |
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Set the page zoom to 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
Ctrl +⌘ + 0 |
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Go to the search bar |
Ctrl + L Alt + D F6 |
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Forward |
Alt + → |
⌘ + ] |
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Back |
Alt + ← |
⌘ + [ |
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Switch between elements in the browser window. To learn more, see F6 hotkey |
F6 |
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Go to bookmarks |
Alt + Shift + B |
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Go to the SmartBox icons |
Alt + Shift + T |
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Open the context menu (this shortcut may be used by Zoom, but you can disable it in the settings) |
Shift + F10 |
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Keyboard shortcuts in screen readers: