Assistivetechnologies

SomeaccessibilitytechnologiesareavailablethroughtheAccessibilityOptionsprogram.Depending
onyouroperatingsystem,thenumberofaccessibilityoptionsavailablevaries.Ingeneral,accessibility
optionsenhancethewayuserswithhearing,vision,ormobilitylimitationsnavigateandusetheircomputer.
Forexample,someusersmightnothavethenemotorskillsrequiredtouseamouseorselectkey
combinations.Otherusersmightrequirelargerfontsorhigh-contrastdisplaymodes.Insomecases,
magniersandbuilt-inspeechsynthesizersareavailable.Fordetailedinformationabouteachofthese
features,consulttheMicrosofthelpinformationsystem.
TousetheAccessibilityOptionsprogram,dothefollowing:ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙EaseofAccess
➙EaseofAccessCenter.

Screenreadertechnologies

Screenreadertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareapplicationinterfaces,helpinformation
systems,andavarietyofonlinedocuments.However,inthecasewhereascreenreadercannotread
documents,thedocumentmustrstgothroughaconversionprocess.OnesolutionconvertsAdobe
PDFlesintoaformatthatisreadbythescreen-readerprograms.ThissolutionisaWeb-basedservice
providedbyAdobeSyst emsIncorporated.Throughhttp://access.adobe.com,AdobePDFdocumentscan
beconvertedtoHTMLorplaintextinmanylanguages.OneconversionoptionconvertsPDFdocuments
ontheInternet.AsecondoptionenablesuserstosubmittheURLofanAdobePDFlethroughe-mailto
convertittoHTMLorASCIItext.AdobePDFlesonalocalharddiskdrive,localCD-ROM,orLANalsocan
beconvertedbyattachingtheAdobePDFletoane-mailmessage.
Travelingwithyourcomputer
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretravelling.
Traveltips
Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmorecondentlyandefcientlywithyourcomputer.
•Althoughitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthex-raymachinesatairportsecuritystations,it
isimportanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopr eventtheft.
•Considerbringinganelectricaladapt erforuseinanairplaneorautomobile.
•Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.
Traveltipsonairplanes
Ifyoucarryyourcomputerintoanairplane,takenoteofthefollowingtips:
•Ifyouintendtouseyourcomputerorwirelessservices(suchasInternetandBluetooth),checkwiththe
airlineforrestrictionsandavailabilityofservicesbeforeboardingtheairplane.Iftherearerestrictions
ontheuseofcomputerswithwirelessfeaturesontheairplane,youmustabidebythoserestrictions.If
necessary,disablewirelessfeaturesbeforeboarding.
•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouonairplanes.Angleyourcomputerdisplaysothatitdoesnotget
caughtwhenthepersoninfr ontofyouleansback.
•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputerorputitintohibernationmode.
Travelaccessories
Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:
•ThinkPadacpoweradapter
•ThinkPadAC/DCComboAdapter
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