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1246 Accessibility Chapter 24
24.15.2 Tools for People with Hearing Impairments
This section, which focuses on accessibility for people with hearing impairments, begins
with the SoundSentry window (Fig. 24.29). SoundSentry is a tool that creates visual
signals to notify users of system events. For example, people with hearing impairments are
unable to hear the beeps that normally indicate warnings, so SoundSentry flashes the
screen when a beep occurs. To continue on to the next dialog, click Next.
The next window is the ShowSounds window (Fig. 24.30). ShowSounds adds captions
to spoken text and other sounds produced by today’s multimedia-rich software. Note
that, for ShowSounds to work in a specific application, developers must provide the captions
and spoken text specifically within their software. Make selections, and click Next.
Fig. 24.29 SoundSentry dialog.
Fig. 24.30 ShowSounds dialog.