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Product Enhancements

CA IdentityMinder offers accessibility enhancements in the following areas:

• Display
• Sound
• Keyboard
• Mouse

Note: The following information applies to Windows-based and Macintosh-based applications. Java applications run on many host operating systems, some of which already have assistive technologies available to them. For these existing assistive technologies to provide access to programs written in JPL, they need a bridge between themselves in their native environments and the Java Accessibility support that is available from within the Java virtual machine (or Java VM). This bridge has one end in the Java VM and the other on the native platform, so it will be slightly different for each platform it bridges to. Sun is currently developing both the JPL and the Win32 sides of this bridge.

Display

To increase visibility on your computer display, you can adjust the following options:

Font style, color, and size of items

Lets you choose font color, size, and other visual combinations.

Screen resolution

Lets you change the pixel count to enlarge objects on the screen.

Cursor width and blink rate

Lets you make the cursor easier to find or minimize its blinking.

Icon size

Lets you make icons larger for visibility or smaller for increased screen space.

High contrast schemes

Lets you select color combinations that are easier to see.

Sound

Use sound as a visual alternative or to make computer sounds easier to hear or distinguish by adjusting the following options:

Volume

Lets you turn the computer sound up or down.

Text-to-Speech

Lets you hear command options and text read aloud.

Warnings

Lets you display visual warnings.

Notices

Gives you aural or visual cues when accessibility features are turned on or off.

Schemes

Lets you associate computer sounds with specific system events.

Captions

Lets you display captions for speech and sounds.

Note: If you are using a screen reader, we recommend that you install the latest version of the screen reader tool for better interpretation.

Keyboard

You can make the following keyboard adjustments:

Repeat Rate

Lets you set how quickly a character repeats when a key is struck.

Tones

Lets you hear tones when pressing certain keys.

Sticky Keys

Lets those who type with one hand or finger choose alternative keyboard layouts.

Skip Link

Lets you use the Skip to main content link for a quick navigation to the main content.

Mouse

You can use the following options to make your mouse faster and easier to use:

Click Speed

Lets you choose how fast to click the mouse button to make a selection.

Click Lock

Lets you highlight or drag without holding down the mouse button.

Reverse Action

Lets you reverse the functions controlled by the left and right mouse keys.

Blink Rate

Lets you choose how fast the cursor blinks or if it blinks at all.

Pointer Options

Let you do the following:

• Hide the pointer while typing
• Show the location of the pointer
• Set the speed that the pointer moves on the screen
• Choose the pointer's size and color for increased visibility
• Move the pointer to a default location in a dialog box

Mozilla Firefox Exceptions

We recommend that keyboard users and JAWS users use Internet Explorer 8 for the following reasons:

• In Firefox, dialogs do not receive the in/out focus.
• In Firefox, the skip to main content link is not always read first by screen reader.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that CA IdentityMinder supports: