Editing Windows 2000 (section)

=== Accessibility ===
With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced the Windows 9x accessibility features for people with visual and auditory impairments and other [[disability|disabilities]] into the NT-line of operating systems.<ref name="Accessibility" /> These included:
* StickyKeys: makes modifier keys (<code>ALT</code>, <code>CTRL</code> and <code>SHIFT</code>) become "sticky": a user can press the [[modifier key]], and then release it before pressing the combination key. (Activated by pressing Shift five times quickly.)
* [[FilterKeys]]: a group of [[computer keyboard|keyboard]]-related features for people with typing issues, including:
** Slow Keys: Ignore any keystroke not held down for a certain period.
** Bounce Keys: Ignore repeated keystrokes pressed in quick succession.
** Repeat Keys: lets users slow down the rate at which keys are repeated via the keyboard's key-repeat feature.
* Toggle Keys: when turned on, Windows will play a sound when the <code>CAPS LOCK</code>, <code>NUM LOCK</code> or <code>SCROLL LOCK</code> key is pressed.
* SoundSentry: designed to help users with auditory impairments, Windows 2000 shows a visual effect when a sound is played through the sound system.
* [[Mouse keys|MouseKeys]]: lets users move the cursor around the screen via the [[Keypad|numeric keypad]].
* SerialKeys: lets Windows 2000 support speech augmentation devices.
* High contrast theme: to assist users with visual impairments.
* [[Microsoft Magnifier]]: a [[screen magnifier]] that enlarges a part of the screen the cursor is over.<ref name="AccessTools">{{Cite web |title=A review of Microsoft Magnifier and Narrator |url=http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/ms_access_aids.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023191313/http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/ms_access_aids.html |archive-date=October 23, 2007}}</ref>

Additionally, Windows 2000 introduced the following new accessibility features:
* [[On-screen keyboard]]: displays a [[virtual keyboard]] on the screen and allows users to press its keys using a [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] or a [[joystick]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accessibility Technology & Tools &#124; Microsoft Accessibility |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906125755/http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows2000/onscreenkeyboard.aspx |archive-date=September 6, 2009 |website=Accessibility}}</ref>
* [[Microsoft Narrator]]: introduced in Windows 2000, this is a [[screen reader]] that utilizes the [[Speech Application Programming Interface|Speech API]] 4, which would later be updated to Speech API 5 in [[Windows XP]]
* Utility Manager: an application designed to start, stop, and manage when accessibility features start. This was eventually replaced by the [[Ease of Access]] Center in [[Windows Vista]].
* Accessibility Wizard: a control panel applet that helps users set up their computer for people with disabilities.