Common ZoomText Settings
This is a quick guide on the most commonly asked about ZoomText settings.
Please do not hesitate to adjust settings on your own, our Technicial Support Team can help you reset anything you are unhappy with.
After you have chosen your desired settings, be sure to select the ZoomText tab at the top, scroll to "Configurations" and "Set as Default".
For more in-depth information and specifics on ZoomText settings and help please see the offical ZoomText manual that can also be found on our Product Documentation Page here.
Colors
To toggle the color enhancements on and off do one of the following:
- On the Magnifier toolbar tab, select the Color button.
- Press the Enhance Colors On/Off hotkey: Caps Lock + C
To choose a preset color scheme
- On the Magnifier toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Color or navigate to Color and press the down arrow key.
- In the Color menu, choose Scheme.
- In the Scheme menu, choose the desired color scheme.
To create a custom color scheme
- On the Magnifier toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Color or navigate to Color and press the down arrow key.
- In the Color menu, choose Settings.
- The Screen Enhancements Settings dialog box appears with the Color tab displayed.
- Choose Custom...
- Adjust the custom settings as desired.
- Click OK.
To enable and disable the Smart Invert in the Color menu
- On the Magnifier toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Color or navigate to Color and press the down arrow key.
- In the Color menu, choose Use Smart Invert.
To enable and disable the Smart Invert by hotkey
- Press the Enhance Smart Invert On/Off hotkey: Caps Lock + I
- Note: Smart Invert can only be enabled and disabled when either Invert Brightness or Invert Colors is enabled.
Voice, Echo, and Verbosity
To adjust the voice settings
- On the Reader toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Voice or navigate to Voice and press the down arrow key.
- In the Voice menu, choose Settings.
- The Voice Settings dialog appears.
- Choose the Voice tab.
- Make sure the Enable voice output box is checked.
- Choose the desired Language, Synthesizer and Voice, and then adjust the Rate, Pitch and Volume.
- To preview the synthesizer settings, type some text in the Sample Text edit box, and then click Speak Sample.
- Click OK.
To adjust the mouse echo settings
- On the Reader toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Mouse or navigate to Mouse and press the down arrow key.
- In the Mouse menu, choose Settings.
- The Echo Settings dialog box appears with the Mouse tab displayed.
- Adjust the mouse echo settings as desired.
- Click OK.
To adjust the verbosity settings (Verbosity allows you to adjust the amount of information spoken about program controls when they become active or highlighted)
- On the Reader toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Verbosity or navigate to Verbosity and press the down arrow key.
- In the Verbosity menu, choose Settings.
- The Echo Settings dialog box appears with the Verbosity tab displayed.
- Adjust the verbosity settings as desired.
- Click OK.
To adjust the text processing settings
- On the Reader toolbar tab, click the arrow next to Voice or navigate to Voice and press the down arrow key.
- In the Voice menu, choose Settings.
- The Voice Settings dialog appears.
- Choose the Text Processing tab.
- Adjust the settings as desired.
- Click OK.