Accessibility settings in F2

F2 supports visually impaired, blind, and partially sighted users with integration of magnification software, high contrast, and screen readers.

To customise your F2’s accessibility, go to the "Settings" tab in the main window and click on Personal settings in the ribbon.

Figure 1. The "Personal settings" menu item on the "Settings" tab

The following dialogue opens.

Figure 2. Accessibility settings in F2

The "General" tab offers several accessibility options.

Function

Description

Preview and text editor

"Only use the preview for record documents"

Tick this box if you are using a screen reader and want to avoid delays when navigating between the attached documents in the document area.

If the feature is enabled, click on Show preview in the middle of the preview to display a preview of the record’s attached documents.

Accessibility

"Use custom icons"

Custom icons must be set up in cooperation with cBrain in order for this checkbox to function.

cBrain recommends using Windows' high contrast mode open external

for increased accessibility.

"Extended screen reader support"

Tick the box to enable the use of a screen reader in F2.

Search lists must be manually updated when navigating between them while using a screen reader. This means that navigating to a search list in the main window or in search windows like "Choose participants" will not automatically open it. This ensures quick navigation between lists via the Tab key. Press the space bar to load the list results once you have navigated to the relevant list.

F2 must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

"Show number of search results, validation errors etc. as desktop notifications"

Tick this box to enable notifications. The notifications offer information regarding searches, warning icons, and validation errors such as invalid values when entering an email address, etc.

Notifications are delivered as Windows notifications to support better accessibility in F2 and are shown at the bottom of the screen.

Figure 3. Example of Windows notification

F2 must be restarted for the changes to take effect.