To assist people who are blind, or who have impaired vision to read the screen contents, it is possible to use the Windows Magnifier or Narrator. Below are brief instructions of how to access these features.

Magnifier

To open Magnifier, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Accessibility, and then click Magnifier.
To open Magnifier using the keyboard, press CTRL+ESC, press R, type magnify, and then press ENTER.

Narrator (Windows XP only)

To open Narrator, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Accessibility, and then click Narrator.
To open Narrator using the keyboard, press CTRL+ESC, press R, type narrator, and then press ENTER

Click here to visit Microsoft we site about accessibilty.

There are many screen reader programs on the market. At The Ormonde Resource Centre UK Online we prefer to use SuperNova, it is expensive but very versatile.

Use your keyboard to navigate
You can use keyboard shortcuts to help you move around pages. Here are some particularly useful ones:
Page Up / Page Down: Move up and down the page.
Tab: Jump forwards through the links. Shift + Tab moves backwards.
Home: Back to the top of the page.
Alt + left arrow: Back to the previous page.
Alt + right arrow: Forwards.