<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="a11y task"
      id="a11y-visualalert">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#sound"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="sound-alert"/>


    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Enable visual alerts to flash the screen or window when an
    alert sound is played.</desc>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Flash the screen for alert sounds</title>

  <p>Your computer will play a simple alert sound for certain types of
  messages and events. If you have a hard time hearing these sounds, you
  can have either the entire screen or your current window visually flash
  whenever the alert sound is played.</p>

  <p>This can also be useful if you're in an environment where you need your
  computer to be silent, such as in a library. See <link xref="sound-alert"/>
  to learn how to mute the alert sound, then enable visual alerts.</p>

  <steps>
    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Open <gui>Universal Access</gui> and select the <gui>Hearing</gui> tab.</p></item>
    <item><p>Switch <gui>Visual Alerts</gui> on.
    Select whether you want the entire screen or just your current window
    to flash.</p></item>
  </steps>

 <note style = "tip">
 <p>You can quickly turn visual alerts on and off by clicking the <link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility
 icon</link> on the top bar and selecting <gui>Visual Alerts</gui>.</p>
 </note>

</page>
