<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="task a11y"
      id="a11y-slowkeys">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="a11y"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-23" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Have a delay between a key being pressed and that letter appearing on the screen.</desc>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

<title>Turn on slow keys</title>

<p>Turn on <em>slow keys</em> if you would like there to be a delay between pressing a key and that letter being displayed on the screen. This means that you have to hold down each key you want to type for a little while before it appears. Use slow keys if you accidentally press several keys at a time when you type, or if you find it difficult to press the right key on the keyboard first time.</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>Typing</gui> tab.</p></item>
  <item><p>Switch <gui>Slow Keys</gui> on.</p></item>
</steps>

<note style="tip">
<title>Quickly turn slow keys on and off</title>
<p>Select <gui>Turn on accessibility features from the keyboard</gui> to turn slow
keys on and off from the keyboard. When this option is selected, you can press and
hold <key>Shift</key> for eight seconds to enable or disable slow keys.</p>
<p>You can also turn slow keys on and off by clicking the
<link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility icon</link> on the top bar and selecting
<gui>Slow Keys</gui>.</p>
</note>

<p>Use the <gui>Acceptance delay</gui> slider to control how long you have to
hold a key down for it to register.</p>

<p>You can have your computer make a sound when you press a key, when a key
press is accepted, or when a key press is rejected because you didn't hold
the key down long enough.</p>

</page>
