Microsoft's PowerToys adds a tool to help people with visual impairments

Microsoft'southward PowerToys recently received an update that brings the app to version 0.55.0. The update adds back up for two File Explorer add-ons and adds a new mouse utility that helps people with visual impairments find their cursor.

The Mouse Utility was co-developed with the accessibility squad at Microsoft. The company compared finding a cursor on a screen to "trying to notice your cursor by looking through a harbinger" when speaking of those with visual impairments.

Here's everything that's new in PowerToys v0.55.0:

File Explorer addition: Developer files for preview pane. This should add nearly 150 file extensions full. Nosotros are using the Monaco Editor to power this experience. Thanks @aaron-junker!

File Explorer add-on: STL file format thumbnail generation! Since STL is a mutual 3D file format, this allows a quick visual check. Thanks @pedrolamas! Preview pane support is already in Windows.

Mouse Utility: Crosshair over pointer via Ctrl+Alt+P. This feature was co-adult with the accessibility team at Microsoft. When the team told u.s. about the idea and described trying to notice your cursor by looking through a straw, we knew we could leverage code from the other mouse utilities to quickly enable this characteristic.

"This will alter my life and allow me to use any PC without constantly losing the arrow," said Joanna A., a tester of the feature. "This is huge! I will be able to work at my normal speed again. It is a total game changer for people with visual field impairments!"

Yous tin option up version 0.55.0 of PowerToys through GitHub.

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PowerToys is a drove of utilities aimed at power users on Windows. Its latest version adds a mouse utility that helps those with visual impairments. The app'south nearly recent update also introduces 2 new File Explorer add-ons.

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