xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"

      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="3.8.0" date="2013-03-13" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-18" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" 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>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Have a delay between a key being pressed and that letter appearing on

    the screen.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Turn on slow keys</title>

  
Turn on slow keys 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.

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Universal Access</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Universal Access</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Press <gui>Typing Assist (AccessX)</gui> in the <gui>Typing</gui>

      section.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Switch <gui>Slow Keys</gui> to <gui>ON</gui>.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    <title>Quickly turn slow keys on and off</title>

    
Under <gui>Enable by Keyboard</gui>, 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.

    
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>. The accessibility icon is visible when

    one or more settings have been enabled from the <gui>Universal Access</gui>

    panel.

  </note>

  
Use the <gui>Acceptance delay</gui> slider to control how long you have to

  hold a key down for it to register.

  
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.

</page>