<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="a11y task" id="a11y-visualalert" xml:lang="hi">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#sound"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="sound-alert"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" date="2012-11-10" status="outdated"/>

    <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"/>

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

    <credit type="author">

      <name>शॅन मेक्केक्  </name>

      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</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>

    <desc>Enable visual alerts to flash the screen or window when an

    alert sound is played.</desc>

  </info>

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

  
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.

  
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.

  <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>Visual Alerts</gui> in the <gui>Hearing</gui> section.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Switch <gui>Visual Alerts</gui> to <gui>ON</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
 Select whether you want the entire screen or just your current window

      title to flash.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
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>.

  </note>

</page>