<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="a11y task"
      id="a11y-visualalert">
  <info>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</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"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#sound"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="sound-alert"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.3" date="2012-11-10" status="outdated"/>
    <revision version="13.10" date="2013-10-25" status="review"/>
  </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).
  </p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click the icon at the very right of the <gui>menu bar</gui> 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 title to flash.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>
