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Towards the end of the tour, the bus pulls up next to a dock by the Amity Hotel, everything gets quiet, and you hear the ominous music<\/a> slowly rise \u2013 buuh buh\u2026 buuh buh\u2026 – and crescendo until a gigantic shark launches out of the water, splashing those who are closest, followed by the explosion of a dockside fuel pump (how a breaching shark causes a fuel pump to explode is beyond me, but hey, it\u2019s Hollywood!), its heat helping to dry those who were splashed.<\/p>\n The best part of this whole story is that as I\u2019m explaining to my now-terrified six year old son about the nearly 50 year old movie, all I could think about is how Esri software supports screen readers just as JAWS<\/a> and the other accessibility features that we\u2019ve continually been adding to ArcGIS Pro over the years.<\/p>\n We recognize the importance of not only developing accessible software, but also providing tools that help you craft more inclusive maps that are accessible to a wider audience. Below I\u2019ll touch upon just a handful of key accessibility features available in ArcGIS Pro. Find more details in the Accessibility in ArcGIS Pro<\/a> help topic.<\/p>\n Since we\u2019re covering key<\/em> features, I\u2019ll mention a couple of my favorites when using ArcGIS Pro with a keyboard.<\/a> You can select ribbon tabs and execute commands with access keys. Press the\u00a0Alt\u00a0key to enable access keys. KeyTips appear on the ribbon, showing which access key or keys to press. When you press a key to select a tab, additional KeyTips appear for the commands on that tab. Leverage this functionality to quickly launch commands you\u2019ve added to the Quick Access Toolbar by hitting Alt and then the number of the command. Of course, you can use keyboard shortcuts<\/a> directly, and customize them<\/a>, but how many shortcuts can you actually remember? Using Alt keytips provides a great visual navigation guide to commands while reducing mouse travel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1951402,"id":1951402,"title":"Alt Key Tips","filename":"Alt-Key-Tips.png","filesize":19357,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/sharks-and-accessibility-in-arcgis-pro\/alt-key-tips","alt":"The ArcGIS Pro ribbon with KeyTips displayed","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"The ArcGIS Pro ribbon with KeyTips displayed","name":"alt-key-tips","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1947782,"date":"2023-06-05 13:51:22","modified":"2023-06-05 13:51:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":559,"height":151,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips-213x151.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":151,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":125,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","medium_large-width":559,"medium_large-height":151,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","large-width":559,"large-height":151,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","1536x1536-width":559,"1536x1536-height":151,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","2048x2048-width":559,"2048x2048-height":151,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","card_image-width":559,"card_image-height":151,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alt-Key-Tips.png","wide_image-width":559,"wide_image-height":151}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" The second keyboard-focused functionality I want to highlight is using Ctrl+Tab or Alt+F7 to switch among panes and views. Press either of those key combinations to open a window that allows you to change the active pane or view. Use the arrow keys to move among views and panes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1951412,"id":1951412,"title":"Switch among panes and views","filename":"Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","filesize":12656,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/sharks-and-accessibility-in-arcgis-pro\/switch-among-panes-and-views","alt":"Window listing open panes and views in the project","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Window listing open panes and views in the project","name":"switch-among-panes-and-views","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1947782,"date":"2023-06-05 13:52:42","modified":"2023-06-05 13:52:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":395,"height":172,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views-213x172.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":172,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","medium-width":395,"medium-height":172,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","medium_large-width":395,"medium_large-height":172,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","large-width":395,"large-height":172,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","1536x1536-width":395,"1536x1536-height":172,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","2048x2048-width":395,"2048x2048-height":172,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","card_image-width":395,"card_image-height":172,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Switch-among-panes-and-views.png","wide_image-width":395,"wide_image-height":172}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Now that we\u2019ve covered some core keyboard functionality, let\u2019s move on to the most popular visual mode of operation<\/a> in ArcGIS Pro, dark theme. What can I say, people love dark theme. Feel the love in this post<\/a>, \u201cI showed my students Dark mode today; they thought that’s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Another important feature to help ArcGIS Pro users is User interface scaling<\/a> which allows you to increase the size of the text, icons, and other UI components, making them easier to see. The interface can be scaled up to 200 percent of the default size.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re having trouble discerning features in default basemaps, try the recently released<\/a> Enhanced Contrast Map or Enhanced Contrast Dark Map.<\/p>\n Here is an example that brings together the above three features to show ArcGIS Pro in dark theme, with user interface scaling set to 130% and the Enhanced Contrast Dark Map added to a map view.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1948192,"id":1948192,"title":"DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap","filename":"DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","filesize":1799174,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/sharks-and-accessibility-in-arcgis-pro\/darktheme_uiscaling_enhancedcontrastdarkmap","alt":"ArcGIS Pro in dark theme, with user interface scaling set to 130% and the Enhanced Contrast Dark Map added to a map view","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"ArcGIS Pro in dark theme, with user interface scaling set to 130% and the Enhanced Contrast Dark Map added to a map view","name":"darktheme_uiscaling_enhancedcontrastdarkmap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1947782,"date":"2023-06-01 20:44:02","modified":"2023-06-01 20:45:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1919,"height":1037,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":415,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","large-width":1919,"large-height":1037,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap-1536x830.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":830,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","2048x2048-width":1919,"2048x2048-height":1037,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap-826x446.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":446,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DarkTheme_UIScaling_EnhancedContrastDarkMap.png","wide_image-width":1919,"wide_image-height":1037}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Now that you\u2019re set up to visualize your own data, note that ArcGIS Pro comes with the ColorBrewer Schemes style<\/a>. Many of the color schemes included in the ColorBrewer Schemes style are color blind safe. You can search and find these color schemes from the style’s search bar in the catalog view. Open the style in the view, and search for the\u00a0\u201ccolor blind safe\u201d\u00a0tag.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1948282,"id":1948282,"title":"ColorBrewerSchemes","filename":"ColorBrewerSchemes.png","filesize":730669,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/sharks-and-accessibility-in-arcgis-pro\/colorbrewerschemes","alt":"Many of the color schemes included in the ColorBrewer Schemes style are color blind safe","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"Many of the color schemes included in the ColorBrewer Schemes style are color blind safe","name":"colorbrewerschemes","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1947782,"date":"2023-06-01 20:52:29","modified":"2023-06-01 20:52:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1036,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":250,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":414,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":1036,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes-1536x829.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":829,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1036,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes-826x446.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":446,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ColorBrewerSchemes.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1036}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" As you prepare your map\u2019s symbology, use the color vision deficiency simulator<\/a> tool to simulate how your map, layout, or report will appear to someone who has a color vision deficiency, sometimes referred to as color blindness. The tool has three simulation modes: protanopia (color blindness to red), deuteranopia (color blindness to green), and tritanopia (color blindness to blue).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1948292,"id":1948292,"title":"Color Vision Deficiency","filename":"Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","filesize":2219546,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/sharks-and-accessibility-in-arcgis-pro\/color-vision-deficiency","alt":"The Color Vision Deficiency Simulator tool can be used to ensure map readers with color blindness can correctly interpret your map\u2019s meaning","author":"8932","description":"","caption":"The Color Vision Deficiency Simulator tool can be used to ensure map readers with color blindness can correctly interpret your map\u2019s meaning","name":"color-vision-deficiency","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1947782,"date":"2023-06-01 20:53:21","modified":"2023-06-01 20:53:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1038,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":415,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","large-width":1920,"large-height":1038,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency-1536x830.gif","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":830,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1038,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency-826x447.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Color-Vision-Deficiency.gif","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1038}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" When you are ready to export your layout, don\u2019t overlook the Accessibility tab<\/a> which contains options for writing a tagged PDF document, which can be read by screen readers or other assistive technology (remember JAWS?). Including alt text in your PDF exports allows more people to access your ArcGIS Pro map products.<\/p>\n If you are attending the User Conference in July and are interested in learning more, plan on attending the ArcGIS Pro: Accessibility<\/a> demo theater or come visit the dedicated Accessibility kiosk in the Installation, Authorization, Globalization, and Accessibility showcase area. (Use this map https:\/\/uc2023.esri.com\/eventmaps\/map.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n Much of what I\u2019ve touched upon here is functionality that was not available in ArcMap. Remember that ArcGIS 10.8.2 is the current release of ArcGIS Desktop and will enter\u00a0Mature Support\u00a0in March 2024<\/a>. There are no plans to release an ArcGIS Desktop 10.9, and it is recommended that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro. See\u00a0Migrate from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n Accessibility in ArcGIS Pro<\/a><\/p>\n Esri Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n Banner photo by Croyde Bay<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":1234022,"post_author":"8242","post_date":"2021-05-17 13:53:29","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-17 20:53:29","post_content":"","post_title":"Creating Accessible PDFs in ArcGIS Pro","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"creating-accessible-pdfs-in-arcgis-pro","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-17 14:23:54","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-17 21:23:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1234022","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1637992,"post_author":"4491","post_date":"2023-02-02 11:19:26","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-02 19:19:26","post_content":"","post_title":"Working with Enhanced Contrast basemaps to improve accessibility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"working-with-enhanced-contrast-basemaps-to-improve-accessibility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-15 14:59:15","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-15 21:59:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1637992","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187441,"post_author":"4951","post_date":"2014-11-12 20:57:16","post_date_gmt":"2014-11-12 20:57:16","post_content":"","post_title":"Brewing a new color palette for ArcGIS Pro","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"brewing-a-new-color-palette-for-arcgis-pro","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-18 09:49:25","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-18 17:49:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=187441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1947482,"post_author":"335892","post_date":"2023-06-02 09:35:52","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-02 16:35:52","post_content":"","post_title":"Accessibility Presentations at Esri User Conference 2023","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"accessibility-presentations-at-esri-user-conference-2023","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-06-05 14:39:43","post_modified_gmt":"2023-06-05 21:39:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1947482","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BigWave_Card.jpg","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BigWave_Banner.jpg"},"yoast_head":"\nThe Main Features<\/h2>\n
Accessibility at the User Conference<\/h2>\n
For ArcMap Users<\/h2>\n
Additional Resources<\/h2>\n