Shaun McCance
shaunm@gnome.org
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
Enable visual alerts to flash the screen or window when an
alert sound is played.
Flash the screen for alert sounds
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
to learn how to mute the alert sound, then enable visual alerts.
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Open the Activities overview and
start typing Universal Access.
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Click on Universal Access to open the panel.
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Press Visual Alerts in the Hearing section.
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Switch the Visual Alerts switch to on.
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Select whether you want the entire screen or just your current window
title to flash.
You can quickly turn visual alerts on and off by clicking the
accessibility icon on the top bar and
selecting Visual Alerts.