Using Windows 98 Sound Accessibility Options
by Mark Richardson
win98tw@hotmail.com 

If you are hearing impaired, you probably already use SoundSentry or
ShowSounds to alert you to events normally conveyed by sound. In fact, anyone
who would prefer to receive visual notification of Windows events might try
using one of these programs.  

Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel and select Accessibility Options (you
may have to install this from your Windows 98 CD if it's not visible in your
Control Panel window). Click the Sound tab, and check either the SoundSentry
or ShowSounds box. SoundSentry causes part of your screen to flash whenever a
sound is made (you can configure the part of the screen that flashes by using
the options on the Settings tab. Make sure to choose either Flash Active
Caption Bar or Flash Active Window, so you'll know which application made the
sound). ShowSounds displays a small caption that stands in for the Windows
sound. When you've selected one of these options, click OK.