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The Welcome Screen appears after the Boot Loader, but before the GNOME Desktop.

You can use the Welcome Screen to specify startup options that alter some of the basic functioning of Tails.

[[!img welcome_screen.png class="screenshot" alt="Welcome to Tails!"]]

To start Tails without options, click on the
<span class="bold">Start Tails</span> button.

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<p>To store the settings of the Welcome Screen across different Tails sessions,
turn on the [[Welcome Screen|doc/first_steps/persistencpersistent_storage/configure#welcome_screen]]
feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>

<p>To store the settings of the Welcome Screen across different Tails sessions,
turn on the [[Welcome Screen|persistent_storage/configure#welcome_screen]]
feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>

<p>With this feature turned on, unlock your Persistent Storage to
restore your settings in the Welcome Screen.</p>

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Assistive technologies

You can activate several assistive technologies, like a screen reader or large text, from the accessibility menu in the top bar, the

[[!img lib/accessibility.png alt="accessiblity menu" class="symbolic" link="no"]]

icon that looks like a person.

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Language and formats

You can configure Tails depending on your language and location from the Welcome Screen.

[[!img locale.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]

The <span class="guilabel">Language</span> option allows you to change the main language of the interface.