Abstract: The invention has several aspects. One aspect of the invention is hardware for a easy access computer system. The hardware includes touch screens or touch screen adapters for ease of hardware use. Also, to allow handwriting instead of typing, a graphical tablet is provided. Other aspects of the invention relate to software and their graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The GUIs in one aspect of the invention are limited to a specified number of oversized buttons. The oversized buttons have visible and verbal clues to their use. Preferably, the GUIs do not use scroll bars. Textual information in various applications is turned to audible speech in various software applications. A magnifier button allows for magnification of images on various GUIs. Another aspect of the invention is a search engine which filters web sites based on their easy access.