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User guide
Accessibility
About accessibility features on your device
Your device comes with several well-established accessibility aids for people with disabilities.
For more information on the following features, visit
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Magnification settings allow you to zoom in or zoom out to increase or decrease the display magnification.
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Google™ TalkBack provides audible output based on the visual information displayed on your screen.
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Switch Access allows you to navigate screens on your device using external switches.
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Braille support is available using BrailleBack.
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Font size allows you to choose small, medium, large, or huge sizes.
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Screen Reader technology lets you select the text-to-speech application that you prefer to use (if you have downloaded
an alternate text-to-speech engine on Google Play™).
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Google Now™ voice assistant answers questions, makes recommendations, and performs actions.
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Voice dictation allows you to dictate text instead of typing.
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Closed or open captioned multimedia content is available. Personalize your closed caption settings by adjusting
character size, color, opacity, or font.
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Display features, such as color inversion and color correction, are applied across all applications.
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The touch & hold delay feature lets you increase the length of time for touch responses on the screen.
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Third-party keyboards are supported.
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The ability to speak your passwords is included.
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An accessibility shortcut is available that you can use to quickly change your accessibility settings.
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Teletypewriter (TTY) support allows you to connect to a TTY device to make and receive calls from TTY devices.
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Hearing aid compatibility is available for certain BlackBerry smartphone models.
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The BlackBerry Keyboard lets you type more efficiently with contextual autocorrection, next-word prediction, and
personalized learning that gets to know the way you type.
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If your device has a physical keyboard, keyboard shortcuts and speed dial allow you to assign actions and phone
numbers to specific keys.
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If you are using PRIV, you have the option of using the touch screen keyboard, or the slide-out keyboard with tactilely
discernible keys.
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Alerts and notifications can be customized using tone, vibration, onscreen alerts, or the LED indicator.
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An integrated hands-free speakerphone is available, or you can connect your device to a hands-free headset or
Bluetooth enabled headset.
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