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Settings
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Accessibility Settings
The Accessibility menu lets you enable and manage accessibility-related applications.
Accessibility Settings Overview
The following Accessibility options may be configured:
Accessibility Option
Description
Vision
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Switch access
: Control your device using configurable key
combinations. You can move focus to clickable items and select
them.
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TalkBack
: TalkBack speaks descriptions of items you touch or
activate on your phone, to help blind and low-vision users. When
TalkBack is turned on, you may need to use a double-tap to
select items, because a single tap is used to trigger TalkBack.
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Dark screen
: When TalkBack is on, you can enable Dark screen
to keep your phone’s screen turned off at all times. When Dark
screen is enabled, double-press the
Power/Lock
key to turn it on
or off while using your phone.
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Rapid key input
: When TalkBack is on, you can enable Rapid
key input, to allow you to release your finger to enter a selection,
instead of double-tapping it. By default, when you have TalkBack
turned on, you must double-tap items on the screen to select
them. If you turn on Rapid key input, you can tap and release
your finger to select and item instead of double-tapping.
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Speak passwords
: When Explore by touch is turned on, you can
enable Speak passwords to have your phone read out characters
entered in password fields.
Note
: Use caution with this feature, because others near you will be
able to hear your passwords.
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Font size
: Choose the size of text for your phone’s screens.
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Magnification gestures
: Use special magnification gestures.
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Negative colors
: Screen colors are reversed.
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Color adjustment
: Adjust the color of the screen if you have
difficulty reading the screen because of the color.
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Accessibility shortcut
: Quickly turn on accessibility features by
performing a special gesture:
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Text-to-speech options
: Configure options for converting text to
speech.