This chapter describes the TALKS speech functions and the related settings.
Note: The following sections generally refer to the keyboard commands by which a
certain function or setting can be accessed. On touch screen phones without a
numeric keypad, most of these commands are still available and can be accessed
through a virtual keypad after pressing the [TALKS] key. Please see section for
more details.
If you don’t hear or understand the speech output, you can have TALKS
repeat the most recently spoken phrase (press [TALKS], [#]) or the next-to-last phrase
(press [TALKS], [Long #]).
This feature is useful in instances such as these:
· Your phone alarm goes off, and you stop it by pressing [Key 1] or,
to postpone wake-up to a few minutes later, by pressing [ Key 2] ( Snooze). In
both cases, the message that was displayed is gone. Pressing [TALKS], [Long #] repeats
the message.
· You enter
4.1.2 Read out the current window
When you press [TALKS], [Select], TALKS reads out the current window, as if
a focus change has occurred. The only difference is that a text field
is not read out completely, only the currently selected line is read.
In the Nokia web browser, [TALKS], [Select] reads out the actual page, as
if it had just finished loading, but of course up to the object
that is currently in focus.
By default, whenever TALKS reads out the current window, it also announces the functions assigned to the two soft keys, located at the lower edge of the screen. To have TALKS announce them again, press [TALKS], [Key 1]. To change the default setting, see section .
The S60 phone displays a number of status indicators that give you information about the battery and network status, unread and unsent messages, Bluetooth and infrared connections, and so forth. To have TALKS announce these indicators, press [TALKS], [Key 2].
When you enter text into any text field, status indicators show the mode
of the next character— numeric mode or alphanumeric mode, uppercase letter or lowercase
letter. When you enter text in a message, an additional indicator appears if
the T9 dictionary is active. To have TALKS announce these indicators, press [TALKS],
[Long Key 2].
When you compose a text message on some S60 phones, you can press
[TALKS], [Long Key 2] to have TALKS announce the number of characters that you can
still enter before reaching the 160-character limit for an SMS message, and how
many messages will be required to send the currently entered text. When you
compose an e-mail message or MMS text, TALKS announces the size of the
message in kilobytes.
To have TALKS announce the time and date, press [TALKS], [9] or [TALKS], [Call].
The function of the sequence [TALKS], [Up] depends on what is currently displayed on the screen.
· In a text field, TALKS reads the current line of text.
· In areas that are not a text field, TALKS reads out the selected
object, such as an entry in the Contacts directory or a menu item.
· In the Nokia web browser, TALKS reads out the text of the object
that is currently in focus and also the text that comes between the
previous selectable object and the object in focus.
4.1.8 Spell out the current line or selected object
The function of the key sequence [TALKS], [Long Up] depends on what is currently displayed on the screen:
· In a text field, TALKS spells out the current line of text.
· In areas that are not a text field, TALKS spells out the selected
object, such as an entry in the Contacts directory or a menu item.
· In the Nokia web browser, TALKS spells out the text of the object
that is currently in focus and also the text that comes between the
previous selectable object and the object in focus.
4.1.9 Read out the current letter
When the cursor is on a letter in a text field, you can press [TALKS], [Left] to have TALKS read out the letter.
When the cursor is on or immediately to the right of a word
in a text field, you can press [TALKS], [Right] to have TALKS read
out the word.
In the Nokia web browser, [TALKS], [Right] reads out the currently selected object.
When the cursor is on or immediately to the right of a word
in a text field, you can press [TALKS], [Long Right] to have TALKS
spell out the word.
In the Nokia web browser, [TALKS], [Long Right] spells out the currently selected
object.
When the cursor is in a text field, you can press [TALKS], [Down]
to have TALKS read out all text starting at the location of the
cursor. The cursor follows the readout as closely as possible.
To stop the speech output, press [Long TALKS]. To start it again, press
[TALKS], [Down].
In the Nokia web browser, you can press [TALKS], [Down] to have TALKS
start reading at the object in focus and stop at the next selectable
object.
When a block of text is selected in a text field, you can
press [TALKS], [Long Down] to have TALKS read out the selected text.
In the Nokia web browser, you can press [TALKS], [Long Down] to have TALKS
spell out the object in focus and all the text up to the
next selectable object.
To interrupt TALKS in the middle of a phrase without initiating any other action, press [Long TALKS].
To use the original functions of the [TALKS] key, press it twice. For
example, if [Menu] is set as the [TALKS] key, pressing [TALKS], [TALKS] will
execute a press of [Menu], and [TALKS], [Long TALKS] corresponds to [Long Menu].
In case the [Edit] key is used as the [TALKS] key, to select
text, press [TALKS] briefly, and then press it again and hold it until
the text is selected using the joystick.
The TALKS software enables you to obtain a list of all the objects
displayed on the screen in the order in which they appear regardless of
whether TALKS reads them out. You can access various kinds of information about
each object on the screen, add text replacements to the dictionary, and add
labels to unlabeled icons. You can even change the role of the displayed
objects for a specific part of the underlying application, and thus influence the
speech output that TALKS generates for this application. These features are particularly helpful
for experienced users who are working with third-party applications that are not yet
fully supported by TALKS.
To obtain a list of the objects displayed on your phone’s screen, press
[TALKS], [ Long Select] in any application except the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box. The
Object Viewer dialog box appears, displaying all the objects of the types that
TALKS recognizes, in the order in which they appear on the screen (from
top to bottom and left to right).
The first line of this list is special: It displays the ID of
the underlying application screen, and the ID of that application. Role changes apply
to any screen of the application with an identical screen ID. Pressing [Select]
on this first line allows opening the app-specific settings list (see section ),
and resetting all object roles to their default.
To close the Object Viewer, press [Key 2] (Done).
Note: The Object Viewer cannot display objects on web pages.
Each object has a type; if TALKS&ZOOMS does not know its type, it will be displayed as “Unknown”. The defined types are:
· Status: displays information about the current application, such as the application’s icon, typically
shown at the upper end of the screen, and the input mode for
text fields
· Title: displays the title of the window or dialog box
· Tab: displays the name of the selected tab of a dialog box
· Edit: displays text that you have entered in a text field
· Menu: displays the name of a menu
· Control: displays the name of a control (an element that enables you to
select data, such as a list). Note that even if the phone’s screen
displays all the items in a group—such as a list—the Objects dialog box
displays only the selected item.
· Label: displays a static text or graphic, such as the name of an
entry field
· Browser: displays the name of the main window of a web browser
· Group: displays a group of elements that are combined into a single text
by TALKS (such as the individual lines of text in a popup message).
The text associated with the group is not shown, but you can find
it in the Label entries that follow the Group entry, as long as
those Label entries are not associated with [Key 1] or [Key 2].
You can set the Objects dialog box to display objects whose type cannot
be identified: select [Key1] (Show), and then select Yes to show unidentified objects
or No to hide them.
Note: On rare occasions, selecting Yes to show unidentified objects can cause the
application to stop responding.
TALKS&ZOOMS assigns a role to certain objects. The read-out is then based upon
these roles. In the objects dialogue, roles are marked by a trailing “Greater than”
sign, and are shown instead of the object type. The following roles are
defined:
· Focus: The element that has the focus. In most cases, this will be
a control such as a list or a menu, or the label for
a text field in a dialogue. This is read by pressing [TALKS], [Up]
or [TALKS], [Select].
· Name: This marks a label object as the name of a focused non-text
object.
· Text: This identifies a text field that has the focus. The current line
of text is read when pressing [TALKS], [Up] or [TALKS], [Select]. Special handling
for focus changes can trigger the complete read-out of a text field, for
instance, when opening an SMS message. When this role is assigned to an
unknown object, basic text handling is simulated, which supports the addition of new
characters to, or their deletion from the end of the textual content.
· Tree: This marks a focused container object that mainly consists of a number
of labels. All of its text content is read when pressing [TALKS], [Up]
or [TALKS], [Select].
· Title: This role is assigned to the title of the currently focused window.
It is read when pressing [TALKS], [Select].
· Subtitle: This identifies a subtitle of a window; in many cases, it will
be the name of a tab sheet. You can read it by pressing
[TALKS], [Select].
· Status: This denotes that status area of an application. In most cases, it
consists of the application icon; for text fields, it displays the text status
indicators. It can be read with [TALKS], [Long Key 2].
· Key 1, Key 2, Key 3: This marks an object as the left, right, and center
soft key label. “Key 3” is normally used only on handsets running S60 3rd
Edition, FP2 and later, and provides the label for the [Select] key. All
of these soft key labels are read by [TALKS], [Key 1].
· Ignore: This is a special role that you can assign to objects that
should not be read-out by TALKS, but would be otherwise.
Note: Each role can only be assigned once, except for the “Ignore” role,
that can be assigned to as many objects as you like.
To close the list of objects, press [Key 2] (Done).
To obtain more information about an object listed in the Objects dialog box, scroll to that object and press [Select]. The Object details dialog box opens and displays information about that object in a list. Each line in that list consists of the information type, followed by the actual content:
· Text: This is textual content of the object. It is split up into
chunks of text. When you press [Select] on a line with text, a
dialogue opens that allows to add this text and its replacement into the
dictionary (see section ). When you are finished with the entry, you are
returned to the application.
· Type: Technical details about the object’s type
· Pos ition: Coordinates representing the object’s position on the screen (in the Pos field),
displayed as x and y coordinates of the object’s upper-left and lower-right corner
relative to the upper left of the display).
· Icon: This shows the eight-character hexadecimal code of an icon displayed by the
object, the same code that TALKS reads out if you have activated graphics
mode (see section ). If a name has been assigned to that icon,
it is displayed as well. For icons that are not labeled,. TALKS lets
you change this code to a meaningful label by pressing the [Select] key
(see section ).
· Role: This shows the role of the object, if any has been assigned.
When pressing [Select], you can change the role for this object (see section
).
To exit the Objects details, press [Key 2] (Done).
When graphics mode is activated (see section ), TALKS reads out an unlabeled
icon as “Icon” followed by the icon’s hexadecimal code. However, you can create
a meaningful label for TALKS to read out instead.
Note: When graphics mode is disabled, TALKS does not read out unlabeled icons
at all.
To add a label to an unlabeled icon :
75. In the application where the icon appears, press [TALKS], [ Long Select].
The Objects dialog box lists the objects displayed on your phone’s screen (for more information about the Objects dialog box, see section ).
76. Scroll to the item in which the icon appears, and press [Select] to select the item.
The Object details dialog box appears.
77. Scroll to Icon, and select it.
The Edit user dictionary dialog box appears.
78. In the Replacement area, key in the label that you want TALKS to
read out for this icon.
79. In the Application area, select Global if you want TALKS to use this
label for this particular icon in all applications; select the application name if
you want TALKS to read out the label only in this particular application.
80. Press [Key 1] ( Options), and select Save to save the label.
When TALKS encounters this icon, it will read out the label instead of the hexadecimal code.
81. To create a replacement for Braille representation, select Add Braille field and follow steps . Note that the Text area appears only once, because the original text is the same as for speech.
For more information about the Edit user dictionary dialog box, see section .
This section describes TALKS settings that you can modify through key commands and, in some cases, also in the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box.
In training mode, TALKS announces the names of all keys and TALKS functions,
but the phone does not carry out any functions. Using this mode, you
can safely familiarize yourself with the phone’s keypad and the keys that TALKS
uses.
To turn the training mode on or off:
· Press [TALKS], [0].
4.2.2 Key echo
TALKS can read out (“echo”) letters or words as you key them in. The Key echo function has four options, as follows:
· None: TALKS does not read out keys as you press them.
· Letters: TALKS reads out each key that you press.
· Words: When you enter a space, digit, or punctuation mark, TALKS reads out
the previous word.
· Both: TALKS reads out letters and words as you enter text.
To change the Key Echo setting:
· Press [TALKS], [1] repeatedly until you reach the option that you want.
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select the desired
option.
4.2.3 T9 key echo
If you use the T9 method to enter text—for example, when you are
writing an SMS message—you can have TALKS announce the current word proposed by
T9 whenever you enter or delete a letter.
To activate or deactivate the announcement of words as you write with the
T9 method:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, set T9 key
echo to Yes to activate the announcement of words as you are writing,
or No, to deactivate it.
4.2.4 Speak upper case
When the Speak upper case function is set to Yes, TALKS says “Caps”
for an uppercase letter or for a word beginning in an uppercase letter,
and “Caps Caps” for a word that consists of all uppercase letters.
To activate or deactivate the Speak upper case function:
· Press [TALKS], [2].
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, set Speak upper
case to Yes or No.
4.2.5 Use spelling alphabet
You can set TALKS to spell with the NATO spelling alphabet instead of
announcing just letters. For example, to spell out cat with the spelling alphabet,
TALKS would say “Charlie Alfa Tango” instead of “CA-T.”
To activate or deactivate the spelling alphabet:
· Press [TALKS], [3].
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, set Use spelling
alphabet to Yes or No.
4.2.6 Speak punctuation
TALKS enables you to choose the extent to which it should read out punctuation marks and symbols. The Speak punctuation function has four options, as described in this section.
· None: TALKS does not read out any punctuation marks; it does read out
the names of the characters shown in .
Table
· Some: TALKS reads out the names of the characters in and .
Table
· Most: TALKS reads out the names of the characters in , , and
.
Table
· All: TALKS reads out all the punctuation marks and other non-alphanumeric characters.
Note: TALKS always reads out punctuation marks that are not part of a
sentence or that appear in unusual combinations.
To change the Speak punctuation setting:
· Press [TALKS], [4] repeatedly until you reach the option that you want.
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select the desired
option.
You can select a volume level from 1 to 10 for the speech
output.
To change the volume:
· Press [TALKS], [5] to decrease the volume, or [TALKS], [6] to increase it.
TALKS announces the new setting, and the new volume level takes effect immediately.
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Volume and
then press [Left] to decrease the volume or [Right] to increase it.
You can set the speed of the speech output from –9 (extremely slow)
to +9 (extremely fast).
To change the speed of the speech output:
· Press [TALKS], [7] to decrease the speed, or [TALKS], [8] to increase it.
TALKS announces the new setting, and the new speed takes effect immediately.
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Speed and
then press [Left] to decrease the speed or [Right] to increase it.
You can set the speed at which TALKS spells out words or a
line of text. Choose a value from a range of –9 (extremely slow)
to +9 (extremely fast).
To change the spelling speed:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Spelling Speed
and then press [Left] to decrease the speed or [Right] to increase it.
You can set the pitch for text-to-speed output. Choose a value from a
range of –9 (low pitch) to +9 (higher pitch).
To change the pitch of speech output:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Pitch and
then press [Left] to lower the pitch, or [Right] to raise it.
You can determine how the cursor should move by pressing [Left] or [Right]
in a read-only text field. Three cursor modes are available:
· Letters: [Left] and [Right] move the cursor letter by letter. This is the
default setting.
· Words: [Left] and [Right] move the cursor word by word.
· Original: [Left] and [Right] move the cursor letter by letter when you are
entering text. When you are reading incoming messages, [Left] and [Right] move from
one message to the next. These are the original functions of the [Left]
and [Right] keys in the phone application.
To change the cursor mode:
· Press [TALKS], [Long 2] repeatedly until you reach the option that you want. (To
remember this key sequence, note that the letter C, as in cursor, is
associated with the number key [2].)
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select Cursor mode,
and then select the desired option.
When graphics mode is on, TALKS announces unlabeled graphics as “Icon” followed by
the hexadecimal code assigned to the symbol. When graphics mode is off, TALKS
announces only labeled graphics and graphical symbols in a text field. When you
change this setting, TALKS immediately reads out the screen in the new graphics
mode.
To turn the graphics mode on or off:
· Press [TALKS], [Long 4]. (To remember this key sequence, note that the letter
G, as in graphics, is associated with the number key [4].)
You can set TALKS to announce the characters that you enter in a
password field. When Echo passwords is set to Yes, TALKS announces the characters
even though they are still shown as asterisks on the screen. For security
reasons, you should select this option only when you are sure that your
passwords cannot be overheard.
When Echo passwords is set to No, TALKS announces “Asterisk” for each character.
To activate or deactivate the announcement of password characters:
· Press [TALKS], [Long 7]. (To remember this key sequence, note that the letter
P, as in password, is associated with the number key [7].)
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, set Echo passwords
to Yes to activate the announcement of password characters, or No, to deactivate
it.
Normally, TALKS announces visible changes on the screen. Under certain circumstances, these announcements
can be inconvenient—for example, in another application that uses sound—so you may want
to deactivate this feature. If you do, you can always press [TALKS], [Select]
to have TALKS read out the screen.
To set TALKS to automatically announce changes on the screen:
· Press [TALKS], [Clear] or [TALKS], [Lock].
Note that TALKS does not announce screen changes during a phone call. You
can use [TALKS], [Clear] or [TALKS], [Lock] to resume the regular screen announcements.
TALKS also enables you to select the text-to-speech engine that you want to
use and to turn off speech output. Turning off speech output is helpful
for Braille-only users or for anyone who wants to turn off speech output
without completely deactivating TALKS. When you restart your phone, speech output is active
again.
To turn off speech output:
· Press [TALKS], [Long Clear] or [TALKS], [Long Lock]. Press this key sequence again
to turn on speech output. If more than one voice is installed, this
key combination opens a menu that allows you to switch between voices, or
to select “None” for deactivating speech.
Or
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Speech output
and then select None.
You can select the way in which you want TALKS to read out
numbers. “Whole numbers” leaves the reading of numbers to the speech engine in
use. “Digits” read numbers digit by digit, if they consist of more than
4 digits. “Pairs of digits” reads numbers in pairs of digits, split from
the right to the left, again only if they consist of more than
4 digits.
To select a method for the reading of numbers:
82. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Read numbers.
83. Select an option:
· Whole numbers: The speech engine in use reads out the numbers.
· Digits:
q For numbers that consist of fewer than five digits: TALKS reads out the
number as a whole number.
q For numbers that consist of five or more digits: TALKS reads out the
number digit by digit.
· Pairs of digits:
q For numbers that consist of fewer than five digits: TALKS reads out the
number as a whole number.
q For numbers that consist of five or more digits: TALKS reads out the
number in pairs of digits. The breakdown into pairs is from right to
left.
By default, TALKS reads out the names of the two soft keys whenever
a window opens or the screen changes. You can determine whether TALKS will
make this announcement or not.
To set the TALKS announcements of the soft keys:
84. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select Read function
keys.
85. Select an option:
· By request: TALKS reads out the soft keys only when you press [TALKS],
[Key 1].
· Always: TALKS reads out the names of the soft keys whenever a window
opens or the screen changes. This is the default setting.
By default, TALKS always reads out an element’s list index (the number of
the current element and the total number of elements in the list). You
can determine the circumstances under which TALKS reads the list index.
To change the Read list index setting:
86. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select Read list
index.
87. Select an option:
· Always : TALKS announces the list index whenever it announces a list element.
· Once : TALKS announces list indices only when it reads out a new window.
· Never: TALKS never announces any list index.
You can set TALKS to read out a shorter version of the standard
announcements. TALKS then omits some words from the announcements For example, when TALKS
announces the name of a window, the word window is omitted; and instead
of reading the soft keys as “Key 1” and “Key 2,” TALKS reads them as
“1” and “2.”
To have TALKS make shorter announcements:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, set Verbose descriptions
to Off.
You can set TALKS to automatically make speech output silent when your phone
keypad is locked. You can still use TALKS commands when speech output is
muted, but automatic speech output is disabled.
To have TALKS automatically mute speech output when your keypad is locked:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, set Mute on
keylock to Yes.
When you press the [TALKS] key, the command mode is activated and you
can press a second key to complete a TALKS or ZOOMS command. By
default, TALKS and ZOOMS always wait for you to press the second key
to complete the command sequence, no matter how long you take to do
it. However, if you press the [TALKS] key by accident, pressing another key
might cause undesired results.
The TALKS key timeout option enables you to set a waiting period (1,
2, 5, or 10 seconds) for [TALKS] key sequences. If you do not
press a second key by the end of this waiting period, the command
mode is deactivated. If you set this option to Forever, TALKS and ZOOMS
always remain in the command mode until you press the second key.
To set a waiting period for key command sequences:
· In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select TALKS key
timeout, and select an option.
By default, the TALKS and ZOOMS command mode is deactivated immediately after you
press the second key of any key sequence. The TALKS mode timeout setting
enables you to extend the command mode to accept another key without your
pressing the [ TALKS] key again.
Extending the duration of the TALKS and ZOOMS command mode can be useful
for setting the volume, speech rate, or zooming factor; after you press the
first key for one of these functions, you can keep pressing the second
command key until you reach the desired level. When you press the second
key repeatedly, be sure to do it rapidly, without pausing.
To extend the duration of the command mode:
88. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select TALKS mode
timeout.
89. Select a duration for the command mode: 0.5, 1, 2, 5, or 10
seconds.
90. To return to the default setting, in which the command mode is deactivated
as soon as you press a second key in a command sequence, select
Single command.
To activate or deactivate Braille output:
· Press [TALKS], [ Long Exit].
For more information about using Braille output, see the user guide for the
TALKS driver that comes with your Braille display.
Some menu items are too long to fit completely on the screen of
your phone, so part of the item’s text does not appear. TALKS attempts
to read the full text of such items. However, you can set TALKS
to read exactly what appears on the screen.
To have TALKS read out only the part of menu items that appears
on the screen:
91. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select Full list
items.
92. Select No.
Subtitles are placed below the title of a window. In most cases, they
are used to display the name of a tab sheet, but they can
occur in other places as well, like for the name of the currently
selected profile on the stand-by screen or inside the Profiles application.
To set the way subtitles are read by TALKS:
93. Open the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialogue box on the Advanced tab, and select Read
subtitles.
94. Choose one of these options:
· Always: Subtitles will always be read. This is the default setting.
· Once: Subtitles will be read only once, whenever a window is first displayed.
You can still read them again by pressing [TALKS], [Select].
· Never: Subtitles are never read, not even when pressing [TALKS], [Select].
· Index once : Subtitles are always read, but the index for tab sheets is
only read once, when the focus changes to an application. You can still
read the screen content including the current tab index by pressing [TALKS], [Select].
· No index: Subtitles are always read, but indices of tabs are never read,
not even by pressing [TALKS], [Select].
When installation new applications, retrieving email, and in various other situations, a progress
bar indicates the status of the operation. When using the web browser, the
amount of data that has been retrieved for the current web page is
shown in kilobytes. In some other situations progress is just shown by a
changing entry in a list, like for file downloads. TALKS can read all
these types of progress updates.
To change the way progress updates are read:
95. Open the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings application, and select Progress update on the Advanced tab.
96. Choose from one of these options:
· For 5 seconds only: This is the default option that behaves like earlier
versions of TALKS. All progress updates are read immediately, and the read-out interrupts
the current utterance. After 5 seconds, progress updates are not read anymore, until
a focus change occurs, or a key is pressed on the handset.
· Never: No progress update is read at all. You can still use [TALKS],
[Up] or [TALKS], [Select] to read the actual status of the operation.
· Every x seconds: Progress updates are read every 3, 5, 10, 20, or
30 seconds, until the screen saver kicks in. After that, you can always
press any key to exit the screen saver, and continue hearing progress updates.
By default, TALKS&ZOOMS uses the [Edit] key as the [TALKS] key, when it
is available on a handset. The [Chr] key is used for handsets with
a QWERTY keyboard, and the [Menu] key in case of a device with
a numeric keypad.
To use another key as the [TALKS] key:
97. Open the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings, and select Choose TALKS key on the Advanced tab.
98. Select one of the keys in the list that appears: Menu, Chr, Edit,
Multimedia, Power, Ga l lery. Default sets the original [TALKS] key assignment.
TALKS treats the read-out of function keys, like the two soft keys [Key 1]
and [Key 2], [Select], and the [TALKS] key, separate from the K ey echo setting.
By default, function keys are always read, even when Key echo has been
turned off.
To disable function key read-out:
99. Open the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings.
100. Select Echo function keys on the Advanced tab sheet. When this is set
to No, function key read-out is disabled.
Note: The echo of the [TALKS] key is affected by the global Echo
function key setting only, not by the application-specific version of this option.
TALKS announces the text status indicators whenever you reach a text field. Dictionary
means that the T9 predictive text is active for this field, and Lower
case or Upper case inform about the capitalization of the next character. All
capit a ls indicates that all the following letters will have upper case, and Numbers
means that this field is asking for a numeric value.
To turn off the automatic announcement of text status:
101. Open the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialogue box.
102. On the Advanced tab, select Read text status. When set to No, no
automatic announcement of the text status occurs when reaching a text field.
Note: The text status is always announced when it changes, or when you
press [TALKS], [Long Key 2] to read the text status information (see section ).
By default, TALKS will not read out any changes on the screen while
you are on a call, to avoid talking over the caller’s voice. If
you want to use TALKS during a call, you can either press [TALKS],
[Clear] or [TALKS], [Lock] to turn on screen announcements again, or use the
Mute during a call setting to choose how long TALKS should stay quiet
at the start of a call
To change the Mute during a call setting:
103. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select Mute during
a call.
104. Select an option:
· Always : TALKS will stay quiet during a call until you use [TALKS], [Clear]
or [TALKS], [Lock] to turn on speech again.
· Never : TALKS will keep speaking throughout the entire call.
· For x seconds only: TALKS will stay quiet for a certain time, and
then automatically resume speaking when something happens on the screen.
On touch screen phones without a numeric keypad (or in situations where the
keyboard has been folded away) you can still access most TALKS commands, by
first pressing the [TALKS] key and then “exploring” a virtual keyboard on the
screen to find the function you are looking for. This keyboard is invisible,
but organized in a way that is very similar to a 12-key numeric
keypad, with most TALKS commands being close to the location of the corresponding
digit key.
The following table shows the layout of the virtual keyboard, when viewed with
the [Call] and [Exit] keys at the bottom of the screen:
Table
Change speaking of passwords
On devices where the screen can rotate between “landscape” and “portrait” mode, the
virtual keys will not rotate and remain in the same place in relation
to the physical keys of the device. This is also true regardless of
where [Key 1] and [Key 2] can be found for a particular screen.
Note: TALKS
also announces all non-alphanumeric characters with ASCII codes greater than 127.
Name
Number sign
Dollar symbol
Percent
Ampersand
Asterisk
Plus
Less than
Equals
Greater than
At sign
Backslash
Caret
Grave accent
Open curly bracket
Close curly bracket
Vertical bar
Tilde
Name
Exclamation mark
Slash
Question mark
Underscore
Nonbreaking hyphen
Name
Quotes
Left parenthesis
Right parenthesis
Colon
Left square bracket
Right square bracket
4.2.7 Volume
4.2.8 Speed
4.2.9 Spelling speed
4.2.10 Pitch
4.2.11 Cursor mode
4.2.12 Graphics mode
4.2.13 Echo passwords
4.2.14 Speech
4.2.15 Read numbers
4.2.16 Read function keys
4.2.17 Read list index
4.2.18 Verbose descriptions
4.2.19 Mute on keylock
4.2.20 TALKS key timeout
4.2.21 TALKS mode timeout
4.2.22 Braille
4.2.23 Full list items
4.2.24 Read subtitles
4.2.25 Progress update
4.2.26 Choose TALKS key
4.2.27 Echo function keys
4.2.28 Read text status
4.2.29 Mute during a call
4.3 Accessing TALKS commands using the touch screen
Please note
that “long” presses of keys are not used on this virtual keypad, and
instead there are extra positions for those commands that would ordinarily be accessed
through holding a key.
Change cursor mode
Objects
Change key echo
Change speaking of upper case
Change spelling
alphabet
Change speaking of punctuation
Volume down
Volume up
Speak slower
Speak faster
Repeat phrase before last
Open Settings window
Training
Mode
Repeat last phrase
Open Settings window
Read window
Read input status
Read function keys
Read status indicator