How To Use Accessibility Settings On Samsung Galaxy Note 2

How To Use Accessibility Settings On Samsung Galaxy Note 2
How To Use Accessibility Settings On Samsung Galaxy Note 2

This service lets you enable and disable downloaded accessibility applications that aid in navigating your Samsung Galaxy Note 2, such as TalkBack (uses synthesized speech to describe the results of actions), KickBack (provides haptic feedback for actions), and SoundBack (plays sounds for various actions). Also lets you enable use of the power key to end calls.

  • From the Home screen, press Menu key and then tap Settings > Accessibility.

Note: Initially, it might be necessary to download accessibility applications from the Play Store.

  • Select the Auto-rotate screen field to activate this feature which automatically rotates an available screen.
  • Tap Screen timeout to timeout the accessibility feature after a defined amount of time.
  • Tap Lock automatically to lock the screen automatically after a selected amount of time.
  • Select the Speak passwords field to activate this feature which reads out password information.
  • Select the Answering/ending calls field to activate this feature which uses either Any key to answer incoming calls or the Power key to end any current calls.
  • Tap Accessibility shortcut to allow the accessibility shortcut under the device options to be used by pressing and holding the power key.

Note: The Lock automatically function is only available if your device is already using the screen lock feature.

  • Tap TalkBack to activate the feature.

Note: TalkBack, when installed and enabled, speaks feedback to help blind and low-vision users.

Note: TalkBack can collect all of the text you enter, except passwords, including personal data and credit card numbers. It may also log your user interface interactions with the device.

  • Tap the Font Size field to change the size of the fonts used on the device within menus, options, etc.. Choose from: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, or Huge.
  • Tap the Negative colors field to reverse the display of on-screen colors from White text on a Black background to Black text on a White background.
  • Tap the Text-to-speech output field to adjust your text-to- speech settings.
  • Tap Enhance web accessibility if want to allow apps to install scripts from Google that make their Web content more accessible. Tap Allow.
  • Tap the Sound balance field and use the slider to set the Left and Right balance when using a stereo device.
  • Tap the Mono audio field to enable stereo audio to be compressed into a single mono audio stream for use with a single earbud/earphone.
  • Tap the Turn off all sounds field to mute every sound made by the device during taps, selections, notifications, etc..
  • Tap the Tap and hold delay field to select a time interval for this action. Choose from: Short, Medium, or Long.

Amarnath Natarajan

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