How To Use Accessibility Settings – Samsung Galaxy Mega
Learn how to use Accessibility settings on your Samsung Galaxy Mega. Accessibility services are special features to make using the device easier for those with certain physical disabilities. Use the Accessibility settings to activate these services.
Note: You can download accessibility applications from Play Store and manage their use here.
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From the Home screen, tap App > Settings > My device > Accessibility. The following options are available:
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Auto rotate screen: automatically rotate the screen from landscape to portrait when you rotate your phone.
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Screen timeout: timeout the accessibility feature after a defined amount of time.
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Secured lock time: lock the screen after the selected amount of inactivity time. Note: Secured lock time option only appears after you set a Screen Lock other than Swipe or None.
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Speak passwords: reads out password information.
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Answering/ending calls: accept incoming calls by pressing the home key or end calls using the power key.
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Show shortcut: allow the accessibility shortcut under the device options to be used by pressing and holding the power key.
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Manage accessibility: save and update your accessibility settings or share them with another device. You can export your settings, import a previously saved file, or share your file with another device.
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TalkBack: activate the TalkBack feature. Note: TalkBack, when installed and enabled, speaks feedback to help blind and low-vision users. Important! 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.
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Font size: change the size of the fonts used on the device within menus, options, etc. Choose from: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, or Huge.
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Magnification gestures: use exaggerated gestures such as triple-tapping, double pinching, and dragging two fingers across the screen.
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Negative colors: reverse the display of on-screen colors from White text on a Black background to Black text on a White background.
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Color adjustment: allows you to adjust the display colors if you are color blind and have difficulty reading the display because of the colors. Touch and slide the slider to the right to turn it on . Follow the on-screen instructions.
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Accessibility shortcut: allows you to quickly enable accessibility features in 2 quick steps. Touch and slide the slider to the right to turn it on . Follow the on-screen instructions.
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Text-to-speech options: allows you to adjust your text-tospeech settings.
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Enhance web accessibility: allows apps to install scripts from Google that make their Web content more accessible. Tap Allow.
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Sound balance: allows you to use the slider to set the Left and Right balance when using a stereo device.
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Mono audio: allows you to enable stereo audio to be compressed into a single mono audio stream for use with a single earbud/earphone.
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Turn off all sounds: allows you to mute every sound made by the device during taps, selections, notifications, etc.
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Flash notification: allows you to set your camera light to blink whenever you receive a notification.
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Assistant menu: allows you to improve the device accessibility for users with reduced dexterity. Touch and slide the slider to the right to turn it on . Follow the on-screen instructions.
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Press and hold delay: allows you to select a time interval for this action. Choose from: Short, Medium, or Long.
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Interaction control: allows you to enable or disable motions and screen timeout. You can also block areas of the screen from touch interaction. Touch and slide the slider to the right to turn it on icon. Follow the on-screen instructions.