HTC U11 User Manual page 166

166 Accessibility settings
Assigning TalkBack shortcuts
TalkBack has customizable gestures that can be used to open the Notifications panel, view recent
apps, access TalkBack controls, and more.
The steps below are described using the regular gestures. Use the corresponding TalkBack
gestures if you already have TalkBack turned on.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Accessibility.
2. Tap TalkBack, and then tap Settings Gestures.
3. Tap any of the shortcut gestures, and then select an action.
Using TalkBack context menus
TalkBack has a global context menu for controlling continuous reading and TalkBack controls and a
local context menu for controlling the selected text or item on the screen. These menus can be
accessed using TalkBack shortcut gestures.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Accessibility.
2. Tap TalkBack, and then turn it on.
3. Do one of the following:
§ To open the global context menu, use one finger to swipe down and right in one
continuous movement.
§ To open the local context menu, use one finger to swipe up and right in one continuous
movement.
If you already changed the TalkBack shortcut gestures, check your TalkBack settings for the
appropriate gesture.
4. Double-tap an item on the menu to select.
Changing the TalkBack reading speed and pitch
The steps below are described using the regular gestures. Use the corresponding TalkBack
gestures if you already have TalkBack turned on.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Accessibility.
2. Tap TalkBack, and then tap Settings Text-to-speech settings.
3. Drag the Speech rate or Pitch sliders to the right to increase or left to decrease.
4. Tap Play to hear the speech rate and pitch you've set.
Tap Reset to revert the settings to their default values.