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based information. The BlackBerry Screen Reader also provides navigation cues by reading screen layout information,
such as menu titles, page numbers, and links.
Turn on or turn off the BlackBerry Screen Reader
The BlackBerry Screen Reader provides text-to-speech (TTS) interaction with the display on your BlackBerry smartphone.
1.
On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap
Settings > Accessibility.
3.
Tap Screen Reader.
4.
Set the Screen Reader switch to On.
5.
Tap to select Continue, then double tap to proceed.
If you don't want to see this verification message each time you turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader, turn off the
Confirmation Message option in the screen reader settings.
You can also quickly turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader by triple-pressing the Power key. If you don't want to be able to
turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader in this way, you can turn off the Enable using triple tap option in the screen reader
settings.
To turn off the BlackBerry Screen Reader, triple-press the Power key.
Turn on or turn off the Dark Screen mode
If you are using the BlackBerry Screen Reader, you can add privacy and conserve battery life using Dark Screen mode. This
mode turns the screen display backlighting down to 10% brightness.
1.
On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap
Settings > Accessibility.
3.
Tap Screen Reader.
4.
Set the Dark Screen Mode switch to On.
Change the language that the BlackBerry Screen Reader uses
If you speak more than one language, your BlackBerry Screen Reader can, too. You can quickly change the TTS language if
you're reading web content or email in a different language than the preferred language that you set for your BlackBerry
device.
1.
On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap
Settings > Accessibility.
3.
Tap Screen Reader.
4.
In the TTS Language drop-down list, tap a language.
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