Configure Hearing Accessibility Settings - Samsung GALAXYS5 User Manual

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Negative colors: When enabled, screen colors are reversed.
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Color adjustment: When turned on, you can adjust the color of the screen if you have
difficulty reading the screen because of the color. Follow the prompts to fine-tune screen
colors.
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Accessibility shortcut: When turned on, you can quickly turn on accessibility features by
performing a special gesture:
• Press and hold the Power/Lock key until you hear a sound or feel a vibration, and then
press and hold with two fingers until you hear an audio confirmation.
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Text-to-speech options: Configure options for converting text to speech. For more
information, see

Configure Hearing Accessibility Settings

Your phone offers many features to assist users who are deaf or hearing-impaired.
1. From home, tap
2. Tap Accessibility > Hearing to configure options:
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Flash notification: When enabled, your phone blinks the Camera flash for notifications.
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Turn off all sounds: When enabled, every sound made by the phone during taps, selections,
notifications, etc. is muted.
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Hearing aids: When enabled, your phone automatically adjusts to attempt to improve the
sound quality for use with hearing aids.
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Samsung subtitles (CC): When turned on, your phone displays Samsung subtitles where
available. Tap the ON/OFF switch to turn the option on or off, and then tap Samsung
subtitles to configure options.
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Google subtitles (CC): When turned on, your phone displays Google subtitles where
available. Tap the ON/OFF switch to turn the option on or off, and then tap Google subtitles
to configure options like Language, Text size, and Caption style.
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Sound balance: Adjust the sound sent to the left and right when using earphones.
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Mono audio: Enable or disable the compression of stereo audio into a single mono audio
stream for use with a single earphone.
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Baby crying detector: When turned on, your phone will vibrate when it detects a baby
crying. Tap the ON/OFF switch to turn the feature on or off. When turned on, you can tap
Menu to configure options:
• Recent alerts: Display a list of recent detector alerts.
Settings
Text-to-speech Options.
Apps > Settings.
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