Echo Passwords; Speech; Read Numbers - NUANCE Series 60 Phones User Manual

4.2.13 Echo passwords

You can set TALKS to announce the characters that you enter in a password field. When Echo
passwords is set to Yes, TALKS announces the characters even though they are still shown as asterisks
on the screen. For security reasons, you should select this option only when you are sure that your
passwords cannot be overheard.
When Echo passwords is set to No, TALKS announces "Asterisk" for each character.
To activate or deactivate the announcement of password characters:
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Press [TALKS], [Long 7]. (To remember this key sequence, note that the letter P, as in password,
is associated with the number key [7].)
Or
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In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, set Echo passwords to
Yes to activate the announcement of password characters, or No, to deactivate it.

4.2.14 Speech

Normally, TALKS announces visible changes on the screen. Under certain circumstances, these
announcements can be inconvenient—for example, in another application that uses sound—so you may
want to deactivate this feature. If you do, you can always press [TALKS], [Select] to have TALKS read
out the screen.
To set TALKS to automatically announce changes on the screen:
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Press [TALKS], [Clear].
Note that TALKS does not announce screen changes during a phone call. You can use [TALKS], [Clear]
to resume the regular screen announcements.
TALKS also enables you to select the text-to-speech engine that you want to use and to turn off speech
output. Turning off speech output is helpful for Braille-only users or for anyone who wants to turn off
speech output without completely deactivating TALKS. When you restart your phone, speech output is
active again.
To turn off speech output:
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Press [TALKS], [Long Clear]. (Press this key sequence again to turn on speech output.)
Or
•
In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Speech output and
then select None.

4.2.15 Read numbers

You can select the way in which you want TALKS to read out numbers. "Whole numbers" leaves the
reading of numbers to the speech engine in use. "Digits" read numbers digit by digit, if they consist of
more than 4 digits. "Pairs of digits" reads numbers in pairs of digits, split from the right to the left, again
only if they consist of more than 4 digits.
To select a method for the reading of numbers:
1. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Speech tab, select Read
numbers.
2. Select an option:
• Whole numbers: The speech engine in use reads out the numbers.
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