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Blackberry Accessibility User Manual

Blackberry Accessibility User Manual

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Version: 10.3.0

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Summary of Contents for Blackberry Accessibility

  • Page 1 Accessibility Version: 10.3.0...
  • Page 2 Published: 2014-12-16 SWD-20141216151948966...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Accessibility..............................4 What's new in Accessibility..........................4 BlackBerry Screen Reader ..........................5 Customise your accessibility settings......................14 Turn on Magnify mode..........................14 Turn on the Closed Captions setting......................16 Turn on Hearing Aid mode........................... 17 Turn on TTY support............................ 17...

  • Page 4: Accessibility

    • To instruct the BlackBerry Screen Reader to read from the top of the page, swipe down with three fingers. • To instruct the BlackBerry Screen Reader to read from the current position, swipe down and hold with three fingers.

  • Page 5: Blackberry Screen Reader

    • The BlackBerry Screen Reader automatically reads email, SMS messages, webpages and dialog boxes. • The BlackBerry Screen Reader voice has a higher pitch for inserted or auto-corrected text, and a lower pitch for deleted text. • Text-to-speech (TTS) pronunciation has been improved.
  • Page 6 User Guide Accessibility Turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader using device settings The first time you turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader, the Help will open automatically for you to learn about the gestures you can use. Tip: If you don't want to see a verification message each time you turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader from the device settings, turn off the Confirmation Message option in the BlackBerry Screen Reader section of the device settings.
  • Page 7 Adjust the volume, speed and pitch You may wish to increase the speed of the BlackBerry Screen Reader when you surf the Internet or slow it down when you get instructions. Increase the volume when you're outside or decrease it when you're at home or in a quieter space. You may also wish to adjust the pitch to make the reader easier to understand.
  • Page 8 Using audio cues with BlackBerry Screen Reader Your BlackBerry Screen Reader can emit audio cues for events on your BlackBerry device. By default, this setting is on and you hear audio cues for the following: •...
  • Page 9 Reader uses If you speak more than one language, your BlackBerry Screen Reader can, too. You can quickly change the text-to-speech (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.
  • Page 10 Gestures that start at the edges of the screen (such as swiping down from the top to access Settings or swiping up from the bottom to minimise an app) are the same in the BlackBerry Screen Reader as they are in all other apps. However, when the...
  • Page 11 This action sets a new point of regard. An audio cue indicates that the scrolling action is complete and the BlackBerry Screen Reader updates the point of regard so that you can continue reading from the new location.
  • Page 12 Gestures for the Quick Tasks mode In Quick Tasks mode, you can change settings and access BlackBerry Screen Reader features. When you access Quick Tasks mode, a list of available tasks appears and you have 3 seconds to complete a task. If you don't complete a task, the BlackBerrydevice closes the mode and vibrates briefly to notify you.
  • Page 13 Gestures for the BlackBerry Keyboard When you select text to cut, copy or delete, the size of the text block depends on the size of text chunk you have set. A text chunk can be a character, word, line, sentence, or paragraph, or a heading or link on a web page.

  • Page 14: Customise Your Accessibility Settings

    Turn on Magnify mode You can use Magnify mode to enlarge the information on your BlackBerry device screen. You can zoom in to or zoom out from the screen, even if you use an application that does not normally support zooming.
  • Page 15 To adjust the magnification without leaving your current screen, in magnification mode do one of the following: • To increase the magnification, zoom in by sliding your fingers apart. • To decrease the magnification, zoom out by sliding your fingers together. If you reach the maximum magnification, your BlackBerry device vibrates.

  • Page 16: Turn On The Closed Captions Setting

    To turn on Magnify mode again, triple tap again. Turn on the Closed Captions setting Closed Captions displays text on your BlackBerry device screen when you play video files that support closed captioning. The default settings for Character and Caption Background are specified by the captioned content.

  • Page 17: Turn On Hearing Aid Mode

    Accessibility Turn on Hearing Aid mode This feature might not be supported depending on your BlackBerry device model. This feature only supports hearing aids equipped with a telecoil. Hearing Aid mode is designed to improve the compatibility of your device with your hearing aid. When you have Hearing Aid mode turned on, appears on the status bar.