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Navigating HTC Desire 825 with TalkBack

Use TalkBack if you need to navigate HTC Desire 825 by spoken feedback. When you touch the screen, HTC Desire 825 vibrates and gives you an audible response so you know what you are touching.
Note: Not all languages are supported.

Turning TalkBack on

  1. From the Home screen, tap > Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap TalkBack, and then tap the On/Off switch.
  3. Read the TalkBack disclaimer and then tap OK.

A short tutorial explaining how to use TalkBack will begin playing after you turn on TalkBack.

Note: TalkBack works best if you turn off automatic screen rotation.

Turning Explore by touch on or off

Explore by touch allows HTC Desire 825 to respond to shortcut gestures and screen touches with audible feedback. While Explore by touch is enabled when you turn on TalkBack, you can turn it off.
  1. From the Home screen, tap > Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap TalkBack, and then tap > Settings.
  3. Under Touch exploration, clear the Explore by touch option.

You will no longer hear audible feedback from HTC Desire 825.

Using TalkBack gestures

When TalkBack is turned on and the Explore by touch setting is selected, the regular touch gestures are replaced by the TalkBack gestures.
Note: Media gestures such as 3-finger swiping may not be available when TalkBack gestures are enabled.
Do one of the following:
Open an item
  1. Drag your finger on the screen to find and select the item.
  2. Double-tap anywhere on the screen to open the item.
Move an item
  1. Drag your finger on the screen to find the item.
  2. Double-tap anywhere on the screen, but don't lift your finger on the second tap.
  3. Drag the item to a new spot and then lift your finger.
Scroll through a screen Use two fingers to swipe up, down, left or right.
Unlock the lock screen Use two fingers to swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
Open the Notifications panel Use two fingers to swipe down from the top of the screen.

Assigning TalkBack shortcuts

TalkBack has customizable gestures that can be used to open the Notifications panel, view recent apps, access TalkBack controls, and more.
Important: 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, tap > Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap TalkBack, and then tap > Settings > Manage gestures.
  3. Tap any of the shortcut gestures, and then select an action.

Using TalkBack context menus

TalkBack has context menus for controlling continuous reading and global TalkBack controls. These menus can be accessed using TalkBack shortcut gestures.
  1. Turn TalkBack on.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To open the continuous reading menu, use one finger to swipe up and right in one continuous movement.
    • To open the global context menu, use one finger to swipe down and right in one continuous movement.
    Note: If you already changed the TalkBack shortcut gestures, check your TalkBack settings for the appropriate gesture.
  3. Press and hold anywhere on the screen.
  4. Drag your finger around the screen to explore the options.
    Note: To cancel an action, drag your finger to your starting position.

Changing the TalkBack reading speed

Important: 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, tap > Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap Text-to-speech output > Speech rate.
  3. Select a speech rate.
    Tip: You can test the speech rate by tapping Listen to an example.

TalkBack language settings

  1. From the Home screen, tap > Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap Text-to-speech output > Google Text-to-speech Engine, and do one of the following:
    Select a different language Tap Language.
    Install a voice Tap Install voice data, and then tap the language. Tap next to the voice data you want to install. When installation is completed, press twice and tap Language.
  3. Select the language you want to use.
    Note: Not all languages are supported.
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