Day 27 Learn how to use your mobile device screen reader

 In Samsung smartphone Screen Reader uses a Voice Assistant that will describe what you touch, select and activate, giving you maximum control over your phone, even if you can't see it.This feature has previously been called TalkBack.

To enable the screen reader 

1 Go to setting

2 Tap on Accessibility

3 Tap On screen Reader    

4 Tap the switch next to Voice Assistant

5 Voice Assistant uses your phone in specific ways and requires additional permissions. Tap Allow to give Voice Assistant the permissions it needs to function.

The Screen Reader feature is now active. The controls of your device will have changed and all of your actions will be read aloud by the Voice Assistant.

How to use screen reader

Once the Screen Reader has been activated, the process of controlling your smartphone will change. When you interact with an item on the screen, a rectangular focus box will surround it. You can then use tap and swipe gestures to control the focus. 

• To hear what's directly under your finger: tap and drag your finger around the screen

• To activate an item: double tap with one finger

• To move the focus box to another item on the screen: swipe left or right with one finger

• To move to the next or previous page: swipe left or right with two fingers

• To scroll up or down the list: swipe up or down with two fingers

• To scroll up or down through screen content: with one finger, swipe from left to right to scroll up, or right then left to scroll down

To move the focus box to the top or bottom of the page: with one finger, swipe up then down to go to the first item, or down then up to go to the last

 

You can find out more about how to interact with and use Screen Reader by completing the tutorial in the Screen Reader settings.

Tap Tutorial