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4   Listening to TALKS

This chapter describes the TALKS speech functions and the related settings.

Note: The following sections generally refer to the keyboard commands by
which a certain function or setting can be accessed. On touch screen phones
without a numeric keypad, most of these commands are still available and
can be accessed through a virtual keypad after pressing the  [TALKS] key.
Please see section for more details.

4.1   TALKS functions

4.1.1 Repeat the last phrase

If you don't hear or understand the speech output, you can have TALKS
repeat the most recently spoken phrase (press  [TALKS], [#]) or the
next-to-last phrase (press  [TALKS], [Long #]).

This feature is useful in instances such as these:

 Your phone alarm goes off, and you stop it by pressing  [Key 1] or, to
postpone wake-up to a few minutes later, by pressing  [ Key 2] ( Snooze).
In both cases, the message that was displayed is gone. Pressing  [TALKS],
[Long #] repeats the message.

 You enter *#0000# or *#06# to read the firmware version or the IMEI
number of your phone, and TALKS reads out the resulting message once. When
you press any key, the message disappears. Pressing  [TALKS], [Long #]
repeats the message.

4.1.2 Read out the current window

When you press  [TALKS], [Select], TALKS reads out the current window, as
if a focus change has occurred. The only difference is that a text field is
not read out completely, only the currently selected line is read.

In the Nokia web browser,  [TALKS], [Select] reads out the actual page, as
if it had just finished loading, but of course up to the object that is
currently in focus.

4.1.3 Announce the soft keys

By default, whenever TALKS reads out the current window, it also announces
the functions assigned to the two soft keys, located at the lower edge of
the screen. To have TALKS announce them again, press  [TALKS], [Key 1]. To
change the default setting, see section .

4.1.4 Announce the status indicators

The S60 phone displays a number of status indicators that give you
information about the battery and network status, unread and unsent
messages, Bluetooth and infrared connections, and so forth. To have TALKS
announce these indicators, press  [TALKS], [Key 2].

4.1.5  Announce the text status indicators

When you enter text into any text field, status indicators show the mode of
the next character-- numeric mode or alphanumeric mode, uppercase letter or
lowercase letter. When you enter text in a message, an additional indicator
appears if the T9 dictionary is active. To have TALKS announce these
indicators, press  [TALKS], [Long Key 2].

When you compose a text message on some S60 phones, you can press [TALKS],
[Long Key 2] to have TALKS announce the number of characters that you can
still enter before reaching the 160-character limit for an SMS message, and
how many messages will be required to send the currently entered text. When
you compose an e-mail message or MMS text, TALKS announces the size of the
message in kilobytes.

4.1.6 Announce the time and date

To have TALKS announce the time and date, press  [TALKS], [9] or  [TALKS],
[Call].

4.1.7 Read out the current line or selected object

The function of the sequence  [TALKS], [Up] depends on what is currently
displayed on the screen.

 In a text field, TALKS reads the current line of text.

 In areas that are not a text field, TALKS reads out the selected object,
such as an entry in the Contacts directory or a menu item.

 In the Nokia web browser, TALKS reads out the text of the object that is
currently in focus and also the text that comes between the previous
selectable object and the object in focus.

4.1.8 Spell out the current line or selected object

The function of the key sequence  [TALKS], [Long Up] depends on what is
currently displayed on the screen:

 In a text field, TALKS spells out the current line of text.

 In areas that are not a text field, TALKS spells out the selected object,
such as an entry in the Contacts directory or a menu item.

 In the Nokia web browser, TALKS spells out the text of the object that is
currently in focus and also the text that comes between the previous
selectable object and the object in focus.

4.1.9 Read out the current letter

When the cursor is on a letter in a text field, you can press  [TALKS],
[Left] to have TALKS read out the letter.

4.1.10 Read out the current word or web object in focus

When the cursor is on or immediately to the right of a word in a text
field, you can press  [TALKS], [Right] to have TALKS read out the word.

In the Nokia web browser,  [TALKS], [Right] reads out the currently
selected object.

4.1.11 Spell out the current word or web object in focus

When the cursor is on or immediately to the right of a word in a text
field, you can press  [TALKS], [Long Right] to have TALKS spell out the
word.

In the Nokia web browser,  [TALKS], [Long Right] spells out the currently
selected object.

4.1.12 Read out text starting at the cursor or the web object in focus

When the cursor is in a text field, you can press  [TALKS], [Down] to have
TALKS read out all text starting at the location of the cursor. The cursor
follows the readout as closely as possible.

To stop the speech output, press  [Long TALKS]. To start it again, press
[TALKS], [Down].

In the Nokia web browser, you can press  [TALKS], [Down] to have TALKS
start reading at the object in focus and stop at the next selectable
object.

4.1.13 Read out the selection or spell out the web object in focus

When a block of text is selected in a text field, you can press  [TALKS],
[Long Down] to have TALKS read out the selected text.

In the Nokia web browser, you can press  [TALKS], [Long Down] to have TALKS
spell out the object in focus and all the text up to the next selectable
object.

4.1.14 Stop the current phrase

To interrupt TALKS in the middle of a phrase without initiating any other
action, press  [Long TALKS].

4.1.15 Activate the  original function of the [TALKS] key

To use the original functions of the  [TALKS] key, press it twice. For
example, if  [Menu] is set as the  [TALKS] key, pressing  [TALKS], [TALKS]
will execute a press of  [Menu], and  [TALKS], [Long TALKS] corresponds to
[Long Menu].

In case the  [Edit] key is used as the  [TALKS] key, to select text, press
[TALKS] briefly, and then press it again and hold it until the text is
selected using the joystick.

4.1.16 View  information and configure roles for displayed objects (Premium
Edition only)

4.1.16.1   The Object Viewer

The TALKS software enables you to obtain a list of all the objects
displayed on the screen in the order in which they appear regardless of
whether TALKS reads them out. You can access various kinds of information
about each object on the screen, add text replacements to the dictionary,
and add labels to unlabeled icons. You can even change the role of the
displayed objects for a specific part of the underlying application, and
thus influence the speech output that TALKS generates for this application.
These features are particularly helpful for experienced users who are
working with third-party applications that are not yet fully supported by
TALKS.

To obtain a list of the objects displayed on your phone's screen, press
[TALKS], [ Long Select] in any application except the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings
dialog box. The Object Viewer dialog box appears, displaying all the
objects of the types that TALKS recognizes, in the order in which they
appear on the screen (from top to bottom and left to right).

The first line of this list is special: It displays the ID of the
underlying application screen, and the ID of that application. Role changes
apply to any screen of the application with an identical screen ID.
Pressing  [Select] on this first line allows opening the app-specific
settings list (see section ), and resetting all object roles to their
default.

To close the Object Viewer, press  [Key 2] (Done).

Note: The  Object Viewer cannot display objects on web pages.

4.1.16.2   Object roles and types

Each object has a type; if TALKS&ZOOMS does not know its type, it will be
displayed as "Unknown". The defined types are:

  Status: displays information about the current application, such as the
application's icon, typically shown at the upper end of the screen, and the
input mode for text fields

  Title: displays the title of the window or dialog box

  Tab: displays the name of the selected tab of a dialog box

  Edit: displays text that you have entered in a text field

  Menu: displays the name of a menu

  Control: displays the name of a control (an element that enables you to
select data, such as a list). Note that even if the phone's screen displays
all the items in a group--such as a list--the  Objects dialog box displays
only the selected item.

  Label: displays a static text or graphic, such as the name of an entry
field

  Browser: displays the name of the main window of a web browser

  Group: displays a group of elements that are combined into a single text
by TALKS (such as the individual lines of text in a popup message). The
text associated with the group is not shown, but you can find it in the
Label entries that follow the  Group entry, as long as those  Label entries
are not associated with  [Key 1] or  [Key 2].

You can set the  Objects dialog box to display objects whose type cannot be
identified: select  [Key1] (Show), and then select  Yes to show
unidentified objects or  No to hide them.

Note: On rare occasions, selecting  Yes to show unidentified objects can
cause the application to stop responding.

TALKS&ZOOMS assigns a role to certain objects. The read-out is then based
upon these roles. In the objects dialogue, roles are marked by a trailing
"Greater than" sign, and are shown instead of the object type. The
following roles are defined:

  Focus: The element that has the focus. In most cases, this will be a
control such as a list or a menu, or the label for a text field in a
dialogue. This is read by pressing  [TALKS], [Up] or  [TALKS], [Select].

  Name: This marks a label object as the name of a focused non-text object.

  Text: This identifies a text field that has the focus. The current line
of text is read when pressing  [TALKS], [Up] or  [TALKS], [Select]. Special
handling for focus changes can trigger the complete read-out of a text
field, for instance, when opening an SMS message. When this role is
assigned to an unknown object, basic text handling is simulated, which
supports the addition of new characters to, or their deletion from the end
of the textual content.

  Tree: This marks a focused container object that mainly consists of a
number of labels. All of its text content is read when pressing  [TALKS],
[Up] or  [TALKS], [Select].

  Title: This role is assigned to the title of the currently focused
window. It is read when pressing  [TALKS], [Select].

  Subtitle: This identifies a subtitle of a window; in many cases, it will
be the name of a tab sheet. You can read it by pressing [TALKS], [Select].

  Status: This denotes that status area of an application. In most cases,
it consists of the application icon; for text fields, it displays the text
status indicators. It can be read with  [TALKS], [Long Key 2].

  Key 1, Key 2, Key 3: This marks an object as the left, right, and center
soft key label. "Key 3" is normally used only on handsets running S60 3rd
Edition, FP2 and later, and provides the label for the  [Select] key. All
of these soft key labels are read by  [TALKS], [Key 1].

  Ignore: This is a special role that you can assign to objects that
should not be read-out by TALKS, but would be otherwise.

Note: Each role can only be assigned once, except for the "Ignore" role,
that can be assigned to as many objects as you like.

To close the list of objects, press  [Key 2] (Done).

4.1.16.3   Object details

To obtain more information about an object listed in the  Objects dialog
box, scroll to that object and press  [Select]. The  Object details dialog
box opens and displays information about that object in a list. Each line
in that list consists of the information type, followed by the actual
content:

  Text: This is textual content of the object. It is split up into chunks
of text. When you press  [Select] on a line with text, a dialogue opens
that allows to add this text and its replacement into the dictionary (see
section ). When you are finished with the entry, you are returned to the
application.

  Type: Technical details about the object's type

  Pos ition: Coordinates representing the object's position on the screen
(in the  Pos field), displayed as x and y coordinates of the object's
upper-left and lower-right corner relative to the upper left of the
display).

  Icon: This shows the eight-character hexadecimal code of an icon
displayed by the object, the same code that TALKS reads out if you have
activated graphics mode (see section ). If a name has been assigned to that
icon, it is displayed as well. For icons that are not labeled,. TALKS lets
you change this code to a meaningful label by pressing the  [Select] key
(see section ).

  Role: This shows the role of the object, if any has been assigned. When
pressing  [Select], you can change the role for this object (see section ).

To exit the  Objects details, press  [Key 2] (Done).

4.1.17   Add labels to  icons (Premium Edition only)

When graphics mode is activated (see section ), TALKS reads out an
unlabeled icon as "Icon" followed by the icon's hexadecimal code. However,
you can create a meaningful label for TALKS to read out instead.

Note: When graphics mode is disabled, TALKS does not read out unlabeled
icons at all.

To add a label to an unlabeled  icon :

75. In the application where the icon appears, press [TALKS], [ Long
Select].

The  Objects dialog box lists the objects displayed on your phone's screen
(for more information about the  Objects dialog box, see section ).

76. Scroll to the item in which the icon appears, and press  [Select] to
select the item.

The  Object details dialog box appears.

77. Scroll to  Icon, and select it.

The  Edit user dictionary dialog box appears.

78. In the  Replacement area, key in the label that you want TALKS to read
out for this icon.

79. In the  Application area, select  Global if you want TALKS to use this
label for this particular icon in all applications; select the application
name if you want TALKS to read out the label only in this particular
application.

80. Press  [Key 1] ( Options), and select  Save to save the label.

When TALKS encounters this icon, it will read out the label instead of the
hexadecimal code.

81. To create a replacement for Braille representation, select  Add Braille
field and follow steps . Note that the  Text area appears only once,
because the original text is the same as for speech.

For more information about the  Edit user dictionary dialog box, see
section .

4.2 TALKS settings

This section describes TALKS settings that you can modify through key
commands and, in some cases, also in the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box.

4.2.1 Keyboard training mode

In training mode, TALKS announces the names of all keys and TALKS
functions, but the phone does not carry out any functions. Using this mode,
you can safely familiarize yourself with the phone's keypad and the keys
that TALKS uses.

To turn the training mode on or off:

 Press  [TALKS], [0].

4.2.2 Key echo

TALKS can read out ("echo") letters or words as you key them in. The  Key
echo function has four options, as follows:

  None: TALKS does not read out keys as you press them.

  Letters: TALKS reads out each key that you press.

  Words: When you enter a space, digit, or punctuation mark, TALKS reads
out the previous word.

  Both: TALKS reads out letters and words as you enter text.

To change the Key Echo setting:

 Press  [TALKS], [1] repeatedly until you reach the option that you want.

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select the
desired option.

4.2.3  T9 key echo

If you use the T9 method to enter text--for example, when you are writing
an SMS message--you can have TALKS announce the current word proposed by T9
whenever you enter or delete a letter.

To activate or deactivate the announcement of words as you write with the
T9 method:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, set  T9
key echo to  Yes to activate the announcement of words as you are writing,
or  No, to deactivate it.

4.2.4 Speak upper case

When the  Speak upper case function is set to  Yes, TALKS says "Caps" for
an uppercase letter or for a word beginning in an uppercase letter, and
"Caps Caps" for a word that consists of all uppercase letters.

To activate or deactivate the Speak upper case function:

 Press  [TALKS], [2].

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, set  Speak
upper case to  Yes or  No.

4.2.5 Use spelling alphabet

You can set TALKS to spell with the NATO spelling alphabet instead of
announcing just letters. For example, to spell out cat with the spelling
alphabet, TALKS would say "Charlie Alfa Tango" instead of "CA-T."

To activate or deactivate the spelling alphabet:

 Press  [TALKS], [3].

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, set  Use
spelling alphabet to  Yes or  No.

4.2.6 Speak punctuation

TALKS enables you to choose the extent to which it should read out
punctuation marks and symbols. The  Speak punctuation function has four
options, as described in this section.

  None: TALKS does not read out any punctuation marks; it does read out
the names of the characters shown in .

Table

                    Ŀ
                     Character  Name                
                    Ĵ
                         #      Number sign         
                    Ĵ
                     $          Dollar symbol       
                    Ĵ
                         %      Percent             
                    Ĵ
                         &      Ampersand           
                    Ĵ
                         *      Asterisk            
                    Ĵ
                         +      Plus                
                    Ĵ
                         <      Less than           
                    Ĵ
                         =      Equals              
                    Ĵ
                         >      Greater than        
                    Ĵ
                         @      At sign             
                    Ĵ
                         \      Backslash           
                    Ĵ
                         ^      Caret               
                    Ĵ
                         `      Grave accent        
                    Ĵ
                         {      Open curly bracket  
                    Ĵ
                         }      Close curly bracket 
                    Ĵ
                         |      Vertical bar        
                    Ĵ
                         ~      Tilde               
                    
Note: TALKS also announces all non-alphanumeric characters with ASCII codes
greater than 127.

  Some: TALKS reads out the names of the characters in and .

Table

                     Ŀ
                      Character  Name               
                     Ĵ
                          !      Exclamation mark   
                     Ĵ
                          /      Slash              
                     Ĵ
                          ?      Question mark      
                     Ĵ
                          _      Underscore         
                     Ĵ
                                 Nonbreaking hyphen 
                     
  Most: TALKS reads out the names of the characters in , , and .

Table

                    Ŀ
                     Character  Name                 
                    Ĵ
                         "      Quotes               
                    Ĵ
                         (      Left parenthesis     
                    Ĵ
                         )      Right parenthesis    
                    Ĵ
                         :      Colon                
                    Ĵ
                         [      Left square bracket  
                    Ĵ
                         ]      Right square bracket 
                    
  All: TALKS reads out all the punctuation marks and other
non-alphanumeric characters.

Note: TALKS always reads out punctuation marks that are not part of a
sentence or that appear in unusual combinations.

To change the Speak punctuation setting:

 Press  [TALKS], [4] repeatedly until you reach the option that you want.

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select the
desired option.

4.2.7  Volume

You can select a volume level from 1 to 10 for the speech output.

To change the volume:

 Press  [TALKS], [5] to decrease the volume, or  [TALKS], [6] to increase
it.

TALKS announces the new setting, and the new volume level takes effect
immediately.

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select
Volume and then press  [Left] to decrease the volume or  [Right] to
increase it.

4.2.8  Speed

You can set the speed of the speech output from -9 (extremely slow) to +9
(extremely fast).

To change the speed of the speech output:

 Press  [TALKS], [7] to decrease the speed, or  [TALKS], [8] to increase
it.

TALKS announces the new setting, and the new speed takes effect
immediately.

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select
Speed and then press  [Left] to decrease the speed or  [Right] to increase
it.

4.2.9  Spelling speed

You can set the speed at which TALKS spells out words or a line of text.
Choose a value from a range of -9 (extremely slow) to +9 (extremely fast).

To change the spelling speed:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select
Spelling Speed and then press  [Left] to decrease the speed or  [Right] to
increase it.

4.2.10  Pitch

You can set the pitch for text-to-speed output. Choose a value from a range
of -9 (low pitch) to +9 (higher pitch).

To change the pitch of speech output:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select
Pitch and then press  [Left] to lower the pitch, or  [Right] to raise it.

4.2.11  Cursor mode

You can determine how the cursor should move by pressing  [Left] or
[Right] in a read-only text field. Three cursor modes are available:

  Letters:  [Left] and  [Right] move the cursor letter by letter. This is
the default setting.

  Words:  [Left] and  [Right] move the cursor word by word.

  Original:  [Left] and  [Right] move the cursor letter by letter when you
are entering text. When you are reading incoming messages,  [Left] and
[Right] move from one message to the next. These are the original functions
of the  [Left] and  [Right] keys in the phone application.

To change the cursor mode:

 Press  [TALKS], [Long 2] repeatedly until you reach the option that you
want. (To remember this key sequence, note that the letter C, as in cursor,
is associated with the number key  [2].)

Or

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, select
Cursor mode, and then select the desired option.

4.2.12  Graphics mode

When graphics mode is on, TALKS announces unlabeled graphics as "Icon"
followed by the hexadecimal code assigned to the symbol. When graphics mode
is off, TALKS announces only labeled graphics and graphical symbols in a
text field. When you change this setting, TALKS immediately reads out the
screen in the new graphics mode.

To turn the graphics mode on or off:

 Press  [TALKS], [Long 4]. (To remember this key sequence, note that the
letter G, as in graphics, is associated with the number key  [4].)

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:

 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

 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:

 Press  [TALKS], [Clear] or  [TALKS], [Lock].

Note that TALKS does not announce screen changes during a phone call. You
can use  [TALKS], [Clear] or  [TALKS], [Lock] 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:

 Press  [TALKS], [Long Clear] or  [TALKS], [Long Lock]. Press this key
sequence again to turn on speech output. If more than one voice is
installed, this key combination opens a menu that allows you to switch
between voices, or to select "None" for deactivating speech.

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:

82. In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Speech tab, select
Read numbers.

83. Select an option:

  Whole numbers: The speech engine in use reads out the numbers.

  Digits:

q For numbers that consist of fewer than five digits: TALKS reads out the
number as a whole number.

q For numbers that consist of five or more digits: TALKS reads out the
number digit by digit.

  Pairs of digits:

q For numbers that consist of fewer than five digits: TALKS reads out the
number as a whole number.

q For numbers that consist of five or more digits: TALKS reads out the
number in pairs of digits. The breakdown into pairs is from right to left.

4.2.16 Read function keys

By default, TALKS reads out the names of the two soft keys whenever a
window opens or the screen changes. You can determine whether TALKS will
make this announcement or not.

To set the TALKS announcements of the soft keys:

84. In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, select
Read function keys.

85. Select an option:

  By request: TALKS reads out the soft keys only when you press  [TALKS],
[Key 1].

  Always: TALKS reads out the names of the soft keys whenever a window
opens or the screen changes. This is the default setting.

4.2.17 Read list index

By default, TALKS always reads out an element's list index (the number of
the current element and the total number of elements in the list). You can
determine the circumstances under which TALKS reads the list index.

To change the Read list index setting:

86. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select
Read list index.

87. Select an option:

  Always : TALKS announces the list index whenever it announces a list
element.

  Once : TALKS announces list indices only when it reads out a new window.

  Never: TALKS never announces any list index.

4.2.18 Verbose descriptions

You can set TALKS to read out a shorter version of the standard
announcements. TALKS then omits some words from the announcements For
example, when TALKS announces the name of a window, the word window is
omitted; and instead of reading the soft keys as "Key 1" and "Key 2," TALKS
reads them as "1" and "2."

To have TALKS make shorter announcements:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, set
Verbose  descriptions to  Off.

4.2.19  Mute on keylock

You can set TALKS to automatically make speech output silent when your
phone keypad is locked. You can still use TALKS commands when speech output
is muted, but automatic speech output is disabled.

To have TALKS automatically mute speech output when your keypad is locked:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, set  Mute
on keylock to  Yes.

4.2.20  TALKS key timeout

When you press the  [TALKS] key, the command mode is activated and you can
press a second key to complete a TALKS or ZOOMS command. By default, TALKS
and ZOOMS always wait for you to press the second key to complete the
command sequence, no matter how long you take to do it. However, if you
press the  [TALKS] key by accident, pressing another key might cause
undesired results.

The  TALKS key timeout option enables you to set a waiting period (1, 2, 5,
or 10 seconds) for  [TALKS] key sequences. If you do not press a second key
by the end of this waiting period, the command mode is deactivated. If you
set this option to  Forever, TALKS and ZOOMS always remain in the command
mode until you press the second key.

To set a waiting period for key command sequences:

 In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, select
TALKS key timeout, and select an option.

4.2.21  TALKS mode timeout

By default, the TALKS and ZOOMS command mode is deactivated immediately
after you press the second key of any key sequence. The  TALKS mode timeout
setting enables you to extend the command mode to accept another key
without your pressing the [ TALKS] key again.

Extending the duration of the TALKS and ZOOMS command mode can be useful
for setting the volume, speech rate, or zooming factor; after you press the
first key for one of these functions, you can keep pressing the second
command key until you reach the desired level. When you press the second
key repeatedly, be sure to do it rapidly, without pausing.

To extend the duration of the command mode:

88. In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, select
TALKS mode timeout.

89. Select a duration for the command mode: 0.5, 1, 2, 5, or 10 seconds.

90. To return to the default setting, in which the command mode is
deactivated as soon as you press a second key in a command sequence, select
Single command.

4.2.22 Braille

To activate or deactivate Braille output:

 Press  [TALKS], [ Long  Exit].

For more information about using Braille output, see the user guide for the
TALKS driver that comes with your Braille display.

4.2.23 Full list items

Some menu items are too long to fit completely on the screen of your phone,
so part of the item's text does not appear. TALKS attempts to read the full
text of such items. However, you can set TALKS to read exactly what appears
on the screen.

To have TALKS read out only the part of menu items that appears on the
screen:

91. In the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the  Advanced tab, select
Full list items.

92. Select  No.

4.2.24   Read subtitles

Subtitles are placed below the title of a window. In most cases, they are
used to display the name of a tab sheet, but they can occur in other places
as well, like for the name of the currently selected profile on the
stand-by screen or inside the  Profiles application.

To set the way subtitles are read by TALKS:

93. Open the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialogue box on the  Advanced tab, and
select  Read subtitles.

94. Choose one of these options:

  Always: Subtitles will always be read. This is the default setting.

  Once: Subtitles will be read only once, whenever a window is first
displayed. You can still read them again by pressing  [TALKS], [Select].

  Never: Subtitles are never read, not even when pressing  [TALKS],
[Select].

  Index once : Subtitles are always read, but the index for tab sheets is
only read once, when the focus changes to an application. You can still
read the screen content including the current tab index by pressing
[TALKS], [Select].

  No index: Subtitles are always read, but indices of tabs are never read,
not even by pressing  [TALKS], [Select].

4.2.25  Progress update

When installation new applications, retrieving email, and in various other
situations, a progress bar indicates the status of the operation. When
using the web browser, the amount of data that has been retrieved for the
current web page is shown in kilobytes. In some other situations progress
is just shown by a changing entry in a list, like for file downloads. TALKS
can read all these types of progress updates.

To change the way progress updates are read:

95. Open the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings application, and select  Progress update
on the  Advanced tab.

96. Choose from one of these options:

  For 5 seconds only: This is the default option that behaves like earlier
versions of TALKS. All progress updates are read immediately, and the
read-out interrupts the current utterance. After 5 seconds, progress
updates are not read anymore, until a focus change occurs, or a key is
pressed on the handset.

  Never: No progress update is read at all. You can still use  [TALKS],
[Up] or  [TALKS], [Select] to read the actual status of the operation.

  Every x seconds: Progress updates are read every 3, 5, 10, 20, or 30
seconds, until the screen saver kicks in. After that, you can always press
any key to exit the screen saver, and continue hearing progress updates.

4.2.26   Choose TALKS key

By default, TALKS&ZOOMS uses the  [Edit] key as the  [TALKS] key, when it
is available on a handset. The  [Chr] key is used for handsets with a
QWERTY keyboard, and the  [Menu] key in case of a device with a numeric
keypad.

To use another key as the [TALKS] key:

97. Open the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings, and select  Choose TALKS key on the
Advanced tab.

98. Select one of the keys in the list that appears:  Menu, Chr, Edit,
Multimedia, Power, Ga l lery.  Default sets the original  [TALKS] key
assignment.

4.2.27  Echo function keys

TALKS treats the read-out of function keys, like the two soft keys  [Key 1]
and  [Key 2],  [Select], and the  [TALKS] key, separate from the  K ey echo
setting. By default, function keys are always read, even when  Key echo has
been turned off.

To disable function key read-out:

99. Open the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings.

100. Select  Echo function keys on the  Advanced tab sheet. When this is
set to  No, function key read-out is disabled.

Note: The echo of the [TALKS] key is affected by the global  Echo function
key setting only, not by the application-specific version of this option.

4.2.28  Read text status

TALKS announces the text status indicators whenever you reach a text field.
 Dictionary means that the T9 predictive text is active for this field, and
 Lower case or  Upper case inform about the capitalization of the next
character.  All capit a ls indicates that all the following letters will
have upper case, and  Numbers means that this field is asking for a numeric
value.

To turn off the automatic  announcement of  text status:

101. Open the  TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialogue box.

102. On the  Advanced tab, select  Read text status. When set to  No, no
automatic announcement of the text status occurs when reaching a text
field.

Note: The text status is always announced when it changes, or when you
press  [TALKS], [Long Key 2] to read the text status information (see
section ).

4.2.29   Mute during a call

By default, TALKS will not read out any changes on the screen while you are
on a call, to avoid talking over the caller's voice. If you want to use
TALKS during a call, you can either press  [TALKS], [Clear] or  [TALKS],
[Lock] to turn on screen announcements again, or use the Mute during a call
setting to choose how long TALKS should stay quiet at the start of a call

To change the  Mute during a call setting:

103. In the TALKS&ZOOMS Settings dialog box, on the Advanced tab, select
Mute during a call.

104. Select an option:

  Always : TALKS will stay quiet during a call until you use  [TALKS],
[Clear] or  [TALKS], [Lock] to turn on speech again.

  Never : TALKS will keep speaking throughout the entire call.

  For x seconds only: TALKS will stay quiet for a certain time, and then
automatically resume speaking when something happens on the screen.

4.3  Accessing TALKS commands using the touch screen

On touch screen phones without a numeric keypad (or in situations where the
keyboard has been folded away) you can still access most TALKS commands, by
first pressing the [TALKS] key and then "exploring" a virtual keyboard on
the screen to find the function you are looking for. This keyboard is
invisible, but organized in a way that is very similar to a 12-key numeric
keypad, with most TALKS commands being close to the location of the
corresponding digit key.

The following table shows the layout of the virtual keyboard, when viewed
with the  [Call] and  [Exit] keys at the bottom of the screen:

Table

Ŀ
 Change speaking of        Change cursor mode     Objects               
 passwords                                                              
Ĵ
 Change key echo           Change speaking of     Change spelling       
                           upper case             alphabet              
Ĵ
 Change speaking of        Volume down            Volume up             
 punctuation                                                            
Ĵ
 Speak slower              Speak faster           Repeat phrase before  
                                                  last                  
Ĵ
 Open Settings window      Training Mode          Repeat last phrase    
Ĵ
 Open Settings window      Read window            Read input status     
Ĵ
 Read function keys                               Read status indicator 

Please note that "long" presses of keys are not used on this virtual
keypad, and instead there are extra positions for those commands that would
ordinarily be accessed through holding a key.

On devices where the screen can rotate between "landscape" and "portrait"
mode, the virtual keys will not rotate and remain in the same place in
relation to the physical keys of the device. This is also true regardless
of where  [Key 1] and  [Key 2] can be found for a particular screen.

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