1. TC501 Product Reference Guide
  2. Settings
  3. Accessibility Settings
  4. Display Accessibility Options
  5. Configuring Select to Speak
  • TC501 Product Reference Guide
Configuring Select to Speak

Configuring Select to Speak

Select to Speak allows you to hear selected text read and certain selections, like icons, described aloud.
  1. Touch
    Settings
    .
  2. Touch
    Select to Speak shortcut
     to enable the setting.
    The
    Allow Select to Speak to have full control of your device?
     screen displays.
  3. Touch
    Allow
    .
    The
    Accessibility button shortcut
     screen displays.
  4. Touch
    Got it
    .
  5. Touch
    Text to speech settings
     to access the text-to-speech output menu.
    1. Touch
      Preferred engine
       to change the preferred text-to-speech engine.
      The default preferred engine is Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google.
    2. Touch
      Language
       to change the language of text-to-speech.
      The default language is the system language.
    3. Use the
      Speech rate
       slider to change the rate of speech speed.
    4. Use the
      Pitch
       slider to change the pitch of the speech
  6. To change the reading voice, touch
    Change reading voice
    .
    The option to change reading voices is only available if you have your language set to English.
  7. To have the text-to-speech run in the background, touch
    Read in background
    .
  8. To have the text-to-speech read text on images, touch
    Read text on images
    .
  9. To request help or provide feedback, touch
    Help & feedback
    .
  10. To change developer settings, touch
    Developer settings
    .
    Developer settings are intended for debug mode only.
    1. To capture screen content's layout information to system logs, touch
      Enable taking snapshot
      .
    2. To capture more detailed screen content, touch
      Allow snapshot to take detail information
      .
      Personal information may be captured.