User Guide

Turn on the Keyboard Echo setting using device settings
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap Settings to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Settings menu.
3. Tap Accessibility to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Accessibility option.
4. Tap Screen Reader to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Screen Reader option.
5. Tap Keyboard Echo to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Keyboard Echo option.
6. In the Keyboard Echo drop-down list, double-tap None, Characters, Words, or Characters and Words to set the point
of regard. Then, tap to activate your choice.
7. Close the BlackBerry Screen Reader settings in one of the following ways:
• Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to minimize the screen. If your device has a trackpad, try not to touch it
when you swipe up to unlock the screen. Swipe up from the left side or right side of the trackpad. With the point of
regard on the minimized app, double-tap with two fingers to close the app.
• Double-tap on the bottom left corner of the screen to return to the Accessibility screen. Tap on the bottom
left corner of the screen again to return to the System Settings screen. With the point of regard on the minimized
app, double-tap with two fingers to close the app.
Change BlackBerry Screen Reader language using gestures
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 messages in a different language than the preferred language that
you set for your BlackBerry device.
When you turn on the BlackBerry Screen Reader, you use gestures to complete tasks.
1. When you have the BlackBerry Screen Reader turned on, swipe down and to the right with one finger to access Quick
Tasks mode.
2. Tap with one finger to open the BlackBerry Screen Reader settings.
3. Swipe down with two fingers to scroll to the bottom of the BlackBerry Screen Reader settings.
4. Tap Screen Reader Language to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Screen Reader Language
option and open the drop-down language list.
Change the BlackBerry Screen Reader language using device settings
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap Settings to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Settings menu.
3. Tap Accessibility to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Accessibility option.
4. Tap Screen Reader to set the point of regard. Then, double-tap to activate the Screen Reader option.
5. Swipe down with two fingers to scroll to the bottom of the BlackBerry Screen Reader settings.
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