Blackberry Curve 9310, 9315, 9320 User Guide

Accessibility options
How to: Accessibility
Screen accessibility options
Display closed captions in videos
You can turn on closed captions so that text displays on the screen when you play video files that support closed captions.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon.
2.Press the  key > Media Options. 
3.Select the Display Closed Captions checkbox.
4.If necessary, change the Appearance field, Position field, and Font Scale field.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the display font
1.On the home...

BlackBerry Screen Reader
About the BlackBerry Screen Reader
The BlackBerry Screen Reader is an application that provides audible output of the visual information displayed on a 
BlackBerry smartphone, allowing anyone to access and operate the smartphone without the use of sight.
For more information about downloading and installing BlackBerry Screen Reader, visit www.blackberry.com/
screenreader
.
Turn on or turn off the BlackBerry Screen Reader
1.On the home screen, click BlackBerry Screen Reader....

The lowest pitch is 1, 
while the highest is 
10. 
Changing the pitch 
might make the 
BlackBerry Screen 
Reader
 easier to 
understand.
Silent on CallsPrevent the BlackBerry 
Screen Reader
 from 
reading back 
information while 
you're on a call.
Information settings
VerbositySelect the amount of 
information read back 
on a screen. Selecting 
High provides more 
information, while 
selecting 
Low provides 
less information. You 
might want to select the 
High setting when 
learning to use the...

•The Characters 
option reads back 
only characters. 
The 
Words option 
reads back only 
words.
•The Characters and 
words
 option reads 
back both 
characters and 
words.
PunctuationSelect the amount of 
punctuation symbols 
read back when typing. 
The settings are 
Off, 
Some, Most, or All.
Other settings
Auto StartStart the BlackBerry Screen 
Reader
 automatically after a 
phone reset.
Mute on Keypad LockMute the BlackBerry Screen 
Reader
 when the keypad is 
locked and prevent the 
application from...

•When Key Describer 
mode is on, you can 
discover the input and 
shortcut functions of 
each physical key upon 
pressing the keys.
•When Command Mode is 
on, you can use the 
shortcut features that 
comes with the 
BlackBerry Screen 
Reader
.
Adjusting the display of home screen icons
You can change the number of icons displayed on the home screen, so that between 1 to 4 columns are shown. While  learning to use the smartphone, some users find the 1 Column setting easiest to use.
Set the number of icons...

•To turn off Key Describer mode, press the right convenience key again.
The Key Describer mode will turn off automatically if you do not press any key within 10 seconds of turning it on.
Shortcuts: BlackBerry Screen Reader
In these shortcuts, the key references are to the numbered keys on the alphanumeric keyboard. To use the BlackBerry 
Screen Reader
 shortcuts, the application must be turned on. Depending on the typing input language that you are using, 
some shortcuts might not be available.
Control...

Change the speech options
Change the pitch elevations of the BlackBerry Screen 
Reader
 voice
Press the right convenience key and the 1 key to decrease 
the pitch or the 
2 key to increase the pitch. You can 
continue pressing a key to alter the setting.
Change the rate of speechPress the right convenience key and the 4 key to decrease 
the rate or the 
5 key to increase the rate. You can continue 
pressing a key to alter the setting.
Change the verbosity settingsPress the right convenience key and the 8...

Audio and phone accessibility options
Turn on or turn off event sounds
Event sounds alert you when you turn on or turn off your BlackBerry smartphone, when the battery power level is full or low, 
and when you connect or disconnect a USB cable or accessory to or from your smartphone.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Accessibility.
3.Change the Event Sounds field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Change how you answer calls with a headset
If your BlackBerry smartphone is...

To delete a contact alert, highlight the contact alert that you want to delete. Press the  key > Delete.
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Hearing aid mode
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model, this feature might not be supported. 
About hearing aid mode
In hearing aid mode, or telecoil mode, the magnetic signal of your BlackBerry smartphone is modified to an appropriate 
level and frequency response to be picked up by hearing aids that are equipped with telecoils....

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Voice dialing
Perform an action using a voice command
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Voice Dialing icon.
2.After the beep, say a voice command.
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Available voice commands
Voice commandDescription"Call "Say this voice command to make a call. To perform this task 
with a 
Bluetooth enabled device, such as a handsfree car 
kit or wireless headset, the...