Samsung Galaxy Note 8 User Manual

							Accessibility
Accessibility services are special features 
that make using the device easier for those 
with certain physical disabilities.
For more information about Accessibility 
for Samsung products, please contact us at 
[email protected]. 
						

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Vision
You can turn on Accessibility features to assist with 
visual aspects of the device. 
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Tap  Settings > Accessibility  > Vision, and tap 
an option:
• Voice Assistant : Give spoken feedback to assist 
blind and low-vision users .
 -Voice Assistant can collect all of the text you 
enter, except passwords, including personal 
data and credit card numbers. It may also 
log your user interface interactions with the 
device.
• Voice Assistant help: View help on using Voice 
Assistant.
• Dark screen : Keep the screen turned off at all 
times for privacy.
• Rapid key input : Release your finger to enter 
selection instead of double tapping.
• Speak passwords : Read the characters aloud as 
you enter your passwords.
• Accessibility shortcut : Quickly enable 
accessibility features in two quick steps.
• Voice Label : Write voice recordings to NFC tags 
to provide information about nearby objects.
• Screen zoom and font : Configure the screen 
zoom level and font size and style.
• High contrast fonts : Adjust the color and 
outline of fonts to increase the contrast with the 
background.
• High contrast keyboard : Adjust the size of the 
Samsung keyboard and change its colors to 
increase the contrast between the keys and the 
background.
• Show button shapes : Show buttons with shaded 
backgrounds to make them stand out.  
						

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• Magnifier window: Magnify content shown on 
the screen.
• Magnification gestures : Use exaggerated 
gestures such as triple-tapping, double 
pinching, and dragging two fingers across the 
screen. 
• Large mouse/touchpad pointer : Enable a large 
pointer for a connected mouse or touchpad.
• Grayscale : Enable grayscale mode instead of 
using colors.
• Negative colors : Reverse the display of colors 
from white text on a black background to black 
text on a white background.
• Color adjustment : Adjust the color of the screen 
if you are color blind or have difficulty reading 
the display because of the screen color.
Hearing
You can turn on Accessibility features to assist with 
audio aspects of the device. 
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > Accessibility  > Hearing, and tap 
an option:
• Sound detectors : Receive alerts when the 
device detects a baby crying or a doorbell.
• Flash notification : Set the camera light 
or screen to blink whenever you receive a 
notification.
• Mute all sounds : Turn off all notifications and 
audio for privacy.
• Hearing aids : Improve the sound quality for use 
with hearing aids.
• Samsung subtitles (CC) : Use Samsung subtitles 
with multimedia files when available. 
						

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• Google subtitles (CC): Use Google subtitles with 
multimedia files when available.
• Left and right sound balance : Use the slider 
to set the left and right balance when using a 
stereo device.
• Mono audio : Switch audio from stereo to mono 
for use with one earphone.
Dexterity and 
Interaction
You can turn on Accessibility features to assist with 
dexterity and interaction aspects of the device.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > Accessibility  > Dexterity and 
interaction , and tap an option:
• Universal switch : Control your device with your 
customized switches. 
• Assistant menu : Improve the device 
accessibility for users with reduced dexterity.
• Easy screen turn on : Turn on the screen without 
having to press any buttons.
• Touch and hold delay : Select a time interval for 
this action.
• Click after pointer stops : Automatically click on 
an item after the pointer stops over it.
• Interaction control : Customize interactable 
or non-interactable areas, hardkeys, and the 
keyboard. 
						

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More Accessibility 
Settings
Customize additional accessibility features for your 
device.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Tap  Settings > Accessibility , and tap an option:
• Text‑to‑speech: Set your preferred TTS engine 
and options. For more information, see   
“Text-to-Speech Options” on page  176.
• Direction lock : Unlock the screen by swiping in 
a series of directions.
• Direct access : Open your accessibility settings 
by pressing the Volume up  key and the Power 
key  together.
• Notification reminder : Beep at set intervals to 
remind you of any unread notifications.
• Answering and ending calls : Select shortcuts 
for answering and ending calls.
• Single tap mode : Dismiss or snooze alarms, 
calendar events, and timer alerts, and answer or 
reject incoming calls with a single tap.
• Accessibility settings backup : Import and 
export your accessibility settings, or share them 
with other devices.
Accessibility Services
Additional accessibility apps may be downloaded from 
the Google Play store.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > Accessibility .
3. Other installed accessibility services may be listed 
and configured under Services . 
						

							Other Settings
Configure features on your device that 
make it easier to use. 
						

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Help
View your device’s user manual on your device.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Tap  Settings > Help .
Manage Game Features
Automatically arranges all your games in one place.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > Advanced features  > Games  > 
Game launcher .
Device Assistance App
Device assistance apps help you by gathering 
information from the screen currently shown.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > Advanced features  > Device 
assistance app .
3. Tap an option to customize:
• Device assistance app : Select your default 
assistance app.
• Analyze on‑s creen text: Analyze text shown on 
the screen to provide related content.
• Analyze on‑s creen images: Take and analyze 
images of the screen.  
						

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Dual Messenger
Use two separate accounts for the same app.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Tap  Settings > Advanced features  > 
Dual messenger .
3. Tap On/Off  next to supported apps to enable the 
feature for each app.
About Phone
View information about your phone, including current 
status, legal information, hardware and software 
versions, and more.
1. From a Home screen, swipe up to access Apps .
2. Tap  Settings > About phone, and then tap items 
for more details:
• My phone number : View your phone number.
• Icon glossary: View details about the icons seen 
on the Status bar.
• Status : View the status of the battery, network, 
and other information about your device.
• Legal information : View legal notices and other 
legal information, including your embedded 
Samsung legal information.
• Phone name : View and change your device’s 
name.
 -Additional device information includes 
the Model number, Android version, Build 
number, and more. 
						

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