- Open the Settings app
. - In the Settings app, select Accessibility from the list.
- On the Accessibility screen, select Spoken Content.
- On the Spoken Content screen, select Typing Feedback.
- On the next screen, you can choose what spoken feedback you receive.
- Select an item to set the toggle switch to On.
- Characters – hear individual characters while typing. Once enabled, you can set a delay so that characters are only spoken aloud after a delay between key presses.
- Character Hints - hear the phonetic alphabet pronunciation (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, ...) of each character as you type. Note: The are no hints for non-alphabet characters. Once enabled, you can set a delay so that characters are only spoken aloud after a delay between key presses.
- Speak Words – hear whole words while typing.
- Speak Auto-text – hear auto-corrections and capitalisations.
- Hold to Speak Predictions – if typing predictions are enabled, tap and hold a predicted word to hear it spoken.
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