After 3 seconds, your device exits Quick Tasks mode.
Adjust the text or punctuation verbosity 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. To set text verbosity, complete the following steps:
a) Tap
Verbosity with one finger to set the point of regard.
b) Tap with one finger to activate the
Verbosity field as the point of regard and open the drop-down
list of options.
c) Tap with one finger set the point of regard on either the high verbosity or low verbosity options.
d) Double-tap with one finger to select your choice.
6. To set punctuation verbosity, complete the following steps:
a) Tap
Punctuation Verbosity with one finger to set the point of regard.
b) Tap with one finger to activate the
Punctuation Verbosity field as the point of regard and open
the drop-down list of options.
c) From the drop-down list, tap
None if you don't want any punctuation replaced with a spoken
equivalent.
d) Tap
Some if you want the following symbols to be replaced with a spoken equivalent: # (number),
$ (dollar), % (percent sign), & (ampersand), * (asterisk), + (plus), / (slash), = (equal), @ (at sign), and
^ (caret).
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e) Tap
Most if you want to include the previous list, plus the following symbols: "(quotation mark),
( (left parentheses), ) (right parentheses), - (hyphen), _ (underscore), : (colon), ; (semicolon), < (left
angle bracket), > (right angle bracket), [ (left bracket), ] (right bracket), \ (backslash), | (pipe
symbol), ` (grave accent or apostrophe), ~ (tilde), { (left brace), and } (right brace).
f) Tap
All if you want to include all the previous lists of symbols, plus the following symbols: ?
(question mark) and ! (exclamation point).
g) After you have set the point of regard on one of the options in the drop-down list, double-tap with
one finger to select 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.
• Tap on the bottom left corner of the screen to set the point of regard. Then, 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 to set the point of regard. Then 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.