Disable TalkBack (Talk Back) mode in Samsung Galaxy Note II (Note 2)

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   Go to your home screen by pressing on the "Home" button.

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   On your home screen, press the "Menu" button

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   It is the button located on the lower-right portion of your phone's front screen.

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   After pressing the Menu button, you will be shown a few options

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   Tap on the "Settings" option, located on the lowest part of the list.

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   You will now be taken to the "Settings" menu

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   Scroll down until you are on the "Personal" sub-menu. Under "Personal," you can see some options. Tap on "Language and Input" (icon with a letter A on it).

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   In the "Language and Input" menu, go to the "Speech" sub-menu and tap on "Text-to-Speech-Output."

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   In the "Text-to-Speech-Output" menu, under "General," make sure that you uncheck Driving Mode

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   Congratulations

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   You have just successfully turned off Driving mode in your Galaxy Note2. If there is a need to enable it again, simply do the same procedures making sure that you set Driving mode to "ON."

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How do I scroll down to accessibility settings? It does not allow.

I am not able to scroll down to accessibility settings with my TalkBack on. I need to close the TalkBack function

Double tap on your screen in order to be able to scroll down the settings menu so that you will be able to turn off TalkBack. When you reach the TalkBack option also double tap on the on/off tab so that you are able to turn off the TalkBack mode.

When TalkBack is enabled, you will have to swipe up or down using two fingers to scroll lists and pages. So if you are in the Settings menu, please scroll down using your two fingers, then double tap on Accessibility. You can now disable TalkBack by unchecking the TalkBack checkbox.

I cannot uncheck both of Google Text to Speech Engine and Samsung TTS, what to do now?

If you are unable to uncheck both of these features, turning off Driving Mode is enough. Also, choose Samsung TTS and do not download, nor install voice data for it.

Only turn off the one that you are not going to be utilizing, or the one that you find to be less helpful than the other. This will help you to keep one TTS application/option on your device.

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How to take TalkBack off of Galaxy Prevail 2?

TalkBack is on my phone I would like to turn it off

In order to stop TalkBack and TTS on your phone follow these steps

1. From home screen go to Apps.

2. Select Settings.

3. Scroll down to Accessibility then select TalkBack 4. Move slider to off position and select OK

Occasionally, there is still some speech even after disabling this option. Follow the steps below to make sure it is all completely disabled

1. Go to Settings.

2. Select Application Manager.

3. Select Running Tab.

4. Select All Tab.

5. Now tap the Google Text to Speech Engine and disable.

On my phone, I do not have the ability to scroll down while the TalkBack feature is scroll down

Remember that TalkBack mode on phone requires different gestures for you to do a command on the phone. A normal command on the phone to select an application is by a tap only and the application will be launched and for swiping or scrolling on your phone screen, you need to use two fingers for you to swipe and scroll down. Simply place two of your fingers on screen and scroll. Remember that when you are going to scroll or swipe, it is best that you wait until the phone finishes reading what is on your phone screen, before doing the next action.

If you still cannot scroll or do anything on your phone while TalkBack feature is enabled, the only resolution is to perform a Hard Reset on your phone. Doing a Hard Reset can erase of all data on the phone and all settings that you made on your phone will be set to their default values, just like when you first purchased the phone. There are some reports that whenever the TalkBack feature has been enabled, phone owners have found that the phone touch sensitivity is not functioning correctly, so they need to reset the phone back to its original settings. See below if you decide to reset the phone:

1. Turn off the phone, it is best you take the battery out for 5 seconds and re-insert it back.

2. Press the following buttons and hold for a couple of seconds.

Press and hold Volume Up + Home button + Power

Wait for a couple of seconds or until you see an Android logo on screen or the recovery menu will pop-up. Use the volume keys to highlight, and then home button to select.

3. Select Wipe and Reset, then Yes, to start the process and wait. Once it's done, simply select the reboot to restart.

After the reset, your phone will now be on default and no more TalkBack. If you made a backup, then you can restore your device to have them all back, or download all applications from your Google Play store.

Disable calendar event talk mode.

When a calendar event is triggered - the phone speaks - I need to disable speak mode

It can be annoying whenever your phone speaks to you at the most inconvenient times or whenever a calendar event comes up. Here are some of the top ways to disable the speak mode.

• Turn off "Driving Mode".

• Delete the "Lightflow" app.

• Go to "App Manager" and click "All".

• Disable Samsung and Google text to speech.

My Samsung Note4 Nook keeps reading the nook books to me. How can I turn it OFF? I have disabled text to speech, returned to the original nook app and disabled TalkBack?

My Samsung Note4 Nook keeps reading the nook books to me. How can I turn it OFF? I have disabled text to speech, returned to the original nook app and disabled TalkBack.

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I am not sure whether my problem is with the talk thing, its just that my phone keeps on having this 'assistant window popping up all the time?

So, when I open my phone this white smaller 'assistant window opens up, obscuring the main window. It can be closed by the X in the top right hand corner but it means that one can miss a call because of it, its a pain. I have tried: I do not know what to do as I cannot find anywhere on the phone where I can disable this 'assistant' function which has only just started to happen. I think it was caused by: No idea - probably one of the pesky, unwanted updates or something

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