SafePhone · Make it easier to use
Tour of the Accessibility settings
Tour of the Accessibility settings: a short lesson in 8 steps.
Step by step
- Open "Settings" (the gear).
- Scroll down and tap "Accessibility": everything that makes the phone easier to see, hear and use is here.
- Tap "Display size and text": bigger text, bigger buttons, bold text.
- Just looking for now. Back: swipe from the left edge of the screen toward the middle (or press Esc).
- Tap "Magnification": a magnifying glass for the whole screen.
- Go back again. Back: swipe from the left edge of the screen toward the middle (or press Esc).
- Tap "Screen reader": the phone reads aloud what you touch. It has its own lessons.
- Go back one last time. Below, you can also find captions, flash notifications and hearing aids. Back: swipe from the left edge of the screen toward the middle (or press Esc).
These steps are written for SafePhone, a pretend Android-style smartphone in your web browser. On your own smartphone, the buttons and menus may look a little different, but the idea is the same.
Practice it where nothing can break
SafePhone works like a real smartphone, but nothing you do goes anywhere. Try every button, make mistakes and start again.
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