The Speech Display Bar (SDB) displays text that you enter or generate in the app.
Auto Clear the SDB after Speaking
Use the Auto Clear setting to clear the SDB automatically after speaking.
Select Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speak section.
Select Auto Clear. The Auto Clear options are listed.
Off: The SDB does not clear automatically after speaking.
Immediate: The SDB clears automatically after you speak the text displayed in the SDB.
After Next Activation: The SDB clears automatically after you speak the text displayed in the SDB and then enter additional text.
Select Done in the top left of the Settings menu.
Highlight Spoken Words
To help with literacy, the Highlight Spoken Word setting allows users to see the words highlighted in the SDB as they are spoken. When you select a color, words will be highlighted in that color one at a time in the SDB as they are spoken.
Notes:
The Highlight Spoken Word setting is only available with Apple voices.
Highlighting is disabled when scanning prompts are spoken; but it is enabled when scanned button actions add text to the SDB.
Select Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speech Display Bar section.
Select Highlight Spoken Word. The setting “OFF” and a list of colors opens. OFF is the default setting.
Select a color.
Select the checkmark
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.As you select words from a page, they are highlighted one at a time in the SDB in the color you selected.
To change the highlight color, select Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Spoken Word, select a different color, and select
.If you pause speech, the last spoken word will remain highlighted.
To turn highlighting off, select Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Spoken Word, select OFF, and select
.
Highlight Spoken Words during Phone Calls/FaceTime
To help with literacy, the Highlight Color Phone/FaceTime setting allows users to see words highlighted as they are spoken during a telephony call. This feature helps the device user know their message was spoken and received by their partner on the call.
Note: The Highlight Color Phone/FaceTime setting is only available with Apple voices.
Go to Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speech Display Bar section.
Select Highlight Color Phone/FaceTime. The setting “OFF” and a list of colors opens.
Select a color.
Select
.As you select words during a call, they are highlighted one at a time in the SDB in the color you selected.
To change the highlight color, go to Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Color Phone/FaceTime, choose a different color, and select
.To turn highlighting off, go to Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Color Phone/FaceTime, select OFF, and select
.
Speak a Combination of Voices/Languages
For example, you could speak English, Spanish, and Canadian French in the same sentence.
Open an English vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB.
Open a Spanish vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB.
Open a French (Canada) vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB
Select the SDB. The English, Spanish, and Canadian French words will be spoken. Words of the same language will flow like a sentence and there will be a slight pause between words of different languages.
