NUANCE TALKS 3 Premium Edition

Product Description

  • Provides speech output of text on a mobile phone to allow blind or visually impaired users to benefit form the full functionality of the device.
  • Uses state-of-the-art text-to-speech (TTS) technology with adjustable volume and speaking rate for maximum intelligibility.
  • Allows users to customize the pronunciation of words and abbreviations with a user dictionary.
  • Enhances application accessibility by allowing the user to label icons.
  • Shows the structure of the display content with Object Viewer.
  • Provides access to mobile phone functionality by linking with supported Braille input/output devices via a Bluetooth connection.
  • Expands your phone's abilities with five bonus applications that are ready for speech.
  • Integrates with the screen magnification capabilities of Nuance ZOOMS for low-vision users.
     

Technical Components

Nuance TALKS Premium Edition includes:

  • TALKS screen reader, with installer and binaries
  • ETI-Eloquence version 6.1.47 TTS engine
  • Premium Edition Extras: Dictionary, Icon Labeler, and Object Viewer

New Features

  • Automatic caller ID announcement
  • The caller ID for incoming calls can be announced after a specified number of seconds.
  • If caller ID announcement is on, the caller ID can be repeated with a specified interval, until a call is taken or rejected.
  • Automatic SMS read-out
    • Read-out of incoming text messages can be turned on or off.
    • When text message read-out is on:
      • Incoming text messages are automatically opened and read-out.
      • After the read-out, a dialogue asks whether the read-out should be repeated.
  • Application-Specific Settings
    • User can Define a set of options to be different for any specific application.
    • Default are global settings.

Key Benefits

  • Unprecedented Feature/Function Accessibility
    • Audio feedback when writing or reading text messages, emails, and notes
    • Automatic or manual Caller ID announcement
    • Network, battery, and other status indicators read out
  • Spelling speed setting
    Allows the user to define different speech rates for normal read-out and spelling text.

 

  • Various options for reading numbers
    Numbers longer than four digits can now be read as single digits, double digits, or whole numbers.

 

  • Echo mode
    An independent setting allows the user to turn on a special key echo mode for those who like to use the T9 dictionary when entering text.

 

  • Echo Passwords mode
    Allows the user to hear the letters entered into a password field.

 

  • TALKS Key Timeout and TALKS Mode Timeout
    Allows the user to set a timeout for cases where the TALKS key is pressed accidentally, and allow to repeat a command or even execute different commands without Pressing the TALKS key again.

 

  • Hear caller ID information
    Adds speech output to the original user interface of the cell phone.

 

  • Software only
    No additional hardware is needed.

 

  • Voice Familiarity for Increased User Comfort
    Nuance TALKS leverages ETI-Eloquence TTS software— used in popular desktop screen readers—making many users feel instantly familiar with the voice they hear for speech output.

 

  • Control over volume and speaking rate supports many third-party applications
    Supports IM+ (Instant Messenger) [S60], the Wayfinder GPS application [S60], and the Slovoed dictionary [S60 and S80].

TALKS & ZOOMS Compatible Phones