                      TALKS Online Manual - Chapter 1
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1 Introduction

1.1 What is S60?

Today's mobile phones let you do much more than just placing phone calls or
sending short text messages (SMS). They usually have an appointment
calendar, a to-do list, an email program, a WAP browser, and other
features. And they may even come with a built-in camera, a radio, or an MP3
player.

Nokia has developed Series 60, now called S60, to provide a common
groundwork for smartphones that meet such requirements and licenses it to
other mobile phone manufacturers, saving them from having to reinvent the
wheel and enabling them to concentrate on design or application features
that make their devices unique. While all versions up to S60 3rd Edition
support phones with at least a numeric keypad and a 5-way joystick, Nokia
has recently launched S60 5th Edition in October 2008 to support handsets
with touch screens. It should be noted that Nokia went from 3rd Edition to
5th Edition, skipping the 4th Edition. The most recent version of Symbian
is referred to as "Symbian^3", with the first models launched in October
2010.

The model name of a phone is not an indication of whether the phone is
based on the S60 platform. For example, the Nokia 6xxx models are not
necessarily S60 phones.

Most phones that are labeled S60 can work with the Nuance Accessibility
Suite for S60. Other versions of the Accessibility Suite software support
the Nokia Communicator phones. To find out which phones the Nuance
Accessibility Suite supports or where you can buy them, have a look at the
Nuance web pages at .

1.2 What is the Nuance Accessibility Suite for  S60 ?

The Nuance Accessibility Suite for S60 consists of two software modules for
S60 mobile phones: TALKS, a screen reader, and ZOOMS, a screen magnifier.
TALKS and ZOOMS enable a blind or visually impaired person to use most of
the functions of their phones. With the Accessibility Suite software and a
supported S60 phone, you can:

 Hear the caller ID of an incoming call

 Dial a number from the phone's Contacts directory

 Add new entries to or edit existing entries in the Contacts directory

 Read and write text messages (SMS)

 Access and compose multimedia message service (MMS) messages

 Read and write e-mail

 Use the Nokia browser to access the Internet

 Change your phone's profiles and other settings

 Use the appointment calendar

 Read and write notes

 Read the PIN entry prompt and information resulting from special phone
commands, such as  *#06# to display a phone's IMEI number, or  *#0000# to
show the firmware version

 Use the unit converter, world and alarm clock, and other tools

 Use many 3rd-party software applications available for S60 3rd or 5th
Edition, such as TextScout and the KNFB Reader for free-form text
recognition and playback, or communications software such as Skype and
fring

In addition, users of the Premium Edition of the Nuance Accessibility Suite
can add the pronunciation of unfamiliar words to the software, can add
audio labels to icons in third-party applications, and can customize the
read-out of screen content to increase application accessibility, or to
match personal preferences.

The Nuance Accessibility Suite for S60 uses the ETI Eloquence
text-to-speech software, like other screen-reading packages, so you should
feel familiar with the voice right away. And the software is easy to
operate, so you can concentrate on getting the most out of your S60 phone
instead of worrying about complicated commands for the screen reader or
magnifier.

1.3 Terminology and conventions in this guide

The following terms appear throughout this user guide:

  Contacts directory: The phone book in your mobile phone. In the Contacts
directory, you enter the names and phone numbers of all your contacts.

  Focused: A term that the Nuance Accessibility Suite software uses to
indicate which screen element is currently selected or in focus

  Joystick: A five-way button that enables you to navigate through menus
and select menu items. To navigate, move the joystick up, down, left, or
right. To select an item, press the center of the joystick. In some phones,
this key is called the scroll key.

  [Long < key name> ]: An abbreviation for "long press." A long press is
the action of pressing a key and holding it down for about a second before
releasing it.

  Soft key: A key that is located just below the display and varies in
function. A soft key's function depends on the label that appears in the
display just above the soft key--for example,  Menu,  Options,  Select, or
Cancel. S60 phones have at least two soft keys, one on the left and one on
the right. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 introduced a third label attached
to the  [Select] key, and S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3 can have up to five
buttons.

Please note the following formatting conventions:

 Brackets indicate a key on the keypad. For example,  [*] refers to the
key labeled with an asterisk on the phone's keypad. For a soft key, the
guide gives the key name in square brackets followed by the software label
in parentheses (the label that appears in the display), as in this example:

    To open the menu, press  [Key 1] ( Options).

 A bold font indicates the name of a key or a software element, as in the
following examples:

q To send a text message, open the main menu and select  Messaging.

q To switch profiles, briefly press the  [Power] key.

q To close the window, press  [Key 1] ( OK).

 A sequence of two keys separated by a comma ( [Key], [Key]) indicates
that you should press the first key, release it, and then press the second
key. Such sequences usually occur with the  [TALKS] key, as in this
example:

To hear a phrase again, press  [TALKS], [#].

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