This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, learn how
Mobile technology is a powerful tool, delivering connection, creativity, entertainment and information. It is essential to how we communicate with friends, family and the world around us, and we believe that everyone should have equitable access to it.
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To celebrate this year's Global Accessibility Awareness Day, let's take a look at some of these features and how we continue to bridge barriers.
Making the Galaxy Experience More Accessible
Adding Clarity With Relumino Mode
Born out of
To understand our users' perspectives and needs, we collaborated with advisors with low vision, researchers, engineers, programmers and testers to develop a solution for inclusive visual displays. Relumino Mode is the product of years of research and development to advance
From following a ball during a sports match to reading smaller text on a news broadcast, Relumino Mode1 helps users with low vision to connect with the world and enjoy content that matters most to them.
Enabling Relumino:
Providing Audio Descriptions With TalkBack
The TalkBack2 feature, also known as Voice Assistant, is designed to help users with low or no vision to get the most out of their device experience without looking at their screens. This feature transforms Galaxy smartphones and tablets into an intuitive audio interface. As users navigate their devices, Talkback can provide speech feedback for anything they touch, highlight or select, such as menus, emails and notifications. TalkBack shortcuts can also be enabled for more seamless navigation.
Navigating the screen is simple. With easy-to-use gestures, such as Swipe Left, Double Tap or Use Two Fingers To Scroll, TalkBack provides users the freedom to control their devices conveniently.
Turning on TalkBack:
1) Launch the Settings app, and then select Accessibility
2) Tap TalkBack
3) Tap the switch to activate TalkBack
Bringing Media to Life With Live Captions
Live Captions3 helps those who are hard of hearing to follow their favorite media and audio content effortlessly. The feature transcribes audio as it plays through the device in real-time. With Live Captions, users can better enjoy videos, podcasts, phone and video calls, audio messages and voicemails.
Live Captions are available in English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.4
Activating Live Captions:
1) Open Device Settings
2) Tap on Accessibility
3) Tap on Hearing Enhancements
4) Turn on Live Caption
Fostering Inclusivity Through Accessories and Wearables
Amplifying the World With Ambient Sound
The Galaxy Buds2 Pro features an Ambient Sound setting that adapts background noise at five levels of amplification,5 designed to cater to a diverse range of needs and situations. This feature gives users the ability to customize how they want to hear and experience sound. From making a conversation more audible to increasing the noise of traffic at a crosswalk, the Ambient Sound feature allows users to participate in social interactions while being aware of their surroundings.
Setting up Ambient Sound:
1) Insert both Buds into your ears
2) Open the Galaxy Wearable app
3) Tap on Earbud settings
4) Tap on Accessibility
5) Tap the Ambient Sound button
Reimagining Your Galaxy Watch With Universal Gestures6
Universal Gestures offers an innovative way to use your Galaxy Watch touch-free. With four intuitive gestures, Make Fist, Make Fist Twice, Pinch and Double Pinch, users can navigate their Galaxy interface, open apps, scroll messages and more, without needing to push down or touch the screen with force.
Prompting Universal Gestures:
1) Open Device Settings
2) Tap on Accessibility
3) Scroll to the Interaction and Dexterity Section
4) Turn Universal Gestures on
A Better World for Everyone
For more information, visit our Galaxy Mobile Accessibility page.
1 Relumino Mode is available on Galaxy S24 series operating on One UI 6.1 or above.
2 Talkback is available on all Galaxy smartphones.
3 Live Caption is available on Galaxy smartphones with 4GB memory or higher.
4 Additional languages will be available in coming updates.
5 Additional two levels can be activated in the Laboratory - Ambient Sound menu under Earbuds settings in the Galaxy Wearable app.
6 Universal Gestures is available on Galaxy Watch6, Watch5 and Watch4 series with One UI 5 Watch.
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