Use the Lync mobile screen reader (English only) on your Windows Phone

When you install this fall's Windows Phone update and a separate Code Factory mobile app, you'll have access to a screen reader you can use with Lync Mobile for Windows Phone.  When the screen reader is turned on, you'll get a spoken description of whatever you touch, select or activate on your device while you're in Lync.

Note:  The Lync mobile screen reader is available only in English.

To set up the Lync mobile screen reader

1. Install the Windows Phone update. (Check with your mobile operator to find out when they plan to make the update available for download to your device.)

2. Install Lync for Mobile Windows Phone release 5.4.

3. On your Windows Phone home screen, tap Settings > ease of access.

4. Tap to install the Code Factory app.

5. Slide the mobile accessibility selector to On and then go back to the home screen.

6. When you restart your phone, the screen reader will be enabled automatically. To start using it, tap Lync.

   Important: To use Lync custom screen reader on Windows 8.1, you need to have these two settings:

   • Narrator=Off

   • Quick Narrator=On

   

To use the Lync mobile screen reader

With the Lync mobile screen reader, you navigate through Lync using hand gestures on the screen, as described in the tables below:

Gesture:	Action it performs:
Single finger, flick right	Advances to the next item.
Single finger, flick left	Goes back to the previous item.
Single finger, single tap	Reads out an item.
Single finger, double tap	Performs an action on an item (for example, switch a toggle, select an item, press a button, etc.).
Single finger, triple tap	Goes to a secondary menu item.
Single finger, flick down on an alert	Turns off an alert.
Two finger, drag up and down	Scrolls in a view.
Two finger, flick left or right	Navigates between panorama or pivot views (horizontal scrolling).

Action you want to perform:	Gesture:
Advance to the next item.	Single finger, flick right
Go back to the previous item.	Single finger, flick left
Read out an item.	Single finger, single tap
Perform an action on an item (for example, switch a toggle, select an item, press a button, etc.).	Single finger, double tap
Go to a secondary menu item.	Single finger, triple tap
Turn off an alert.	Single finger, flick down on an alert
Scroll in a view.	Two finger, drag up and down
Navigate between panorama or pivot views (horizontal scrolling).	Two finger, flick left or right

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