Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Turn On or Off Voice Announcements

There is an option inside Samsung Galaxy SIII that specifically designed for those with vision-impaired called Talk Back. Enabling this option will make your phone give a spoken feedback for whatever you do with the phone.


How to turn on voice announcements?
The voice announcement usually will auto-turned on when you enable talk back mode on your phone. This will make your phone to announce the incoming calls, incoming messages, etc.

See also: How to Enable Talk Back Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3


How to turn off voice announcements?
If you were annoyed with the voice and also talk back on your phone, then you can disable them by following the steps listed below:

1. Double tap Apps on your Home screen.
2. Double tap Settings.
3. Double tap Application manager.
4. Find TalkBack mode.
5. Use two fingers to swipe and double tap to disable.
6. Double tap Done button.
7. Finish. Now you have managed to disable voice announcements and also any talk back on your phone.

By knowing the steps to enable and disable voice announcements, now you can set it according to your needs. If you're the one with low vision and need a spoken feedback to guide you while using the phone then you can enable it on your phone, while if you think that this option is bothering you then you can disable it from your phone.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Unlock Lock Screen while in Talk Back Mode

Talk back mode is one of the feature inside Samsung Galaxy SIII that principally designed for people with vision-impaired or those with low-vision. Enabling this mode will make the phone give a spoken feedback to describe whatever the user do with the phone.

See also: How to Enable Talk Back Mode in Samsung Galaxy S3

But, there are also some user that said they were stuck and get the difficulty when they want to get out from this mode. Generally, most of them are not realize that enabling this mode will change the way they interact with the phone, such as you will need to use two fingers instead one finger to swipe or scrolling and use double tap instead a single tap to select menu, apps or option.


How to unlock the phone with password or PIN:
If your phone has locked with password or PIN while in the talk back mode, then kindly follow the steps listed below to unlock it:

1. Long tap in the password field, then double tap it to display the keyboard.
2. Long tap the characters(alphabets or numbers) of your password.
3. Once you've finished entering the password, double tap Done button in the virtual keyboard.
4. Finish. Now your phone is managed to unlock.

How to unlock the phone with swipe?
To unlock the phone with swipe while in the talk back mode, then you can unlock it by double tapping and swiping your finger on the lock screen.


How to unlock the phone with pattern?
To unlock the phone with pattern while in the talk back mode, then you can unlock it by drawing your pattern using your two fingers.


If you was bothered with this mode, then once your phone is unlocked, now you can deactivate it completely from your phone using two fingers swipe and double tap methods.

See also: How to Completely Disable Talk Back Mode in Samsung Galaxy S3

Well, by knowing how to unlock the phone using password or swipe, now you can unlock your phone easily even when your phone is in talk back mode.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Completely Disable Talk Back Mode

Talk back mode is an option inside Samsung Galaxy SIII designed for vision-impaired or low vision people to make them more easier when using this phone. You can easily enable this option on your phone. Once this option is turned on, then the phone will give a spoken feedback for anything the user do with this phone.

See also: How to Enable Talk Back Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3

In other side of this option's advantages, there are lot of users said that they were stuck with this mode and have difficulty to get out from this mode. The main reason of this situation is because this mode will change the way user interact with the phone and they not realize that while in this mode they need to use two finger instead one finger and use double tap instead a single tap.


How to turn off talk back mode?
Here's how to do to disable this mode:

1. From your Home screen, double tap Apps.
2. Double tap Settings.
3. Scroll down using two fingers to Accessibility, then double tap it.
4. Double tap Talk Back.
5. Slide the slider to the left using two fingers, then double tap OK button to disable talk back mode.

In certain conditions, the talk back is still operating even when you already turned off the option. The possible reason for it is that you have Google Text To Speech (Google TTS) and/or Samsung TTS and you need to disable them in order to completely disable talk back mode on your phone.


How to disable Google Text To Speech and Samsung TTS?
Here are the complete steps to do:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Application manager.
3. Tap Running tab.
4. Tap All tab.
5. From here, disable Google Text to Speech Engine and also disable Samsung TTS.
6. Tap Home button to return to the standby mode.

By disabling talk back option under accessibility settings and disable Google TTS and/or Samsung TTS, now your phone will completely get out from the talk back mode and you will be able to use the phone as you used to be.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable Talk Back Mode

In the past articles, we all already have learned about some modes available in Samsung Galaxy SIII which will allow you to stay using this phone in certain conditions, such as driving mode that will facilitate you using the phone while you're driving.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Driving Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another mode that you can find inside this phone is talk back mode. Basically, this mode is designed to facilitate the people with vision-impaired or low vision to make them more easier using the phone. By enabling this option, the phone will provides spoken feedback to help the user, such as the phone will describe what the user touch, select and activate.


How to turn on talk back mode?
If you want to activate this option, then kindly do as follows:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll to Accessibility, then tap it.
3. Scroll to Talk back, then tap it.
4. Slide the slider to the right then tap OK button to enable talk back mode.
5. Finish. Now you have managed to turn on talk back mode.

Once you've activated this mode, the phone will give a spoken feedback on whatever you do with the phone. For the record, enabling this feature will change the way you interact with the phone. In this mode, you need to use two finger instead one finger to scroll the phone and use double tap instead single tap to select the menu, app or option. Using this mode also will disable some features on your phone, such as you will no longer be able to take a screen shot or open the notification.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Print Document or Photo to Any Type of Printer

If at the previous post has been said that you can print the document or picture directly through your Samsung Galaxy SIII to the Samsung printer that connected at the same Wi-Fi network without having to use another third-party application.

See also: How to Print Document or Photo from Samsung Galaxy S3 to the Samsung Printer via Wi-Fi

But, what if the printer you already have is not the Samsung printer? Absolutely you don't have to worry because there's still a way that will allow you to print document or photo from your phone to any printer using the third-party apps called Cloud print.


How to print files to any printer using Cloud Print applications?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Download install Cloud print apps through the Google Play Store.
2. Configure the printer by going to http://www.google.com/cloudprint through your PC or laptop.
3. Once you've finished installing the apps and configuring the printer, now you can start to print the required document or photo from your phone to the printer that you already configured.

After you have known how to print files using Cloud print, now you can print the files you want directly from your phone to the configured printer, even though the printer is not the Samsung printer.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Print Document or Photo to the Samsung printer Via Wi-Fi

Samsung Galaxy SIII has the feature called group cast which will facilitate you to share document in real time easily with another Samsung Android device with AllShare play capability. Make sure you already have a Samsung account and connected at the same Wi-Fi network to be able to use this option.

See also: How to Share Document or File Using Group Cast on Samsung Galaxy S3

In addition to share document with another Samsung Android device, you can also print document or picture directly through your phone to the Samsung printer using Wi-Fi connection.


How to print document or picture to the Samsung printer via Wi-Fi?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Turn on the Wi-Fi then connecting your phone with the same Wi-Fi network where the Samsung printer is also connected.
2. Open the required document or picture on your phone that you wish to print.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Print.
4. Tap OK button on the notification window that inform you that you can only print on Samsung printer.
5. Tap the required Samsung printer.
6. Tap Settings (gear ) icon at the top area of the screen to adjust paper size and other settings required.
7. Tap Print icon located at the top right corner of the screen to print the document or picture.

By knowing the steps mentioned above of course will useful to help you to print the document or photo directly from your Samsung Galaxy SIII to the Samsung printer that connected at the same Wi-Fi network.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to See Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Easter Egg Animation

The latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has brings some new features to the users. As the features that you can find on your Samsung Galaxy SIII that already have upgraded to this operating system. You can find from the 'real useful' features such as blocking mode up to the 'fun only' features such as Easter Eggs Animation.

See also: How to See Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Easter Egg Animation on Samsung Galaxy S3

Apparently, the Easter egg animation is not only available on Android Jelly Bean, but also in other Android version including Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Basically the steps to find this features is a same, but the animation that you'll see is different.


How to see Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Easter egg animation?
To enjoy the Easter egg animation on Android 4.0 ICS, kindly do as follows:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll to About device, then tap it.
3. Scroll to Android version, then tap it rapidly till you see the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the big pixel art Android wearing an ice cream sandwich.
4. Long tap in the middle of the screen, then you'll see more Androids wearing ice cream sandwich flying across the screen.
   

Although this feature actually has no 'real function', but surely it will be a something little fun to play with.