Microsoft Lumia 640

Microsoft Lumia 640

Select settings for voice control - Microsoft Lumia 640

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You can control many of the phone functions with your voice. You can call contacts from the address book, dictate messages and search the internet.

Step 1 of 11

Find "speech"

Slide your finger down the display starting from the top edge of your phone.
Press ALL SETTINGS.

Step 2 of 11

Find "speech"

Press speech.

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Step 3 of 11

Select voice control settings

The following steps describe how you:
Select settings for text message reading
Select voice
Select language
Turn on speech recognition

Step 4 of 11

Select settings for text message reading

Press the drop down list below "Read incoming text messages aloud".

You can select if your phone should only read messages aloud when a headset is connected.
Step 5 of 11

Select settings for text message reading

Press the required setting.

You can select if your phone should only read messages aloud when a headset is connected.
Step 6 of 11

Select voice

Press the drop down list below "Text-to-Speech voice".

Step 7 of 11

Select voice

Press the required setting.

Step 8 of 11

Select language

Press the field below "Speech language".

Step 9 of 11

Select language

Press the required language.

Step 10 of 11

Turn speech recognition on or off

Press Enable Speech Recognition Service to turn the function on or off.

When speech recognition is turned on, you can use several speech functions on your phone.
Step 11 of 11

Return to the home screen

Press the home icon to return to the home screen.

1. Find "speech"

Slide your finger down the display starting from the top edge of your phone.
Press ALL SETTINGS.
Press speech.

2. Select voice control settings

The following steps describe how you:
Select settings for text message reading
Select voice
Select language
Turn on speech recognition
Microsoft Lumia 640

3. Select settings for text message reading

Press the drop down list below "Read incoming text messages aloud".
You can select if your phone should only read messages aloud when a headset is connected.
Press the required setting.
You can select if your phone should only read messages aloud when a headset is connected.

4. Select voice

Press the drop down list below "Text-to-Speech voice".
Press the required setting.

5. Select language

Press the field below "Speech language".
Press the required language.

6. Turn speech recognition on or off

Press Enable Speech Recognition Service to turn the function on or off.
When speech recognition is turned on, you can use several speech functions on your phone.

7. Return to the home screen

Press the home icon to return to the home screen.