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a wide range of new support for both OVI Maps and newer Symbian ^3 devices.
For the full release notes please read below.
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Nuance TALKS&ZOOMS Version 5.20
Release Notification
1. Introduction
We proudly announce the release of the Nuance
Accessibility Suite Nuance TALKS and ZOOMS
Version 5.20 supporting Series 60 3rd Edition
/ 5th Edition for February 17, 2011.
This version also introduces support for
Symbian^3 in Nuance TALKS. Screen
magnification using ZOOMS is not yet supported on Symbian^3 in this release.
For Users with a Premium license this version
also contains the new Daisy2go 2.01 minor update.
This release uses the same versions of
Eloquence and Vocalizer as the previous one
(6.1.123 and 5.22, respectively). The TTS
installation file for Eloquence US English has
been updated to extend the user dictionary.
Version 5.20 is a free upgrade for all Premium
Edition licenses generated after November
13th, 2007 (the release date of TALKS 3.50 for
3rd Edition). In particular, this means that
it can be installed by any customer who is
currently able to run version 4.11 or 5.01 without requiring a new license.
2. The new handsets
2.1. Changes to the list of supported phone models
The following handsets are newly supported
(please see section 4 "Known Issues" about some limitations):
Nokia C6-00
Nokia C7-00
Nokia E5-00
Nokia N8-00
We also assume the following phones to work
without major problems. However we have not
got enough test results yet to definitely confirm this:
Nokia C5-03
Nokia C6-01
Nokia E7-00
See section 6 for a full list of compatible handsets for this version.
3. What's New?
This section lists the improvements of
TALKS&ZOOMS 5.20 compared to the previous version (5.01).
3.1. Support for Symbian^3
Nuance TALKS 5.20 is the first screen reader
that supports the new Symbian^3 platform that
is used by Nokia in some of its most recent
smartphone models, such as the N8-00 and the
C7-00. Support for the just-released E7-00 is
likely, but has not yet been confirmed.
Overall, access to Symbian^3 works in a very
similar manner to the approach used for 5th
Edition touch screen phones, by relying on a
combination of list navigation using the side
keys of the phone together with the ability to
"explore" the screen. As reminder, "exploring"
can be started by holding the finger on one
position for about half a second, and then
moving around. Lifting and tapping again
anywhere on the screen will click on the most recently "explored" position.
As usual, some features, such as side key
navigation, are only available once the phone
has been powered off and back on after installing or re-enabling TALKS.
As a special feature for Symbian^3 phones
which do not include physical [Call] and
[Exit] keys, such as the N8-00, two new TALKS
shortcuts have been introduced to still be
able to perform these important functions quickly:
[Talks],[Power] simulates the [Call] key, e.g.
to accept an incoming call or to open the list of most recently dialled calls.
[Talks],[long Power] simulates the [Exit] key,
to hang up or reject a call. Note that the
call is only hung up after the [Power] key is
released, unlike with most other "long" TALKS commands.
A few remarks on specific areas with limited
accessibility on Symbian^3 phones:
· Symbian^3: screen magnification
using ZOOMS and Automation are not yet supported.
· Some Symbian^3-specific gestures,
such as pinch-to-zoom and long-tapping a menu
item to open its context menu are not
available while TALKS is running. Anyway, in
the case of context menus it is generally
possible to access the same functions by
navigating to the menu item using the side
keys, and then opening the Options menu.
· It is not yet possible for TALKS to
speak while a phone call is in progress.
Speech is however available when an incoming
call is ringing, and the ringtone has been
muted by pressing [Key 2]. Please note that
TALKS does not yet announce the number or name
of the caller in this case. It is therefore
recommended to use the "Say caller's name"
option in the current profile to get this information instead.
· The new Conversations view in
Messaging, which lists all the incoming and
outgoing messages for a particular contact, is
not fully supported in this version. This view
also opens by default when reacting to an
incoming message from the pop-up dialog in the
home screen, so it is recommended to go to the
Options menu in the Messaging application, and
to change the Message View setting from
Conversations to Inbox. The Conversation
view uses an embedded browser, so it can be
made partially accessible using the new
feature described in section 3.3 (see below).
· Selecting a bookmark in the web
browser is only possible by exploring the
screen and tapping onto the list item, not by
pressing [long Vol Down] on the list item.
3.2. Support for Ovi Maps
This version of TALKS introduces support for
the Ovi Maps 3 application that is either
built-in or available as a download for most
devices from Series 60 3rd Edition FP1
onwards. Initial support has been optimized
for Ovi Maps 3.03 and 3.04 on keyboard-phones,
though earlier and later versions (as found,
for example on Symbian^3) can be used successfully as well.
Generally, important information and focus
details are read as usual on most screens. A
few specific details are worth mentioning:
On the "My Position" screen, TALKS reads the
address of the current position by default.
Pressing [Talks],[long Key 2] for additional
information also reads the city/region.
While following a route on the "Drive" and
"Walk" screens, TALKS will read the street and
distance to the next turn by default, and give
additional information (e.g. current position,
distance to destination etc.) when pressing [Talks],[long Key 2].
While following a route in "driving" mode, it
is possible to preview the next turns by
pressing [Up] several times. This will read
the street names and distances to travel for
each of the turns. This feature is not available in "walking" mode.
While following a route, the standard keyboard
commands of Ovi Maps are available, such as
[4] to repeat reading of the last instruction
and [2] to save the current position as a favourite.
Additional services, such as "Weather",
"Events" or "More" in the main menu are not yet accessible.
The contents of the "About" screen (under
Options > Support) are currently not read.
Please note that on touch phones, some default
read-outs may not be optimal, but all
information is still accessible by "exploring" the screen.
3.3. Access to embedded browser views (e.g. Help screens)
An increasing number of applications are using
an embedded version of web browser to display
content that does not directly come from a web
page. Examples are the display of Help pages
in many applications on 3rd Edition FP2 and
later phones, contents of e-mail messages in
HTML format and the Conversations view on Symbian^3 phones.
On touch phones, these screens can be
recognized by the fact that the virtual
keyboard for the browser is displayed, but
that navigating the page beyond the page title
is not possible. Also, the announcement of the
number of links (or "Page has no links") is missing.
Version 5.20 offers a method to make the
textual content (though not the links) in some
of these pages accessible upon request: when
such a page is shown on the screen, simply
press [Talks],[Down] to read the page
contents. If necessary, this will first try to
convert the page text into a readable format, and then start reading it.
In some cases, it may be necessary to press
the key a second time to commence reading.
Also, this method does yet work in all applications.
3.4. Various changes
This section lists further changes to TALKS that were made in this update:
Application support:
Focus in Nokia Internet Radio is now recognized.
Lists in N97 web radio are now read.
Made several improvements to accessibility of
Java apps (e.g. automatic reading of
non-editable text fields and of some types of input controls).
New e-mail application on C6-00 is now supported.
Reduced verbosity of Calendar app on newer
phones (e.g. E52), and improved reliability of focus reading in some views.
Touch screen improvements:
When exploring, objects that consist of
nothing but an unlabeled graphic are spoken as "Icon".
Icon for closing full screen in lower right
corner of touch browser is now read (as a soft key).
Holding [Camera] key while exploring screen
forces explore mode, and prevents accidental clicking.
[Talks],[long Vol Down] to switch between
navigation and volume control now takes effect
immediately, and works in applications where
it failed previously, such as Daisy2go.
Fixed incorrect cycling on [long Vol Up] from
softkeys back to focus on screens with Text object (e.g. Notes or New Message).
Daisy2go improvements:
Fixed some cases where a few seconds were cut
off at the end of an audio file.
Changed tab width in Settings so all three tabs are accessible by touch.
Bug fixes:
Fixed out-of-memory messages after opening and
closing a large number of applications or messages.
Fixed reading of Symbol table with new E52/E72 firmware 051.x.
Fixed text entry in browser on phones with new
web browser 7.2, and on N97mini.
Added missing punctuation reading for some
common Unicode dash characters, and introduced
short pauses when reading forced line breaks.
Fixed some cases where order of punctuation
and right-to-left text is incorrect, or where
right-to-left text was read in the wrong order.
Fixed problems with finding user dictionaries
and app settings on drive F, especially after
moving TALKS installation to a different drive.
4. Known Issues with specific handsets and apps
· Touch phones: currently, there are
some limitations to the use of the on-screen
keyboard for text entry. In particular, the
menus for switching to other keyboard layouts
and for picking suggestions from the T9
dictionary are not fully accessible. Switching
to other keyboard layouts is not recommended,
as some of them (e.g. mini-Qwerty or
handwriting) are not yet supported by TALKS, and can be difficult to exit.
· Touch phones: the symbol table in
the virtual keyboard is currently not
accessible. On 5th Edition phones only (but
not on Symbian^3) opening the symbol table in
the on-screen keyboard can lead to the
keyboard stopping to take input until you
press [Exit] to go to the main menu, and then
return to the application where you were entering text.
· Touch phones: text entry into an
object announced as "Fields" (e.g. a date or a
time) is not supported well by this version of
TALKS, as the virtual keyboard cannot be used
with speech. This limits the use of the
Calendar and Clock applications that rely on
these types of objects for date and time input.
· On some phones, holding the [Camera]
key does not launch the Camera application
while this version of TALKS is active. The
camera can still be opened through the phone's
menu, or assigned to a softkey on the home screen.
· Internet radio on 3rd Edition
phones: long list items start scrolling
horizontally when they become focused, so
TALKS will repeat their contents partially a
few times until they stop moving. Also, some
details on the "Now playing" screen are not
read by default, though they are available
through the Object Viewer (a feature only available in TALKS Premium).
· N97: training mode will read the
digits, rather than the letters, for the keys
in the top row of the QWERTY keyboard.
· Some keyboard functions, such as
[Talks],[digit] shortcuts on the Idle screen
and the use of the side keys to navigate
through menus on 5th Edition, are only
supported after the phone has been rebooted
once after installing or re-enabling TALKS.
· E55: [Talks],[digit] shortcuts have
been reported to not work properly on this
phone, most likely as a result of the unusual keyboard layout.
· 3rd Edition (FP1 and FP2): the
"Search" application is not supported.
· 3rd Edition FP2: You will notice a
slow response of voice recognition "beep"
after holding [Key 2] when TALKS is not muted
· E75: When using ZOOMS, moving around
the screen by holding down the cursor keys is
currently not possible. The magnified portion
of the screen always follows the current focus position.
· N96: "Photos" application (and
"Photos" submenu of "Gallery") is not supported.
· N96: Daisy2Go does not support
firmware versions prior to 20.x of this phone.
5. FAQ
Q: Your software does not install on my
E-Series handset or branded device, and reports a Certificate Error! Why?
A: While TALKS&ZOOMS for Symbian itself is
certified, and thus can be installed on any
supported handset, the installers for the TTS
engines (Eloquence or Vocalizer for Mobile)
are not signed. E-Series handsets and some
branded devices only accept the installation
of signed software, unless you turn of the
corresponding option inside the Application Manager:
· Open the phone menu.
· Open the App. Manager inside the Tools folder
· Press "Options", then select "Settings".
· Set "Software Installation" from "Signed only" to "All".
· Press "Back" to close the Settings
dialogue, then "Exit" to close the App. Manager.
· Now, you can install the TTS engine.
Another reason could be that the date on your
phone is not set correctly as Symbian apps
need to be digitally signed, SIS files can
only be installed if the phone is set to a valid date.
Q: Can I install the new release of
TALKS&ZOOMS, while a previous release is active?
A: Yes, if the new version is installed to the
same memory location as the previous release.
If you would like to change the memory
location, you have to remove the previous release first!
Q: Why do I get an "Upgrade error" when
installing the S60 3rd/5th Edition version?
A: The most likely reasons are that you have
used a beta release, or already have the Nokia
TTS driver available that was installed as a
separate file with version 3.10. Please remove
any beta version, as well as the Nokia TTS
driver or the Nuance Speech2Go Reader
application, before upgrading to TALKS 5.20.
Q: Why do I get an "Invalid serial number"
error when trying to activate a demo version
of TALKS, even though I have entered the code
correctly and never used TALKS on this phone before?
A: The most likely reason is that TALKS thinks
the demo has already "expired" because the
date on the phone is set incorrectly, usually to some date in the future.
6. Full compatibility list
6.1. Current models
This section lists compatible handsets running
on Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2,
Series 60 5th Edition and Symbian^3, many of
which are available at least in some markets:
Keyboard phones:
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Nokia 6700 slide (but not 6700 classic!)
Nokia 6210 Navigator
Nokia 6220 Classic
Nokia 6650 fold
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia 6720 classic
Nokia 6730 classic
Nokia 6790 Surge / slide
Nokia C5-00
Nokia E5-00
Nokia E52
Nokia E66
Nokia E71
Nokia E71x
Nokia E72
Nokia E73
Nokia E75
Nokia N78
Nokia N79
Nokia N85
Nokia N86
Nokia N96
Touch screen phones:
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia C6-00
Nokia C7-00
Nokia N8-00
Nokia N97
Nokia N97mini
Nokia X6
Untested, but expected to work:
Nokia 5228 Xpress Music
Nokia 5230 Xpress Music
Nokia 5235 Xpress Music
Nokia 5530 Xpress Music
Nokia 5730 Xpress Music
Nokia C5-03
Nokia C6-01
Nokia E7-00
Nokia X5-01
6.2. Earlier models (3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and older)
This section lists handsets running earlier
versions of Series 60 3rd Edition which can
still be upgraded to run TALKS 5.00. However,
they are typically no longer available in most
regions except as second-hand and refurbished devices.
Nokia 3250
Nokia 5500
Nokia 5700
Nokia 6110 Navigator
Nokia 6120C
Nokia 6121C
Nokia 6124 Classic
Nokia 6290
Nokia E50
Nokia E51
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E61i
Nokia E62
Nokia E63
Nokia E65
Nokia E70
Nokia E90
Nokia N71
Nokia N72
Nokia N73
Nokia N75
Nokia N76
Nokia N80
Nokia N81/ N81 8GB
Nokia N82
Nokia N91
Nokia N95 / N95 8GB
Regards,
Neil Barnfather
Talks List Administrator
Twitter @NeilBarnfather
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