New! Nuance TALKS Version 2.5 Standard and Premium Editions

Overview
Running on Symbian™ Series 60 phones, Nuance TALKS converts the displayed text on the mobile handset into highly intelligible speech. With Nuance TALKS, blind and low-vision users can take advantage of most features, including contact directories, caller ID, text messages, help files, access to the Nokia web browser, and other screen content, available on their mobile phones. Plus, Nuance TALKS Premium Edition supports Braille input/output and provides five bonus applications.

Nuance TALKS' eyes-free access can also deliver greater convenience and mobility to sighted cellular handset users. For example, it enables drivers to access text messages, listen to email, and manage contact information from their mobile phones-without taking their eyes off the road.

Key Features
Spelling speed setting
Allows the user to define different speech rates for normal read-out and spelling text.
Various options for reading numbers
Numbers longer than four digits can now be read as single digits, double digits, or whole numbers.
Echo mode
An independent setting allows the user to turn on a special key echo mode for those who like to use the T9 dictionary when entering text.
Echo Passwords mode
Allows the user to hear the letters entered into a password field.
TALKS Key Timeout and TALKS Mode Timeout
Allows the user to set a timeout for cases where the TALKS key is pressed accidentally, and allow to repeat a command or even execute different commands without Pressing the TALKS key again.
Hear caller ID information
Adds speech output to the original user interface of the cell phone.
Software only
No additional hardware is needed.
Uses ETI-Eloquence Text-to-Speech
Widely used in desktop screen reading applications.
Control over volume and speaking rate
Supports many third-party applications
Supports IM+ (Instant Messenger) [S60], the Wayfinder GPS application [S60], and the SolvoEd dictionary [S60 and S80].

Target Customers
Blind persons and those with severe visual impairments
Low-vision and seniors (combined with Nuance ZOOMS™)
Users with needs for eyes-free operation of handset

Supported Platforms
The Nuance Talks software runs on most handsets with the Symbian Series 60 operating system.