Zoomtext - Using mouse echo

Zoomtext - Using mouse echo

Problem

A ZoomText customer wishes to change their Mouse Echo settings as a default setting.


Applies to

  1. ZoomText

Resolution

  1. Click the ZoomText taskbar button to open the ZoomText window.
  2. Click Reader toolbar tab to select Reader level tools.
  3. Click the black down arrow below Mouse button.
  4. In the drop down click to selecteither Hover or Instant menu items as desired echo behaviour.
  5. Then click Zoomtext menu > Configuration > Save as default.
  6. Then click Yes
    button when asked to overwrite default settings then default Mouse Echo settings set.

Instant echo

This will read text where possible under the mouse pointer instantly.  The advantage of this setting is that echo will immediate providing rapid feedback, but for some may be too chatty.

 

Hover Echo

Hover echo will only provide speech for text if the mouse is left on that text item for a short period which is adjustable.  For those who find instant echo too chatty this is a good option as speech will only start after a defined delay time. 


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