How to Turn Off Double Tap on Samsung Tablet

Android phones with Android version 4.0 and higher (Ice Cream Sandwich), like Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S III, Nexus device, HTC handset or Motorola -- have the TalkBack feature on their device accessibility settings. This feature is found in devices having Jelly Bean and ICS. This feature can be helpful for persons with sight impaired, a voice reading aloud anything you do on your phone, like read the number buttons, time, name of the app icons, etc. Activating TalkBack mode blocks few other features in the phone though, like you cannot open the notification center, or take screenshots.

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• 1 NOTE: Please remember that when TalkBack is active, the normal method of tap on button or icon to select or execute a command does not work, You have to Double tap to select, also the normal one finger swipe does not work, instead you have to Use two spread fingers to swipe.
• 2 Turn Off TalkBack
  • 2.1 steps mentioned below are for Samsung Galaxy S4, other devices (Brand and Model) might differ a bit, but with the same trend.
  • 2.2 Alternative way is to Disable / Deactivate TalkBack
  • 2.3 Turn off TalkBack with screen locked
• 3 How to pass locked screen then deactivate TalkBack when "Explore by Touch" is active
  • 3.1 Pass locked screen
  • 3.2 Disable TalkBack & Explore by Touch
  • 3.3 Device still speaks even if TalkBack is deactivated
• 4 Tips Tricks & Warnings
• 5 Questions and Answers
  • 5.1 This is the Tab 3, not the phone. On the accessibility / TalkBack line, there is no "off" button, no "deactivate" button. Incomprehensible, but true, I have NO idea what caused this curse to turn on in the first place.
  • 5.2 How to take off TalkBack on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3?
  • 5.3 Can my device (Galaxy Tab 3) read Epub files to me?
  • 5.4 Talk without collecting information?
  • 5.5 I cannot get into any app on my Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0, also it repeats everything I click on? Help, it is driving me crazy?
  • 5.6 How do you open the Samsung Galaxy Tab A when the text-to-speech option is activated? The tablet won't take my password because the letters are not being entered as I input them.
  • 5.7 My Android One Touch is talking back my time, it has changed and I have to tap twice to get it to do right please help?
  • 5.8 I have a blue box around all icons, if I tap on an icon a blue box appears and icon doesn't open so can't get to settings?
  • 5.9 Hi Fran my screen is stuck and I cannot turn off the TalkBack button of because of this can you help please?
• 6 Comments

NOTE: Please remember that when TalkBack is active, the normal method of tap on button or icon to select or execute a command does not work, You have to Double tap to select, also the normal one finger swipe does not work, instead you have to Use two spread fingers to swipe.

steps mentioned below are for Samsung Galaxy S4, other devices (Brand and Model) might differ a bit, but with the same trend.

1. 1

   Since TalkBack is active (Marked in Blue), use your spread two fingers to pull down the Notification Panel and access "Settings"

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   It is the small teethed wheel on top (Marked in Orange) , or press the "Menu" Hard button to access "Settings".

   

2. 2

   

3. 3

   Turn Off the "TalkBack" by sliding the button to Off position, remember to use two spread fingers to slide it

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Take a look at the following video where it shows you the technique of double tap and two finger swipe. The video uses the Samsung Galaxy S3, yet the procedure is similar in all Android Devices with OS v.4 and higher. Turn Off TalkBack on Samsung Galaxy S3

Alternative way is to Disable / Deactivate TalkBack

This approach will completely disable the TalkBack feature (it is not just turning OFF), to be able to do it please remember the above note of Double tap / two finger swipe to follow the steps.

1. 1

   Since TalkBack is active (Marked in Blue), use your spread two fingers to pull down the Notification Panel and access "Settings"

   .

   It is the small teethed wheel on top (Marked in Orange) , or press the "Menu" Hard button to access "Settings".

   

2. 2

   Navigate to "Application Manager" using two fingers to scroll down, and Double tap to select and tap.

3. 3

   Double tap on the "All' tab, Scroll down till you find "TalkBack", double tap to select

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4. 4

   Double tap on the "TalkBack" to enter to its page, in there, simply double tap on the "Disable" button

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   You will get a warning that disabling this will cause dependant applications to stop working, select "OK" or "Continue".

   

5. 5

   Now "TalkBack" is completely Disabled.

6. 6

   Since "TalkBack" was enabled when we disabled it, the "hand" icon indicating that "TalkBack" is active will still be shown (Marked in Orange), even the "TalkBack" is Disabled. I even tried to reboot the Galaxy S4, and it was still there.

   

   1. That "hand" will only be off, if you go back and Enable the "TalkBack".

      

   2. REBOOT !!!, if you do not reboot, you will not find "TalkBack" in the "Accessibility" mentioned in the next step.
   3. From "Settings" > "My Device" > "Accessibility" > Turn "TalkBack" ON, then OFF.

      

      

7. 7

   If you follow this method, you will avoid accidental turning ON the "TalkBack".

Turn off TalkBack with screen locked

1. 1

2. 2

   Swipe two fingers over the lock screen.

3. 3

   To unlock a Password locked screen

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   1. Long press the password box.
   2. Double tap it.
   3. A keyboard will display. Long press your password characters to enter them.

4. 4

   Long press or double tab the "Done" button on the keyboard.

5. 5

   Now, that your screen is unlocked, follow above instruction to deactivate.

The "Explore by Touch" feature will tell you what key is pressed before actually fulfilling the key action.

Pass locked screen

When TalkBack is active & "Explore by Touch" is also active, the locked screen will show you a prompt to "Double tap and then swipe the screen to unlock", that will not work unless you are on Nexus device. For other devices like Note2, Galaxy S3... other than Nexus, you need to swipe two fingers across locked screen, but no tapping needed.

Disable TalkBack & Explore by Touch

In general you need to get to the "Settings", since TalkBack and Explore by Touch are both ON, and you get passed the locked screen as per above instructions:

1. 1

   Remember that you need to use Long Press / Double tap to navigate.

2. 2

   Access the "Settings" by

   :

   1. Easiest way to access the "Settings" is to pull down the Notification panel.
   2. Use the hard "Menu" button of your device if it has that.

3. 3

   Long press on the "Settings" and a yellow square will show indicating your choice.

4. 4

   Double tap anywhere on the screen to confirm your selection.

5. 5

   Use your two fingers to scroll down to "Accessibility"

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   Then Long press and double tap to get in.

6. 6

   Also scroll to TalkBack, Long press and double tap to get in.

7. 7

   Long press and double tap the icon on the upper right corner, and Confirm Turning off TalkBack by Long press and double tap the "OK" button.

Device still speaks even if TalkBack is deactivated

In this case, Driving mode must be turned on. This mode allows you to safely use your tablet while you drive, as the phone will speak out loud the information associated with any notifications that you receive while you're driving. To turn driving mode off, swipe down from the top of your phone with two fingers to bring down your notification panel, and turn Driving mode (also known as Hands free mode) Off.

• In Nexus devices, you have the option to turn Off the "Explore by Touch" from within the settings of TalkBack.
• In TalkBack (when "Explore to touch" is Off") , to Select: Double tap.
• In TalkBack (when "Explore to touch" is On") , to Select: Long press then Double tap.

This is the Tab 3, not the phone. On the accessibility / TalkBack line, there is no "off" button, no "deactivate" button. Incomprehensible, but true, I have NO idea what caused this curse to turn on in the first place.

When you go to Accessibility, there is no option there that you can turn off the TalkBack mode of the phone. When you go to Accessibility option on the phone, you need to tap the TalkBack first and there you will find there the button that you need to select to turn off this option, it is located on top of the phone screen when you go to that settings. Normally, the TalkBack switch does not say as turn off but it just have an green icon if its enabled. It doesn't matter if you have the Samsung Galaxy Tab and not the Samsung Galaxy phones, they have the same OS basic features to where you can find and enable and disable.

Another way to disable TalkBack is by going to all the applications running on your device. Just go to the Settings then Manage Applications or Applications manage and look for the TalkBack, simply tap it and hit on force to stop to set the settings back to original in the TalkBack only. You can find these steps in the above article for alternative.

If worst things happened that you still cannot find that off button and wanted to disabled, there is another way. The alternate way is to set the phone back to factory settings, this means that you are going to wipe the phone's content to zero. Before you do a reset to factory, you need to do a back-up first to your computer to have the contents back up and restore it later on your Tablet using your Samsung Keys. Doing a reset on your phone will set everything to its default condition to all of the settings you made before.

More or less, you enable the TalkBack on your Tablet that you did not notice it or maybe when you are checking or exploring the settings of the device. One possible reason also is if someone used your Tablet and play with the settings and did not inform you that he/she enabled some settings where he/she find him/her self do not know how to disabled it. Try to recall who was the last 3 person used your Tablet as you prime suspect, could be your children, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend or even friends. Such settings will not enable itself, unless, some enabled it on your Tablet.

How to take off TalkBack on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3?

I cannot do anything. I cannot scroll down or slide down the thing where you can see the stuff downloading

To be able to use the device with TalkBack on your device, you are going to need to double tap your selections to process through the selection. I can help you with turning off this feature on your device so that you no longer have to go through the issue of TalkBack on your Galaxy Tab device.

Here below are the steps:

Double tap selections

-Tap on settings.

-Tap on accessibility.

-Tap on TalkBack mode.

-Tap on the slider then afterward slide the option off.

-On the pop up select OK to continue.

Can my device (Galaxy Tab 3) read Epub files to me?

Broke my glasses, trying to get my Galaxy Tab 3 to read to me

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Talk without collecting information?

Hi! I would like to ask how to avoid that when you activate TalkBack, it's policy & agreement says that the application will collect data from your phone. If you read it in full, then it shows even accounts and sends them out. Can I make it work and keep my privacy at the same time? Thanks!

You will have to permit the application to get all of the demanded access to your device by agreeing. Fortunately, we have not found any potential leaks of privacy.

The application asks for permission to

• receive notifications when you are interacting with the application, which will keep your privacy;
• inspect window content you are interacting with, which is done locally too;
• speak out loud the touched items, which keeps your privacy;
• install scripts to ease the usage of the application, which does not send any data;
• "observe" text as you type it, including credit card data, which is done locally, and it is not sent anywhere.

When you install the software, you will be warned that it will

• read phone status and identity;
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage;
• read the contents of your USB storage;
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage;
• read the contents of your USB storage;
• read phone status and identity;
• send package removed broadcast;
• control vibration;
• run at startup;
• prevent device from sleeping;
• view network connections;
• draw over other applications;
• change your audio settings;
• have full network access.

"Send package removed broadcast" means that TalkBack will show a notification that an application package has been removed. All other permissions are local.

I cannot get into any app on my Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0, also it repeats everything I click on? Help, it is driving me crazy?

I cannot get into any app on my Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0, also it repeats everything I click on? Help, it is driving me crazy?

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How do you open the Samsung Galaxy Tab A when the text-to-speech option is activated? The tablet won't take my password because the letters are not being entered as I input them.

My Galaxy Tab shows "Enter password" while the text-to-speech option is enabled, but the keys won't allow me to enter my password correctly.

First, tap on the required key that you want to enter. Then, double-tap the key to enter it. Basically, it is triple-tapping each single letter.

My Android One Touch is talking back my time, it has changed and I have to tap twice to get it to do right please help?

When I tap one on any app, a yellow box result then I tap twice and get app, please help

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I have a blue box around all icons, if I tap on an icon a blue box appears and icon doesn't open so can't get to settings?

A blue box appears around all icons and doesn't work so can't even turn phone off and can not get to settings. I have tried: I have tried to swipe blue box but it just moves to another icon. Took SIM card out and put back in but nothing happened. I think it was caused by: I really don't know.

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Hi Fran my screen is stuck and I cannot turn off the TalkBack button of because of this can you help please?

I am on the home screen, my TalkBack button is on and I would like to take it off however I do not see all the icons on the home screen

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How to Turn Off Double Tap on Samsung Tablet

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