How to turn off assistive touch on Motorola

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Option 1: With the volume key shortcut
Option 2: With Google Assistant
Option 3: With device settings
Get more help

From the home screen, swipe down from the Notification bar with two fingers.
Tap the Settings icon.
Scroll to then tap Accessibility.
To access TalkBack features, tap TalkBack.
Tap the TalkBack switch to toggle on/off.
Tap OK.
Tap Next to proceed through the TalkBack tutorial. Tap Exit to close the tutorial.
Note: For this demonstration, tap 'Exit'.
To disable TalkBack, tap to select the TalkBack switch, then double-tap the switch to toggle off.
Triple-tap OK.

The TalkBack screen reader speaks text and image content on your screen. On your Android device, you can turn this setting on or off.

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Option 1: With the volume key shortcut

Option 2: With Google Assistant

Option 3: With device settings

Get help

Option 1: With the volume key shortcut

You can use the volume key shortcut to turn TalkBack on or off. Use the shortcut the first time you turn on and set up your device or after your device is set up. Learn how to check your Android version.

On the side of your device, find both volume keys.
Press and hold both volume keys for 3 seconds.
To confirm that you want to turn TalkBack on or off, press both volume keys for 3 seconds again.

Tip: By default, TalkBack speaks password characters to you. You can change the setting so that your phone doesn’t speak characters in secure fields unless you have headphones connected. Learn more about spoken passwords.

Learn how to change your TalkBack shortcut.

Option 2: With Google Assistant

Say “Hey Google.”
Say “Turn off TalkBack” or “Turn on TalkBack.”

Option 3: With device settings

If you have low vision or you help someone who is blind, you can navigate with settings to turn TalkBack on or off.

Important: When TalkBack is on, to activate, double-tap instead of single tap.

On your device, open Settings
.
Select Accessibility
TalkBack.
Turn Use TalkBack on or off.
Select Ok.

Tip: You can turn off the volume key shortcut. Learn more about accessibility shortcuts.

Get more help

For more help with Talkback, contact the Google Disability Support team.

TalkBack is the Google screen reader included on Android devices. TalkBack gives you eyes-free control of your device.

Press Volume buttons to start/stop TalkBack

You can press the Volume buttons to turn the screen reader TalkBack on or off.

To enable the shortcut:

Go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack.
Turn TalkBack shortcut on
.

To use the shortcut:

Press and hold the Volume Up and Down buttons at the same time for three seconds.

You'll hear confirmation that the feature has been turned on or off.

Use TalkBack to read screens

Hear descriptions of everything you touch.

Enable TalkBack

Go to Settings > Accessibility.
Touch TalkBack and turn Use TalkBack on
.
Touch Settings and set the options you want.

When TalkBack is on

Touch an item. Your phone speaks the name.
Start typing. Your phone speaks each number or letter.
Drag status bar down. Your phone speaks all of the notifications.
Open a message, file, or book. Your phone reads the text out loud.
TalkBack gestures help you navigate and perform frequent actions. Learn more.

Change readout volume

Press a Volume button to open volume settings, then use the
slider to adjust the level.
Or, during voice readout, repeatedly press a Volume button.

Stop readout

To pause or resume readout, press & hold both the Volume Up and Down buttons at the same time for three seconds, until you hear confirmation that TalkBack is on or off. You can change the accessibility feature associated with this shortcut.

Or, turn TalkBack off:

Go to Settings > Accessibility.
Touch TalkBack and turn Use TalkBack off
.
To use the Volume keys or a swipe gesture as a shortcut to turn the reader on/off, touch TalkBack shortcut, then select keys or gesture.