Hi all Thanks for your help on this one. I think the best option might be a new uncomplicated mobile phone with speech. The only one I know of is the alto 2, which appears to be easy to use and has fairly large push buttons, which would be better than a touch screen in this case. All he needs it for is making and receiving calls and texting. Does anyone have experience of using this phone? I know it has the Daniel and Serena voices which would be okay. Any comments would be welcome. David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 15 August 2013 09:57 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: silent mobile phone Hi David, You can't really. You would need sighted help to get into the Talks program and enable it. If it was just muted, it would come back on when you powered off and on the phone. But it sounds like they've set speech to none, or the synthesiser has become corrupted. Could mean a reinstall of Talks. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Russell Sent: 15 August 2013 09:48 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] silent mobile phone Hi all A friend of mine who is not at all technically minded, has a Nokia mobile phone which hass stopped speaking. Talx is installed on the phone. I believe the phone is the E65, but am not even certain of that. I do not have anyone to look at the screen, but assume that either talx is turned off or muted in some way. Could anyone give me suggestions as to key combinations I could try in order to regain speech. Thanks very much. David ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq