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Select settings for voice control

You can control many of the phone functions with your voice. You can call contacts from the address book, dictate messages and search the internet.

Nokia Lumia 1020
Nokia Lumia 1020
Nokia Lumia 1020
Nokia Lumia 1020
Nokia Lumia 1020
  • 1
    Find "speech"
    • Slide your finger left across the display to open the main menu.
    • Press Settings.
    • Press speech.
  • 2
    Select voice control settings
    • The following steps describe how you:
    • Select language
    • Select settings for reading text messages aloud
    • Turn on speech recognition
  • 3
    Select language
    • Press the field below "Speech language".
    • Press the required language.
  • 4
    Select settings for reading text messages aloud
    • Press the drop down list below "Read incoming text messages aloud".
    • Press the required setting.
    • You can choose if your phone should read text messages aloud depending on if a headset is connected or not.
  • 5
    Turn speech recognition on or off
    • Press Enable Speech Recognition Service to turn the function on or off.
    • When speech recognition is turned on, you can use more speech functions on your phone.
  • 6
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Home key to return to the home screen.