Maybe a timer is not the feature you would expect to find in a screen reader, but Jieshuo goes beyond expectations by allowing you to not only set timers but also customize them.
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Creating a preset timer:
To create a timer:
- Go to “Jieshuo settings” and then select “Advanced settings.”
- Tap on “Timer settings” and then choose “Preset timer.”
- You’ll see a list of all the created preset timers. tap on any of them to edit or delete it.
- To create a new timer, activate the “New” option.
- Name: Assign a name to the timer.
- Minute: Choose the number of minutes.
- Label: Select a label for the timer. Note that labels are created in the “Timer label manager settings” within timer settings.
- What to say when the timer starts.
- What to say when the timer ends.
While creating the timer, you can specify the following details:
you can tap on “Delete” to remove the timer, “Cancel” to go back, or “OK” to save it.
Customizing additional timer settings:
To further customize the timer, navigate to the “Timer settings” and explore the “Time announcement TTS settings” section. Here, you can specify the TTS engine for time-related announcements in Jieshuo, including the stopwatch and preset timer. Additionally, you can customize the speech rate, pitch, volume, and audio channel options such as ringtone, media, alarm, notification, and accessibility.
From the timer settings also, you can access the “Preset timer announcement settings” to select what should be spoken after a certain time has passed. You have the option to choose one or more of the following: elapsed time, remaining time, and current time.
To define the intervals at which the announcements should be spoken, go to “Timer interval” within the timer settings. There, you can select from the available intervals. For example, if you choose 1 minute and enable the speaking of remaining time from the preset timer announcement settings, you will hear the remaining time announced after each minute has passed.
Moreover, you can specify whether a sound should be played when the specified interval is reached by checking the “Announce with sound” box, and you can enable vibration using the “Announce with haptics” checkbox.
Please note that TTS customizations, timer interval, and speech, sound, and vibration announcement preferences will also affect the stopwatch referred to as “timer” in Jieshuo.
starting/stopping a timer:
You can start a preset timer using any of the following methods:
Assigning a gesture or a volume key press to “timer”:
When customizing a gesture scheme or assigning actions to volume presses in “shortcut key settings,” follow these steps:
- Select the desired gesture or volume press.
- Choose “timer” from the available options.
- In the subsequent menu, you will find all previously created preset timers, provided you assigned names to those timers. If no names were assigned, they will not appear in the list. Simply select the timer you want, and it will start whenever the associated gesture is used.
- If you select “ask every time,” you will be presented with the list of preset timers every time you perform the gesture. In this menu, all created preset timers will be displayed, whether they have names or not. You can initiate any of them by tapping on it. Tapping “start now” will activate the stopwatch.
Utilizing the “Timer” function:
In the “Timer Settings” section, activate the “Default action for Timer function Settings” to define what occurs when you choose the timer function from the main menu or when you assign a gesture to it. In this menu, you will encounter the same preset timer list, which exclusively includes timers with names, along with the “Start Now” option to initiate the stopwatch and the “Always Ask” choice. By selecting one of the preset timers, it will be initiated whenever you use the “Timer” function.
Creating an auto click:
You can create an auto click within your gesture scheme. For example, if you’re using the custom gesture scheme, select it from general settings, tap on “More options,” and then create a new automatic click. Type the % sign followed by the function name of the timer mentioned earlier, followed by a / and then the name of the timer you want to start. For example,
%Timer/test
Save the auto click and assign it to the desired gesture. You can also make this auto click function an extension.
To stop the timer, use the same extension, gesture, or the “Timer” function.
To pause the timer, use the “Pause timer” function, and to resume it, use the same function.
Once the timer is active, you can check the elapsed time after unlocking or turning on the screen.
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