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Youcan control some butnot allofChrome’sAuto-complete settings

Tweak Android’s

text-to-speech

settingsin the

Accessibility menu

Readers’ Helpdesk

Canyouhelpyourfellowreaderswiththeir

computerproblems?Sendyourquestionsand

answersto [email protected]

MOBILE

FixAndroid’stext-to-speech

engine

Q

Awhitesquareinagreycirclehas

appeared on myMotoG4phone

screenwith amessage thatthe text-to-

speechengineisnotready.This lasts

aroundasecond. Imusthavehad some

troublewith theSettings app for this to

appear,but nowIcan’t getridof it.

Colin Power,via email

A

This isn’tuncommon butit dates

back afewyears andtheproblem

still hasn’t been solved, so don’texpect

Googletosort itout anytime soon.

Theremaybeafewreasons whyyou’re

seeingthis symbol

and message,but the

mostlikely isa

conflict between the

text-to-speech

engineandan app

that’stryingtoaccess

it. If you’ve

downloadedany

apps thatuse the

speakers and

microphone,try

uninstalling them to

see ifthe problem

persists. You can’t,

unfortunately,disable

text-to-speech, butyoucould try going

to the Accessibility area of Settings,

double-checkingyour current settings

and turning off the screenreaders.

SteveClark ,FeaturesWriter ,Web User

BROWSERS

StopChromeauto-fil lingyour

addressbar

Q

HowdoIstop predictivetext

appearing intheChrome omnibox

whenItypesomething in theaddress

bar? Ibelie ve earlierversions of Chrome

had anoption in the Privacy settingsto

stop predictivetextbut version 78

doesn’t include this, so I’m guessing there

mustbeanotherwaytodoit.

I’veseen other people posting similar

problems on theweb, and some say

they’veswitchedto other browsers, such

as Operaand Fi refox, which letyou

disable predictivetext. I’ drather not do

this becaus eIlike usin gChromefor most

of my computerwork.

JohnWJones, via email

A

Forsome reason, it appears Google

doesn’twant youtostopusing its

predictions.We’dwager thatdataand ad

salesare two

reasons why

the option

has been

removed.

Youstill ha ve

somecontrol, though. SearchChrome

settingsforauto-complete.

Alternatively,you can deleteindividual

‘auto-completes’ from the omnibox.Start

typingaweb addressand,when itor any

other‘suggestedsearch’ appearsin the

drop-down box, use the arrowkeysto

highlightit.Hold the Shiftkey and press

Delete(not Backspace) to permanently

remove the suggestion from the list.

SteveClark ,FeaturesWriter ,Web User

A

In response toScott Darby’sIssue

48 7query,‘Can Itrickan old PC

gameintorunningonWindows10?’

(bit.ly/webuser487)–you canindeed

makeWindows10 ‘emulate’older

versionsof the OS. Find thegame or

program youwant andright-click

Properties.If this optionisn’tinthe

contextmenu,usetheSearchbar,

right-clickthe app inthe search results

and click‘Openfile location’. Right-

click the shortcut thatFileExplorer

highlights andselectProperties.

Go tothe Compatibility taband tick

‘Run thisprogram in compatibility

mode for:’and choose Windows8,7,

Usecompatibility modeinWindows 10

VistaSP1,Vista SP2or Vista. Sadly,it

doesn’tgobackanyfurther.These

steps work onWindows7and 8,too.

Flynn Farrow,via email

EBOOKS

Q

Does anyone knowifit’spossible

toshareAudiblebooks with

anotheruser?Iaddedmywifetomy

Amazon ‘family’ butshecan’taccess

myaudiobook library.

SeanGosden,via email

READERSRESPOND

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webusermagazineor twitter.com/webusermagazine.

GENERALPC

Q

Is thereaquick way to move old

programs and appsto anew

laptop?Upgradingaphone brings old

appsovertot he newdevice. Does

Windows 10 ha ve something similar?

HK Lord,via email

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CompatibilityModeletsyourunold

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