Can the Lumia 550 read out sms?

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can lumia 550 read out sms

I had a nokia lumiua 800 it could read out sms messages and let me reply or call sender all by voice activation is there a way to make 550 do this
 

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Re: can lumia 550 read out sms

Cortana is your friend here.

Cortana > Hamburger (≡) > Settings > speech settings > "Read aloud incoming text messages" can be toggled to do so under various conditions.

When you want to use voice commands, hold down on the search button ( magnifying-glass-icon-1005012615.png) and activate Cortana in listening mode. You can ask het to "call Cindy" or "text Sally" and she'll do it.


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Re: can lumia 550 read out sms

Hi RN,

When I had my Lumia 530 I had Cortana working fine reading texts out when driving, although I could never send them while driving.
I have since upgraded to a 550 Windows 10 phone and although Cortana does read out texts when not in car, she will not read them out when I am in car/driving. I have driving mode turned off. I can ring Cortana and send texts while driving after adding her number 555-555-9876 to address book.

Any ideas for anything else I could try to get her to read the texts out while driving?

TIA Kevin
 

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Windows 10 mobile - you need to activate cortana - click on the hamburger menu (top left) -->notebook-->settings-->read incoming text messages & choose what you want to be done.
 

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