Yes, you can hear every character, but you still, for some reason, can make mistakes.  My phone I had before this would allow me to left and right arrow and hear spoken characters.  But that was one of the first screenreaders in a phone; it was mobile speak, so it was made for the blind, and it was an extra addon that had to be purchased,not just something made so a company can say it was upholding the law.  Pam.