Blind Android Users Podcast

Episode 115: It’s all about the Samsung Galaxy S23, and we continue our Settings tour

This week, we resume our comprehensive look at the Settings app

Announcements

we first pray for our listeners in turkey siria and New Zealand effected by the strongand destructive earthquakes

Austin reminds you to subscribe to the Blind Android Users Youtube channel, that way you could have seen John’s unboxing of the latest and greatest Samsung phone way earlier than you could have seen it anywhere else!

Android basics

This week, we resume our tour of the Settings app, and look at the portion of the app relating to Google.

mainly backup settings.

Spotlight

John reviews the galaxy s23 ultra.

For the unboxing, click on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3OHKj5yxsk&t=15s

John reviews the Samsung Galaxy S23.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demonstration of Jumbo 4, an app designed to keep your information safe online and notify you if your personal data such as passwords have been exposed via a hack.

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Episode 114: Android14 Developer Preview1

Google dropped the very first Dev Preview of Android14.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS (IN THE NEWS)

We want to thank you listeners for subscribing to our YouTube channel as we are now at 856 subscribers.

We are looking forward to reaching that 1000 mark this year.

OnePlus debuts OnePlus11

“RealMe” guys came through with the “Coca-Cola” phones.

 

ANDROID BASIC: Android14 Developer Preview 1

Your BAU podcast crew reflects on the very first preview of Android14.

Pointing out some of the major highlights as well as voicing our disappointments.

Austin does a demo of how you can opt in or out of android bets on your pixel phones using android flash tool.

You can use the same steps to flash android 14.

 

THE XIAOMI “MI UI” (AKA the “Cat UI).

Ed demonstrates the Xiaomi UI as shown on his Xiaomi 12 phone.

 

“APP OF THE WEEK”

For Episode114, the “App of the week” is called “AppDash.”

 

TALKBACK HIGHLIGHTS

John Dyer brings us another instalment from the “Talkback Highlights” series.

 

Android Journey by Ken from Texas

This week, our friend Ken from Texas brings us his “Android Journey” story.

 

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Episode 113: It’s all about Samsung!!

This week, we look back at the Samsung Unpacked event.

Announcements

· The Competition Forum of India has fined Google for not allowing Google apps to be uninstalled from the Android OS.

· Realme have teamed up with Coca-Cola and will be launching a Coca-Cola edition phone in the near future.

Spotlight

This week, we catch up on all the news from the Samsung Galaxy Unpackedevent, and discuss whythe S23 series doesn’t have satellite support.

App of the week

Ed demonstrates ExpressVPN, and talks a bit about why you might want a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in the first place.

Tip of the week

Warren talks to us all about safe mode in the Android operating system.

Highlights from Talkback

John brings us the latest in the Highlights from Talkback series.

My Android Journey by Will Murgatroyd.

Will Murgatroyd comes to give us his android journey.

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Episode 112: App bonanza!!

This week, it’s our first App Bonanza of 2023.

Spotlight

It’s our first App Bonanza of the year! We try to hold these every quarter, so keep an eye out across our social media channels for the next one and do please send us contributions! It takes the load off the crew and it’s great to hear new voices. This time, Warren demonstrates the Samsung Internet Browser – you don’t need a Samsung phone folks, Austin shows us the Yatri - Mumbai Local App – a transportation app for helping you navigate the city of Mumbai, John brings us the audio editor and recorder AudioLab, and Warren returns with a demo of an app which lets you examine and extract the apps installed on your device - Boundo.

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Episode 111: DIGITAL WELL-BEING

We return to the System Settings

ANNOUNCEMENTS (IN THE NEWS)

In this episode, we don’t necessarily have announcements pertaining to our website or anything of the sort; instead, we highlighted some happenings with both T-Mobile and Twitter.

T-Mobilewas breached again and customers’ info became available.

Twitter restricts access to its API, meaning third-party clients can’t access the service.

Warren appeared on the “Android Insight,” a monthly Android discussion service of the “iBugToday” while Fi was a guest on a UK “Radio Connect” show where she talked about Android.

ANDROID BASIC: Digital Well-being

In this episode, we return to the “System Settings” and dived into the “Digital Well-being” with all of its tools.

Talkback Highlights

John Dyer brings us another instalment from the “Talkback Highlights” series.

LISTENERS QUESTIONS

We now have a segment called “Listeners Questions” or “Your questions,” where the podcast crew gives answers to those questions.

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Episode 110: Talkback 13.1 and an unboxing!!

This week, we discuss the new features in Talkback 13.1 and Fi Dunn unboxes the VarioUltra 40.

Announcements

· The beta for Android 13 QPR2 has dropped, and we discuss the changes.

Android basics

We discuss the extensive new feature set in Talkback 13.1.

Spotlight

This week, Fi provides an unboxing of the excellent VarioUltra 40.

Talkback highlights

Building on our Android basics section, John demonstrates some of the new features in Talkback 13.1.

Tip of the week

It’s John again, and this time he shows us how to block someone on Telegram. As it happens, it’s Warren!

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Episode 109: It is CES2023

Welcome to our very first episode of 2023!

ANDROID BASIC: THE SPOTLIGHT

In this episode, we are spotlighting a couple subject matters—“Fresh news from Diane Ducharme of Blindshell USA,” with the good news that the Blindshell Classic2 now supports the “BARD” app, and the BAU podcast crew reflects on some of the techy stuff coming out of “CES2023.”

Below are some of the items the crew touched on:

· Nokia G100 and G400

· Qi2 wireless solution brings “magsafe” to Android

· The Pixel watch is getting a feature to keep your phone unlocked

· Google’s rolling out “Tap-to-move” to your Android13-powered phone

· Qualcomm partners with “Iridium” not “Raytheon,” as wrongly alluded to in the discussion with a question mark to bring two-way texting capability on your Qualcomm 8Gen2X-powered phone

· this is world’s first 55-inch wireless tv mountable on any surface using vacuum cups

APP OF THE WEEK

In the “app of the week,” Miłosz Nowicki demos Smiling Mind.” A meditation/yoga app

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Episode 108: Happy New Year!

This week, we review the Blind Shell Classic 2 and look back on the year.

Announcements

· Austin announces the hotly anticipated best OCR app of 2022. I’d link the winner in the show notes, but then you won’t listen to find out who won …

Android basics

We look back at the phones and other Android paraphernalia released in 2022.

Spotlight

This week, John reviews the Blind Shell Classic 2.

App of the week.

Warren demos I Stem ocr app, the developer Sunil was interviewed in episode 107

Tip of the week

It’s John again, and this time he shows us the audio separation feature available on Samsung devices.

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Episode 107: Episode107 Catching up with the crew from the I-Stem Accessibility Solutions group

Welcome to Episode107, the Christmas Eve of 2022.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are delighted to announce that we got a special gift from you listeners as we now hit that 800-mark in our YouTube subscription.

In the event that you missed one of our episodes, for the next 48 hours, our library is being livestreamed.

Our best ocr of 2022 survey is still live. You can vote by clicking this link.

ANDROID BASIC: THE SPOTLIGHT

We have a dubble spotlite for you.

In this episode, we caught up with Sunil Choudhary from the “I-Stem Accessibility Solutions” group.

I-Stemaims to make it easier for blind students in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Thus, giving it is name of “I-Stem” (Inclusive Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

I-Stem contact details.

I-stem website

I-Stem Email

Facebook page

twitter handle

APP OF THE WEEK

Bookshare released the “Bookshare Reader” for Android and we have a demo of the app in this week’s episode.

OPENING UP THE MYSTERY BOX

To be in sync with the unboxing of gifts on Christmas, John opens up the mystery box as he unboxes the “BlindShell Classic2 phone from “BlindShell USA.”

we would like to thank Blindshell USA for sending us a review unit.

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Welcome to episode 106, 2-year celebration of blind android users.

Announcements:

We are just 2 subscribers on our Youtube channel from crossing 800

We have the best OCR award poll of 2022.

Android basics

This week we along with the listeners who joined discussed what we like and what we do not like about android.

Best ocr award of 2022 poll.

Audience this is your time to get involved. Please vote for the best ocr award of 2022

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