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This week, we discuss the Blind Shell Classic 2 and talk about developments from our Turkish sister site.

· Google is undertaking a paid studyfor those with cognitive accessibility needs or those who are Deaf/hard of hearing and use a tablet.

Here is what is needed:

• User      Type: Users with Cognitive Accessibility needs and users who      are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Product: Android
• Length of Study: 90      minutes and short 3 day diary
• Date(s): October      5th- 31st
• Details:
  • All       users must use a Tablet Device (e.g. iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Microsoft       Surface, Lenovo Tab etc.)
  • Open       to Tablet users who also use Stylus, Tablet Keyboards, Smart Watches or       Smart Displays
  • User       will have a short 3-day follow up diary assignment
• Thank-You Gift:  $100      USD/ $125 CAD for 90 mins plus $45 USD/ $60 CAD for short 3 day diary
• Location: USA/Canada      Remote

Link for participating: Eligibility form for Android research study.

It is a Spotlight double bill this week.

First, we hear from Diane Ducharme, Programme Manager from Blind Shell USA, who talks to us about the Blind Shell Classic 2, an Android-enabled smartphone which features physical buttons instead of a touch screen.

Next, we hear from Salih Kunduz from our Turkish sister site, which has launched an app to make it easier to access all of their content.

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In this episode, we dive into the above title--Episode94_ Safety & Emergency, SOS, Medical info etc., where we talked about the importance of this area.

Most often, a lot of us don’t utilize this section of our phone, but as our discussion went along, we realized this is a very important region.

We recommend that you go into this area and customize it to your liking in accordance with the services available in your area.

In the announcement section, we remind you of our upcoming Centurion (100th) anniversary celebration of the Blind Android Users podcast.

We will keep you updated as to when that is as the time approaches.

We are 6 episodes away from that celebration of which, we would like you all to join us in celebrating this achievement.

In the “Android Basics” segment, we discuss the above entry in the System Settings--Episode94_ Safety & Emergency, SOS, Medical info etc.”

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Episode 93 restarts our quarterly “App Bonanza” and in this episode, we bring you three apps—"WION News - World News Live,”

“Smart Audio Book Player”

and “Yuka - Food & cosmetic scan.”

· We are thrilled to announced that our email problem is fixed and we do have a winner of our give away of the Pixel-A buds.

· kamaal akhtar from India is that lucky winner.

· If you live in the New York City area and have some speech impairment, Google is inviting you to participate in research involving a prototype of the Google Assistant. This is an in-person appearance, meaning, you would have to go to the Google Office in New York City to do the 60-minute study. Below is the info with the available dates and the URL to the form to fill out for participation in the study.

· User Type: Users with Speech Impairments

· Product: Google Assistant

· Length of Study: 60 minutes

· Date(s): Tuesday, Sept 27th - Thursday, Sept 29th

· Details:

· User must be located and able to attend an in-person study at our New York City office.

· User will test a Google Assistant prototype.

· Thank-You Gift: $125 USD

· Location: New York City , New York

· Link for participating: Google Speech eligibility form.

Austin Demos "WION News - World News Live,” app

wion news website

@WION

Wion on YouTube

wion news on twitter

John demos “Smart Audio Book Player”

and Warren demos “Yuka - Food & cosmetic scan.”

John brings us a tip of the week in which Samsung users can change their side key from Bixby to google assistant.

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In episode92, we dive in on “Location Services,” a very important part of our Mobile phone experience, especially for GPS apps and the whole subject matter of which apps should or shouldn’t have access to location services.

As indicated in our last episode, episode 91, we had some email problems and although the problem has been fixed, we cannot determine who won the giveaway as a bulk of the email messages were simply missing.

We therefore, ask that folks enter the giveaway afresh.

We deeply apologize for the mishap.

In the “Android Basics,” our focus is on the main subject matter, that is, “Location Services.”

Thus the faithful crew, zooms in on this subject matter and really fleshes it out!

In episode92 “app of the week,” we turn our attention to “DayBridge,” a Calendar app that also doubles as a social app.

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In this episode, we focus on IFA2022, with special attention to HMD (Nokia), Huawei, Honor and Samsung.

· Our email server is having some problems, thus, we currently don’t know who won the Pixel-A Earbuds that we gave away last week.

· Be patient with us as we get our hosting company to rectify the problem and we’ll announce the winner.

· Lastpass has a data breach, so folks are advised to changed their passwords.

· Consequently, Samsung customers in the U.S. and Canada should also change their passwords as Samsung also observed some data breach on its U.S. and Canadian servers.

We went all in on IFA2022, especially, paying attention to Nokia’s “Circular” subscription-based services with its introduction of its newest phones, the X30 and the G60.

Mariam returns with her CSR episodes.

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In this episode, we return to the “System Settings” and continued with the above subject matter, and this week, we focus on “Activity Controls.”

· This week We want to thank other donors to the cause.

· We say “Thank you “to Pam Drake,

· “Thank you” to Mario Navarro,

· “Thank you to Barret.”

· Also, we want to thank those of you who aren’t able to donate something but still listen to us and read our forum emails. We are thankful to each and every one!

· Plex had a data breach, so if you haven’t received an email from them advising you to change your password, you should do so.

· We’re also giving away another Pixel A-Earbuds this week. So, be a winner!

Should email the code to [email protected]

In this segment, we take a dive into the above subject matter—Activity Controls.

· In the “Spotlight segment,” our friend John Dyer, the official BAU unboxer of anything Samsung, unboxes three items—Galaxy BudsPro2,

· Galaxy Watch5 Pro

· And Galaxy ZFold4.

Warren brings us instalment 50 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it’s the last items of the 4-finger gestures.

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In this episode, we focus on the August 15 stable Android13 landing for qualifying Pixel phones.

We also talked about things you ought to know after getting the update.

You can choose to opt out of the Beta before September, that, meaning you will not be part of the “QPR”—Quarterly Platform Releases betas that Google pushes out for those in the program.

So, in order not to be part of that, then after you update to the stable release, then navigate to this page and opt out of the beta.

We also discussed the fact that if you have a Tensor-powered phone, e.g., Pixel6, Pixel6Pro and the just released Pixel6A, according to this Google Developer page, that you wouldn’t be able to unroll back to Android 12 if you wanted to do so.

The page does not tell us why, but according to this article from Android Police, the reason behind this is owed to an exploit in the Bootloader of the Tensor-powered phones running Android12; thus, resulting in the anti-rollback as doing so, would reintroduce that exploit.

· We now have a PayPal URL for those of you who have not been able to donate to the cause because of not being to use the “Buy me a coffee” URL. You can now instead, use the PayPal method if that is easier for you.

· We also want to thank Chris Gilland, another person, and some other person from India who have generously donated to the cause.

· We appreciate each and everyone that has donated to the cause or is thinking about it.

· Also, we want to thank those of you who are not able to donate something but still listen to us and read our forum emails. We are thankful to each and every one!

In the “Spotlight,” we focus on the landing of the Android13 for the qualifying Pixel phones as described above.

Warren brings us instalment 49 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it is the sixth entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.

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In this episode, we focus on the Samsung Unpack Week, where we discussed the devices that Samsung unveiled on Aug. 10th.

We also mentioned in passing, the devices from both Motorola and Xiaomi.

· We have a couple give-aways in the way of a couple promo codes to redeem on the Play Store for the Multilingual TTS.

· We also have a Pixel Buds-A that we are giving away.

· We want to thank both Mathew Brown and Joe Hodge for the latest support to the cause.

· We appreciate each and everyone that has donated to the cause or is thinking about it.

· Also, we want to thank those of you who are not able to donate something but still listen to us and read our forum emails. We are thankful to everyone!

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· In the “spotlight” segment; we focus on the Samsung unpack event, mentioning in passing both the Motorola and Xiaomi events.

Austin demonstrate the Pixel buds app.

Warren brings us instalment 48 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it is the fifth entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.

This week, we are joined by our friend, Brandon Miller (AKA)—Android Ambassador, as he talks to us about his Android journey.

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In this episode, we focus on the “Permissions Manager,” as found on stock devices such as the Pixel phone and the likes.

· Last week, we told you about a section on our website that accepts donations from folks who would like to help us out with cost-related matters.

· We are glad to say that some folks responded and we had some donors—Two folks who simply revealed themselves as “Someone,” Pete from Accessible Android and John Dyer donated to the cause.

· Folks can contribute whatever amounts that they would like to as no amount is too small!

In the “Android basic” segment, we continued with the subject matter as shown above, with focus on the “Permissions Manager.”

· In the Spotlight segment, we had a double entry—Tal Hassan the developer of the Multilingual TTS Engine, joins us in talking about the App and

· Austin unboxes the Pixel 6A.

Warren brings us instalment 47 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it’s the fourth entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.

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In this episode, we have dived into the Privacy, Permissions and more.

· We now have a presence on “Rumble”

· Our website has a section for those who would like to support us by donating to our cause and mission of making Android understandable by the visually impaired.

In the “Android basic” segment, we discussed the general overview of the “Privacy, ““Permissions,” Account Activity” and more with focus on the first two items in that section—Accessibility Usage and “Dashboard” found on Pixel and stock devices in contrast to what is found on Samsung devices.

For the “App of the week,” Warren appropriately demonstrated “Rumble.”

Warren brings us instalment 46 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it’s the third entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.

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