Blind Android Users Podcast

In this episode,  we dived into the “Security, Smartlock, Find my device, etc. entry from the “System Settings.”

· We are delighted to announce that our website is back online.

· The Pixel6A is now available for pre-order.

In the “Android basic” segment, we discussed the “Security, Smartlock, Google Protect, Find my device, as found in the “System Settings” of the Pixel and “stock Android” phones and compared it to what it is like on a Samsung phone.

Warren demos “Google Lens,” and app that is so important, yet, not many people know about it nor use it.

Warren brings us instalment 45 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it’s the second entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.

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In this episode, we discuss Android13Beta4, the final version beta of Android13 before the full release.

· The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) mandates the ability to text the suicide line—988, starting on July 16, 2022

· The “Nothing” Phone (1) finally becomes available, although it isn’t available in North America.

· You can watch the review of the phone that we mentioned in the episode at this YouTube Channel.

· You can now turn your Play Points into cash that you can use for purchases made on the Google Store.

In the “Android basic” segment, we discussed the final version of Android13beta4 and talked about when the full release might be released.

Warren demos “NAV” a navigational app by an Italian company called “ViaOpta.

Warren brings us instalment 44 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, he starts the series on the 4-finger gestures.

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Episode 83: Accessibility

This week, we discuss accessibility settings.

 Announcements

• The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction.  Please be patient while we rebuild it.  You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtube channel.

Android basics

This week, we take you through the Accessibility settings, one of the most critical settings categories on your Android phone.

Highlights from Talkback

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

My Android Journey

It’s a double bill for you this week, as Dragos Drecianu and Sarah Linton bring you their Android journeys.

Staying in touch. 

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This week, we continue our look at the System Settings and we come to the Wallpaper Management.

· Our YouTube Channel continues to grow, and that is because of you!

· Similarly, our podcast listenership is growing around the regions.

We caught up with Karthik from Envisionand got updated about the fact that Envisionis now free for everyone without the need of a subscription and this takes place in mid July.

Be sure to hit that “update” when it shows up as this will remove the paid subscription, making it free.

Folks can still donate (if they choose to do so), as this helps in funding the project.

In this week’s episode, we continued our journey through the System Settings, and we turned our attention to the “Wallpaper” segment.

Warren brings us instalment 42 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, is the 3-finger triple-tap gesture.

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This week, we discuss Display settings.

· Google has opened up its Google Accessibility Research Group to residents outside the US and Canada. Why not sign up?

· Supersensehas gone on sale, with 50% off a lifetime subscription and 40% off an annual. The offer is available until 1 August.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction. Please be patient while we rebuild it. You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

This week, we continue our tour through the Settings app, and we take a look at Display settings.

Warren demonstrates the Christian teaching app, OnePlace.

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

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This week, we discuss sound settings.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction.

Please be patient while we rebuild it.

You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

This week, we return to the Settings app, and we look at Sound settings.

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

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This week, we are joined by Mystic Access and discuss Android 13.

· Our friends at Aubile Vision are running a couple of surveys and they’d appreciate your input. The First is a baseline survey to understand how assistive technology users conduct certain activities. The second concerns the Audible Vision app itself.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction. Please be patient while we rebuild it. You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

It’s another double bill this week. Chris and Kim Nova from Mystic Access talk to us about their new book, “Getting started with Android: Android and Talkback for the Beginning User”, available from National Braille Press.

We then talk about what’s new in Android 13.

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

This week, Amanda Hall brings us her Android journey.

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This week, it is all about Google’s big week of opening “Pixel exclusives” for everyone as we discuss these features in our Spotlight segment.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction. Please be patient while we rebuild it. You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

· Austin is back from his little vacation and gives us a heads-up on some new scamming activity going on with YouTube channels as well as getting us caught up to our listenership stats.

For the month of June, Google dropped some nice features to other Android phones that were “Pixel exclusives!”

Among these are the “Gboard” features that were exclusive to Pixel phones and especially to the Pixel 6-series, but this is now available to everyone who uses Gboard.

Another feature that is available to all through the “Play Store” is the “Google Play Points,” which can now be set as a “Payment method.”

The next feature is the improvements to background noise reduction in Sound Amplifier; a feature good for those that are hard of hearing.

The long-awaited “image recognition” debuts as a beta feature for the “Google Lookout” across the regions where Lookoutis available.

We also touched some on the availability of the “Wear OS Beta” opening up for those who are interested in joining the beta.

We also mentioned in passing, the fact that Samsung also opened the beta for the “Galaxy watch4-series.”

In this entry, our friend Kareen Kiwan demonstrate this feature of the CSR (Commentary Screen Reader).

Warren brings us the 38thinstalment in the “Talkback Highlights” as he demonstrates the “Screen Search” feature built into Talkback.

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This week, it is all about those storage settings.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction. Please be patient while we rebuild it. You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

This week, we return to our tour of the Settings app, and discuss Android storage.

Fi brings us a demo of how to set up an Amazon Echo Dotusing her Samsung Galaxy phone.

Ed demonstrates how to allow an third party accessibility service installed from outside an app store to run under Android 13 Beta 2.

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

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This week, it’s all about what’s new in Android 13 Beta 2 and what Google announced for Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

· The Blind Android Users site is currently undergoing construction. Please be patient while we rebuild it. You can still access our great content via your podcatcher of choice or on our Youtubechannel.

· Austin is on a little vacation having some deserved time off.

We have a double bill for you this week. First, we talk about what’s new in Android 13 Beta 2. If you are interested in finding out for yourself, why not Enrol. Secondly, we discuss the various accessibility-related announcements made by Googleon Global Accessibility Awareness Day (19 May), an excellent digest of which can be found in this 9to5Google article.

Warren brings us the next in the Highlights from Talkback Series.

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