iBUG Android Insight

Facilitators: Ava and HarshidTopics: What are the equivalent terms for the software used on the Android?; Talkback and magnifier; Gemini and the google assistant; If you are a low vision user, you may want to use select to speak Galaxy Store for Talkback on Samsung phones, Play store is the equivalent to the Apple Store; Can you suggest some place to go to find out more about android?, This call is where you can get some of your answers; Go to YouTube and you can find our past shows Ibug android [email protected] for the mailing list; Samsung has great screens for low vision Pixel Go to any blind organization in your community such as ACB or NFB; Depending on how much you are wanting to spend as to what your needs are, Your cell phone carrier; Go to YouTube; Does Android have to follow any accessibility codes?; Google has made suggestions; Developers have been open to suggestions; How to ask a question on the list?; Send a email to the [email protected]; Are Be my eyes and seeing ai eye on android?; Yes, both are on the android platform; Google lookout assisted vision is on Android only; Envision is on both platforms; Be my AI; Does Meta work on android?, Yes, it does; Does the meta have support for auditable; Airia can be used with the meta; What are the new updates happening with Amazon; Connecting echo with ring doorbell; Amazon plus with AI; Re[report states that the amazon plus will be pushed to the echo devices by March 31; Everything from the 3 gen and up; Ring camera Do you use the ring camera through your show for video or do you just use it for the audio; There is a lag in the video; What is the verbal command; Amazon device name and say answer front door; With the google doorbell, you can set it for people recognition; More information about doorbells and cameras; Will the new Amazon device support the matter devices; That does matter mean?; One matter device can talk to another one; If your Wi-Fi go down will your matter device still work, Yes, it will; In sending a message, someone sends you a link. Before in talkback; With the RCS having issues with links; More information on how to access links in messages and google messages; If you are on a webpage how to copy a link

Facilitators: Ava and Harshid

Hershi introduces visitor David Schleppenbach, CEO, Tactile Engineering; 

The device is called Cadence tablet.. Tactile device that will help with learning braille. Can help with working on sensitivity. Demonstrated it with braille. Website: https://www.tactile-engineering.com/ Tactile-engineering.com;  The device is compatible with most screen readers. It is the size of a mobile screen;  How it works? It is meant to have its host device. It connects by Bluetooth or USBC cable. If you want to connect more than one device, you just have to connect only one and the second one will connect;  The cost? Mainly, they have provided it through the states agencies and outside funding;  Price is approximately $5000, Commercial price;  What vendors are  selling?; They work directly with the Governor and Legislators;  They also work with Easter Seal, the Lighthouse, and other groups;  Does this device read maps? Yes, it can;  General Question – Google Maps- unable to enlarge the street names on google maps;  Samsung A51;  Use the triple tap for Magnification to magnify the whole screen;  Triple tap with 3 fingers With android 15 you can have a floating tool bar for the magnification ICON;   Go to settings go to accessibility, Go to vision enhancement,  You can set the magnifications settings and shortcuts;  Another map is WAZE. It is own by Google;  The one plus 13 has a 7 year update for android;  One plus has some of the best processing software;  Samsung S25 Ultra is an end to end screen with gorilla glass;   What is the x size of the Cadance tablet? It is the same size of a typical iPhone or Samsung phone. It fits in your pocket;  They are adding the find my device it. They are working on it this year.

Next meeting: Wednesday March 19, 2025

Facilitators: Ava and Harshid

Introductions:

Topics:   Does anybody use any other web browser on their phone besides Chrome? Firefox -with Firefox you can use dark reader; Dark reader is a browser extension that you can put it in dark mode;  Samsung Internet- color inversion, works well with Able to share links; Firefox works well across all platforms as well as chrome; Firefox will sync across all devices; Microsoft Edge with the immersive reader Edge works on more pages; The read out loud feature is built into edge; Edge works with Talkback; There are some differences in how you do certain features; Most works fine With Chrome, it syncs across devices; You can download reader mode and set gestures for it; You can use the tutorial to practice gestures How to turn Talkback on and off? Hold down the volume down and up key, When you turn Talkback off, if you are using the hide screen, it will turn the screen back on; For the first time use, hold the volume keys down for 3 seconds; With Samsung, Bixby will turn talkback on or off, It will do it on the phone, tablet, and watch Pixel hold the volume keys down for 1 to 2 seconds.

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Samsung has a alternative to use, Press the volume up and the power button; Gemini is available on all phones, Google assistance will not turn on Samsung talkback but will turn on google talkback; Google assistance will turn on either talkback with the watch, the command is 3 taps on the button to turn on. If you are a talkback user already, when you setup the watch for the first time, it will take the settings from your phone; You can turn off spoken feedback with turning speech off, but leaving talkback on.

Where does everybody sit on which device they prefer? Windows, Mac, Android Discussion about devices preference.

Samsung user: have you ever use Dex with talkback? What is Dex? It gives you a windows base to cast from phone to tv or computer .

Discussion about turning off hearing aids Samsung Accessibility and hearing Pixel hearing mode.

Talkback commands Google manage website that have the talkback command Can use the list

Facilitators: Ava and Harshey

Introductions

Talking about the smart glasses

Gemini Studio (AI Studio)

The XR Google Glasses vs Metta Ray ban glasses

Discussion on Metta Glasses Vision Pro- It has cameras all around it.

Android 15 is out and 16 is in Beta Galaxy S25 will be out in January

What is the echo vision glasses?

Has anyone had a chance to work with the Lady A with the Talking Books (BARDS) You do have to be specific with commands Going forward and backwards works well

Adding books to the wish list makes it easier

Google Home preview

Search 9 to 5 Google : https://9to5google.com/

The latest edition of the Amazon FireTV- everytime a commercial comes on it counts down the time

Restart the TV

Google Streamer : Google store streamer options

VoiceViewon the Kendal is not good

Pixel has updated its OS

With the 7pro you get 2 extra years One plus gives 7 years update

Media Tech

Issues with Facebook and Talkback

Focus is jumping around

How is a problem report responded to by Facebook

Talkback Updates

The granularity

Automatic descriptions

Links

Gemini is returning some features that were taken from the Assistant

Navigating the screen on a Pixel

Next Meeting: January 15, 2025

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Facilitatores: Ava and Hershi

Show notes coming soon.

Facilitatores: Ava and Hershi

Introductions

Topics:  BARD with Alexa – It is still in testing, Questions on BARDS on the Alexa device

https://www.njstatelib.org/news/amazons-alexa-and-bard/https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/login/NLShttps://www.amazon.com/Library-of-Congress-BARD-Mobile/dp/B016760320?dplnkId=16c9e091-5e4e-4a8d-9607-4a422f87a2b4;

Text messages about updating messages to google messages;

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/samsung-wants-you-to-move-to-google-messages-and-its-for-the-best#:~:text=Even%20after%20Samsung%20started%20shipping,without%20Samsung%20Messages%20pre-installed.

In a recent message update. .  it broke the select to speak. The Google messages have the RCS. Has anyone heard of this?

If you go to the search, it has unread and other categories, 

https://sinch.com/blog/what-is-rcs-messaging/

Searching for a person- can you still do that- yes, you can.

More description about RCS

https://support.google.com/messages/answer/9487020?hl=en

What is the difference SMS and MMS?

Flip to hush is found under the Sounds settings

What does RCS stand  for

https://support.google.com/messages/answer/94 87020?hl=en

Are they going to force google messages- it will happen by December 1,   All the carriers are making google messages the default

Steps on how to change the Notification sounds for messages;

Information about Samsung email APP;  Discussion on email APPS

Conference call – trouble with connecting with Zoom using Talkback

In Zoom make sure that all of your permission is granted.

Talkback is freezing up the phone. 

(discussion on a older device )

Facilitators: Ava & Harshid

Facilitators: Ava & Harshid

Facilitators: Ava & Harshid