[ale] talkback

[Alex Carver]

Never heard of talkback but KitKat (and possibly JellyBean) supports
Google's text-to-speech module (available in the Play store).  It's the
same module that their Maps application uses.  Maybe TTOS plus the
screen scraper app work together better now.

On 2015-03-31 06:35, Todor Fassl wrote:
> I know this is a total long shot but does anybody know anything about
> the screen reader for Android, talkback?  Two years ago, an
> accessibility expert told me not to bother with it so I bought an iphone
> 4s.  I am just wondering if an Android phone is now a viable option for
> blind people. I've asked on some lists for blind people but everybody
> has iphones. I got a lot of people who asked me to tell them what I find
> out but no other info.
> 
> 
> On 03/30/2015 04:47 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> I'm waiting for Samsung to recollect themselves and put the SD slot and
>> replaceable battery back in.  I don't think they're going to get as many
>> sales as the S4/S5.
>>
>> On 2015-03-30 14:13, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>> after looking at the reviews for the HTC one M9 I am thinking it is a
>>> bad idea. So what I think I am left with is the Nexus 6 vs the new
>>> Galaxy S6.
>>>
>>> Nexus is:
>>> bigger 5.96"
>>> plain vanilla android 5.0 ( good thing)
>>> older snapdragon 805 quad-core 2700   Mhz
>>> 13MP camera
>>> bigger battery
>>> waterproof
>>> AMOLED
>>>
>>> S6 is:
>>> smaller 5.1"
>>> brand new
>>> new 8 core 2100 Mhz Exynos 64 bit processor
>>> Touchwiz UI (bad thing)
>>> faster recharge
>>> fingerprint
>>> SUPER AMOLED
>>>
>>> I wish I didn't have to do Verizon, but I do. We have a family plan & my
>>> wife just got an Iphone 6..