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Dan Keck<p>When listening to an ebook with TalkBack, if I get a regular notification, the ebook resumes after the notification.</p><p>But if I get a charging notification, the reading does not resume. Sometimes when my phone is on the charger, it will announce the charging level at random times, and TalkBack just stops.</p><p>Does anyone have any experience with disabling charging notifications or getting the screen reader to resume automatically?</p><p><a href="https://a11y.social/tags/TalkBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkBack</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/AndroidA11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidA11y</span></a></p>
Dan Keck<p>The <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> team just released the first beta of their email client for Android. I've filed two accessibility bugs on GitHub, and within hours one is addressed and will be in the next beta release (with a pleasant thank you note to boot).</p><p>If you feel so inclined, please consider downloading the app and reporting accessibility problems. Especially if you're a native TalkBack user.</p><p><a href="https://a11y.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/TalkBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkBack</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a></p>
Charlotte Joanne<p>🌟 Excited to explore the 🌐 of Android accessibility features again with my new Pixel tablet arriving at the end of the week! 📱 It's been a journey of 4-5 years... Curious to see the transformations! 🔄 How much has evolved, I wonder? 🤔 <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/PixelTablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelTablet</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/TechJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechJourney</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/AccessibilityMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityMatters</span></a> <a href="https://tooters.org/tags/BackToTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackToTech</span></a> 🚀💡</p>
The Programming Linguist<p>Hey, I've talked before about the major thing slowing down Android screen readers: double taps! Just to recap: when you tap the screen, the screen reader waits for some time, just to see if you'll tap again to register a double tap. Only after that time does it register a single tap and tell you what's under your finger. This makes tapping slow! And in normal navigation, it's fine. But in typing, it slows us down a lot! Not only because we have to wait for a fraction of a second for it to register a single tap instead of a double tap, but we also can't touch type so fast because then it will start registering double taps!<br>The fix for that is really easy. Just make screen readers ignore the double-tap logic in the keyboard area when the keyboard is up (if you selected any typing mode other than double-tap typing). Because it doesn't need to handle double taps in that area; you just put your finger, and it instantly registers a single tap and tells you what's under your finger. When you lift, it types. That would be great, and I'm very sure it's easy to implement (Oh, how I wish I knew enough Java and Android API to implement that into TalkBack...)<br>Because Android itself is not slow at all! In fact, it's instant for all I can notice. And you can test that, even with your screen reader (just so you can notice the reader is artificially slowing itself down).<br>First, focus on an item. Now, double-tap. But you need to make your second tap pretty late, just before the timer ends but not much before it, nor after it. You will notice the double tap registers right after your second tap, instantly if you get the timing right, and this is frustrating. The screen reader is intentionally slowing itself down, without giving us an option to change the preset timer or implementing the easy fix for the keyboard to make touch typing possible and fast! <br><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/UserExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UserExperience</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AccessibilityIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityIssues</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Talkback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Talkback</span></a></p>
Katherine<p>Anyone use Voice Access on Android?</p><p>I've been using it on and off during an RSI pain flare and can't tell if my issues are user error or bugs. </p><p>1) Sometimes it will repeat things. (Example: I'll say "tap back" once, yet it does it twice. Lost my place in several apps that way.)</p><p>2) Sometimes it doesn't understand me, and when I repeat myself it adds the new command onto the old one instead of starting a new one. (Example: "swipe left" is interpreted as "right left" and fails, and when I say "swipe left" again that's interpreted as "right left swipe left" which fails again.)</p><p>3) The "show labels" command doesn't seem to work as described. (For example, I know from testing with TalkBack that all the Mastodon menu icons have accessible names, like "Notifications" and "Live Feeds." However, the "show labels" command in Voice Access just shows me a ton of overlapping numbers, as if they don't have names... But it understands me if I say "tap notifications," so it obviously has access to the accessible names.)</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A11y</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AssistiveTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssistiveTech</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VoiceAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceAccess</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/VoiceControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceControl</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a></p>
Christian Pietsch (old acct.)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@cryptgoat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptgoat</span></a></span> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ASR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASR</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SpeechRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SpeechInput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeechInput</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AndroidAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidAccessibility</span></a></p>