Episode 48: shopping apps. This week, it is all about shopping apps with Talkback. Announcements · We appeared on Eyes on Success podcast episode 2145, check it out · Warren does a 2-part review of pixel 6 pro. check out part 1. check out part 2. · We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form or sending us an email. · Continue to check out our Youtube channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. · For short segments of this episode, checkout this Youtube playlist · Doug Camren has designed our website, if you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our next app category is Shopping apps. We demonstrate Amazon shopping app and eBay app App of the week. This week, Ana Gaza demos an app called RSS Reader - Offline RSS news & background sync by Niklas Baudy Talkback highlights. Warren shows us, how to find numbers or links in a sms or telegram app. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 47: currency readers/recognisers This week, it is all about currency readers /recognisers with Talkback and Commentary. Announcements · A verry happy Diwali to all our listeners · Checkout some info regarding Diwali · Thank you to Top Tech Titbits for featuring our Commentary Screen Reader playlist. · Some of the Blind Android Users team were interviewed on the Eyes on Success podcast, which will be released this week. · We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form or sending us an email. · Continue to check out our Youtube  channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. · For short segments of this episode, check this Youtube playlist · Our website is designed by Doug Camren, if you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our next app category is currency readers/recognisers. We demonstrate Lookout by Google, Supersense, Cash Reader and Mobile Aided Note Identifier. Unboxing This week, Bilal Majeed unboxes his shiny new Google Pixel 6 Pro. Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in her series demonstrating the CommentaryScreen Reader in which she shows multi finger gestures and how to report focus changes and focus manager. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 46: News readers on Android This week, it is all about news readers on Android with Talkback and Commentary. Announcements · Thank you very much to our listeners for joining us on the Clubhouse event where we talked about the release of the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. · As well as the Pixel release, the final version of Android 12 also came out this week. · We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form or sending us an email. · Continue to check out our Youtube  channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. · For short segments of this episode, please check out this Youtube playlist Android basics Our next app category is news readers. Warren demonstrates Pocketand Ana demonstrates Google News. BBC News is also very accessible. Spotlight This week, we are delighted to be joined once again by Scott Adams from Google to talk about the exciting new features in Lookout by Google. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through highlights from Talkback. This time, he shows us how to use physical keyboard with talkback. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 45: Braille on Android This week, it is all about braille on Android with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Ed Green, Warren Carr, Austin Pinto, Mariam Mohsen and ana Gaza Announcements · We have crossed 25,000 plays. Thank you very much for listening! · We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form or sending us an email. · Continue to check out our Youtube  channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. · For short segments of this episode: check out this Youtube playlist · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our next app category is braille apps. We discuss apps that you need to use a braille display with Android - Google BrailleBack and BRLTTY. We also discuss and demonstrate some of the braille keyboards available on Android – the Talkback Braille Keyboard and Advanced Braille Keyboard. Spotlight This week, we are delighted to be joined by Nimish and Suryanshu, the developers of Eyecan, an virtual assistance app for the blind which offers navigation, OCR and other features. Follow Eyecan on Facebook and Twitter Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through highlights from Talkback and shows us how to manage custom labels. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 44: Cloud storage apps and Talkback This episode is presented by Edward Green, Warren Carr, Ana Gaza, and Austin Pinto. This week, it is all about cloud storage with Talkback. Announcements · We have crossed 24,000 plays. Thank you very much for listening! · We have a couple of special events coming up – our 50th episode in November and our 1-year anniversary in December. Why not join us by either filling in our form or sending us an email. · For short segments of this show, please check out this Youtube playlist · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our next app category is cloud storage apps. Austin and Ed use OneDrive, Ana talks about Google Drive and Dropbox, Warren talks about Megaand Degoo, and Ed  puts in a word for Autosyncfor syncing your cloud storage with local folders. Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentaryscreen reader showing us multi part gestures and talking about latest update. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through highlights from Talkback showing how to manage volumes and label unlabelled buttons. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 43: Back that thing up and Talkback This week, it’s all about backing up your apps with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Ed green, Warren Carr, Mariam Mohsen, and Austin Pinto. Announcements · Ed appeared on episode 150of the Mosen At Large podcast to talk about Android accessibility. · Talkback 12.1 has been released, with support for double tap typing and additional granularity options. · There is a sale to celebrate the 4-year anniversary of the Commentary screen reader: One-year costs $14, two years $25 and three years $36. · Continue to check out our Youtube  channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about. · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our next app category is backup apps. The best in this field is Alpha Backup Pro, which will successfully extract apps which support Google’s new app bundling requirements. Warren gives us a demonstration. Spotlight This week, we are joined by Sheneille aka The Quinn, who is an Android user, and who has also created a Youtube channel where she posts tutorials teaching blind people how to use Microsoft Office apps with NVDA. Unboxing Joseph Hodge unboxes one of the most talked about phones in recent months, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through highlights from Talkback. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 42: music player apps Talkback and commentary screen reader. This week, its all about music players with talkback and commentary screen reader. Announcements · We have 4 licences for gone mad music player, the first 4 listeners that email us will get the code. · Please check out our website for RSVP forms for our special events coming up in November and December. · You can now download our episodes · please take part in our forums · If you have registered to post articles on the website, please do complete your profile by entering your full name so we know who you are. · check out this playlist for short segments of episode 42 · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics This week, we talk about music players. · Warren Demos Omnia Music Player · Warren Demos power amp music player · We demo GoneMAD music player · We demo shuttle music player Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentaryscreen reader, in which she talks about battery management and shows how to backup and restore your settings. App of the week. Warren demos speech central Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. This week we see how to create folders and add items to it Staying in touch. Email uswith suggestions or comments, Send in your Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 41: Human assistance apps and Talkback This week, it’s all about human assistance apps with Talkback. Announcements · People in Aira locations have the chance to win 30 minutes of free Aira if you listen to the end of the show, please listen for the magic word and email in. · If you have registered to post articles on the website, please do complete your profile by entering your full name so we know who you are. · We have a new Q&A section on the website, so do please contribute. · We are delighted that we have a second sponsor for the podcast, Gravity Forms. If you have a Wordpress site, then Gravity Forms offers a hugely powerful set of tools for creating those Wordpress forms. · check out this  playlist for short segments of episode 41 · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. · If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our 17th app category is human assistance apps. We discuss the main two categories in this field - Be My Eyes and Aira. Spotlight We are delighted to be joined by Ryan and Irene from Aira, to talk to us about this excellent visual interpreting service. Unboxing Warren unboxes and reviews his Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. This week we see 4 finger gestures. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 40: Text editors and Talkback This week, it’s all about text editors with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Edward, Austin, Warren, Doug Announcements · For short segments of this episode, please visit this playlist · We have crossed 20,000 plays for the podcast, thank you so much for your support! · We are delighted that we have a second sponsor for the podcast, Gravity Forms. If you have a Wordpress site, then Gravity Forms offers a hugely powerful set of tools for creating those Wordpress forms. · Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our 16th app category is text editors and how well they work with Talkback. We discuss Google Keep, Notepad Free (which Warren demonstrates), Simple Notes, Bundled Notes, Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentaryscreen reader. she shows us the reading mode and selection menu and talks about alternative roter. App of the week Following on from our interview with Gleb last week, Ed gives an in-depth demonstration of the Voxmateapp. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. Tip of the week Kareen Kiwan provides a demonstration of dual app sounds and dual audio on Samsung phones. My Android Journey Finally, we are joined by Billal Majeed who tells us all about his Android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.

Episode 39: Radio apps with Talkback This week, it’s all about radio streaming Apps with Talkback. This episode is presented by: Edward, Warren, Doug Announcements · We have crossed 19500 plays in less than 9 months of starting the podcast, all thanks to our listeners. · This week we got our first sponsor which is updraft+ which is a backup plugin for your wordpress site, you can check them out by visiting Updraft+ · We are delighted that many users have  register to post guides on the website, please do so if you would like to submit content to us! Remember that your guide will need to be approved by one of the team before it goes live. · Doug Continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. Android basics Our 15th app category is radio apps and how well they work with Talkback, a category likely to be of particular interest to blind people. We discuss the pros and cons of TuneIn Radio, VRadio, Simple Radio and Anna gives a demo of Radio.Net. Ed also mentions an app which may be of interest to UK listeners from the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, Speech Radio. He also advises that UK listeners wishing to listen to some BBC programming may need to use the BBC Soundsapp exclusively. Spotlight We are joined by Gleb Zevkov, founder of the Voxmateapp, which provides an all-in-one, self-voicing app designed for blind people. We also have 5 subscriptions to Voxmate to give away, listen to find out how to win. Phone review Warren unboxes his Google Pixel 5A. Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. Book discussion Last week we mentioned that Blind Android Users podcast co-host Ana Garza has released a new bookon using Android from a blindness perspective.  This week, she tells us all about it. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments, Send inyour Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram group, follow us on Twitter,subscribe to our Youtubechannel and join our Club on Clubhouse.