[Trainer-Talk] Turn on Voice Assist on Android

Nimer Jaber nimerjaber1 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 20 19:27:14 UTC 2020


Hello,

Try touching the bottom righthand corner to go back a bunch of times, then
try pressing volume up and power. If that doesn't work, try holding two
fingers down on the screen for a few seconds to see if that works. If none
of that works, unfortunately, you are out of luck and will need to get
eyeballs to enable accessibility. Good news is, the accessibility options
are available right from the setup screen, at the bottom.

Thanks.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:22 AM <nedgranic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Nimer,
>
>
>
> It is a Samsung device and I am on the setup screen but can’t proceed.
> Nothing happens after the message “Let’s get started” is spoken when I
> touch the screen.
>
>
>
> Ned
>
>
>
> *From:* Nimer Jaber [mailto:nimerjaber1 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 20, 2020 11:47 AM
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> *Cc:* nedgranic at gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Trainer-Talk] Turn on Voice Assist on Android
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> This depends on whether or not you are at the set-up screen, or where you
> are when trying to do this, whether you set up the device with
> accessibility enabled, or whether someone has set it up first and enabled
> the accessibility shortcut, etc. Typically though, a long-press on the
> volume keys (both up and down) will turn on Talkback. On a Samsung device,
> there is a second shortcut which may or may not be enabled, depending on
> the above factors, which is the volume up and power button press.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 9:50 AM Ned Granic via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Is there an equivalent in Android to turn on the screen reader (Voice
> Assist) with a single gesture like pressing the Home button three times on
> iPhone, or sighted assistance is needed to set it up for the first time?
>
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> Many thanks in advance!
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>
>
> Ned
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