[Trainer-Talk] Turn on Voice Assist on Android

[nedgranic at gmail.com]

Hi Nimer again,

 

Nothing worked, unfortunately.  I did verify with iPhone using Seeing AI that all Accessibility options are “off”.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Ned

 

From: Nimer Jaber [mailto:nimerjaber1 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:27 PM
To: nedgranic at gmail.com
Cc: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Turn on Voice Assist on Android

 

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
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
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?





Many thanks in advance!



Ned



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