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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 licenses 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. www.blindandroidusers.com • You can now download our episodes https://blindandroidusers.com/bau-home/downloads/ • please take part in our forums https://blindandroidusers.com/forum/ • 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 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqpouZSepovoKmo__dHzd3Gc • 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. arcaccessibility.info Android basics This week, we talk about music players. • Warren Demos Omnia Music Player https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.omnia&hl=en_IN&gl=US • Warren Demos power amp music player https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&hl=en_IN&gl=US • We demo GoneMAD music player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjSirIKm51w • We demo shuttle music player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiVgK9FuT50 Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader, https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/ in which she talks about battery management and shows how to backup and restore your settings. App of the week. Warren demos speech central https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.labsiisoftware.speechcentral&hl=en_IN&gl=US 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 us with suggestions or comments contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

Warren demos speech central. this can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.labsiisoftware.speechcentral&hl=en_IN&gl=US

Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader, in which she talks about battery management and shows how to backup and restore your settings https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/

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. https://aira.io/ • 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. https://blindandroidusers.com/ • We have a new Q&A section on the website, so do please contribute. https://blindandroidusers.com/ • 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 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqql8mp62sXaetCJiEUUYARy • 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. https://arcaccessibility.info/ Android basics Our 17th app category is human assistance apps. We discuss the main two categories in this field - Be My Eyes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bemyeyes.bemyeyes and Aira. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.aira.smart Spotlight We are delighted to be joined by Ryan and Irene from Aira, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.aira.smart to talk to us about this excellent visual interpreting service. Unboxing Warren unboxes and reviews his Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. https://www.samsung.com/uk/watches/galaxy-watch/galaxy-watch4-black-bt-sm-r870nzkaeua/ 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, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

Unboxing Warren unboxes and reviews his Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. https://www.samsung.com/uk/watches/galaxy-watch/galaxy-watch4-black-bt-sm-r870nzkaeua/

Spotlight We are delighted to be joined by Ryan and Irene from Aira, to talk to us about this excellent visual interpreting service. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.aira.smart

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 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqrHq2Gn_0B2j1Xd37cM5uzB • 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. https://www.gravityforms.com/ 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. arcaccessibility.info Android basics Our 16th app category is text editors and how well they work with Talkback. We discuss Google Keep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep Notepad Free (which Warren demonstrates), https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atomczak.notepat Simple Notes, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.angkorworld.memo Bundled Notes, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xaviertobin.noted Microsoft Word https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.word and Google Docs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs Anna G demos Old School Editor. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhishek.oldschooleditor&hl=en_US&gl=US Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader. https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/ 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 Voxmate app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxmate.voxmate 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, contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories, myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list, blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel youtube.com/blindandroidusers and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

App of the week Following on from our interview with Gleb last week, Ed gives an in-depth demonstration of the Voxmate app. which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxmate.voxmate

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+.com • 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, Arcaccessibility.info 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 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tunein.player VRadio https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilv.vradio Simple Radio https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streema.simpleradio and Anna gives a demo of Radio.Net. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.radio.android Ed also mentions an app which may be of interest to UK listeners from the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, Speech Radio. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.radio.android He also advises that UK listeners wishing to listen to some BBC programming may need to use the BBC Sounds app exclusively. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bbc.sounds Spotlight We are joined by Gleb Zevkov, founder of the Voxmate app, which provides an all-in-one, self-voicing app designed for blind people. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxmate.voxmate 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. https://store.google.com/product/pixel_5a_5g 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 book on using Android from a blindness perspective. This week, she tells us all about it. this book can be purchased from. https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/AND-COMMAND-2ED.html?from_search=1 Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel youtube.com/blindandroidusers and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

in this spotlite segment, We are joined by Gleb Zevkov, founder of the Voxmate app, which provides an all-in-one, self-voicing app designed for blind people. Voxmate app can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxmate.voxmate We also have 5 subscriptions to Voxmate to give away, listen to find out how to win.

in this video, Warren unboxes the Google Pixel 5A 5g phone which comes with snapdragon 765 cpu, a bigger battery than the 4a

Blind Android Users Podcast Episode 38: video streaming with Talkback Thanks for joining us for episode 38. This week we delve into the world of TV streaming episodes with Talkback. This episode is presented by: • Ed Green • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • Doug Cameron In this episode, we cover… Announcements • For short segments of this episodes please visit this play list https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqo3ohe3bl3IsaAb9YEynZge • 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! • We have posted a number of How To guides to support this process, including how to register and log in https://blindandroidusers.com/how-to-register-and-log-in/ and use the contributor panel to post to the site https://blindandroidusers.com/how-to-using-the-contributor-panel/ along with rules for posting. https://blindandroidusers.com/rules-for-posting/ • We also have posted the first guide on talkback highlights part 1. https://blindandroidusers.com/highlights-from-talkback-entry1/ • We also have posted a guide for our sighted friends to help them stop talkback if started by mistake https://blindandroidusers.com/turned-on-talkback-by-mistake-no-worries-this-is-how-you-turn-it-off/ • Blind Android Users podcast co-host Ana Garza has released a new book on using Android from a blindness perspective, do check it out. https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/AND-COMMAND-2ED.html?from_search=1 Android basics Our 14th app category is TV streaming apps and how well they work with Talkback. Your co-hosts conclude that all the popular streaming apps are accessible with Talkback and Commentary. This includes Netflix, tinyurl.com/ctf7y3h3 Disney+ tinyurl.com/ctf7y3h3 and Amazon Prime Video https://tinyurl.com/5bak837r as well as videos on Youtube https://tinyurl.com/h6wzderk and Facebook. https://tinyurl.com/mu2s2c3r Ed mentions the Freeview app as a gateway to free-to-air TV https://tinyurl.com/35jxprek (note that it will prompt you to install the apps from the various channel providers to actually play content), but expresses his preference for Sky Go as a Sky subscriber. https://tinyurl.com/3bmumxen In passing, Ed also mentions Pluto TV. https://tinyurl.com/32nzmab3 Spotlight This week, it’s all about unboxing and new devices. John Dyer unboxes the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 https://tinyurl.com/87p6vzyr and Ed provides a surreptitious in-store demo of the Sony Xperia 1 III. https://tinyurl.com/2mfzwp27 Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. Tip of the week Ed provides a demo of reading an article in Google Assistant in order to avoid having to navigate ads in browsers such as Google Chrome. My Android journey This week, we are joined by Hamid Vasheghani Farahani from Iran who brings us his Android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter, https://tinyurl.com/4r4rynac subscribe to our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/blindandroidusers and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://tinyurl.com/2hauddtr

in this video, Hamid Vasheghani Farahani from Iran tells us how he got started with phone and then android.

Thank you for joining us on Episode 37 This episode is presented by: • Ed Green • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • Ana Garza In this episode, we cover… Announcements • For short segments on this episode, please visit this playlist on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqqmj3FrKAvYlNXMEPleDbEG • Users can now register to post guides on the website! Note that your guide will need to be approved by one of the team member before it goes live. to register, please visit. https://blindandroidusers.com/wp-login.php?action=register • Many users are subscribing to the podcast via podsite.io • However, we suggest you sign up to our newsletter on the blindandroidusers.com website as you will be notified about new guides as well as new podcast episodes. • This week, Google announced the Pixel 5A, available in the US and Japan only from $449. https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_5a_5g?hl=en-GB The Pixel 4A 5G and Pixel 5 will also be discontinued globally, leaving the soon to be announced Pixel 6 and 6 Pro as the only current Google handsets in many markets. • Sony finally released the Xperia 1 III on 19 August having originally announced it in April. This is a quality phone but doesn’t come cheap, at £1200 in the UK and $1300 in the US. https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m3 Here is a video of an unboxing from a sighted user’s perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSaDlBGKOIU • Continue to check out our Youtube channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about during the “In focus” session this week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g • 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, arcAccessibility.info Android basics Our 13th app category takes us into the realm of health and fitness apps. Warren discusses some of the most recommended apps in this area to assist with the taking of medication - Medi safe Pill Reminder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medisafe.android.client Medication Tracker Mango Health. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mangohealth.mango My Therapy. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.smartpatient.mytherapy For those less confident in using apps for this purpose, Warren also tells us about physical devices which exist for this purpose - Tab Time Vibrating Pill Box https://tabtime.com/ Med Minder. https://www.medminder.com/ Ana demonstrates a mood tracking app my diary by Krida Creations. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kridacreations.diary&utm_source=appsonwindows.com&utm_medium=appsonwindows.com yoga app, Pocket Yoga https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rainfrog.yoga&hl=en_US&gl=US and explains how you can use the Google Assistant to remind you to take our pills. Austin gives us a detailed demo of Google Fit: Activity Tracking, including showing how to measure your heart rate and respiratory rate using your phones camera. Some of the features demoed in the app may not work on non-pixel devices. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness&hl=en_IN&gl=US For the diabetics among us, Ed demonstrates the Freestyle Libre app, which can be used to take blood sugar readings in conjunction with the Freestyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring System from Abbott Diabetes Care Inc without the need for finger pricks. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freestylelibre.app.gb Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader. Commentary screen reader can be downloaded from. https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/ App of the week This week, Doug demonstrates the Mobvoi app – the app used to drive the TicWatch Pro. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobvoi.companion.aw Talkback Highlights Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights. My Android journey This week, we are joined by Tracy Smith who brings us her Android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments. contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group. https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter. https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

in this video, Warren shows you, how to customize talkback jestures on phones running android 11 and older and phones running android 12.

in this video, Mariamm gives an overview of how to create per app jestures in Commentary screen reader. Commentary screen reader can be downloaded from https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/

Thank you for joining us on episode thirty-six. This episode is presented by: • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • Doug Cameron In this episode. Announcements. • For short segments of this episode, and extra demos on gps apps, please visit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqr-dxkWbxisl8boSmj2_2vM • Austin tells listeners that we have crossed 16700 plays. • Now there are 2 ways to give feedback, email us at contactus@blindandroidusers.com or submit feedback on our website https://www.blindandroidusers.com/ • if you are a history buff and want to know how android was built, check out the book Androids by Chet Haase. you can order the book from google play books at https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Chet_Haase_Androids?id=Qyc9EAAAQBAJ or amazon kindle at. https://www.amazon.com/Androids-Built-Android-Operating-System-ebook/dp/B09C6RYHQ4?tag=androidpolice-20 •We talk about Samsung Unpack 2021 and give you our thoughts. https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/events/unpacked/ • We talk about what is new in this very important android 12 beta 4 which has progressed to API milestone. https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/release-notes Must have apps. Our 12th category takes us to our destination. We talk about the gps apps we use and demo them. • Ana demos my location gps app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilekidunia.mylocation&hl=en&gl=US • Warren Demos Get There GPS nav for blind https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LewLasher.getthere&hl=en_IN&gl=US • Warren Demos Good Maps from explore. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmaps.explore&hl=en_IN&gl=US • Warren Demos the walking mode navigation feature of Lazarillo GPS for the Blind https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lazarillo&hl=en_IN&gl=US • Austin does a demo of driving mode of Lazarillo in episode 8 of the podcast, please check it out hear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZWT2AnAvw We also had the developer of Lazarillo for a chat on episode 8, if you have not done already, you can check it out hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Phg1P8PGfg Spotlight This week, we have Marco Trujillo, CEO of sunu Band for an interview. https://www.sunu.com/ Sunu is currently running a private and public beta to test all the features that were available on iOS on android. App of the week. This week, Warren demos Audible vision beta. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quarkbytes.visionassist&hl=en_IN&gl=US We had the developer of audible vision for an interview 2 weeks back, check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTU03AfVqI Talkback tip of the week. This week, we compare settings of phones that do not support multi finger gestures with phones that do. My android journey. This week, Wanda Williford tells us about her explosive android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

in this tip of the week, Warren shows us talkback on a device that supports and a device that doesnt support multi finger jestures

Spotlight This week, we have Marco Trujillo, CEO of sunu for an interview. https://www.sunu.com/ Sunu is currently running a private and public beta to test all the features that were available on iOS on android.

Spotlight. This week we have Karthik from Envision for an interview. Envision has a sale going on and you can purchase the app from. website https://www.letsenvision.com/sale playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsenvision.envisionai&hl=en_IN&gl=US apple app store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/envision-ai/id1268632314 for a demo of envisions other features, visit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g9pMpN-_qY

Thanks for joining us on this episode. This episode is presented by: • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • In this episode, we cover… Announcements • For short segments of this episode please visit this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqrEenlS1PV99i2LLNd7f0ZY • We have relaunched our website by modifying it and making it more accessible, please visit our website and give feedback. https://www.blindandroidusers.com • We have launched a newsletter which you can subscribe to from our website. https://www.blindandroidusers.com • Doug has helped us modify and rebuild our website. • If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. https://www.arcaccessibility.info Android basics Our 11th app category takes us into a very important app category, color detectors. We discuss the color detector features in envision. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsenvision.envisionai&hl=en_IN&gl=US Sullivan Plus https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tuat.kr.sullivan&hl=en_IN&gl=US Then we demo a color detector app called Color Grab which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loomatix.colorgrab Spotlight. This week we have Karthik from Envision for an interview. Envision has a sale going on and you can purchase the app from. website https://www.letsenvision.com/sale playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsenvision.envisionai&hl=en_IN&gl=US apple app store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/envision-ai/id1268632314 for a demo of envisions features, please visit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g9pMpN-_qY app of the week. This week, we have Kareen Kiwan demoing auto tts app this app can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vnspeak.autotts&hl=en_IN&gl=US this is a paid app. Talkback Tip of the week. This week, warren demos some gestures that will make navigation easy with talkback. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments. contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list. blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

Thank you for joining us on Episode 34 This episode is presented by: • Ed Green • Warren Carr • Austin Pinto • Mariam Mohsen • Doug Cameron • Ana Garza In this episode, we cover… Announcements • For short segments of this episode please visit this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iI0uwraRqoUOFGljZQxLU5izulw7WPj • Continue to check out our Youtube channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about during the “In focus” session this week. www.youtube.com/blindandroidusers • We have launched a newsletter which you can subscribe to from our website. https://www.blindandroidusers.com • Google has announced that it will restrict access to the accessibility permissions on Android and will remove apps from the Play Store which have not been updated in a while. Your hosts have a lively debate about the latter! you can read about this change at. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/10808976?hl=en&ref_topic=9877065 • Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. However, this does mean you may see some disruption over the coming weeks. If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility. arcaccessibility.info Android basics Our Tenth app category takes us into the busy world of email apps. We discuss Gmail. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm Aqua Mail https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kman.AquaMail and K-9 Mail. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9 We also give honorable mentions to Email (formerly Edison Mail) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easilydo.mail and Bird Mail. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gloxandro.freebird Commentary Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader showing you what is new in the latest update and how to label buttons. you can get the latest update from. https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/ App of the week This week, Warren demonstrates the Water Resistance app. which can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ray.waterresistancetester My Android journey. This week, we are joined by Rana Kiwan with her Android journey. Staying in touch. Email us with suggestions or comments. contactus@blindandroidusers.com Send in your Android journey stories. myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com subscribe to our Email list blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io join our Telegram group, https://t.me/ANATAD follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users

in this video, Mariamm shows a demo of what is new in the latest version of csr and also how to label unlabeled buttons csr can be installed from. https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/

in this video, Edword, does a detailed demo of Aqua Mail app. this can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kman.AquaMail

in this video, Warren does a detailed demo of the new and improved version of k9mail. this can be installed from. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9