Blind Android Users Podcast Episode 38 video streaming with Talkback

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
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• 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,
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Disney+
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and Amazon Prime Video
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as well as videos on Youtube
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and Facebook.
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Ed mentions the Freeview app as a gateway to free-to-air TV
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(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.
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In passing, Ed also mentions Pluto TV.
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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.
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