Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-24 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
And if you are comfortable with TTS engins such as eSpeak, you can get both the male as well as female voice variants. On 2/24/14, jignesh thakur jigneshthaku...@gmail.com wrote: an update of talkback has nothing to do with male and female voice. so update your talkback, but not tts if you want

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-24 Thread Mujeeb Rahman
Can you please write more about updating talkback without TTS? On 2/24/14, Mahesh S. Panicker maheshspanic...@gmail.com wrote: And if you are comfortable with TTS engins such as eSpeak, you can get both the male as well as female voice variants. On 2/24/14, jignesh thakur

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-24 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
Simply type in espeak, the first result is the eSpeak free version by Eyes-Free project. Best, On 2/24/14, Mujeeb Rahman m4mujeebrah...@gmail.com wrote: It's obvious now, but after going through your message, would like to do a trial on Espeak TTS. What should I write at the search box to

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-24 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones and Tabs. Subject: Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android. A TalkBack update does not update your TTS. As such there is nothing more to write about it. The default TTS on most phones these days is the Google TTS. An update to the TTS

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-24 Thread Mujeeb Rahman
Dear Mr. Mahesh, Once again, thanks for providing the key word to search it on play store and being patient to answer my queries. Regards, Mujeeb On 2/24/14, Mahesh S. Panicker maheshspanic...@gmail.com wrote: Simply type in espeak, the first result is the eSpeak free version by Eyes-Free

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-23 Thread Mujeeb Rahman
Thank you. I prefer TTS with male voice and hence do not want to go for an update. Although I hope continues practice can make it possible. On 2/22/14, Mahesh S. Panicker maheshspanic...@gmail.com wrote: Think what is happening is that you are losing TalkBack focus. You have to swipe close to

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-23 Thread jignesh thakur
an update of talkback has nothing to do with male and female voice. so update your talkback, but not tts if you want to use male voice. On 2/24/14, Mujeeb Rahman m4mujeebrah...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you. I prefer TTS with male voice and hence do not want to go for an update. Although I hope

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-22 Thread Mujeeb Rahman
Hi, I would like to make a request at this point. After following the juster like you said, if I select the word gramularity as the mode it announces only first word and if I swipe right it's reading the entire message instead the next word. Am I missing something in between? Please answer this

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-22 Thread anil kumar
hi answer for q 3 to delete the any number from call log just do follow doubletap and hold on desire number and press virtual key from left below corner, here you should get option as [remove from call log], double tap on it. note: you'll get an audio chime as well as haptic feedback that suggest

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-22 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
Think what is happening is that you are losing TalkBack focus. You have to swipe close to the message field itself so that the focus won't shift to the next item. Also make sure you have the latest version of TalkBack running on your phone, in the latest version, the Eyes-Free team had paid some

[Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-21 Thread Shireen Irani
hi all, although some people would have preferred me to ask these in separate mails, i think it would just add to the trafic. so here's a bunch of them, please answer whatever possible. since i've just joined the android freturnity thanx to harish, i'm using a xolo q 700I. and i now wish to know

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-21 Thread Shireen Irani
many thanx sir for your detailed explanation. yes i was suggested by friends on the list to use dw contacts, and i will install it soon. hopefully that should solv some of my probs. however i'm still unable to implement the rest of your suggestions. i tried to dubble tap and drag the messaging

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-21 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
As for dragging the icon, doubletap and hold, you should get an audio chime as well as haptic feedback that suggest that the longpress action is performed. Without lifting the finger, you can then drag the finger around. On 2/22/14, Shireen Irani shireen@gmail.com wrote: many thanx sir for

Re: [Mobile.AI] some basic questions on android.

2014-02-21 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
With regard to granularity, you can assign different gestures under TalkBack settings, but it'll be better if you could get hold of the original method before trying that. Don't worry about Android and touchscreen, you'll be absolutely fine in a couple of weeks at most. On 2/22/14, Mahesh S.