Hi, I'm just curious, does your galaxy 5.0 have a track ball or a keyboard in it? I'm thinking of getting one over the summer. On 19/04/2012, at 9:52 in the Afternoon, Clifford Blackwell wrote:
> I think the Code Factory offering Mobile Accessibility works only with > phones. I've gotten Talk Back to work on a Samsung Galaxy 5.0 media player. > It's kind of a mini-tablet sort of like an iPod Touch for Android. It runs > Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread). > > There is another free Android screen reader called Spiel, but I haven't had > time to see if I can get it to run on my player. > > One key consideration for using Talk Back or other screen readers with > Android devices is that unless you're running Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, > the presence of a navigation device such as arrow keys and track ball or a > bluetooth keyboard is the best way to navigate. The most recent versions of > Talk Back have an onscreen keyboard, but I haven't had time to see if I can > make that work on my player. > > I got lots of help from Mike Arrigo's podcast on Blind Cool Tech and would > highly recommend them. They are aimed at phone use, but much seems > applicable to running Android on tablets. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Siegel" <[email protected]> > To: "Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:53 PM > Subject: screen reader for android > > >> Lynne, you'd mentioned trying an android based tablet/phone, and thought >> you'd need to purchase a screen reader from somewhere. >> While I have no doubt the code factory option is decent, and works, I'd >> first suggest checking out google's screen reader which is part of the eyes >> free package. It's called talk back, and while I've had no success getting >> it to work on the tablet we have here, two friends of mine have gotten it >> working perfectly on their android based phones. It does appear to be >> written specifically for phones, but I don't see why it can't be made to >> work on tablets, but I haven't figured out how to get it to work on ours, >> though zI've not tried an external memory card yet, which seemed to solve >> one person's problems with making it work for them, so you might want to >> give talk back an option before plunking down funds for something from code >> factory, which from my extremely exposure, works identical to talk back >> anyhow. >> hth. >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> --------------------------------------- > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
