[blindza] Android: Accessible talkback editor

From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "NAPSA Blind" <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:15:07 +0200
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=il.co.philosoft.editor.demo

Description from that page:
"Accessible Editor" is an editor that was designed especially for blind and 
visually impaired people that use Android devices with Talkback.
It is intended to help visual impaired people to type for applications like 
SMS, emails, notepad and every other application eyes free. Users can also use 
"Accessible Editor" to save memos and documents locally.
It is possible to work with "Accessible Editor" on every Android device, phones 
and tablets,
with both virtual and physical keyboard. 
The editor was designed to operate in three different ways.
1. Pressing buttons.
2. Working with gestures.
3. Working with accelerate keys on external keyboard.
It is possible to hear the content of a document in three different speech 
engines depending on the language of the words.
All the documents can be saved locally or exported to other applications.
You can also import content from other applications to further edit the 
document.
"Accessible Editor" is designed to work with Talkback, so you don't need to 
learn a new environment. 
There is a special consideration for enlarging fonts and good contrast. 
General explanation for working with the editor
One recommended scenario for working with the Editor is done through the 
following steps:
First you should type the necessary content using either virtual or physical 
keyboard or using voice recognition.
Then you should hear the whole document. Thus, you may hear weather there were 
any mistakes in typing.
If there were any mistakes you should go back, word by word until you reach the 
word with the mistake.
When you get to the mistaken word you should activate the spell function to 
hear the word letter by letter and then "select" the word.
All these actions can be done either by buttons, gestures or accelerator keys 
and are explained in the help that comes with the Application.
When the word is selected, you should write the word again correctly. The new 
word will replace the old mistaken one.
You should repeat these actions until the document has no mistakes and can be 
exported to the application you want like email or SMS.

Major functions
Reading and navigation functions:
Most functions can be preformed either by simple gestures, physical keyboard or 
by "onscreen" buttons.
. Read and navigate to the next or previous word or sentence.
. Read current word or sentence.
. Read current document using the preferred speech engine for the language.
. Jump to end of document.
. Switch between Preview and edit mode when you wish to close the keyboard and 
navigate the document safely without editing the text.

User Interface Features:
. High contrast. White text on a dark background.
. Enlarge the font size to fit your needs.
. Hide / Show the buttons in order to use maximum screen area.
. Use the detailed help file 

Text Composition, importing or exporting functions
. Enter Text via On Screen/ physical Keyboard or by voice.
. Import or export text from and to any Android application that supports text 
Sharing ( like SMS , Email , FB and so on)
. Open and save text files including association of any *.txt file with the 
accessible editor.
. Directly send SMS to Contact or phone number.
. Copy or paste any text from or to the editor using simple button in addition 
to the regular Talkback mechanism.
Note: The user interface is in English but text can be written in any language."



Jacob Kruger
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Skype: BlindZA
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[blindza] Android: Accessible talkback editor

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