[vi-android] Re: (VI-Android) How Do I Set Up a Phone Running Android 4.2 Please?

  • From: Quentin Christensen <quentin.christensen@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:25:18 +1100

Hi Ayoola,
Talkback should be in the accessibility settings - As with the general settings - there might be a few settings and Talkback may not be near the top!
When you go into Talkback, the screen has an on/off button (like for WiFi or Bluetooth), an overview of what Talkback does, and then a "Settings" button. The on/off button is where you turn it on and off (I'm sure you figured that bit out yourself), and in the settings is where you can enable Explore by touch etc.
On some phones (running 4.1 in my experience) they may not come with a recent version of Talkback with Explore by touch, so yes downloading / updating it from the play store is definitely a good idea! Explore by touch is part of recent versions of Talkback (on 4.1 or later devices) rather than a standalone app in itself.
Re your WiFi - do you have any security settings which might prevent the phone accessing it - only allowing certain devices for instance, or have you put the right password into the phone? You should certainly be able to access WiFi without a SIM card.
Re the text to speech - yes text to speech can be used by other programs as well as Talkback (which is why the setting isn't under accessibility) - for instance I have a running app which announces every kilometer I run using the same voice, and there are other apps which can use it also. Talkback actually only tells the phone to read out everything on screen - it's the text to speech engine which does the work of converting that text to speech. 

Regards

Quentin.


On 26/11/2013 4:30 PM, Ayoola Stephen Efunkoya wrote:

Hey Quentin,

I forgot to ask. Will I need to search for the Explore-by-touch app in
the playstore? Or does it come on when talkback is enabled? There's no
such item in the phone's accessibility at the moment.

Thank you.

On 11/26/13, Ayoola Stephen Efunkoya <ayokoya2009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Quentin,

Thanks. I finally found the settings of the phone and as you rightly
pointed out accessibility is way down the list; in fact it's the
second to the last item in this list.

The user of the phone will rely solely on talkback and so won't need
the large-print option enabled. Although I'm yet to locate talkback on
the phone, I found Pico to be the only available speech engine in the
'use as default speech engine' section of the 'language and input
settings'. Pico gives a spoken feedback when you click to hear an
example of the speech. How can that be possible without talkback?

As an alternative, I tried to download/update talkback (in case it's
already installed), but the phone won't connect to the internet via my
wifi here in the house. It keeps bringing up a notification that
authentication failed. THere's no SIM card on the phone yet.

Thank you.

On 11/25/13, Quentin <quentin.christensen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can get to settings either via a home screen icon or very top right
when you pull down the notification shade.

Accessibility varies it's position in the list but often it's down a fair
way, I've only ever seen it called "accessibility" though.

If setting large text option you need to check the check box here but
also
set font size to huge in display options.

If you turn talk back on it's default settings are good and it should
offer

it's tutorial when you first turn it on, otherwise that is in the
settings
button in the talk back screen.

Some phones have extra accessibility options dotted around.

Regards

Quentin

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On 26 November 2013 7:51:49 AM Ayoola Stephen Efunkoya
<ayokoya2009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello everyone,

A friend who is visually impaired just brought his phone running Android
4.2 to me to help set up with all relevant accessibility features
enabled.

I am however lost because the settings items in Android 4.2 is
completely
different from those in 2.3.

Please what do I need to llook out for to help him out?

Thank you.

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Regards

Ayoola Stephen Efunkoya

Communications Professional, Broadcast journalist and Accessible Technology
Enthusiast/Trainer

M.A candidate
Department of Communication and Language Arts
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria

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