I honestly don't understand how it could be considered "offensive," in the least. It's not as though your using it hurts us in any way. It might be helpful on a number of levels. Go ahead and use it and see how it works, if you feel so inclined.

FYI, screen readers are also used by people with dyslexia and migraines caused by screens, amongst other things, so it'd be silly for a blind person to get mad.

It's up to you what features of your phone you use. If you want to use talkback for kicks, why should I or anyone else care?

It's not offensive at all. If you manage to upset someone for using a feature that is built into your phone, then that person probably isn't worth hanging around.

I don't see why it would be.

No, this is not offensive. In fact, this is ultimately beneficial to blind people. If these features that we use for access are useful outside of our community, the mores thse features may be incorporated into other facets of technology. Keep exploring!

I don't see this as offensive, particularly as you're exploring out of curiosity and not trying to simulate blindness or anything like that.

I like the idea of sighted people learning about these kinds of things on their own but I also want them to get curious and learn the strengths and weaknesses. Do they have to be an expert? No, but I want to see more sighted people legit learn about it, not just use it when they want to demonstrate something cool to their friends once and that's it. You know?

It's a little hard to explain. But, have you noticed any strengths or weaknesses with Talkback? If more sighted people thought about it while using it that would make me happy!

Like... I wish more people were like you instead of just simulating blindness for an hour then YouTubing it. Kind of thing. The way you are doing it, not offensive at all.

It's a good impulse to use the feature, and it's a good impulse to check here first. Good on you. You may even find you enjoy reading long posts or even books with TalkBack or the iOS equivelent, Voiceover. If you do, consider buying the Voice Dream app which does a good job letting you read EPUBs and other ebooks with text to speech.

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