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UNBOXING THE ESSENTIAL PHONE: PERSPECTIVE FROM A BLIND PERSON (youtu.be)
submitted by Nighthawk321
theaggravatedjew 1 points 4y ago
An almost pure android experience was definitely the way to go for a decent android experience. A lot of phones have bloatware that makes some features of talkback annoying to use.
Did you already upgrade to Android Pie? I like the addition of the "accessibility menu" option. I have been trying to get essential to label all the buttons in the camera by default.
At this point everything is labeled, except the video button (one swipe left from the "shutter button") it would be awesome f you requested that feature as well so maybe it would be added.
Did you already upgrade to Android Pie? I like the addition of the "accessibility menu" option. I have been trying to get essential to label all the buttons in the camera by default.
At this point everything is labeled, except the video button (one swipe left from the "shutter button") it would be awesome f you requested that feature as well so maybe it would be added.
Nighthawk321 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Yeah I upgraded to 9. I was actually wondering about the accessibility button and why it replaced the overview button, but that makes sense.
theaggravatedjew 1 points 4y ago
Also in case anyone is wondering, KNFB reader doesn't work on the Essential phone running android pie.
CVRTCOMSCATIS 1 points 4y ago
When I’ve compared android and iOS, I’ve thought Apple does the job better, but maybe I gave up too soon. I’m interested to hear your experience with Android. Android has so many options for customization but talk back doesn’t feel nearly as robust as VoiveOver.
Nighthawk321 [OP] 2 points 4y ago
That's what I previously thought as well, but my friend said I should really give Talkback a try and that it has improved a lot. I've been messing with it for the past day and it's honestly been really great. Talkback is so much more responsive than the last time I tried it.
CVRTCOMSCATIS 1 points 4y ago
Good to hear! It’s probably been a year since I’ve given Android another try. In the past I thought the typing was clumsy and there weren’t enough gestures to get the job done efficiently. And the layouts are so diverse. But the more options the better IMO
Nighthawk321 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
The typing is still very clumsy. Really the only thing that's preventing me from switching to Android is the lack of passthrough with Fleksy. If I could use that keyboard without having to turn off talkback, that would be sweet.
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