How to Use Telegram’s Message Scheduling Feature

Telegram, the popular messaging app, includes many useful features, one of them is message scheduling. This feature allows users to compose a message to be sent at a specified time and date.

Table of Contents

- What is the Schedule Messages Feature?
- How to Utilize the Feature
- Setting…

https://accessibleandroid.com/how-to-use-telegrams-message-scheduling-feature/

A quick look at the Accessibility Options of the Android operating system

Accessibility signifies that everyone, including individuals with disabilities, has equal and effective access to social, physical, and digital spaces, products, services, and information. This concept aims to remove various barriers and ensure the full participation of people with disabilities in social life. In line with this goal, the Android operating…

https://accessibleandroid.com/a-quick-look-at-the-accessibility-options-of-the-android-operating-system/

Winamp has made its debut on Android, offering local file playback, podcast browsing, and streaming of popular radio stations online. According to the app description, there are plans to consolidate streaming services into one app, but we couldn't find any details on that yet. While there’s still work to be done on accessibility, it’s exciting to see how it will grow and improve. Check it out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.winamp.release&hl=en_US

ElevenLabs Reader Alpha Impressions: Awesome Development, Although Not as Expected

As I mentioned a little while ago when discussing the ElevenLabs API, reading with the voices you save on your account makes the best of this API. Another difference and valuable option that Tech Freedom doesn’t have with its ElevenLabs voices implementation is these three settings: Similarity, variability, and style…

https://accessibleandroid.com/elevenlabs-reader-alpha-impressions-awesome-development-although-not-as-expected/

Lock Touch Function in Jieshuo Screen Reader

“Lock touch” is one of the functions offered by the Jieshuo screen reader. When enabled, the “Lock touch” function blocks all screen touches, including screen element touch exploration and activation, as well as onscreen gestures. This function might be useful in certain situations when the user doesn’t want any screen…

https://accessibleandroid.com/lock-touch-function-in-jieshuo-screen-reader/

Quick Announcement: ElevenLabs Reader Now Fully Accessible!

The ElevenLabs Reader app is, for many of those that are testing the app, one of the biggest Android releases we’ve seen lately.
While this is indeed true and really big, all the excitement was overshadowed, for us blind people, by the app’s inaccessibility in the form of totally unlabeled…

https://accessibleandroid.com/quick-announcement-elevenlabs-reader-now-fully-accessible/

Jieshuo’s Voice Assistant Feature and Spark Chatbot Support

AI chatbots are the new trend. Following this trend, the Jieshuo screen reader developer has added support for an online AI chatbot to the screen reader, allowing paid users to ask it questions and give prompts, either by using the voice assistant or by typing their messages. This post discusses…

https://accessibleandroid.com/jieshuos-voice-assistant-feature-and-spark-chatbot-support/

One Year of Accessible Android: Empowering the Blind Community Together

It’s a momentous occasion. On July 25th, 2023, AccessibleAndroid.com proudly emerged as a fully independent international English website. This journey wouldn’t have been possible without the remarkable support of our great community, and we’re thrilled to celebrate this milestone with you!

Table of Contents

- The Core Foundation and Vision…

https://accessibleandroid.com/one-year-of-accessible-android-empowering-the-blind-community-together/

ThePhysical Keyboard Challenge: Evaluating the Experience of Using an Android Tablet with an External Keyboard

From the very first day I purchased my Samsung S9 FE tablet and Logitech K380 Bluetooth keyboard, I planned to write this article. I finally decided to take on the challenge of using my tablet with the keyboard for at least five days without picking up my laptop at all.…

https://accessibleandroid.com/the-physical-keyboard-challenge-evaluating-the-experience-of-using-an-android-tablet-with-an-external-keyboard/

Earpiece Mode in Jieshuo Screen Reader

Earpiece mode is a function in the Jieshuo screen reader that transfers the screen reader speech and sounds to the phone’s earpiece or the internal speaker used for calls. The feature may be helpful in certain situations when the user doesn’t want the audio to come out of the loudspeaker,…

https://accessibleandroid.com/earpiece-mode-in-jieshuo-screen-reader/

Brave Browser

Browse faster on Brave Browser. Get a lightning fast, safe and private web browser with AI, Adblock, and VPN.

Details

Loved by over 65 million users, Brave has AI assistant Brave Leo, Firewall + VPN, Brave Search, and night mode.

NEW App Features

- Brave Leo: AI assistant
- Firewall…

https://accessibleandroid.com/app/brave-browser/

Screen Reader Basics That Both Blind and Sighted Should Know

A screen reader is a software, specifically an accessibility service, that enables blind users to read, identify, and interact with onscreen elements on their computers and mobile devices. Although screen readers may cater to other users’ needs, their main user base, and the one that Accessible Android is built for,…

https://accessibleandroid.com/screen-reader-basics-that-both-blind-and-sighted-should-know/

A quick accessibility review of the new Lenovo Tab Plus

An 11.5 inch display, a lot of memory, the latest Android with 4 years of updates and speakers from JBL; the new Lenovo Tab Plus promises a lot of features for less than 300 Euro. Interesting enough for me to test the accessibility of this upper entry level device.

Table…

https://accessibleandroid.com/a-quick-accessibility-review-of-the-new-lenovo-tab-plus/

Claude by Anthropic

Get help on a variety of tasks whenever inspiration strikes—on everything from writing to analysis to math—from Claude, your trusted AI assistant.

Features

Instant Answers: With Claude you have a world of intelligence right in your pocket. Just start a chat, send Claude a photo, attach a file—and ask away.…

https://accessibleandroid.com/app/claude-by-anthropic/

Direct Click, Direct Swipes, and Direct Scroll Functions in Jieshuo Screen Reader

Direct click, direct swipes, and direct scroll functions are among the useful features included in the Jieshuo screen reader. In this post, let’s talk about these functions and their uses. Note that all of these functions can be activated from the main menu, using the voice assistant, or via gestures.…

https://accessibleandroid.com/direct-click-direct-swipes-and-direct-scroll-functions-in-jieshuo-screen-reader/

Typing Settings in Jieshuo Screen Reader

Customizing typing echo is typically one of the key features of a screen reader. However, despite its advanced set of features and options, the Jieshuo screen reader lacked this customization until October 2022, when a dedicated typing settings section was added to its settings to give users more control over…

https://accessibleandroid.com/typing-settings-in-jieshuo-screen-reader/

Simple Text Editor

This is simple text editor that can help you with editing text files. Simple Text Editor is Open Source.

Details

This editor mostly used by me for small text notes, write down ideas while I have a break.
Supports only plain text files at the moment.
The code is open…

https://accessibleandroid.com/app/simple-text-editor/

Hi everyone,
Martijn van der Spek, the developer of the PiccyBot app, is generously giving away 5 lifetime promocodes for the app! To enter the giveaway, answer this question: What was the first accessible app developed by Martijn? You can find the answer in his interview, which you can listen to here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8r7WeR-oE
Please email your answers to:
contactus@blindandroidusers.com
Only those with the correct answer will be entered into the giveaway. Winners will be selected randomly, and they will receive an email with their promocode.
The giveaway ends on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. GMT.
Good luck!
To know more about PiccyBot, read our review using the following link https://accessibleandroid.com/piccybot-review-ai-is-there-to-describe-your-videos-too/

K-9 Mail

K-9 Mail is an open-source email client that works with basically every email provider.

Features:

- Supports multiple accounts, including proper GMail/OAuth2 integration;
- Unified Inbox;
- Privacy-friendly (no tracking whatsoever, only connects to your email provider);
- Automatic background synchronization or push notifications;
- Local and server-side search;
-…

https://accessibleandroid.com/app/k-9-mail/

Eleven Labs Reader for Android is publicly available and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. Read more https://accessibleandroid.com/app/elevenlabs-reader-ai-audio/

Google Gemini

The Google Gemini app is an AI assistant that can help supercharge your creativity and productivity.

Details

Gemini gives you direct access to Google’s best family of AI models on your phone so you can:

- Get help with writing, brainstorming, learning, and more
- Summarize and find quick info…

https://accessibleandroid.com/app/google-gemini/