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Re: Android Voice Commands

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From: Mallory
Date: Apr 13, 2020 7:29AM

As Jeffrey said, NVDA isn't an Android screen reader, however if you are also interested in speech-control with NVDA on Windows, check out DictationBridge https://dictationbridge.com/
This is a "bridging" software (similar to a paid software that works with JAWS called J-Say) which allows one to run both their screen reader and a speech recognition software such as Dragon or Windows Speech Rec at the same time without them interfering with each other.

However DB is definitely a Windows thing and not an Android thing. The earlier suggestion about Google Voice sounds useful.

cheers,
Mallory

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, at 11:40 PM, Jeffrey (JDS) wrote:
> Nvda doesn't do voice commands.
> This question is a bit confusing.
>
> I'm a blind android user and I use talkback and commentary screen
> reader on different android devices. I have no problem navigating the
> web.
>
> If you want things read with a voice command, the google assistant does
> this. As do a number of plugins and apps on android.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Peter Shikli
> Sent: April 9, 2020 3:51 PM
> To: WebAIM Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Android Voice Commands
>
> We're being asked to go beyond our regular website accessibility
> audits, into the unfamiliar area where the blind use voice commands to
> explore the online content that we helped make accessible. They seem
> able to do so well with iPhones but not so with Androids.
>
> Does anyone know of a voice command app we can recommend the blind use
> with their Android smartphones to surf the web with assistive
> technology like NVDA reading the content?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter Shikli
> Access2online Inc.
> www.access2online.com
> Prison inmates helping the internet become accessible
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