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From: Peter Shikli
Date: Thu, Apr 09 2020 1:51PM
Subject: Android Voice Commands
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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
From: Amber Holladay
Date: Thu, Apr 09 2020 2:17PM
Subject: Re: Android Voice Commands
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I'm not sure if you are referring to voice command or a screen reader?
Voice command used by blind or low vision on iOS would be SIRI, on Android
it is "Hey Google."
Screen reader (like NVDA) on iOS is Voiceover, on Android it is TalkBack
(not all Android phones support TalkBack fully).
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:01 PM Peter Shikli < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> 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
>
>
> > > > >
From: joe@a11yeval.com
Date: Thu, Apr 09 2020 2:50PM
Subject: Re: Android Voice Commands
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Google Voice Access:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.voiceaccess&hl=en_US
it's the Android equivalent to (and came before) iOS Voice Control (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210417)
thankx,
Joe Humbert
Accessibility Champion
Android and iOS accessibility novice
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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
From: Jeffrey (JDS)
Date: Thu, Apr 09 2020 3:40PM
Subject: Re: Android Voice Commands
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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.
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Sent: April 9, 2020 3:51 PM
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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
From: Mallory
Date: Mon, Apr 13 2020 7:29AM
Subject: Re: Android Voice Commands
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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-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > On Behalf Of
> Peter Shikli
> Sent: April 9, 2020 3:51 PM
> To: WebAIM Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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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