Welcome to episode 279.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Coming up on April 25, 2026 is our 2nd “open-listener/Developer” session.

Mark your calendars to join us at 9AM Pacific time.

ANDROID BASICS

Google dropped the April Security patch for Pixel 6-10, fixing a number of some issues.

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel

SPOTLIGHT

This week, we caught up with the Developer of “Roads Audio,” where Dave Faliskie intimates us with the history and goal of the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onemanstartup.roads

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we demonstrate “BookFusion—Natural TTS,” a TTS engine with support for a number of languages.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion.voice

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Announcements

Save the date: our second quarterly listener and developer session will take place on 25 April, we’ll circulate joining details nearer the time.

Spotlight

This week we’re joined by the developer of the Text to Speech app, ToBe SAID/ToBe SAID Pro.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demo of the AI-enabled voice-to-text app, Wispr Flow.

Commentary

Karene shows us the new AI text correction functionality in Jieshuo.

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Welcome to episode 277.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Coming up on April 25, 2026 is our 2nd “open-listener/Developer” session.

Mark your calendars to join us at 9AM Pacific time.

ANDROID 17 BETA 3

Google dropped beta 3 of Android 17 on Thursday, March 26 and with that, the version has reached platform stability.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/the-third-beta-of-android-17.html

SPOTLIGHT

This week, we caught up with the Developer of “seeing with Sound” AKA “The vOICe for Android).

Get to know the history of the app as Peter Meijer intimates us with its history and both Jacob and Pranav illustrate their experiences and usage scenarios.

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we demonstrate “AudiFlo,” an e-Book reading app with a difference.

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Announcements

Save the date: our second quarterly listener and developer session will take place on 25 April, we’ll circulate joining details nearer the time.

Android basics

This week, it’s all about sideloading.  What is it, and should you do it.

App of the week

Jacob Kruger demonstrates The vOICe for Android, a visual assistance app with a difference in that it uses soundscapes to describe camera images.  It’s also worth reading Jacob’s setup tips.

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Welcome to episode 275.

ANDROID BASICS

This week, we focus on the important roles of both the “OS” (Operating System) and Security patch updates.

Your faithful crew lays out the important role that each of these updates brings to the table.

Let us know whether you agree with our take on the subject matter or not.

APP OF THE WEEK

For the “App of the week,” we take a look at a brand-new TTS engine with a promising prospects.

The TTS engine in question, is the “ToBe Said” TTS.

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Android basics

We discuss what’s new in the Pixel March feature drop.

Spotlight

We focus on the Mobile World Congress, which took place in Barcelona from 2-5 March.

App of the week

Snehashish Mahato brings us a demo of the AI assistant app, ScribeMe whose developer we featured a few weeks ago.

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Welcome to episode 273.

ANDROID BASICS

Google dropped the 2nd beta of Android 17 in some 13 days after the first beta.

Release Notes explain what’s new and the fixes found in this release.

SPOTLIGHT

In the Spotlight for this week is the Samsung Galaxy S26-series unpack, where Samsung unveiled the trio of phones in the way of the S26, S26+ and the S26Ultra.

We also gave a general overview of the history of the S-Series to the current iteration of the series.

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Spotlight

This week we discussed the recently announced Google Pixel 10a, which will be released on 5 March and is available for pre-order now.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates another AI-enabled e-book reader, Paper2Audio.

Tip of the week

Karene shows us new functionality in the Gmail app which allows you to create a new label.

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Welcome to episode 271.

ANDROID BASICS

This week, your faithful crew discuss the question of getting a flagship phone versus a mid-range phone.

Does one really need a flagship phone, or would a mid-ranger suffice in a pinch?

Take a listen and leave your comments.

SPOTLIGHT

In the Spotlight for this week is the Android 17 Beta 1. What features does it come with?

APP OF THE WEEK

For the App of the week,” we turn our attention to “Anytime  Podcast Player,” a podcasting client.

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Spotlight

This week we are joined by Xin Huan, the developer of the cross-platform reading app, Readest.  Download the app for other platforms and contact the developer via the Readest website.

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Welcome to the very first 2026 “Open-listener session.”

We took this opportunity to ask listeners as to which is their favorite apps for the year 2025, following the podcast crew choices of the best apps of 2025.

The categories are:

1. E-Book readers

2. Audio Recorders

3. TTS Engines

4. Podcast Players

5. offline music players

6. Audio-Book Players

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Welcome to Episode 268 where we talked exclusively about the new revamped “Audivision” (formally known as “Audiblevision).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: First 2026 Open-listener/Developer session

Our very first “Open-listener/Developer session” of 2026 comes up on Jan. 31, 2026.

Make note of the time zone for your area.

Spotlight:

In our “Spotlight” segment, we exclusively chatted with Aadhar, one of the Devs of “Audivision,” an app that  has immensely improved with features that aren’t found elsewhere.

TalkBack Highlights: Enhanced Keymap

John shows us how to use the new enhanced keymap and browse mode introduced in TalkBack 16.2.

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Announcements

Our first listener session of 2026 takes place on 31 January.  Please do join us if you can! We’ll post the link on social media closer to the time.

Apps of the week

This week we bring you a couple of demonstrations: Riz demonstrates the RSS reader SmartRSS and Warren showcases another ebook reader, Readest.

Tip of the week

Joseph Hodge shows us how to share a file with a Pixel 10 series phone using Airdrop on the Mac.

Talkback highlights

John shows us the text formatting announcements feature introduced in Talkback 16.2.

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Welcome to Episode 266 where we talked exclusively about the new GPS app from “Touchpuls” called “Navis.”

Take a listen and discover the different approach that these folks have regarding the subject of navigation.

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Welcome to Episode265 where the BAU and AA Podcast Crew continue with the Best apps of 2025 as Part 2.

For Part 2, we dive into the following Categories:

Audio Book Players, Audio and Video Players, Audio Recorders, Podcast Players, OCR Apps and GPS Apps.

For the Audio Book Players, the “Smart Audio Book Player” is crowned king.

For the Audio and Video slot, the “VLC For Android” takes the cake.

The kingship for Audio Recorders category goes to “ASR Recorder.”

The category for Podcasting apps finds the “Antennapod” taking the crown.

When it comes to the OCR category, however, both the Google Lookout and the Microsoft Seeing AI are a tie for the 1st position.

The last category is the GPS apps and the 1st place goes to the “Soundscape for Android” with the “Seeing Assistant Go” taking the 2nd place.

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Welcome to Episode264 where the BAU and AA Podcast Crew choose the best apps of 2025 in the following categories:

TTS Engines, E-Book Readers and Image/Video Description apps.

Owed to time constraints, only those 3 categories above were discussed.

We intend on doing a part 2 the following week to cover the other categories.

For this week, when it comes to the TTS of the year, that crown went to Eloquence from Codefactory.

For the specialized E-book reader for the blind, the crew gave that crown to the Tech-Freedom app.

For the general e-Book Reader app, it’s a draw between the “Readify” the “Quickify” app.

Next, it’s the Image/Video Description app, where the Image description went to Talkback Image Description.

The Realtime Video Description is a draw between the Gemini Live and the ScribeMe app.

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We’re joined by listeners and developers for our 5 year anniversary.  Thanks so much for your support, and here’s to the next 5 years!

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Welcome to Episode262 where we meet the developer of the ScribeMe app.

In addition to meeting the Developer of the “ScribeMe” app, we also discuss the updated Android Accessibility Suite 16.2.

SPOTLIGHT 1:

Mark Morad of the ScribeMe app gives us insight into the background of the app.

SPOTLIGHT 2:

In our Spotlight 2, we discuss some of the new features of Talkback 16.2 that debuted with the release of Android Accessibility 16.2.

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this Episode’s “Tip of the week,” we take a look at the “Notification Organizer” that dropped alongside with the December 2025 Pixel feature-drop.

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announcements

We’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.

Android basics

We discuss the state of music players in 2025, including the merits of online vs offline playback.  Apps we cover include Powermp Music Player, GoneMad Music Player, VLC Media Player, Shuttle Music Player, Spotify and BubbleUpNP.  We also touch on the capability of other app categories to play music such as file managers and browsers.

Spotlight

We discuss various developments from Google, including the Quarterly Platform Release 2, December security patch and latest disability-related features.  Also, the public beta of Eloquence was released by Code Factory this week.  Don’t worry if you can’t join immediately, while it’s a public beta numbers may be limited.

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Welcome to Episode 260 where we discuss the need or the lack thereof shipping trackers.

This is the shopping season and lots of folks are shopping for stuff for themselves or for family.

Does one need a third-party shipping tracker or is it enough to track the items direct from the merchandise store?

APP OF THE WEEK:

For this week’s “app of the week,” we spotlight the “Readify,” an e-Reading app.

JIESHUO (CSR)

Kareen brings us another entry from the Jieshuo (CSR) Screen reader in the way of excluding apps from using volume key shortcuts.

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announcements

We’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.

Android basics

We return to our occasional series on app categories, and this week your crew discuss different camera options.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the Tropical Hurricane Tracker app.

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Spotlight

We are joined by Eduard Sanchez from Code Factory to talk about the much anticipated return to Android of Eloquence.

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announcements

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Spotlight

We catch up with Patrick Long on what’s new at InnoSearch AI, including their Android app

App of the week

Warren demonstrates Sora by Open AI, which lets you generate videos from text.

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Welcome to Episode256 where we chat with Diane from the Blindshell group. 

The Blind Shell group has a new phone in the way of the “Blind Shell Classic3” and this time, it has tapped into AI.

APP OF THE WEEK:

For this week’s “app of the week,” we spotlight the “Innosearch,” an app intended to make online shopping easier for blind folks.

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Welcome to Episode255, the 2025 4th-quarter “Open-listener and Developers Session.

Meet some of your Developers and listeners as we interact with these Developers who talked about their projects.

Following the segment that features the Developers and their projects, we have the “Q” and “A” segment, where listeners asked their questions.

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Android basics

This week, John presents a beginner’s guide to setting up an Android phone for the first time.

Spotlight

We discuss Quarterly Platform Release 2 Beta 3, and new initiatives from Google to protect you from scams.

App of the week

Jacob Kruger demonstrates Umsizi Reader, which offers support for many South African languages.

Tip of the week

Warren shows us how to prioritise messages in the Google Messages app by pinning them to the top of the conversations list.

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Welcome to Episode 253, featuring the Pixel Watch 4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our 3rd “open-listener session” FOR 2025 is taking place on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

Mark that down on your calendar and join us for this great session.

ANDROID BASICS: October Security Patch

Read what the October 2025 Pixel security patch has at this URL.

SPOTLIGHT: Unboxing the Pixel Watch 4

The Pixel Watch 4 finally reaches us and we unbox and discussed the watch.

TIP OF THE WEEK: Scanning text with GBoard

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we take a look at the scanning feature of Google’s GBoard.

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Welcome to Episode 252, featuring the Indigo Nav

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our 3rd “open-listener session” FOR 2025 is taking place on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

Mark that down on your calendar and join us for this great session.

ANDROID BASICS: Google preps Gemini for the Home Devices

Google took to its blog to announce Gemini support for its hardware devices, going back as far as 2015.

The announcement also mentioned some new hardware from Google.

SPOTLIGHT: METE INDIGO NAV

We caught up with Mike May from the development team of the “Indigo Nav” where we talk about the history of the app, what its current state is and the expected features.

GALAXY TAB-S11 UNBOXING

John got bitten by the Samsung bug and unboxes the Galaxy Tab S11.

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Welcome to Episode 251, where our focus is on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

SPOTLIGHT: NEW QUALCOMM CHIPS

In keeping with its tradition, Qualcomm just wrapped up its annual chip summit in Maui, HI, where it showcased its newest Snapdragon chips.

Alongside this, we also took a look at Xiaomi’s new phones, the Xiaomi 17-series of phones and the Xiaomi 15T.

APP OF THE WEEK: HUXE

Courtesy of some 3 x-Google engineers, this week’s “app Of the Week” is “Huxe.”

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of Pixel10-series as our friend, Joe Hodge brings us another feature of the Pixel phone called “Daily Listen.”

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Welcome to Episode 250, where we meet One UI 8.

SPOTLIGHT: One UI 8 

Samsung rolled out One UI 8 to the S25-series of phones, however, this rollout Breaks Accessibility for those who like using their phones with the “Hide-Screen” feature enabled.

With this on, gestures and other related functions are basically broken.

For Pixel users and those enrolled to the QPR program, Google rolled out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2.

APP OF THE WEEK: JOPLIN

Our friend , Riz, demonstrates an open-source note-taking app called “Joplin.”

TALKBACK HIGHLIGHT: Customizing Braille keyboard gestures

For this episode’s “Talkback Highlights,” John shows you how to customize your Talkback Braille keyboard gestures.

JIESHUO: SUSPENDING GESTURES

Kareen takes you on a journey of suspending all Jieshuo gestures to increase your typing experience.

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of the Pixel 10 series as we meet “Magic Cue.”

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Welcome to Episode 249, where we meet Talkback 16.1.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The death of Nova Launcher

For those of you lovers of the Nova Launcher, it seems that the sweet journey has come to an end as the developer announces the end of the road for this beloved Launcher.

ANDROID BASICS: Talkback 16.1

With the announcement of Android Accessibility Suite 16.1, we meet Talkback 16.1 with notable changes to typing and touch responsiveness, focus delay, customizable virtual Braille keyboard, etc.

TALKBACK HIGHLIGHT: Adjusting Focus Delay in Talkback16.1

For this episode’s “Talkback Highlight,” we show you how to adjust the Focus Delay, one of the features of Talkback16.1

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of Pixel10-series as our friend Joe Hodge demos the “Help Me Edit,” found in the Pixel Camera.

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Welcome to Episode 248, discussing the state of Translation apps in 2025.

ANDROID BASICS: The state of Translation apps in 2025

With AI changing the landscape in technology, we discuss the state of Translation apps in 2025 as to what their role is in this evolution.

SPOTLIGHT: Samsung unveils new devices 

The Samsung Tablets were usually unveiled in October, but this year, Samsung moved it to the month of September.

In Google land, the “Pixel Feature-drop” (QPR1 stable) dropped including the September security patch, where Google addresses some 120+ issues, including some serious issues affecting Qualcomm, Media tech and ARM-powered devices.

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of the Pixel 10 series as we demo the “Take a Message” feature.

I dubbed this as, “bring back my retro Answering Machine.”

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Welcome to Episode 247, where we salute the folks from the “Scottish Tech Army,” the great folks behind “Soundscape for Android.”

SPOTLIGHT

In this week’s spotlight, are Kirsty Macintosh, Dave Craig and Tunde Ojelabe of the “Scottish Tech Army” group that brought “Soundscape to Android.”

These wonderful folks intimated us to the development of the app from a pure voluntary effort.

We’re thankful for their work and commend them for such a heroic undertaking to something that even the original developer of the app claimed it wasn’t’ doable for Android.

PIXEL 10 PRO XL UNBOXING

In the “Unboxing segment,” we’re delighted to unbox the Pixel 10 Pro XL.

TIP OF THE WEEK

In our “Tip of the week,” we feature one of the new features that came with the Pixel 10 series—The Scene Description feature, found in the Pixel Camera.

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Welcome to Episode 246, the “Made By Google 2025” Episode.

ANDROID BASICS

Aug. 20, 2025 was a very busy day for Google as they pushed out the Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 as well as the 3rd iteration of the “Android Canary.”

Spotlight

This week, the Spotlight is on the “Made By Google 2025” event where Google unveiled the Pixel 10-series, including the Pixel Watch 4 and the Pixel Bud A-Series in the way of the Pixel Buds 2A.

APP OF THE WEEK

Keeping in step with the “Made By Google 2025,” this week’s “App of the week” is a “made By Google” app in the way of the “Google Password Manager” stand-alone App to quickly get to the in-built Google Password Manager.

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Welcome to Episode 245 where we take a look at Color-detection aps.

ANDROID BASICS

Do we still need these COLOR-DETECTION APPS in 2025 with all the AI?

Spotlight

This week, the Spotlight is on the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3.1 with some 24 bug-fixes and a crucial fix for those who use Voice-dictation.

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you an e-book reading app, simply called, “SayIt.”

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we highlight a new feature of the Google “Messages app” called “Protection and Safety.”

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Welcome to Episode 243 where the focus is on “ReVision Fitness.”

Spotlight

This week, our friend Tyler Merren from “ReVision Fitness” joins us to talk about the new happenings with “ReVision Fitness” and updates us about an upcoming event.

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you a long-awaited “Soundscape” app adapted for Android by the “Scottish Tech Army.”

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” John shows you how to customize the “Recent Apps” screen on your Samsung Galaxy phone.

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Welcome to Episode243 where the focus is on Tablets.

ANDROID BASICS (Who are Tablets for?)

Your faithful crew talks about the pros and cons of Tablets and who these could be suited for.

Spotlight

Our friend Joe Hodge reviews the “Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3.”

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you a little fun app called “Luck by Chance.”

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Welcome to our 3rd Quarter Open-listener session of 2025.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our sister site: Accessible Android marks its 2nd anniversary since inception.

Spotlight

This week, as part of the 2025 3rd Quarter Open-listener Session, we interact with some Developers who talked about their projects.

Philip Bennefall from Blastbay, Muhammed and Abdala from TableEx and Lillian Fidler from Lillian Fidler design, updated us on their projects.

Android Basics

This is the general topic area where listeners discussed things they are happy with and those they’re not happy with.

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Welcome to Episode 241.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our 3rd quarter “open-listener session” is scheduled for July 26, 2025 at 9AM Pacific time.

Join us and interact with some Devs.

Android Basics

In this week’s episode, your faithful crew discusses as to whether or not “Cash Readers” are relevant in 2025 with all the AI capabilities.

Spotlight

Google dropped the final beta of QPR1 in the way of Beta 3.

Alongside that, Google introduced “Gemini Feature-drops” with its dedicated page tracker.

App of the week

For this week’s “app of the week,” we focus on “DBMB”—An app to silent unknown callers.

Jieshuo (CSR) SEGMENT

The developer of Jieshuo Screen Reader introduces the “Jieshuo Max.”

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” John demonstrates some of Gemini’s capabilities on a WearOS Watch.

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Welcome to Episode 240.

In this week’s episode, our focus is on the Samsung2025 Summer Galaxy Unpacked.

Android Basics

1. Google July Pixel Drop

2. Android Canary

3. Galaxy S24 and S25 July Security patch

Spotlight

In the spotlight, we spotlight the “Samsung2025 Summer Galaxy Unpacked devices

App of the week

For this week’s “App of the week,” we are focused on the “Vocalizer AI.”

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Welcome to Episode 239.

In this week’s episode, our focus is on the state of Radio apps in 2025.

Android Basics: RADIO APPS IN 2025

1. TuneIn Radio,

2. VRadio,

3. Cloud Radio,

4. AudialsPlay AND

5. Radio - Apps (Radio FM).

Spotlight

In the spotlight, we spotlight the “Nothing Phone.:

App of the week

For this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “Open Document Reader.

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Android Basics

We discuss what's new in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.1.

Spotlight

We have the privilege of talking to Philip Bennefall of Blastbay Studios, the developer behind new text-to-speech voices for Windows. We discuss the process of creating the TTS engine and the possibility of an Android Version.

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In this week’s episode, our focus is on the review and impressions of the Motorola Razr+2024.

Spotlight

John treats us to a quick review and impressions of the Motorola Razr+2024, where the crew members voice their opinions of the phone.

App of the week

For this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “Office Viewer Reader” by “nTools.”

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Welcome to Episode 236.

This week has been busy for Google as Android 16 Public release drops including the “Pixel Feature-drop” and the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We knew that at some point, the ElevenLabs Reader would become a subscription-based access, but we didn’t think it was coming this soon.

The usage of this app requires subscription.

ANDROID BASICS

Besides Google dropping Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2, Samsung wasn’t sitting around, thus, One UI 8 Beta 2 for the S25-Series of phones equally dropped.

Spotlight

In the spotlight is the Android 16 Public release and the “Pixel-feature-drop.”

App of the week

For this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “1Cross” Bible app.

ANDROID JOURNEY WITH mckensie Parker

Mckensie Parker joins us to talk about her Android Journey story.

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Android basics

We discuss the release of Android 16 QPR Beta 1.1.

Spotlight

We are joined by the developers of TableEx – an app designed so that blind and visually impaired people can play classic board and card games.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demonstration of a new bible app, Random Scripture Verse Picker.

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Android basics

We discuss what’s new in the recently launched Samsung One UI 8 Beta available on the S25 series of phones.  Enroll via the Samsung Members app.

Spotlight

We are joined for a conversation by the developers of Seeing Assistant GO – an app we recently discussed when we surveyed the state of GPS apps.

Talkback highlights

John demonstrates the new table navigation mode in Talkback 16.

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Android16 QPR1Beta1

Google preceded the public release of Android16 with “Android16QPR1Beta1.”

Spotlight

This week, the focus is on Google I/O 2025 – Google’s annual developer conference which took place on 20 and 21 May.  The crew discuss the highlights, but it’s worth reading the 100 I/O announcements in full.

App of the week

Focusing on one of the I/O announcements, Warren demonstrates the Google Notebook LM app.

Talkback highlights

John demonstrates the new screen description feature in Talkback 16.

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Android basics

This week, we discuss the release of Talkback 16.

Spotlight

It’s a busy section this week.  We talk about various phones including the Samsung S25 Edge, The Sony Xperia 1 VII and the latest Android 16 Beta.

Talkback highlights

John shows us how to ask follow up questions when you have a Talkback image description – a new feature of Talkback 16.

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Android basics

In recent episodes we have been revisiting app categories we looked at in the early days of the podcast.  However, we have never dedicated a full segment to screen readers though we have discussed the differences in passing, so we are remedying that now.  This week, we look at Talkback available as part of Google’s Android Accessibility Suite, Jieshuo/Commentary and Prudence.

Check out this comparison article between TalkBack and Jieshuo on Accessible Android.

Spotlight

This week, we touch on some of the fixes in the May security patch.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the text to speech app, TTS Router.

Tip of the week

John shows us how to handle different aspects of the Notifications and Quick Settings panels in Samsung One UI 7.

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Android basics

In recent episodes we have been revisiting app categories we looked at in the early days of the podcast.  This week, we look at the state of GPS apps in 2025.  Apps discussed include Google Maps, Lazarillo Accessible GPS, Seeing Assistant Move and the simpler Seeing Assistant Go, Goodmaps Outdoors and Waymap (disclaimer: this one hasn’t been tested)!

Unboxing

Joe Hodge unboxes his new tablet, the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3.

Commentary

Karene brings us the next episode in our Jieshuo series, looking at its ability to take full and partial screen shots, as well as a direct touch and hold function.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the Text to Speech engine, Speecx.

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Android basics

In recent episodes we have been revisiting app categories we looked at in the early days of the podcast.  This week, we look at the state of audio book apps in 2025.  We discuss various apps including  Audible, Smart AudioBook Player, Listen Audiobook Player, mAbook and  LibriVox

Spotlight

We talk about the new phones from Motorola.

My Android Journey

Kirt Manwaring joins us to tell his Android journey story.

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Announcements

The developer of the app  Magnifier which John demonstrated a few weeks ago has very generously donated a number of codes which will remove ads from the app.  Get in touch if you’d like one.

Android basics

In recent episodes we have been revisiting app categories we looked at in the early days of the podcast.  This week, we look at the state of browsers in 2025.  We discuss Google Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave, Samsung Internet Browser, Microsoft Edge and Firefox.

Spotlight

It’s a busy Spotlight section this week.  First, we discuss the changes in Android 16 Beta 4.  Next, we talk about Samsung resuming the roll-out Of OneUI 7.  Finally, we look at the Honor Power, notable for its massive battery.

Commentary

In keeping with the theme of this week’s episode, Karene demonstrates the web browser built into Jieshuo.

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Welcome to Episode227, where we discuss the state of email clients in2025.

ANDROID BASICS

Email clients continue to be a hot subject matter on both our email and Telegram groups.

Thus, this week, we focus on the state of email clients in 2025.

In this week’s discussion, we touch on the following clients:

Gmail, Email Lite, Edison mail, Spark Mail, TwoBird, Aquamail, etc. where we talked about their strengths and weaknesses.

SPOTLIGHT

In the spotlight is the One UI 7 stable release for the S24-series and the new changes it brought.

Alongside with that is a spotlight on the Pixel update for the month of April as well as the Android 16 beta 2 coming in for the OnePlus 13.

TIP OF THE WEEK

John brings us an updated tutorial on how to install the Google Talkback on a Samsung device.

The required batch files are found using this URL.

ANDROID JOURNEY

To close this week’s episode, our friend Devin Prater brings us his Android Journey story.

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Welcome to Episode226, our 2nd Quarter Open-Listener Session.

SPOTLIGHT

Since this is an open-listener session, we moved segments around some, thus, the “spotlight” segment is about Android16Beta3.2 and One UI7Beta for the Galaxy A55 phone.

BACKUP DISCUSSION

This segment is a general discussion on Android backup, especially focusing on Talkback.

TTS DISCUSSION

In this segment, the focus is on the implementation of the Google TTS update policy.

EMAIL DISCUSSION

The question of how email threads are handled in Gmail and others is the focus of this segment.

THE CUSTOMIZATION OF BRAILLE COMMANDS

This segment spotlights the inability of customizing commands for either the Braille Display or the virtual Braille keyboard.

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Welcome to Episode 225 where we talk about the state of eBook Readers in 2025.

Android Basics

In this segment, we feature part 2 of the state of eBook Readers in 2025 with the emphasis on the “off-the-shelf” eBook readers in the way of the following apps:

Speech Central, ElevenLabs Reader, @Voice Aloud Reader, etc.

SPOTLIGHT

The One UI 7 Beta 2 for the S23-series is spotlighted where the use of the Side-Key can be used for a different digital Assistant instead of Bixby.

APP OF THE WEEK

To commensurate with the theme of this week’s episode, the “app of the week” highlights “Reedy.”

TIP OF THE WEEK

For the “Tip of the week,” our friend, Joe Hodge demonstrates how to use the “Share Screen,” while using “Gemini Live.”

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Android basics

We discuss the changes in Android 16 Beta 3.1.

Spotlight

This week Google launched the Pixel 9A.  The crew discuss the phone and whether or not they’ll be buying it.

App of the week

John demonstrates the Button Mapper app.

Tip of the week

Warren shows us how to perform some basic phone operations using Google Gemini in place of the Google Assistant.

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Welcome to Episode223.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Google is looking for participants from the U.S. and the UK for the “Phone Typing Research study.”

Details:

Length of Study: 75 minutes

Dates: March 20th through April 4th

Compensation for your time:

$100 or 80 British Pounds

URL for remote participation:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYWM6XHX8WXtDN5o1XZ0I2DbHCVkG6FKDWJlkr7oCpYH_81g/viewform

Android Basics

In this segment, we take a look at the state of podcasts clients in2025 where we mentioned the likes of: “Pocketcasts,” “Antennapod,” “AudialsPlay,” “Podcast Addict,” “Tune-In Radio,” “Spotify,” etc.

SPOTLIGHT

In the week of March 10th, both Google and Samsung dropped betas.

Android16Beta3 for Pixels6-9 and Samsung dropped the first beta of One UI7 for the S23-Series for U.S. users.

CSR ENTRY:

Kareen brings us another entry from Jieshuo called “Translation.”

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Android Basics

Welcome to Episode222.

In this segment, Google dropped both the March Pixel Feature-drop for Pixel phones and the Watches. 

SPOTLIGHT

In the spotlight segment, we highlight what took place at the MWC2025 week, where Samsung dropped a trio of phones—A26, A36 and A56.

We also mentioned in passing phones from the likes of Honor, Xiaomi and ZTE.

HARDWARE DEMO

Our friend and listener of the podcast Aaron Spears shows us how to install a Ruki screen protector.

TIP OF THE WEEK:

In this week’s “tip of the week,” we highlight the “Read Mode” of the “Aggregator News RSS Reader.”

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Android Basics

Welcome to Episode 221.

In this episode, Olga, the Dev of “RHVoice” informs us of what’s going on with the new voices for Armenian and Finish languages.

Google dropped a little patch for Android 16 Beta 2, bringing it to Android16Beta2.1 with the following fixes:

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented devices from entering Doze mode. (Issue #396603519)
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• Fixed issues that caused some animations to appear choppy while configuring live wallpapers. (Issue #397659072)
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• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused devices to reboot unexpectedly. (Issue #396541565)
• 
  
• Fixed various other issues that were impacting system stability, connectivity, and performance.

During the same week, Google and Qualcomm team up to extend support for future SnapDragon 7 and 8 powered phones by 8 years.

SPOTLIGHT

In the spotlight segment, John gives us a review of the OnePlus 13.

The app mentioned to correct the bluetooth issue can be found here.

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Android basics

Talkback 15.2 has been released.  Braille displays which use the HID protocol are now supported via Bluetooth, such as the most recent releases from Humanware.

Spotlight

We are joined by Patrick Long from Innosearch AI, a shopping site which aims to make the experience of shopping from major retailers more accessible.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demonstration of the game Project Dark.

Commentary

Karene shows us the touch locking feature in Jieshuo.

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Welcome to Episode 219.

In this episode, we continue on our journey of essential app categories in 2025 and this week, we focus on Audio Recorders.

Android Basics

Keeping in line with the subject matter of this episode, we discussed the following recorders:

1. ASR Recorder,
2. Easy Recorder,
3. HiQ MP3 Recorder,
4. Dolby On,
5. Advanced Recorder,
6. Parrot Voice Recorder,
7. AudioLab Audio Editor/Recorder, etc.

SPOTLIGHT

In the spotlight segment, we take a look at the 2nd beta of Android16 as well as mentioning the very first security patch for the S25-series since its unveiling last month

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “app of the week,” we demonstrate a magnifying app in the way of “Magnifier.”

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Android basics

We continue our look at app categories we examined a few years ago, to see what has change as apps come and go, or simply get updated.  This week, it’s the turn of text editors.  We discuss the pros and cons of Google Keep - Notes and Lists, UpNote, Simple Text Editor, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Simplenote and Joplin.

Unboxing

Warren unboxes the HMD Vibe.

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We’re delighted to be joined by our listeners to discuss a range of topics related to Android.

Unboxing

John unboxes the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

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Welcome to Episode216.

In this episode, we salute the 1st Android16Beta and welcoming the Samsung S25-series of phones.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We update you as to what’s going on with Ed’s family and wish Katie a belated birthday.

Android Basics

Keeping in line with the subject matter of this episode, this segment focuses on the 1st Beta of Android16Beta1, where interested users can enrol using this page.

https://www.google.com/android/beta

We discussed the highlights of this Beta and below is the URL to read up some mode about the “Advanced Protection Mode” by Mishall Rahman of Android Authority.

SPOTLIGHT

Samsung dropped the S25-Series of phones during its “Samsung unpack” event on Feb. 22nd.

Your faithful crew digs into what this means, highlighting some of the aspects we love or don’t quite care about.

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “APP of the week,” we demo the “Perplexity Assistant” from the Devs of the “Perplexity Search Engine.”

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Welcome to Episode215, our very first episode of revisiting categories from the past 3 years.

In this episode, we’re starting off with E-Book Readers and for this week, we focus on blind-centric readers.

Android Basics

Keeping in line with the subject matter of this episode, this segment focuses on the 3 apps listed above—Dolphin Easy Reader,  Legere Reader and Tech-Freedom.

UNBOXING

John unboxes his brand spanking new OnePlus 13. 

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “APP of the week,” we demo an e-Book Reader called “Colibrio” from a Swedish developer.

CSR ENTRY

Kareen brings us another feature of the Commentary Screen reader in which you can now touch and hold to access the "inquire by voice" function.

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Android Basics

We discuss the latest beta releases from Samsung and Google. One UI 7.0 Beta 3 and Android 15 QPR 2 Beta 2.1.

Spotlight 1

We let you know what Android related news caught our attention at CES 2025.

Spotlight 2

We give you the details from the OnePlus winter Event and share our thoughts on the new OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R.

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Welcome to Episode213, our very first episode for the year 2025.

Android Basics

In this episode, we deliberate on Battery versus Performance. In other words, which one is better? Is it better to have a phone with a great performance, or is it better to have one that has great battery with a mid-of-the road performance?

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “APP of the week,” we demo a file-management app called “File Manager” by a developer called “File Manager Plus.”."

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We get together with some of our listeners and discuss our favorite  apps and phones of the year.

Here is Kareen's Article explaining the differences between PiccyBot and Seeing AI Video Descriptions.

Please add to this thread on Samsung Members to help us put an end to this talkBack fragmentation nonsense.

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Episode211 is a very special episode for us as we observe our 4th year in existence and we want to sincerely thank those that were able to join us in observing this milestone.

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Welcome to Episode210.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We would like to remind you that next week, Dec. 21, is our 4th anniversary celebration of the existence of Blind Android Users.

We encourage all our readers and listeners to join us in celebrating this monumental milestone.

Spotlight

We are joined by the crew of “Tech-Freedom” (their second appearance on our podcast) to talk about the changes that came down earlier this month and what that means for users of the app.

TIP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “Tip of the week,” we highlight some exciting development in the way of Google’s Gemini 2.0, in which an exciting feature called "Stream Real Google AI Studio."

This feature has something we’ve been dreaming of, that is, giving us the ability to use the camera on both our phones and on the computer.

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Announcements

• The countdown is on to our 4- year anniversary celebration! We will be recording on 21 December at 12PM Eastern or 9AM Pacific and you are invited to take part.  We’ll be posting a link on our usual channels closer to the time.

Android Basics

We discuss the December feature drop for qualifying Google Pixels, and the announcement that some phones will get upgrades for longer than previously thought.  You can read about these features at this Link.

Spotlight

We talk about Samsung’s One UI 7 Beta 1 which you can install on qualifying Samsung phones.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the Aggregator news RSS reader.

Commentary

Karene demonstrates the OCR functions and settings of the Jieshuo screen reader.

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Announcements

• The countdown is on to our 4- year anniversary celebration! We will be recording on 21 December at 12PM Eastern or 9AM Pacific and you are invited to take part.  We’ll be posting a link on our usual channels closer to the time.
• Our Youtube channel has reached 1,500 subscribers! Thank you so much for all your support.

Android Basics

The crew discusses the rapidly evolving world of AI and its use cases for blind people.  We discuss the AI capabilities of TalkBack and Jieshuo, implementation of AI by other blindness-specific apps such as Be My Eyes, Seeing AI, PiccyBot and Ally from Envision, and mainstream solutions on which these capabilities are built - ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Also, check out Karene’s article comparing the video description capabilities of Seein AI and Piccybot.

TalkBack Highlights

John shows us the new screen search reading control we now have access to as of TalkBack 15.1.

Tip of the week

Karene demonstrates chat filters in Meta’s WhatsApp Messenger.

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Announcements

Join us in 4 Weeks for our 4- year celebration. We will be recording on Dec 21st at 12PM Eastern or 9AM Pacific and you are invited to take part.

Android Basics

android 16 has shown itself early this year. We discuss the developer preview that just dropped this past week and what we are looking most forward to.

TalkBack Highlights

John shows us the new web reading controls we now have access to as of TalkBack 15.1.

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Android Basics

We discuss all that's new in Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1.

Spotlight

TalkBack 15.1 has arrived, and we share everything new we have discovered so far.

App of the Week

Warren demonstrates Startpage, a web browser focused on privacy.

TalkBack Highlights

John shows us the new ways of activating links as of TalkBack 15.1.

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Announcements

• We would be delighted if everyone could join us for our 4-year anniversary on Saturday 21 December.  Please join us at noon Eastern, 5 PM UK time and 9 AM Pacific so save the date!
• Android turned 17 this week.  It can now obtain a driving licence in the UK and apparate in the Wizarding World.

Android basics

This week, John concludes our look at Samsung One UI settings, demonstrating what you’ll find in About phone.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demo of Listen AI, another TTS reader.

Commentary

Karene demonstrates a new AI-powered feature, which will attempt to describe videos while they’re playing.

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Announcements

Don't forget to join us for our 4-year celebration on December 21st at 9 AM PST or 12 PM EST.

Spotlight

We discuss all the new features in the latest update to Seeing AI, but focus mostly on our first impressions of the video description feature.

Android Basics

John takes us through the "Tips and User Guide" portion of Samsung's One UI settings.

App of the Week

Warren demonstrates the reading app that calls itself “SpeakUp AI - Text to Speech”.

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ANDROID BASICS

This week has been a busy week for many companies, among them, Google who rolled out Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 for Pixel6-series through Pixel9-series.

Spotlight

This week, Qualcomm showcased the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite during its annual conference in Maui, HI, where it unveiled the new generation of the Qualcomm chip that would be powering most flagship phones next year.

APP OF THE WEEK

For this week’s “App of the week,” we take you on a tour of the “Hermit” browser by Chimbori.

The “Hermit” browser combines features of the traditional browsing features with the ability to create “Lite apps” and several customizations for those who like customization.

TIP OF THE WEEK

For the tip of the week, Warren shows you how to make sure your phone is taking full advantage of Google's "Find My Device" network.

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Announcements

• We would be delighted if everyone could join us for our 4-year anniversary on Saturday 21 December.  Please join us at noon Eastern, 5 PM UK time and 9 AM Pacific so save the date!

Android basics

This week, it’s all about Android 15 which dropped for eligible devices on 15 October.  The crew talk you through some of the key features and changes.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demo of Simplenote.

Tip of the week

Warren shows us how to archive an app instead of uninstalling it – a new feature of Android 15.

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Announcements

• Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 200th episode.  The next big thing is our 4-year anniversary on Saturday 21 December.  We would be delighted if you could join us at noon Eastern, 5 PM UK time and 9 AM Pacific so save the date!

Spotlight

We are joined by Eric Scheibler, the developer of the GPS app WalkersGuide.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the email app Thunderbird, which many listeners will be familiar with from Windows.

Commentary

Karene demonstrates improvements to Jieshuo’s AI features, which allow users to submit spoken questions to query screen content or the item in focus.

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This week, we are joined by our listeners for a party to celebrate our 200th episode!

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Announcements

• Our 200th episode is in just a week, on Saturday 5 October 2024 at noon Eastern, 5 PM UK time and 9 AM Pacific.  We would be delighted if you could join us then so save the date! When the time comes, please join via the above link.

Android basics

This week we continue our look at One UI settings on Samsung devices.  This time, John brings us a demonstration of software update settings.

Spotlight

We take a look at products released by Samsung and Xiaomi.

Unboxing

Warren unboxes the BlackView HERO 10.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the GPS app, WalkersGuide.

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Announcements

• Our 200th episode is in just two weeks time - on Saturday 5 October 2024.  We would be delighted if you could join us then so save the date!
• John appeared on Double Tap recently to talk about Talkback 15.  Take a listen to his interview.

Android basics

This week we continue our look at One UI settings on Samsung devices, in which John concludes his tour of accessibility settings.

Unboxing

John unboxes the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6.

App of the week

Warren demonstrates the GPS app, Candle.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our 200th episode is coming up on October 5th, 2024 and we encourage you to set aside some time and join us to party for this great milestone!

ANDROID BASICS

We return to our journey through the One UI Settings and this week, we bring you Accessibility part 2 as we shine the light on the "Hearing Enhancements" and “Dexterity and Interaction” sections.

Spotlight

This episode’s spotlight is all about Android 15 QPR Beta1.2 and “Gemini Live” that is now available for Android devices.

UNBOXING PIXEL WATCH 3

We Unbox the 45MM, LTE model of the Pixel Watch 3.

ANDROID JOURNEY WITH ROBERT MALUNDA

For this episode, Robert Malunda from Zimbabwe joins us to talk about his Android Journey.

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Announcements

• Our 200th episode is on Saturday 5 October 2024.  We would be delighted if you could join us then so save the date!

Spotlight

This week it’s all about the release of Talkback 15, one of the most consequential Talkback releases in years.

Talkback highlights

John demonstrates the new, Gemini-powered AI image descriptions in Talkback 15.

Tip of the Week

Warren shows us how to import material into ElevenLabs Reader.

Android journey

Kenny Hitt joins us to share his Android Journey.

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Spotlight

We are delighted to be joined by Martin Vivian, the developer of StreamSphere (an RSS reader demonstrated by Warren a few weeks back).

App of the Week

Warren demonstrates Thumbtack, an app for hiring folks to do projects around the house that you don't want to tackle yourself.

JIESHUO (CSR)

kareen explains what one-finger long gestures are and how to use them.  

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Announcements

• Thank you to those who entered our competition to win a lifetime’s access to the PiccyBot app.  We’ll be in touch with the winners this week.
• Our 200th episode is on Saturday 5 October 2024.  We would be delighted if you could join us then so save the date!

Spotlight

Joe Hodge returns with a review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.

Unboxing

We resume our annual tradition with Warren and John unboxing their Google Pixels together.  This year, Warren unboxes the 9 Pro XL and John unboxes the regular 9.

App of the Week

Warren demonstrates the ElevenLabs Reader app, which gives you access to incredibly realistic human-sounding AI voices to generate written content.

Tip of the Week

Following the announcement at the recent Made by Google Event, Warren brings us a conversation with Google’s Gemini Live.

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Announcements

• Enter our competition to win access to the PiccyBot app following our interview with the developer last week. 
• Our 200th episode is on Saturday 5 October 2024.  We want you to join us then so save the date!

Spotlight

This week saw Made by Google 2024 take place on 13 August.  The crew discuss the phones, watches and AI features of products announced at the event.

My Android journey

Joseph Hodge joins us to tell his Android journey story

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Announcements

Our 200th episode is on Saturday 5 October 2024.  We want you to join us then so save the date!

Spotlight

This week, we’re joined by the developer of PiccyBot, which will describe your photos and videos allowing you to pick from a variety of AI engines.

Unboxing

John unboxes Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 7.

Tip of the week

Following last week’s tour of Samsung’s Accessibility settings, John brings us more on the speak aloud keyboard function.

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Android basics

This week we return to our tour of One UI, and John brings us part 1 in a series looking at Accessibility settings.

App of the week

Warren brings us a demonstration of the Aurelian Audio Podcast Player.

Commentary

Karene demonstrates Jieshuo’s direct click, direct swipe and direct scroll functions.

Tip of the week

Following his demonstration of the app last week, Warren shows us how to manage chapters in AntennaPod.

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Announcements

Happy birthday to Accessible Android, which turned one this week!

Spotlight

In this quarter’s app bonanza, We open up with a couple of demos from Warren.  Firstly he shows us the radio and podcasts app Audials Play.  Next, he demonstrates Instant Address for creating disposable email addresses.  Then John brings us a demo of the Little Caesars pizza app.  Finally, Warren shows us AntennaPod, another podcast app.

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