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TalkBack is an Android Accessibility Service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices more easily.

TalkBack is, according to its website, an Android Accessibility Service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices more easily.

This application add spoken, audible, and vibration feedback to your device. It is a system application that was pre-installed on most device and is updated when the accessibility service is improved.

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Android accessibility: Talkback traverses elements in wrong order

I have a layout with a toolbar and a view that will host other controls:
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Android Recyclerview Talkback issue

I have an Android Recyclerview which has some more rows of item. In the sense Recyclerview comprises of Row 1 ->> TextView , below that one more textview Row 2 ->> TextView , below that one more textview Issue is that, whenever I turn on the…
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Android accessibility IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO is not respected

In my app I have ad on bottom, in accessibility (talkback) mode I don't want ads to be included. for this I have set this AdView and its parent to IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO and focusable = false, but it is not respected when app starts…
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Android - Preventing TalkBack to read the application Name and current Orientation

Problem is I am using TTS to read a long string message when my activity is launched, but TalkBack automatically reads the application name in the middle of it and cuts the long string and is very annoying. I would like to disable the TalkBack read…
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How to change Android Talkback in case of App name

The App I am working on has a name which is mispronounced by the talkback. I am able to fix this within the app by changing the spelling. But if I change the spelling in the android:label in the manifest, it is misspelled on the app icon on the…
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Is there a standard way to hint that a number should be read one character at a time?

What's the preferred way to handle long numbers, like a bank account number, that should be read one character at a time? I know users can get TalkBack to read out a number this way, but it would be nice if we could hint that it should do this from…
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When using TalkBack, what is the preferred way to alert the user when the contents of a TextView have changed?

I have an unlock screen where the user is prompted to enter a four digit pin. If the user enters their pin incorrectly, a previously invisible TextView is shown with an error message. At this point it would be useful for TalkBack to read the…
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How to shift accessibility focus on RecyclerView's first element on some action?

I am new with android accessibility - TalkBack. I am aware of basic things like contentDescription, importantForAaccessibility and how they make node tree, etc. In my problem, I want to shift accessibility focus on RecyclerView's first element on…
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How to tell TalkBack a custom view is being used as a button

I’m using a custom view as a button on Android, which doesn't inherit from android.widget.Button. What is the best way of telling the accessibility services it's a button? Is it enough to just call setClickable(true) on the view? With a standard…
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Customise Android Talkback in Alert Dialogue?

I've checked with all default alert dialogue box via Android TalkBack. Default Android Talkback behaviour is that it reads all contents(non stop) in dialogue box. Is there any way I can customise it according to my need. For example : AlertDialog…
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Android TalkBack: Hint overwrites contentDescription

I have an EditText like below I want…
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Why doesn't nextFocusDown work with TalkBack navigation?

I have four TextViews, and I'm trying to control the order that they get focus when a user navigates using TalkBack and touch gestures. TextView android:text="foo" android:clickable="false" android:focusable="true"…
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Split paragraphs in TextView for better readback

I have one large TextView, which is a larger amount of HTML text depending on what is being displayed. Even though all of the content is in a single TextView, I want the paragraphs contained inside the view to be separate Talkback items. They are…
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Android talkback announce "in list of X item" at the ending of listview

In some devices (nexus) when we tap on the first item in listview it will talkback as list item + " in list of X item". How can we remove the text " in list of X item"? Please share your thought Thanks in Advance
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Why is the talkback text for a TextView read twice and the hint read as well even if the TextView is filled?

I am working on a large project, where we use TextViews to show text as well as a hint. When using talkback (accessibility), I have noticed that the hint on a TextView is read twice. Also even when there is text in the TextView, the hint will still…
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