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Accessibility service for visually impaired Android users
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TalkBack
Developer(s)Google
Initial release2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Stable release
15.1.0 (Build 693631415) / 6 November 2024; 4 months ago (2024-11-06)[1]
PlatformAndroid
Size~5 MB
TypeAccessibility

TalkBack is anaccessibility service for theAndroid operating system that helps blind and visually impaired users to interact with their devices. It uses spoken words, vibration and other audible feedback to allow the user to know what is happening on the screen allowing the user to better interact with their device. The service is pre-installed on many Android devices, and it became part of theAndroid Accessibility Suite in 2017.[2][3] According to the Google Play Store, the Android Accessibility Suite has been downloaded over five billion times, including devices that have the suite preinstalled.[4]

Open-source

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Google releases the source code of TalkBack with some releases of the accessibility service toGitHub, with the latest of these changes being from May 6, 2021.[5] The source for these versions of Google TalkBack have been released under the Apache License version 2.0.[6]

Release history

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VersionRelease DateSummary
9.1February 2021[7]New multi-finger gestures in a new context menu which can be used for activities such as reading, voice commands, support for Spanish and Arabic in the Braille keyboard, as well as a reorganization to the settings menu of TalkBack.[8]
8.2April 2020Introduced a new Braille keyboard which uses six large buttons in screen in order to allow visually impaired users to type in a manner that may be more familiar to them.[9]
7.3March 2019Added a screen search function to find text on screen in a more accessible manner and made changes to the continuous reading functionality of TalkBack by auto-scrolling pages and adding new navigation options.[10]
7.2November 2018Improved controls and added fast forward and rewind functionality to the screen reader.[11]
6.2June 2018Improved Android TV controls and Focus Management. This release came with the rebranding of TalkBack from an independent application into a part of the new Android Accessibility Suite, which includes TalkBack and a few other accessibility tools.[12]
6.1Early 2018Added the ability for the active text to speech language to be changed through gestures, as well as fixing a variety of bugs such as making TalkBack not speak upon receiving a phone call until the user had touched the screen.[13]
5.2April 2017Added a verbosity setting for speech, added audible feedback for zooming in and out, the ability to hear password character count in Chrome, as well as a variety of other fixes and improvements.[14]
4.0October 2011Added TalkBack to Android system

References

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  1. ^"Android Accessibility".Google Play. Retrieved2024-11-11.
  2. ^Jerry Hildenbrand (16 September 2014)."What is Google TalkBack?".Android Central.
  3. ^Li, Abner (2018-06-20)."Google renames TalkBack app to Android Accessibility Suite with latest update".9to5Google. Retrieved2021-12-02.
  4. ^"Android Accessibility Suite - Apps on Google Play".play.google.com. Retrieved2021-10-20.
  5. ^"Commits · google/talkback".GitHub. Retrieved2021-10-20.
  6. ^"LICENSE".Github. Retrieved2021-10-20.
  7. ^"Our all-new TalkBack screen reader".Google. 2021-02-23. Retrieved2021-10-27.
  8. ^"What's new with TalkBack 9.1 - Android Accessibility Help".support.google.com. Retrieved2021-10-20.
  9. ^"Google TalkBack adds a Braille keyboard for the visually impaired".xda-developers. 2020-04-09. Retrieved2021-11-03.
  10. ^"Android Accessibility Suite 7.3 exits beta, brings screen search and other TalkBack additions [APK Download]".Android Police. 2019-03-26. Retrieved2021-11-03.
  11. ^"Android Accessibility Suite 7.2 adds camera support to Select to Speak, TalkBack control changes, and more".Android Police. 2018-11-21. Retrieved2021-11-03.
  12. ^Li, Abner (2018-06-20)."Google renames TalkBack app to Android Accessibility Suite with latest update".9to5Google. Retrieved2021-11-03.
  13. ^Meddaugh, J. J."TalkBack 6.1 Beta Adds Quick Language Switching, Enhanced Navigation in Native Apps - Blind Bargains".www.blindbargains.com. Retrieved2021-11-03.
  14. ^"[Update: More Details on Select to Speak] Google TalkBack 5.2 is out of beta with speech verbosity settings, Select to Speak, and more [APK Download]".Android Police. 2017-04-27. Retrieved2021-11-03.

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