Many of you will know Steve from his valuable contribution to the TAVIP Discussion List, and from his involvement in the sector over many years, but here is a quick intro from him:
“I have been working in the field of accessibility training and provision of goods for the blind since 1996. I work for my own company, Computer Room Services Ltd, with my wife Angie, who is also blind, and Debbie, my support worker.
I am totally blind and have been playing with computer technology since about 1981, when my first computer was a Texas Instruments TI99-4A. This had a speech synthesiser mainly for gaming, but a friend of mine, who is sighted but into coding, wrote me a little screen reader for it. Then I was introduced to Vocal-Eyes from GW Micro and Hal from Dolphin. And the rest, as they say, is history. I got hooked on tech of all kinds.
The Masterclass is an introduction to Android and Talkback, the built-in screen reader. We also make some generic comparisons between Android and iOS, the two main operating systems, and talk about the benefits of various Android phones such as those from Google, Samsung and Sony.
We also mention other screen readers on Android, including Prudence and CSR (Commentary Screen Reader) and talk about Google’s AI platform called Gemini.
Here is the link to Audioboom:
And here is the mp3 download file:
Masterclass on Android with Steve Nutt
You may also find these resources useful:
Blind Android Users is a podcast dedicated to helping blind people use Android. As well as the podcast, the website gives links to a Youtube channel which some people prefer as it organises content using playlists, our email group (it is high traffic), and our telegram and Facebook groups.
Accessible Android specialises in written content. From here you can also download the latest version of Jieshuo/Commentary Screen Reader.