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Feature Request: Add better support for screen readers
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From Android User Feedback

Quote from the user after some editing for spelling/readability:

Hello I'm khiteshwar saw from Chhattisgarh India I'm a blind user I'm navigate phone thru the screen reader talkback This app is very very useful for all us but I'm unfortunately this app is not work proper supported with screen readers like Google talkback and commentary screen readers Please solve this problem and kindly give us screen readers supported features in the next updates thank-you

Event Timeline

LGoto triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 19 2021, 4:22 PM
LGoto added a project: Accessibility.
LGoto moved this task from Needs Triage to Product Backlog on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.

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gh87 changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Sep 23 2024, 4:27 AM

Any popular screen reader apps on iOS and/or Android so far?

Since tasks on investigating compatibility with desktop screen readers have been closed as "invalid" or "declined", must we narrow this task to just mobile screen reader apps (on smartphones and tablets especially)?

I might create even a narrower task specifying on a desktop screen reader on latest OS versions, like Windows 11 or macOS Sequoia (15), but would that suffer from the same fate as those tasks?

Interestingly, only one task about Google TalkBack (now part of Android Accessibility Suite) is still open. The TalkBack is available on Android, not iOS.

Speaking of iOS... and Android, does anybody know any other good mobile (third-party) app to investigate?

What about Speechify and Voice Dream? Neither is Google or Google-owned, but I hope these apps are supported. Furthermore, they're downloadable on iOS.