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Blind Android Users Podcast Episode 32, Audio Book Players and shining the light on BRLTTY with Dave Mielke

2021/7/18
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Blind Android Users Podcast

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Thank you for joining us on Episode 32

This episode is presented by:

· Ed Green

· Warren Carr

· Austin Pinto

· Mariam Mohsen, and our new co-host

· Doug Cameron

In this episode, we cover…

Announcements

· For short segments of this show please visit this Youtube playlist)

· We have reached 13,500 plays across all the episodes. Thanks for listening, it makes the whole endeavour worthwhile!

· Doug is doing a wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul. However, this does mean you may see some disruption over the coming weeks. If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site, ARC Accessibility).

Android basics

Our eighth app category is audio book apps. We talk about Listen Audio Book Player), Smart Audio Book Player), Librevox Audio Books), Plaidy), Audible)and Scribd).

In focus

For this week’s In Focus section, we are joined by Dave Mielke – developer of the BRLTTY)app, which you may find provides a significantly better braille experience on Android than Google’s Brailleback. You can also check out the main BRLTTY Website) as it is available on a number of platforms, or email Dave).

Commentary

Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary)screen reader, in which she shows the voice assistant and how to create functions.

App of the week

This week, Karene Kiwan demonstrates the popular ACR Phone Dialler).

My Android Journey

Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from Roselina Squeo.

Staying in touch.

Email us) with suggestions or comments, Send in)your Android journey stories, subscribe to our Email list), join our Telegram) group, follow us on Twitter),subscribe to our Youtube)channel and join our Club) on Clubhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.