Thank you for joining us on Episode 29. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto In this episode, we cover… Announcements · We have a much more user friendly Youtube URL. You can find us at https://www.youtube.com/blindandroidusers · Do subscribe to the channel and enable notifications as we post extra content which won’t fit on the podcast! Android basics Our fifth app category is OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps, which enable us to read printed material on ...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 29
Thank you for joining us on Episode 28. This episode is presented by: · Branden Hennis · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen In this episode, we cover… Announcements · This weekend marks the 6-month anniversary of the Blind Android users Podcast – the first episode was published on 19 December 2020. · The podcast has now passed 10,500 plays! · Warren highlights changes to the Play Store UI which users may start experiencing. Android basics Our fourth app category is audio recorders. Warre...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 28
Thank you for joining us on Episode 27. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen Ø And our guest, Alina Heiburger. In this episode, we cover… Announcements · We Thank Top Tech Titbits for continuing to be a friend of the show. · Austin reflects on the recent One plus event, which saw the launch of the OnePlus Nord CE 5G. An information to our listeners, recently, some security bugs are found in samsung stock apps including nocks An Android basics Our ...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 27
Welcome and Thanks for joining us on episode 26. This episode is presented by: · Carrie from live accessible · Pete Torking · Hendrik Lubbe · Yannick Plassiard · Mariam Mohsen · Warren Carr. · Austin Pinto. Announcements. Austin thanks all the listeners for taking us to 9000 plays in 160 days. Android Basic, its all about low vision listeners. In this section Carrie and Pete discuss the various problems and improvements to low vision technology over the years. Apps and videos discussed in this s...
Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 26
Thanks for joining us on this milestone episode. This episode is presented by. · Edward Green. · Mariam Mohsen · Warren Carr. · Austin Pinto. In this episode, we have lots of fun with our listeners. we tell you how we got started with the podcast and discuss a lot of things like Android Vs iOS, Talkback Vs CSR and much more. Listen in and join the fun. We thank our listeners for being with us in these 25 episodes and hope you encourage us in the future.We also would like to thank our web develop...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 25
Thank you for joining us on Episode 24. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto In this episode, we cover… Announcements · We Thank Top Tech Titbits for featuring part 1 of our Clubhouse demonstration in their newsletter. · We have had almost 8,000 podcast plays with over 1,000 last week, and now have reached over 150 members in our Telegram group. Thank you for your support! · Do subscribe to our Youtube channel, and, hit that notification bell. This is because we ...
May 23, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 24
Thanks for joining us on this special episode talking about Google IO and what is new in android 12 beta 1. This episode is presented by: · Warren Carr. · Austin Pinto. In this episode, We first comment on the keynote and various AI projects launched. We then do a detailed demo on what is new in android 12 beta 1. We will discuss about it more in our upcoming episodes. To enroll your supported devices for getting the betas go to this link. www.google.com/android/beta if you have problems after i...
May 19, 2021•33 min
Thank you for joining us on Episode 23. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto And we are joined by our special guest, Carrie Morales. In this episode, we cover… Announcements · We now have a Blind Android Users Club on Clubhouse. · This week sees Google IO taking place from 18-20 May, you can register Here . · We have almost reached 7,000 podcast plays! Android basics We are evolving our Android Basics section to talk about must-have apps for blind Android users. ...
May 16, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 23
Thank you for joining us on episode twenty-two. This episode is presented by. · Ed Green. · Austin Pinto · Warran Carr. In this episode we cover. Anouncements. · We would like to wish our listeners an incredibly happy Eid al-Fitr. · We appeared on a live stream with live accessible. do blind people use android? · We discussed about Indian government pressurizing WhatsApp to remove the deadline of May 15 to accept privacy policy. Android basics. This week we delved into web views and browsers. · ...
May 09, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 22
Thank you for joining us on Episode 21. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Yannick Plassiard In this episode, we cover… Announcements · Austin advises listeners that they can now subscribe to the podcast directly from the Blind Android Users website . · One of the co-hosts is now a year older! · Austin alerts listeners about the spreading flubot malware and WhatsApp pink malware and gives some tips on staying safe. Android basics On this episode, we delve int...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 21
Welcome to the milestone party.Thank you for joining us on Episode 20. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Yannick Plassiard · Ana Garza In this episode, we cover… Announcements · The team’s appearance on RNIB Connect Radio’s Tech Talk show is now available as a podcast. · Warren discusses the latest Android 12 Developer Preview and advises that the first public beta will be coming to a Google Pixel 3 or above device near you in the not to distant future. Andr...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 20
Thank you for joining us on Episode 19 This episode is presented by: · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto In this episode, we cover… Announcements · It is great to see so many people subscribing to the podcast via the podcast.io site. However, there are accessibility issues listening to us via this method, so you may prefer to listen through your podcatcher at choice or by visiting our Website as blindandroidusers.podsite.io is our backup site. · Austin has now finished the mammoth task of splitting out...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 19
Thank you for joining us on Episode 18 This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen. In this episode, we cover… Announcements · The podcast now features in the Top Tech Titbits Blind and Visually Impaired Podcast Directory . · We bid a fond farewell to LG who announced at the start of the week that they were withdrawing from the smartphone market and look back on some of the innovations that they brought us over the years. Android basics This week, we tal...
Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 18
Thank you for joining us on Episode 17 from the blind android Users Podcast team, we would like to wish our listeners a very happy Easter This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen · Yannick Plassiard. And with our special guest, Ana Garza. In this episode, we cover… Announcements · Austin gives our YouTube subscribers a heads up that they may see a lot of notifications in the next week or two as we restructure our content to hopefully make it more navi...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 17
Thank you for joining us on Episode 16. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen. And with our special guest, Yannick Plassiard. In this episode, we cover… Announcements · We want to wish our Bangladeshi listeners an incredibly happy 50th Independence Day. · We also want to wish all the listeners who celebrate the festival of Holi. · And for our listeners who do not know this is why Holi is celebrated · There are two new guides on the website. Jacob K...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 16
Thank you for joining us on Episode 15 This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen. And with our special guest, Kyle Hunsberger. In this episode, we cover… Announcements Austin announces the launch of our YouTube channel . Here you will be able to find all the episodes from the podcast. Android basics We talk about file management on Android, including the best File Management apps. Warren and Mariam disagree about Files by Google , and Warren recommends...
Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 15
Thank you for joining us on Episode 14. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto · Mariam Mohsen. In this episode, we cover… Announcements Austin updates us on: · Top Tech Titbits now has a directory of email lists including Blind Android Users. Remember you can subscribe to our email list by sending us an email · Blind Android users has a fully featured Website including a page of articles and guides . Help us build the page by submitting your own . Android basics W...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 14
Thank you for joining us on Episode 13. This episode is presented by: · Ed Green · Warren Carr · Austin Pinto And with our special guest, Rushikesh Kamewar. In this episode, we cover… Announcements Lots of news this week. Austin updates us on: · Warren appeared on an episode of Applevis in a debate on which operating system was better – Android or iOS. We all know the answer obviously! but check out the show Ed will appear on an upcoming episode of Life After Blindness podcast in which he will t...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 13
Thank you for joining us on Episode 12. This episode is presented by: • Edward Green • Austin Pinto • Warren Carr • Pete Torkington and with our special guests, Pierre Aubry. In this episode, we cover… Announcements Lot’s of news this week. Austin updates us on: • Top Tech Tidbits mentioned us in their newsletter for the third week in a row! Top Tech Tidbits is your one stop solution for all technology news for visually impaired people. You can visit them on the below link and don’t forget to su...
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 12
Thank you for joining us on Episode 11. In this episode, we touched a little bit more on Android 12, especially on the fact that, the two-finger hold-down to enable accessibility upon booting up the phone has been removed, leaving only the two-volume key hold-down. This is a review of android 12 after using for 2 days. We were also delighted to report that Eloquence still works on the Android 12 Developer Preview 1 and all the apps that I, Warren has on my phone, including KNFB reader, surprisin...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to a special edition of the Blind Android Users Podcast. This episode, takes a quick look at the just released Android 12 Developer preview that debuted today, Feb. 18, 2021. The Mongolian Minister himself--Austin Pinto played a key role in getting the factory images flashed to my Pixel 3A. we first explained the steps to install, and then did a detailed demo to show you some of the changes if any. For those who are interested in flashing the Developer Preview 1 onto their systems, we re...
Feb 19, 2021•40 min•Ep. 10
Welcome to episode 9. In Episode 9, we took the time to send a mega shout out to the folks at "Top Tech Tidbits" for mentioning us in their newsletter which you could subscribe to navigating to their site at: https://toptechtidbits.com WE are then joined by Shane Lo from the “Mediate Lab” group team where we discussed the “Supersense app” and its capabilities including his experience with the app as well as talking about the "Super LIDAR," an app from "mediate lab" that is only available on the ...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to Episode 8 of the Blind Android Users podcast. In this episode, we caught up with Rene Espinoza from the Lazarillo group. Mr. Espinoza took us on a journey of the app, discussing what's happening and the things that are yet to come. Our own Austin Pinto, showcased a short demonstration of the app in India and the app actually performed wonderfully. Lazarillo is definitely one of those GPS dedicated for the use of the blind and it is free from the asking from the following Play URL: htt...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 8
In this episode, we are privileged to talk with Bartolomei Robert Daniel, the developer of both the "Prometheus News feed" and the "Classic EReader." Robert took us through the history behind the development of the newsfeed app and also talked about the plans he has for both the EReader and the newsfeed app in terms of TTS Engine selection and implementation. "Prometheus Newsfeed" can be found at the following Play URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bart.newsfeeds&hl=en_U...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7
This is the first show of the segment on romming your device. In this show, our Mongolian baptism minister Mr. Austin Pinto gives us an overview of the terms and links from where to download the required files for custom romming and gives us an overview on how to rom your device. The process will be demonstrated in the next episode of this segment. Each term explained is marked with a chapter marker for ease of use. News discussed. This is not recent news but was discussed to explain the advanta...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 6
In episode 5, we start off by talking about the just announced Samsung Galaxy S21, discussing what Samsung has done in removing the SDCard slot and following Apple's lead and not including the wall charging brick. We also talked about Facebook's walking back what it said about sharing data of users of its popular WhatsApp Messenger. That story has an update and can be read at: https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-privacy-delay-1193458/ We then moved to the main section of the episode where ...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to Episode 4 of the blind android users podcast. In this episode, we continue the "Android setup" process we started last time. Warren continued showing you how to setup your android phone from where he left off. We next had a chat with a special guest, Professor Paul Ruvolo from Massachusetts, the developer of the "Clew" app. "Clew aims to change our world when it comes to indoor navigation. For the time being, however, "Clew" is only available for the iPhone at the following URL: https...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 4
Welcome to our third episode of the "Blind Android Users" Podcast. This week, we began the episode with and app "of the week," where Warren demonstrates the totally rewritten "Shuttle Music" player written in Kotlin. The app is located at the following Play URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplecityapps.shuttle Next, in our segment of the "my Android Story," we are joined by our friend Jacob from South Africa who treated us to his Android journey. From Jacob's Android stor...
Dec 31, 2020•45 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to episode 2 of the “Blind Android Users” podcast. In this special episode, we welcome Mike Mae and J.J. Meadow from “GoodMaps” where we talked about the app called “Explore.” This is an app that was first released on iOS back in September and we are pleased that it has now arrived on Android at the following Play URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmaps.explore Warren demonstrated the app shortly thereafter the interview. Enjoy this app from the good folks at Good...
Dec 24, 2020•43 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to our very first episode of the "Blind Android Users" podcast. In this episode, we simply introduce ourselves and talk about our Android journeys. Both Austin, Denis and myself, Warren, simply reflects on our first experiences with the Android platform and the phones that we started the journey with. Denis lays out the case for keyboard accessibility and general accessibility across the board. He mentions "Aquamail," an email client used by many blind folks because of its accessibility ...
Dec 19, 2020•43 min•Ep. 1
