How to Register and Edit Maps on the Open Street Map Website

1. Go to the website http://www.openstreetmap.org 2. Follow the link Create an account. 3. Fill in the registration form: e-mail, confirmation e-mail, display name (can be filled in later), password, password confirmation. 4. Register button. 5. On the next page the license agreement is given, you need to check the box “I think …”, click […]

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How to fully Backup for OSMAND on your Android Device

Found here a way to save only the settings of any application installed on android, then they can be transferred to another device, or just recover from a flash drive. For those who were waiting for when they would make OSMAND the ability to import export only settings is dedicated: so, the goal is to […]

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List of Blind-Friendly Apps

Creating a mailbox on Google: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?hl=ru Linking a payment card to a Google account: https://wallet.google.com/ Apex-Launcher (desktops with a lot of features): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbmRkb2VzLmxhdW5jaGVyIl0 Blind-Droid Wallet (for recognizing banknotes): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirwebsistem.currencyeyes blind-droid wallet – RUB (to support Russian rubles in the Blind-Droid Wallet app): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirwebsistem.currencyeyes_ru OsmAnd-access 1.6.5 a11y + 2 (GPS Navigator for the Blind): http://ksrk-edu.ru/download.php?id=63 Skype: […]

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Ideal Settings for Spiel Screen Reader

Spiel is the most highly configurable screen reader for the Android operating system. However, it does not have official user documentation, which often makes it difficult for beginners to master all its features. Many menu items are accompanied by special prompts, but, as practice shows, they are also not always enough to explain certain settings. Below we […]

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Review of Foreign-Language Speech Synthesizers for Android

A speech synthesizer is the main means of obtaining information about the contents of the screen for a blind computer user, and when there is no alternative in the form of a braille display, it is generally the only one. Due to the fact that support for working with tactile displays in the Android platform is […]

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An Honest Review of Spiel, a Screen Reader for Android

Spiel is an open source screen reader for the Android operating system that runs on a variety of ARM and X86 mobile devices. The name “Spiel” is pronounced roughly like “Spill” and is translated from English as “chatter,” idle talk. The program is distributed on a non-commercial basis under the terms of the free Apache 2.0 license . […]

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Overview of Mobile Accessibility for Android

Mobile Accessibility is a suite of applications from the well-known company Codefactory designed to provide accessibility to devices running the Android operating system for blind and visually impaired users. It should be noted right away that this is an unusual technical solution, since it is not limited to a certain program that works behind the scenes, […]

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Some Features of Using Android OS

Navigation As a rule, in Android, navigation through menu items can be carried out using a special hardware control: a joystick, trackpad, or trackball. There are four directions and a choice of an active item are available here (Potentially, the function in some custom versions of the system may work outside the box). That is why, when […]

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Touch Control Model OS Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

As you know, in version 4.0 of the Android operating system, the functionality of the accessibility of the touch interface for users with visual impairments was implemented, which was called “Explore by touch”. In the next generation of OS 4.1, this functionality was improved and new control gestures were added to it, which provide the blind […]

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