Hi Harry,
Also make sure that TalkBack is actually installed on the phone. Not all Android phones come with TalkBack already installed.
Dan
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> On Apr 16, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Harry,
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> The steps you describe are not quite right.
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> If your friend is turning the phone on for the first time, hee needs to
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> * Turn on the phone by pressing the power button.
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> * on the start screen, hold two fingers until the phone speaks.
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> If the phone has already been set up, hee needs to go into Settings > Accessibility to make sure the Accessibility Shortcut is enabled; then he needs to
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> * hold down the power button for about 3 seconds to bring up the Power-Off screen.
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> * Then on the power-Off screen, hold two fingers on the screen.
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> The point is that we don't hold down the power button and hold our fingers on the screen at the same time.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Ciao
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>> On 4/16/2018 11:33 AM, harry brown wrote:
>> Hi all,
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>> Well folks, my sighted friend Larry, has an Android phone, and he wanted to see if he could turn talkback on, using the method that we talk about, putting 2 fingers in the center of the screen, and holding those fingers there. He Pressed and held in the power button, and at the same time, put 2 fingers in the center of the phone, and kept his fingers there, and the phone made a sound, then it booted up, and he kept his 2 fingers in the center of the screen and talk back did not come on.
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>> Harry
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