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Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:05:52 -0500
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Re: I beg to differ
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To clarify further, I have a Samsung S7 Active, and I can start 
Samsung's screen reader, Voice Assistant without any sighted help. In 
addition to holding two fingers on the screen, I can also triple tap the 
home key. I can also install Talk Back and switch from Voice Assistant 
to Talk Back without sighted help. I can switch back and forth between 
the two screen readers without sighted help. So even though Talk Back 
isn't installed, I can install it and switch to it without any sighted 
help. Of course, if I prefer, I can also just keep using Voice Assistant.


As I said in a previous post, I'd be surprised if there wasn't an 
Android phone that didn't have any screen reader on it at all, and you 
needed sighted help to get Talk Back installed and running. I don't have 
any personal experience with such an Android device, so I won't be 
stating that this is a fact.


On 04/17/2018 08:26 PM, Ana G wrote:
> To clarify, the Android issue ...
>
>
> Most Android phones have TalkBack preinstalled; however, some device 
> manufacturers mess with things, including TalkBack, so in some cases, 
> a sighted person does need to install TalkBack.
>
>
> On 4/17/2018 6:11 PM, becky H. wrote:
>> Hi I beg to differ but I had an android and a friend of mine had 2 of 
>> them and talk back had to be installed on both of them.  Yes samson 
>> has it's own voice but talk back is not installed and you have to put 
>> it in the phone You need a pperson who has vission to activate it.
>>
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