In 2017, this service became a part of the Android Accessibility Suite. It became pre-installed on a lot of many Android devices to accommodate users who are blind or have visual impairments. In the latest improvement of Android 12, it’s one of the things that developers from Google focused on. They worked closely with the blind and visually impaired community to come up with features that will help similar users better. It uses different kinds of gestures to help the user navigate their way around their Android phones. Let’s dive deeper into what these gestures are and what they do below.
How to Activate or Deactivate TalkBack
Before everything else, let’s talk about how to activate or deactivate your TalkBack. The gestures to be discussed later won’t work if you don’t have TalkBack opened.
How to Use TalkBack
Learning how to use TalkBack can be a bit hard at first. There are lots of gestures to learn with their corresponding actions. It has a bit of a learning curve but once you get the hang of it, it will become muscle memory. We will be discussing the general gestures that users can use. These are generally easy-to-remember gestures. We will then follow up with gestures that are a bit more complicated along with what they do. Finally, we’ll be discussing angle gestures, the most complicated and vast of the gestures available. Let’s start!
General Gestures
These are the gestures that are easiest to learn but are also one of the most useful ones. You’ll be using them a lot so it’s the first thing you’ll learn on your road to learning how to use TalkBack.
Advanced Gestures
These gestures are only a bit more complicated than the previous ones. They can be pretty convenient and will make navigating around way easier. They are like shortcuts for you when using TalkBack.
Angle Gestures
These gestures have a bit of a learning curve so it will take a lot of practice for you to fully utilize them. After a while, you’ll be able to access all of these gestures with only your muscle memory. Learning these gestures can be one of the biggest challenges in learning how to use TalkBack.
Key Takeaway
TalkBack has made it easier for users who are blind or have visual impairments to use their Android phones. It has made technology more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities. It has allowed these users to make the most out of their Android phones. On the other hand, TalkBack also can be quite complicated at first glance. There are so many gestures that you need to learn to fully maximize the feature. Learning how to use TalkBack will become easier once you’ve gotten the hang of it. In the long run, the gestures will start to become muscle memory. You wouldn’t need to constantly remember what each gesture is for because it will come to you naturally. Do you know any other apps that are similar to TalkBack? We want to know your thoughts on the comments below and maybe we can make a detailed guide on that as well!
