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 4*Video: Introducing The Android Accessibility Framework
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 7Starting with Android 1.6 --- fondly known as Donut ---the
 8platform includes an Accessibility API that makes it easy to
 9implement adaptive technology such as screenreaders. Android 1.6
10comes with a built-in screenreader called TalkBack that provides
11spoken feedback when using Android applications written in Java.
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13The next few videos will progressively introduce TalkBack,
14SoundBack and KickBack, a suite of programs that augment the
15Android user interface with alternative output. 
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17All of these special utilities are available through option
18/Accessibility/ in the Android Settings menu. Once activated, the
19accessibility settings are persistent across reboots, i.e., you
20need enable these tools only once.
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23Notice that because I have accessibility  enabled on my phone,
24all user actions produce relevant auditory feedback. Thus, each
25item is spoken as I
26move through the various options in the settings menu. The spoken
27feedback also indicates the state of an item as appropriate.
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29Activating SoundBack produces non-spoken auditory feedback;
30KickBack produces haptic feedback.
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32#+TITLE: Video: Introducing The Android Accessibility Framework
33#+AUTHOR: T.V Raman
34#+EMAIL: raman@google.com
35#+DATE: 2009-03-30 Mon
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