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- <h1>Android Version Guide</h1>
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- <a href="apps.html">Previous: Accessible Apps</a>
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- <a href="index.html">Up: Android Accessibility</a>
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- <p>
- While the experience is largely the same on most Android phones, each new version of Android
- starting with version 1.6 has added new accessibility features. This is a guide to which
- features were introduced in each version, which might be helpful in deciding whether to purchase
- a phone with a particular Android version.
- </p>
- <h2>Android 1.6 "Donut"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>First version to support Accessibility. Comes with Pico TTS engine.
- <li>Some talking apps can use alternative speech engines if you install
- TTS Extended, but Loquendo voices are not compatible.
- </ul>
- <h2>Android 2.1 "Eclair"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>Some talking apps can use the Loquendo TTS engine.
- </ul>
- <h2>Android 2.2 "Froyo"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>Fixed bug that could cause an application to suddenly stop talking.
- <li>Support for alternative TTS engines is built-in. All talking apps
- can use Pico, Espeak, Loquendo, or other speech engines.
- <li>Accessibility Settings adds a new option, Power button ends call,
- so that you don't need to find an End Call button on the touch screen
- to hang up.
- </ul>
- <h2>Android 2.3 "Gingerbread"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>No major changes to Accessibility in this version.
- </ul>
- <h2>Android 3.1 "Honeycomb"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>Only available on tablet devices.
- <li>Web accessibility can be enabled in Accessibility settings.
- </ul>
- <h2>Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>Enable Accessibility on brand-new devices by drawing a rectangle at the
- initial set-up screen.
- <li>"Explore by touch" feature. Use touch gestures to explore and interact
- with on-screen content on devices without physical buttons.
- <li>TalkBack includes KickBack and SoundBack functionality.
- </ul>
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