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After turning 40on your device for the first time, use your finger to draw a closed rectangle 41starting at the top-left corner of your device's touchscreen. Draw a straight 42line from the top-left corner to the top-right, then to the bottom-right, then 43bottom-left, and finally back to the top-left. Your device will beep when it 44recognizes your gesture. It may take several attempts to draw the rectangle 45within the screen bounds.</p> 46<p>Once you have enabled Accessibility, your device will open a tutorial 47introducing the Accessibility features available in Android 4.0. You may skip 48the tutorial using the "Skip" button at the bottom-right of the screen.</p> 49<p>Upon completion of the tutorial, your device will return to the initial 50set-up screen and you may finish setting up your device.</p> 51 52<h2 id="g2">Instructions for Android 3.1 and below</h2> 53 54<p>By default, Accessiblity is turned off on new Android phones running 55Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) and below. If you have no vision, you will be unable 56to access a brand-new Android phone without sighted assistance. Once enabled, 57your phone will remember this setting and you'll be able to do everything else 58yourself.</p> 59<p>If you have a brand-new Android phone, follow these steps to enable 60accessibility:</p> 61 62<ol> 63 64 <li>If the phone is asking you for a Google Account or it's in the system 65 tutorial mode, press the button to skip it and do it later.</li> 66 67 <li>Press the Menu button. Every Android phone has a Menu button on the 68 front, you shouldn't have to open the keyboard.</li> 69 70 <li>Press Settings.</li> 71 72 <li>Open Text-To-Speech settings (it might be inside "Voice input & 73 output settings"). Click "Listen to an example". If it doesn't play, try 74 clicking "Install voice data", below. You can also adjust the speech rate and 75 language here.</li> 76 77 <li>Go back to the main Settings screen and open Accessibility settings.</li> 78 79 <li>Press the checkbox next to Accessibility. Say OK to the alert asking 80 if you're sure you want to do this. If you have a T-Mobile G2, please 81 refer to <a href="#g2">these special instructions</a>.</li> 82 83 <li>Press the checkbox next to TalkBack. Say OK to the alert.</li> 84 85 <li>Also recommended: Press the checkbox next to KickBack. Say OK to the 86 alert. KickBack provides haptic feedback using the phone's vibrational motor. 87 It is especially useful when you need to occasionally use the touch screen. 88 See <a href="services.html">Services</a> for details.</li> 89 90</ol> 91 92<p>In a few seconds, your phone will start talking when you press an arrow 93key. If you still need to set up your Google account, do this now via the About 94section of Settings.</p> 95 96<p>Additional settings that may be useful to you are in the Sounds (or 97Sounds & Display) section of Settings. Here you can enable Haptic Feedback and 98Audible Selection. Both of those provide additional feedback when performing 99certain actions.</p> 100 101<h2 id="g2">Instructions for phones without Accessibility services</h2> 102<p>Some phones, like the T-Mobile G2, do not come with accessibility services 103like TalkBack, KickBack, and SoundBack already installed. You will need to 104install them from the Market yourself. Again, if you have no vision, you will 105need sighted assistance for this part.</p> 106 107<p>Once you press on the checkbox next to Accessibility in the Settings, the 108phone will display a warning entitled "No Accessibility Related Applications 109Found" and ask you if you want to install a screen reader from the Android 110Market. If you press OK, you will be prompted to log in with your Google 111Account or to create a new one. Once you log in or create an account, you will 112be able to access the Android Market and install a screen reader.</p> 113 114 115<h2 id="quickSetup">Quick Setup Instructions for Installing Commonly Used 116Accessibility Apps</h2> 117<p><a href="http://apps4android.org/press-releases/020711_ideal_accessibility_installers.htm"> 118IDEAL Apps4Android has released a set of Accessibility Installer apps for 119the various carriers.</a> This installer guides the user through installing 120commonly used accessibility apps by automatically bringing up their install 121screens from Android Market. These apps include the entire Eyes-Free suite 122(Talkback, Kickback, Soundback, Accessibility Preferences, Eyes-Free Shell, 123Talking Dialer, Rock Lock, Walky Talky, Intersection Explorer), plus several 124useful 3rd party apps such as IDEAL Web Reader, IDEAL Magnifier, and K9 Mail. 125</p> 126<p>Using one of these installers greatly simplifies the process of setting up 127Android for accessibility. Here is how to use this installer:</p> 128<ol> 129 <li>Go to Android Market.</li> 130 <li>Search for "accessibility installer".</li> 131 <li>You should see several "Access 4 NAME_OF_CARRIER" apps. Pick the one that 132 matches your carrier.</li> 133 <li>Install and run the app.</li> 134 <li>Follow the directions from the app. You will get several install screens; 135 click on install/ok for all of these apps. You may get a few errors from 136 Market since not all apps are available on all phones, but these errors can 137 be safely ignored.</li> 138</ol> 139<p>Please note that you will need sighted assistance for running the 140accessibility installer if you have no vision and Talkback has not already 141been installed and enabled on your device.</p> 142 143<div class="nav"> 144<div class="nav_back"><a href="phones.html">Previous: Choosing a Phone</a> 145</div> 146<div class="nav_up"><a href="index.html">Up: Android Accessibility</a></div> 147<div class="nav_next"><a href="basics.html">Next: Accessibility Basics</a> 148</div> 149</div> 150 151</div> 152</body> 153</html>