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  16. <title>Enabling accessibility - Android Accessibility</title>
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  23. <h1>Enabling accessibility</h1>
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  25. <div class="nav">
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  26. <div class="nav_back"><a href="phones.html">Previous: Choosing a Phone</a>
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  28. <div class="nav_up"><a href="index.html">Up: Android Accessibility</a></div>
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  29. <div class="nav_next"><a href="basics.html">Next: Accessibility Basics</a>
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  33. <h2 id="g2">Instructions for Android 4.0 and above</h2>
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  35. <p>A video describing the out-of-box setup experience in Android 4.0 is
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  36. available on YouTube <a href="http://youtu.be/rnw8vh9y36Q">here</a>.</p>
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  38. <p>For devices running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above,
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  39. Accessibility can be turned on from the initial set-up screen. After turning
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  40. on your device for the first time, use your finger to draw a closed rectangle
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  41. starting at the top-left corner of your device's touchscreen. Draw a straight
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  42. line from the top-left corner to the top-right, then to the bottom-right, then
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  43. bottom-left, and finally back to the top-left. Your device will beep when it
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  44. recognizes your gesture. It may take several attempts to draw the rectangle
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  45. within the screen bounds.</p>
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  46. <p>Once you have enabled Accessibility, your device will open a tutorial
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  47. introducing the Accessibility features available in Android 4.0. You may skip
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  48. the tutorial using the "Skip" button at the bottom-right of the screen.</p>
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  49. <p>Upon completion of the tutorial, your device will return to the initial
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  50. set-up screen and you may finish setting up your device.</p>
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  52. <h2 id="g2">Instructions for Android 3.1 and below</h2>
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  54. <p>By default, Accessiblity is turned off on new Android phones running
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  55. Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) and below. If you have no vision, you will be unable
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  56. to access a brand-new Android phone without sighted assistance. Once enabled,
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  57. your phone will remember this setting and you'll be able to do everything else
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  58. yourself.</p>
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  59. <p>If you have a brand-new Android phone, follow these steps to enable
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  60. accessibility:</p>
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  64.   <li>If the phone is asking you for a Google Account or it's in the system
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  65.   tutorial mode, press the button to skip it and do it later.</li>
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  67.   <li>Press the Menu button. Every Android phone has a Menu button on the
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  68.   front, you shouldn't have to open the keyboard.</li>
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  70.   <li>Press Settings.</li>
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  72.   <li>Open Text-To-Speech settings (it might be inside "Voice input &amp;
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  73.   output settings"). Click "Listen to an example". If it doesn't play, try
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  74.   clicking "Install voice data", below. You can also adjust the speech rate and
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  75.   language here.</li>
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  77.   <li>Go back to the main Settings screen and open Accessibility settings.</li>
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  79.   <li>Press the checkbox next to Accessibility. Say OK to the alert asking
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  80.   if you're sure you want to do this. If you have a T-Mobile G2, please
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  81.   refer to <a href="#g2">these special instructions</a>.</li>
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  83.   <li>Press the checkbox next to TalkBack. Say OK to the alert.</li>
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  85.   <li>Also recommended: Press the checkbox next to KickBack. Say OK to the
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  86.   alert. KickBack provides haptic feedback using the phone's vibrational motor.
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  87.   It is especially useful when you need to occasionally use the touch screen.
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  88.   See <a href="services.html">Services</a> for details.</li>
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  92. <p>In a few seconds, your phone will start talking when you press an arrow
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  93. key. If you still need to set up your Google account, do this now via the About
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  94. section of Settings.</p>
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  96. <p>Additional settings that may be useful to you are in the Sounds (or
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  97. Sounds &amp; Display) section of Settings. Here you can enable Haptic Feedback and
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  98. Audible Selection. Both of those provide additional feedback when performing
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  99. certain actions.</p>
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  101. <h2 id="g2">Instructions for phones without Accessibility services</h2>
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  102. <p>Some phones, like the T-Mobile G2, do not come with accessibility services
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  103. like TalkBack, KickBack, and SoundBack already installed. You will need to
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  104. install them from the Market yourself. Again, if you have no vision, you will
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  105. need sighted assistance for this part.</p>
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  107. <p>Once you press on the checkbox next to Accessibility in the Settings, the
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  108. phone will display a warning entitled "No Accessibility Related Applications
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  109. Found" and ask you if you want to install a screen reader from the Android
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  110. Market. If you press OK, you will be prompted to log in with your Google
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  111. Account or to create a new one. Once you log in or create an account, you will
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  112. be able to access the Android Market and install a screen reader.</p>
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  115. <h2 id="quickSetup">Quick Setup Instructions for Installing Commonly Used
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  116. Accessibility Apps</h2>
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  117. <p><a href="http://apps4android.org/press-releases/020711_ideal_accessibility_installers.htm">
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  118. IDEAL Apps4Android has released a set of Accessibility Installer apps for
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  119. the various carriers.</a> This installer guides the user through installing
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  120. commonly used accessibility apps by automatically bringing up their install
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  121. screens from Android Market. These apps include the entire Eyes-Free suite
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  122. (Talkback, Kickback, Soundback, Accessibility Preferences, Eyes-Free Shell,
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  123. Talking Dialer, Rock Lock, Walky Talky, Intersection Explorer), plus several
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  124. useful 3rd party apps such as IDEAL Web Reader, IDEAL Magnifier, and K9 Mail.
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  126. <p>Using one of these installers greatly simplifies the process of setting up
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  127. Android for accessibility. Here is how to use this installer:</p>
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  129.   <li>Go to Android Market.</li>
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  130.   <li>Search for "accessibility installer".</li>
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  131.   <li>You should see several "Access 4 NAME_OF_CARRIER" apps. Pick the one that
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  132.   matches your carrier.</li>
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  133.   <li>Install and run the app.</li>
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  134.   <li>Follow the directions from the app. You will get several install screens;
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  135.   click on install/ok for all of these apps. You may get a few errors from
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  136.   Market since not all apps are available on all phones, but these errors can
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  137.   be safely ignored.</li>
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  139. <p>Please note that you will need sighted assistance for running the
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  140. accessibility installer if you have no vision and Talkback has not already
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  141. been installed and enabled on your device.</p>
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  144. <div class="nav_back"><a href="phones.html">Previous: Choosing a Phone</a>
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  146. <div class="nav_up"><a href="index.html">Up: Android Accessibility</a></div>
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  147. <div class="nav_next"><a href="basics.html">Next: Accessibility Basics</a>
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