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- <h1>Accessible Apps</h1>
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- There are over 70,000 apps on the Android market, and many of these are
- quite accessible! This is just a tiny list of some of the accessible apps
- to save you time. Please send information about more apps!
- <div class="note"><span class="n">Please note: </span>We have tested the
- applications listed below with TalkBack, one of the official Google
- accessibility services. Users of alternative screenreaders such as Spiel
- may encounter different behavior.</div>
- </p>
- <h3>Application Categories</h3>
- <li><a href="#dm">Device Management</a></li>
- <li><a href="#em">E-Mail</a></li>
- <li><a href="#en">Entertainment</a></li>
- <li><a href="#mv">Music and Video</a></li>
- <li><a href="#nl">Navigation and Location Services</a></li>
- <li><a href="#ps">Phone and SMS</a></li>
- <li><a href="#pr">Productivity</a></li>
- <li><a href="#sh">Shopping</a></li>
- <li><a href="#so">Social</a></li>
- <li><a href="#to">Tools</a></li>
- <li><a href="#we">Web</a></li>
- <h3 id="dm">Device Management</h3>
- <p>Please note that as of October 2010, the default camera application does
- not work with TalkBack. There is an alternative that we've listed below. There
- may be others out there - if you find one,
- <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/">let us know!</a></p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rechild.advancedtaskkiller">
- Advanced Task Manager</a></strong> by ReChild - force quit or
- uninstall apps.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.IQBS.android.appInstaller">
- App Installer</a></strong> by Gregory House - save and install apps
- to/from your SD card.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noclicklabs.camera">Camera Magic</a>
- </strong> by NoClick Labs - good accessible basic
- camera app.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android">Dropbox</a>
- </strong> by Dropbox, Inc. - easy file sharing, backup,
- and syncing between devices.
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.marvin.shell">
- Eyes-Free Shell</a></strong> by Eyes-Free Project - an eyes-free
- touch-screen home screen replacement.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.gesturesearch">
- Gesture Search</a></strong> by Google Inc. - find a contact, bookmark,
- application, or a music track by drawing on the screen. Please note that the
- help page in the app is a web view and therefore inaccessible with TalkBack.
- However, you can find find the same information on the <a
- href="http://gesturesearch.googlelabs.com/index.html">Gesture Search
- website</a>.
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fede.launcher">LauncherPro</a>
- </strong> by Federico Carnales - a home screen
- alternative that is accessible with TalkBack. However, there are 5 unlabeled
- buttons at the bottom of the screen. They are: Phone, Contacts, All
- Applications, Messaging, and Browser.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adw.launcher">ADW.Launcher</a>
- </strong> by AnderWeb- a home screen alternative that
- is accessible with TalkBack. However, there are 5 unlabeled buttons at the
- bottom of the screen. They are: Previous Screen, Phone, All Applications,
- Browser, and Next Screen.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock">NoLock</a>
- </strong> by BoD - gives you an option to turn on or off the
- slide-to-unlock screen.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.marvin.rocklock">Rock Lock</a>
- </strong> by Eyes-Free Project - an eyes-free touch-screen
- music player, can optionally be used as a lock screen.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.futonredemption.taskmanager">
- Task Manager</a></strong> by Futon Redemption - force quit and manage
- apps.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="em">E-Mail</h3>
- <p>As of October 2010, the Google GMail client does not work with TalkBack.
- However, there is an alternative that we've listed below. There may be others
- out there - if you find one,
- <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/">let us know!</a></p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fsck.k9">K-9 Mail</a>
- </strong> by K-9 Dog Walkers - an accessible e-mail program,
- based on the built-in Android E-Mail program. It's a complete and
- full-featured mail program.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="en">Entertainment</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.techfort.audiobooks">AudioBooks</a>
- </strong> by TechFort - listen to LibriVox's library of
- audiobooks. Requires Wi-Fi or data connection.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.imdb.mobile">IMDB</a></strong>
- by IMDb - mobile interface to the Internet Movie
- Database</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.marvin.androidsays">mem</a>
- </strong> by Eyes-Free Project - a memory game.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bamnetworks.mobile.android.gameday">
- MLB.com At Bat 2010</a></strong> by MLB Advanced Media, L.P. - for
- major league baseball fans. Listen to games, view scores, and more.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.npr.android.news">NPR News</a>
- </strong> by NPR - listen to radio streams from National
- Public Radio in the USA.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.theonion.onn">Onion News Network</a>
- </strong> by The Onion - the entire Onion News
- Network archives.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.marvin.randroid">Randroid:
- Random xkcd</a></strong> by Eyes-Free Project - a talking
- random xkcd comic viewer.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.stitcher.app">Stitcher</a></strong>
- by Stitcher, Inc. - subscribe and listen to
- podcasts.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="mv">Music and Video</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3">Amazon MP3</a></strong>
- by Amazon.com - search for music, preview, and
- purchase music on your phone. It's easier if you set up an Amazon.com account
- from your desktop computer first.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=as.adamsmith.etherealdialpad">Ethereal
- Dialpad (synthesizer)</a></strong> by Adam Smith - touch
- synthesizer. Move your finger over the touchscreen to create music.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=fm.last.android">Last.fm</a></strong> by
- Last.fm Ltd. - The Last.fm mobile app.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.luckyhercules.pianoman">Piano Man</a>
- </strong> by Lucky Hercules - a touch-screen piano.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ringdroid">Ringdroid</a></strong> by
- Ringdroid Team - create ringtones from your
- music.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.marvin.rocklock">Rock Lock</a>
- </strong> by Eyes-Free Project - an eyes-free touch-screen
- music player, can optionally be used as a lock screen.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=tunein.player">TuneIn Radio</a></strong>
- by RadioTime Inc. - find and listen to
- real-time streaming radio from all over the world. Over 40,000 channels.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=tv.ustream.player">Ustream Viewer</a>
- </strong> by Ustream.tv, Inc. - watch streaming
- video.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="nl">Navigation and Location Services</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps">Google
- Maps</a></strong> by Google Inc. - including getting driving,
- walking, or public transportation directions.</li>
- <li><strong>
- <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.marvin.intersectionexplorer">
- Intersection Explorer</a></strong> by Google Inc. - explore a
- neighborhood on your phone before going outside. You can use touch to move
- around a virtual map and hear the names of streets and intersections. It also
- gives you compass directions as you explore so you can build a mental map of
- a neighborhood.
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.marvin.compass">Talking
- Compass</a></strong> by Eyes-Free Project - tells you what
- direction you're facing if your device has an internal compass.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.eyesfree.walkytalky">Walky
- Talky</a></strong> by Eyes-Free Project - speaks turn-by-turn
- walking directions as well as the addresses of nearby locations as you pass
- them.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ulocate">WHERE</a></strong> by WHERE
- Inc. - gives local places, weather, and
- news.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="ps">Phone and SMS</h3>
- <p>As of October 2010, the default Android phone and contacts app is fully
- usable with TalkBack. However, some devices have different contacts
- applications developed by the manufacturer or carrier, and these apps may not
- be as accessible. There are alternatives available on Market, one of which
- we've listed below. There may be others out there - if you find one,
- <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/">let us know!</a> Also,
- keep in mind that your contacts on Android sync with your contacts in the
- GMail web interface, so you can also use a web browser to edit your
- contacts.</p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=kz.mek.aContacts">AContacts</a></strong>
- by Yermek Zhumagulov - a contacts manager.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bumptech.bumpga">Bump</a></strong>
- by Bump Technologies, Inc. - share contact
- information, photos, and apps by bumping phones with another Bump user.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms">Handcent SMS</a>
- </strong> by handcent_admin - an alternative SMS app
- with lots of features.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.marvin.talkingdialer">Talking
- Dialer</a></strong> by Eyes-Free Project - an accessible
- touch-screen dialer, so you don't have to open your keyboard.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice">
- Google Voice</a></strong> by Google Inc. - lets you access Google Voice
- for voicemail or to use Google Voice for all phone calls. Mostly accessible
- but with some issues. You need to sign up for Google Voice from your desktop
- computer first.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="pr">Productivity</h3>
- <p>The default Android Calendar is fully accessible as of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). On phones
- with earlier versions of Android, the default Android Calendar is not fully usable with
- TalkBack. The agenda view is somewhat accessible, and you can get notifications
- on your phone. The weekly and monthly views are not accessible. Adding or
- editing calendar entries on your phone is possible but a little tricky.</p>
- <p>It works better to create calendar entries from your desktop computer and
- then sync it to your device using Google Calendar. You can also try using the
- <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/m">mobile version of Google
- Calendar</a> on the web.</p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.greenbeansoft.CheckmarkCalendarLite">
- Checkmark Calendar</a></strong> by GrennbeanSoft - Full featured calendar app. Allows you to view
- events by day, week, or month.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.demo.notepad3">Notes</a>
- </strong> by Yuli - notepad with extensive features including
- labels and backup/export.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.openintents.notepad">OI Notepad</a>
- </strong> by OpenIntents- to take notes and organize
- them.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=iode.olz">OpenLoopz</a></strong> by Iode
- Software - GTD-style task manager.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=net.jimblackler.quickcalendar">Quick
- Calendar</a></strong> by Jim Blackler - Places your upcoming calendar appointments in the
- notifications bar.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="sh">Shopping</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mShop.android">Amazon.com</a>
- </strong> by Amazon Mobile - search for products and
- purchase them from your Android device. The app is accessible but
- unfortunately the detailed description for each product is an inaccessible
- Web View. It's easier if you set up an Amazon.com account from your desktop
- computer first.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3">Amazon MP3</a></strong>
- by Amazon.com - search for music, preview, and
- purchase music on your phone. It's easier if you set up an Amazon.com account
- from your desktop computer first.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="so">Social</h3>
- <p>Please note that as of October 2010, the Android Twitter app is only
- partially usable with TalkBack. However, there is an alternative that we've
- listed below. There may be others out there - if you find one,
- <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/">let us know!</a></p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.facebook.katana">Facebook</a>
- </strong> by Facebook - the official Facebook app. If the
- home screen doesn't read, just click once to go to your news feed.
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.joelapenna.foursquared">Foursquare
- </a></strong> by foursquare - a social app to tell your
- friends where you're hanging out.
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seesmic">Seesmic</a></strong> by
- Seesmic - a Twitter and Google Buzz client.
- See <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/msg/621c8130ef10476a">
- this review on the Eyes-Free list</a> for more information.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.swift_app.app">Swift App for Twitter
- </a></strong> by Sebastian Delmont - a Twitter
- client.
- </ul>
- <h3 id="to">Tools</h3>
- <p>As of October 2010, the default Android alarm clock is fully usable with
- TalkBack.</p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.angrydoughnuts.android.alarmclock">
- Alarm Klock</a></strong> by Craig G - an alarm clock app. Note that in
- the app title, "clock" is spelled with a k.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.calculator.calculators">Calculator
- </a> by Pop Game Team - A basic calculator.</strong></li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.radioactiveyak.earthquake">
- Earthquake!</a></strong> by Reto Meier - lists the last 24 hours of
- earthquakes, enables you to set your own notifications.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.finance">
- Finance</a></strong> by Google Inc. - Streaming real-time quotes.
- Synchronizes with your Google Finance portfolios.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.financial.calculator">Financial
- Calculators</a> by BiShiNews</strong> - A collection of commonly used financial calculators.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gmote.client.android">Gmote 2.0</a>
- </strong> by Marc Stogaitis & Mimi Sun - turn your
- phone into a remote control for your computer.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.twilightfantasy.grandfatherclock">
- Grandfather Clock</a></strong> by Thomas Pongrac - chimes on the
- hour</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.cohortor.gstrings.tyd">Tuner -
- gstrings</a></strong> by cohortor.org - an instrument
- tuner</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.scannerradio">Scanner Radio</a>
- </strong> by Gordon Edwards - Listen to police,
- fire scanners.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=vOICe.vOICe">The vOICe for Android</a>
- </strong> by Peter Meijer - camera, color
- identifier, and augmented reality.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.citc.ud">Urban Dictionary</a>
- </strong> by Tim Clark - look up the definition of
- slang terms and phrases.</li>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.weather.Weather">The Weather Channel
- </a></strong> by The Weather Channel - a
- full-featured weather app.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="we">Web</h3>
- <p><p>As of October 2010, the default Android web browser does not work with
- TalkBack. However, there is an alternative that we've listed below. There may
- be others out there - if you find one,
- <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/eyes-free/">let us know!</a></p>
- <ul>
- <li><strong><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ideal.webaccess">IDEAL Web Reader</a>
- </strong> by IDEAL Group, Inc. Android Development
- Team - an accessible gesture-based browser. See
- <a href="http://apps4android.org/ideal_web_reader_news_release.htm">the release
- notes</a> for more information.</li>
- </ul>
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