Welcome to Episode 86: Privacy, Permissions, Account activity and Personal data
In this episode, we have dived into the Privacy, Permissions and more.
Announcements
• We now have a presence on “Rumble”
https://rumble.com/c/c-1771031
• Our website has a section for those who would like to support us by donating to our cause and mission of making Android understandable by the visually impaired.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/blindandroid
ANDROID BASIC:
In the “Android basic” segment, we discussed the general overview of the “Privacy, ““Permissions,” Account Activity” and more with focus on the first two items in that section—Accessibility Usage and “Dashboard” found on Pixel and stock devices in contrast to what is found on Samsung devices.
APP OF THE WEEK:
For the “App of the week,” Warren appropriately demonstrated “Rumble.”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rumble.battles&hl=en_US&gl=US
Talkback Highlights:
Warren brings us instalment 46 from the theme of “Highlights from Talkback” and this time, it’s the third entry under the 4-finger-gesture heading.
Staying in touch.
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timeline
introduction 00:00.0
announcements 03:31.7
Android Basics, accessibility usage and privacy 04:47.9
accessibility usage and privacy on Samsung phones 11:08.5
austin demos the accessibility usage and privacy dashboard 14:30.7
demo of permission manager on Samsung phones 34:13.8
app of the week, rumble 41:23.4
talkback highlights instalment 46, 4 finger gesture part 3 59:08.6
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14aTZZeGRJU
in this video, first we talk about how to try out android 12 with DFU loader.
the guide on how to do this can be found by visiting.
https://blindandroidusers.com/tryout-android-12-without-modifying-your-phone/
then Warren shows us what he has found new in android 12 after our special episode
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnZXGnzHNkA
John shows you how to remove the Samsung Talkback and replace it with the one from the Play Store without the need of using a computer using "ADB - Local&Remote ADB Shell"
found here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.standardadb
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duyVIYlYlic
in this video, Warren shows us how to sideload an app on your android phone.
sideloading is not recommended and should be only done from trusted sources like apkmirror.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yy-dNaoyKU
Thank you for joining us on Episode 29.
This episode is presented by:
• Ed Green
• Warren Carr
• Austin Pinto
In this episode, we cover…
Announcements
• We have a much more user friendly Youtube URL. You can find us at https://www.youtube.com/blindandroidusers
• Do subscribe to the channel and enable notifications as we post extra content which won’t fit on the podcast!
Android basics
Our fifth app category is OCR (Optical Character Recognition) apps, which enable us to read printed material on our phones. Warren prepared some printed text ahead of time, which he tested with Lookout by Google which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.reveal
Supersense which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mediate.supersense
Speak! which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toucan.speak&hl=en_GB&gl=US
Sullivan+ which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tuat.kr.sullivan&hl=en_GB&gl=US
KNFB Reader which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sensotec.knfbreader&hl=en_GB&gl=US
and Legere Scanner which can be installed from.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voicedream.scanner&hl=en_GB&gl=US
In focus
This week’s In Focus is one you’ll want to look out for, as we are privileged to be joined by Scot Adams and Zoe Ortiz from Google to talk all things Lookout!
My Android Journey
Finally, our Android Journey story this week comes from John Dyer.
Staying in touch.
Email us with suggestions or comments
contactus@blindandroidusers.com
Send in your Android journey stories
myandroidjourney@blindandroidusers.com
subscribe to our Email list
blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io
join our Telegram group
https://t.me/ANATAD
follow us on Twitter
https://twitter.com/BlindDroidUsers
subscribe to our Youtube channel and join our Club on Clubhouse.
https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/blind-android-users
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuFSEGMwU-A
in this video, we demo the oldest but still active voice recorder called easy voice recorder from digipam.
this can be found at.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeebeanventures.easyvoicerecorder
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeJ3vtuEpDY
in this video, Edword introduces the health apps segment in his stile.
Warren talks about some recommended health apps and devices. such as.
Medi safe Pill Reminder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medisafe.android.client
Medication Tracker
Mango Health
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mangohealth.mango
My Therapy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.smartpatient.mytherapy
For those less confident in using apps for this purpose, Warren also tells us about physical devices which exist for this purpose.
Tab Time Vibrating Pill Box
https://tabtime.com/
and Med Minder.
https://www.medminder.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7ucqvFQZE