<![CDATA[Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source!]]>Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! TalkBack 17 is important because Google released a little Braille display command customization, although for now you can only customize commands that are already there; you can't add any so you could move to next/previous container, for example. TalkBack 16.2 being open source is important because now, any vibe coding blind person can make their own, pretty-much-up-to-date, screen reader for Android based on TalkBack.

TalkBack 17: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-accessibility-suite/

TalkBack open source: https://github.com/google/talkback

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116591842183348654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116591842183348654Sun, 17 May 2026 20:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:17:00 GMT]]>@pixelate ok i finally got it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/J3317/statuses/116590812871814627https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/J3317/statuses/116590812871814627Sun, 17 May 2026 16:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:06:32 GMT]]>@pixelate not finding the button to download, did something on the site change?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/J3317/statuses/116590771726301807https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/J3317/statuses/116590771726301807Sun, 17 May 2026 16:06:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 15:06:21 GMT]]>@pixelate woot woot indeed, eh? This means we can vibeslop features we want like a clock in the screenreader or the ability to control computers and other phones from within the reader too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://caneandable.social/users/danestange/statuses/116590535061662074https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://caneandable.social/users/danestange/statuses/116590535061662074Sun, 17 May 2026 15:06:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 12:08:45 GMT]]>@pixelate about time eh?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/jstark/statuses/116589836738226382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/jstark/statuses/116589836738226382Sun, 17 May 2026 12:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 11:57:32 GMT]]>@pixelate One thing that I'm looking forward to the most is the release of One UI 9, which Samsung decided that it's the end of their Talkback. Which I think it's about damn time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/socheat/statuses/116589792654355732https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/socheat/statuses/116589792654355732Sun, 17 May 2026 11:57:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 10:35:37 GMT]]>@pixelate Hopefully now more screen readers add in braille keyboards. The lack of those on Android devices is quite sad. Talkback's is the only simple good one.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.the-gdn.net/ap/users/116104501664926383/statuses/116589470516564465https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.the-gdn.net/ap/users/116104501664926383/statuses/116589470516564465Sun, 17 May 2026 10:35:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 08:12:02 GMT]]>@muchanchoasado Yep, it is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116588905891513398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116588905891513398Sun, 17 May 2026 08:12:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 08:10:42 GMT]]>@pixelate Hope the braille keyboard were part of the source code. I'm not using other screen readers because the accessibility service for ABK stops working on my phone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tkz.one/users/muchanchoasado/statuses/116588900699865763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tkz.one/users/muchanchoasado/statuses/116588900699865763Sun, 17 May 2026 08:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Okay Android folks, TalkBack 17 is released, and TalkBack 16.2 is open source! on Sun, 17 May 2026 07:22:30 GMT]]>Also ... Why just BARD Mobile? Lol.

When not in editor mode, in an edit field, braille key presses fall through to DefaultConsumer, which calls
handleBrailleKeyWithoutKeyboardOpen(). That method has an explicit BARD Mobile package check — it bails and returns
false for every other app, causing the error sound.

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