[BRLTTY] OT: Talksback not announcing callers on Android

[Henk Abma]

Op 2 feb. 2017 om 11:08 heeft Shérab <Sebastien.Hinderer at ens-lyon.org> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Dear Henk,
> 
> Many thanks for your response!
> 
>> The appropriate mailing list to post this would be:
>> eyes-free at googlegroups.com
> 
> Yeah, I discovered that other list and posted there, thanks a lot.
> 
>> The short answeris that this feature was removed, because it didn’t
>> work on all devices.
> 
> Okay. May I ask how you got to know this? Because nobody could respond
> to this question on the eyes-free list and I was not able to find any
> release notes or change log documenting that point.
> 
It has been discussed at length on the eyes-free list. I think it can be found in the 5.0.4 release notes, however it was also communicated by V ictor Tsaran of Google in that same list. I don't know how an app like shouter retrieves the required information. I think the basic idea behind screenreaders like TalkB ack is that it only provides information that can be obtained through standard interfaces and not to go hunting for that info e.g. By processing the entire screen.
Just guessing.

With kind regards,

Henk.

>> Since it worked perfectly on Google’s own devices, I think the
>> decision was rather odd at least.
> 
> I agree. Especially given that third party applications manage to
> provide the feature, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible
> for TalkBack to do it in a portable way.
> 
>> Your friend could try an app like shouter.
> 
> Okay, that's the app suggested on Eyes-Free, too, so I passed on the
> suggestion, thanks a lot.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Shérab.
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