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Backtalk offers community fork of Android's TalkBack screen reader

Original: By @ TheQuinbox Backtalk is a fork of Google's TalkBack, the screen reader for blind and visually-impaired users of Andr

A modified version of Google's TalkBack screen reader, called Backtalk, is drawing attention in accessibility circles. Built by developer TheQuinbox, the fork takes Google's open-source releases and adds fixes and extra features for blind and visually impaired Android users. The project is hosted on GitHub and is explicitly not affiliated with Google.

Why now: Assistive technology users are interested in community-maintained improvements to an essential accessibility tool.

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