TalkBack

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!Release Date

!Summary

|February 2021{{Cite web|date=2021-02-23|title=Our all-new TalkBack screen reader|url=https://blog.google/products/android/all-new-talkback/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Google|language=en-us}}

|New multi-finger gestures in a new context menu which can be used for activities such as reading, voice commands, support for Spanish and Arabic in the Braille keyboard, as well as a reorganization to the settings menu of TalkBack.{{Cite web|title=What's new with TalkBack 9.1 - Android Accessibility Help|url=https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/10446459?hl=en|access-date=2021-10-20|website=support.google.com}}

|April 2020

|Introduced a new Braille keyboard which uses six large buttons in screen in order to allow visually impaired users to type in a manner that may be more familiar to them.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-09|title=Google TalkBack adds a Braille keyboard for the visually impaired|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/google-talkback-braille-keyboard/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=xda-developers|language=en-US}}

|March 2019

|Added a screen search function to find text on screen in a more accessible manner and made changes to the continuous reading functionality of TalkBack by auto-scrolling pages and adding new navigation options.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-26|title=Android Accessibility Suite 7.3 exits beta, brings screen search and other TalkBack additions [APK Download]|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/26/android-accessibility-suite-7-3-exits-beta-adds-screen-search-and-other-talkback-additions-apk-download/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Android Police|language=en-US}}

|November 2018

|Improved controls and added fast forward and rewind functionality to the screen reader.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-21|title=Android Accessibility Suite 7.2 adds camera support to Select to Speak, TalkBack control changes, and more|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/21/android-accessibility-suite-7-2-adds-camera-support-select-speak-talkback-control-changes/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Android Police|language=en-US}}

|June 2018

|Improved Android TV controls and Focus Management. This release came with the rebranding of TalkBack from an independent application into a part of the new Android Accessibility Suite, which includes TalkBack and a few other accessibility tools.{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Abner|date=2018-06-20|title=Google renames TalkBack app to Android Accessibility Suite with latest update|url=https://9to5google.com/2018/06/20/google-talkback-android-accessibility-suite/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=9to5Google|language=en-US}}

|Early 2018

|Added the ability for the active text to speech language to be changed through gestures, as well as fixing a variety of bugs such as making TalkBack not speak upon receiving a phone call until the user had touched the screen.{{Cite web|last=Meddaugh|first=J. J.|title=TalkBack 6.1 Beta Adds Quick Language Switching, Enhanced Navigation in Native Apps - Blind Bargains|url=http://www.blindbargains.com/b/17938&campaign=posts&medium=social&source=facebook|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.blindbargains.com|language=en}}

|April 2017

|Added a verbosity setting for speech, added audible feedback for zooming in and out, the ability to hear password character count in Chrome, as well as a variety of other fixes and improvements.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-27|title=[Update: More Details on Select to Speak] Google TalkBack 5.2 is out of beta with speech verbosity settings, Select to Speak, and more [APK Download]|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/04/26/google-talkback-5-2-beta-speech-verbosity-settings-select-speak/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Android Police|language=en-US}}

|October 2011

|Added TalkBack to Android system