Keyboard Shortcuts for Talkback on Android?

Category: Cell Phone Talk

Post 1 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2017 17:28:17

Hi, all.

I was able to find a phone running Android that is not too antiquated with a slide out keyboard. My question is if I were to use the TalkBack shortcuts via the keyboard, could I bypass the touch screen completely? Does Talkback keyboard shortcuts work for all the gestures? I was only able to find a very short list, but there has to be more. If anyone can point me to a site that has all of them listed that would be much appreciated and helpful.

Thanks!

Post 2 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2017 18:34:14

Looks like I found them. Says it will only work with an external keyboard. I wonder why? I guess I will try it with my phones internal one. Link is here:

https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6110948?hl=en

Post 3 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2017 15:55:21

Well,

Good news! The keyboard shortcuts will work with the phone's physical keyboard. I customized every one, and still find that navigating via the keyboard is faster than using the touch screen. Does anyone know how to customize the local context menu gesture? I can never seem to get that one to work.
Thanks.

Post 4 by starfly (99956) on Saturday, 24-Jun-2017 12:15:06

why don't you assign the local context menu to a keyboard shortcut like Page up or page down. If you want just reassign the on screen jester to one of the jesters you can use easily. I mainly just use the touch screen via android but I'm glad you find a phone that works. What phone did you find? Food for thought, black Bary's android phones are running current spects, curent OS and will be upgraded to 7.1.2 and further.

SF

Dan Mathis