Blind Android Users Podcast

Episode 280: ANDROID17BETA4

Welcome to Episode 280 as we highlight Android17Beta4 with some changes and most importantly, fixes that this build came with.

Announcements
The Developer of “Roads Audio” has given us some promo codes to access premium features of the app for a month.
Enter to win by sending us email to:
[email protected]
Our second quarterly listener and developer session will take place next week (April 25,) we’ll circulate joining details on our platforms soon.

SPOTLIGHT
We discuss the release of Android 17 Beta 4. If you have a qualifying Pixel, you can still register to participate in the Android Beta program

App of the week
Warren demonstrates Roads Audio: Voice Threads, whose developer joined us last week.

ANDROID JOURNEY
This week, our friend Mike Arrigo, joins us to talk about his interesting Android Journey story.

Staying in touch
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Episode279: ROADS AUDIO

Welcome to episode 279.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Coming up on April 25, 2026 is our 2nd “open-listener/Developer” session.
Mark your calendars to join us at 9AM Pacific time.

ANDROID BASICS
Google dropped the April Security patch for Pixel 6-10, fixing a number of some issues.
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel

SPOTLIGHT
This week, we caught up with the Developer of “Roads Audio,” where Dave Faliskie intimates us with the history and goal of the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onemanstartup.roads

APP OF THE WEEK
For this week’s “app of the week,” we demonstrate “BookFusion—Natural TTS,” a TTS engine with support for a number of languages.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion.voice

STAYING IN TOUCH
Make a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797.

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Episode 278, a visit with the developer of ToBe SAID

Announcements
Save the date: our second quarterly listener and developer session will take place on 25 April, we’ll circulate joining details nearer the time.

Spotlight
This week we’re joined by the developer of the Text to Speech app, ToBe SAID/ToBe SAID Pro.

App of the week
Warren brings us a demo of the AI-enabled voice-to-text app, Wispr Flow.

Commentary
Karene shows us the new AI text correction functionality in Jieshuo.

Staying in touch
Make a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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Episode277 SEEING WITH SOUND (vOICe)

Welcome to episode 277.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Coming up on April 25, 2026 is our 2nd “open-listener/Developer” session.
Mark your calendars to join us at 9AM Pacific time.

ANDROID 17 BETA 3
Google dropped beta 3 of Android 17 on Thursday, March 26 and with that, the version has reached platform stability.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/the-third-beta-of-android-17.html

SPOTLIGHT
This week, we caught up with the Developer of “seeing with Sound” AKA “The vOICe for Android).
Get to know the history of the app as Peter Meijer intimates us with its history and both Jacob and Pranav illustrate their experiences and usage scenarios.

APP OF THE WEEK
For this week’s “app of the week,” we demonstrate “AudiFlo,” an e-Book reading app with a difference.

STAYING IN TOUCH
Make a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797.

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Episode 276, sideloading

Announcements
Save the date: our second quarterly listener and developer session will take place on 25 April, we’ll circulate joining details nearer the time.

Android basics
This week, it’s all about sideloading. What is it, and should you do it.

App of the week
Jacob Kruger demonstrates The vOICe for Android, a visual assistance app with a difference in that it uses soundscapes to describe camera images. It’s also worth reading Jacob’s setup tips.

Staying in touch
Make a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797.

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