if youre unfamiliar, its an accessibility app made by google, for controlling your phone with your voice. this is different to the “OK google” thing.

I’m disabled, and I avoided owning a phone for many years because they’re so painful to use. but this year I finally had to get one, so I got a samsung s10e. but this voice access app is just… terrible? its really buggy, struggles to understand me way worse than Talon (a PC voice control program), and loves to do things I don’t tell it to.

it also doesn’t even make my phone fully accessible, theres tons of gestures it just can’t do, and I can’t add custom ones.

basically… am I doing something wrong? is there some trick I don’t know about? or is android accessibility really this bad? is there anything I can do?

  • mouseless@kbin.socialOP
    4·
    11 months ago

    ill give those tips a try, thank you!!

    I’ve had a lifetime of being on the shit end of the stick when it comes to “why can’t the person who needs X get it”, it really sucks. like “just buy an iphone” is what I was told asking around elsewhere and like… my guy, an iphone is basically a month of my income (before spending a cent on rent, bills, food…)

    I just hope that bad things happen to the people who uphold the oppressive systems that keep me down. thats all :)

    • fiat_lux@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      I hear you. DSP does not pay anywhere near enough, especially with how much medical stuff costs these days and close to no bulk-billing doctors left. And physical stuff like even basic switches are ridiculously expensive, even more with the NDIS rorting companies are doing. Assistive tech physical and socio-economic accessibility is something I’ve been angry about thinking a lot about lately.

      • mouseless@kbin.socialOP
        3·
        11 months ago

        looks into camera dramatically yeah DSP money sucks, good thing I can’t get it :)

        I’m in the jobseeker hell until I get an assessment redone, which is an “indefinite wait plus at least a year” away. which is fine, its not like my wheelchair is half as old as I am or anything

        • fiat_lux@kbin.social
          3·
          11 months ago

          Ugh, I am so sorry, even if I’m not at all shocked to hear that. Our society treats people shamefully, even if it’s still much better than many other places.