[SOLVED] Is there an app which can read everything on the screen for you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My phone screen broke but everything else works fine except for the fact that I can't see what's happening on my phone, I was able to install an app which mirrors my phone and thus control my phone indirectly, but I was wondering if there was a way I could do basic functions like reading texts without seeing the screen. I mean, I am also curious what do people with visual disabilities use? Are there any apps like VoiceOver which help you read texts?

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

SpeechCentral

[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

On android theres "Talkback" via the accessbility settings not sure if that does everything you want though

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

hey.... I actually ended up enabling TalkBack Thank you! It's quite good. I mean, you gotta get the hang of it though. This whole ordeal has made me appreciate the efforts visually impaired people put into living their lives much more. I can't handle a bloddy phone, imagine living your life like this.

[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago

Thats great glad it worked out for you and yeah it must be tough. Thank god for the devs that put these features into our devices

[-] PlexSheep@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Android phones have USB debugging options, which can be used to mirror the screen in another device (with input too). Besides that, you can take screenshots and read them by connecting the phone with USB and looking at the generated image files.

I once turned a phone with a broken screen into a server like this. It took a good amount of fiddling and guessing where exactly a button is, but it works.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

true as it is (I have used Scrcpy, which is ideal for these kind of tasks, but unfortunately, I can't take my laptop wherever I go and I don't have another spare phone.

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