shortwavesurfer

I don't know if this will help or not, but here is a video of me using my Android device in the way I mentioned, and I have it set so that you should be able to see where I touched on the display.
[https://files.catbox.moe/qo7unk.mp4](https://files.catbox.moe/qo7unk.mp4)
Edit: A flick from left to right is the equivalent of using the tab key on your PC, and a flick from right to left is the equivalent of using shift+tab.

2026-07-25 01:50:15 UTC

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The flick can be from anywhere on the screen to anywhere else on the screen as long as it is from right to left or from left to right.
As an example, when you tapped the Wi-Fi icon, you would be able to swipe from left to right, anywhere on the screen, and the next thing announced would be whatever element came next, which I think was mobile data, but I'm not certain of that.
The flick has to be able to be done from anywhere on screen as a blind user is not going to know where the element is visually on the display. Most of the time.

2026-07-25 01:13:50 UTC

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Holy shit, this is amazing. As a blind screen reader user myself, thank you.
I do have one question, though. I noticed that you were doing taps on the screen in order to see what element was underneath it. What happens if you do a flick from, say, left to right or right to left, as that is how a lot of screen reader users navigate?
The way it works on other operating systems is that a quick flick to the right or left will read the next element or the previous element on the screen.
Edit: This just took Linux Mobile from a "maybe one day I can use this" to a "i could use this now" thing.
I've been thinking about making my next phone a post-market OS device, and now that desire just increased exponentially, thanks to this post.

2026-04-21 12:02:32 UTC

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It was one of those Neo Banks called Chime.

2026-04-21 01:30:49 UTC

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At this point I refused to use a bank app and I actually switched banks because my bank wouldn't allow me to use a web browser.

2026-03-03 00:06:34 UTC

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I am a T-Mobile user, so does it work on the T-Mobile network? I can't remember if Google Fi is a T-Mobile MVNO at this point or not. Though to be fair, if I was to get that device, I would be putting LineageOS on it because I honestly hate EOS with their iOS-like design and the fact that it has the Micro-G services on it.

2026-01-28 01:30:46 UTC

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Don't worry, none of your extortion money was used to buy that Bitcoin. It was stolen from people. That's all the government is really good for anyhow is stealing from people.

2025-11-12 18:03:34 UTC

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If I understand correctly, Fairphone themselves are going to be bringing their products to the United States, starting with their earbuds, not the phone yet, but as said, you can get it still from their partner, but I believe they at some point should have their phone as well available here.

2025-09-05 23:44:11 UTC

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What would make me really happy is if viewership across YouTube entirely was down because people were getting fed up with YouTube and shifting to alternatives.

2025-09-03 07:53:37 UTC

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As long as you don't install Google Play services on them, no it would not.

2025-08-03 16:33:49 UTC

I'm doing my best to continue using Firefox, but it's becoming incredibly annoying, and I'm seriously at my wit's end and just about to give up on it permanently.
I've noticed during video calls it causes my computer to completely freeze up and require a reboot sometimes.
And on my phone, sometimes when I'm reading, it will just make my screen completely stop responding to me and I have to force reboot my phone in order to fix it.
I know that Gecko is the only other web engine option to fight Chromium's Blink, but I'm seriously just about fed up enough with Firefox to say fuck it.
Servo or ladybird may be the only real hope left.