What's new in TalkBack 5.2
• New Speech Verbosity setting for spoken feedback
• New earcons
• Hear feedback when you turn magnification on/off or zoom in/out
• Hear character count in password fields in Chrome (56+)
• Shorter delay before usage hints
• Other fixes and improvements
New service: Select to Speak lets you tap items to hear them read aloud. Go to Accessibility > Select to Speak.
TalkBack is an accessibility service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices.
TalkBack adds spoken, audible, and vibration feedback to your device. TalkBack comes pre-installed on most Android devices.
For help with TalkBack, visit support.google.com/talkback/
To turn on TalkBack:
1. Go to Settings
2. Select Accessibility
Android 4.1 and above:
3. Touch TalkBack and switch it on
Android 4.0:
3. Touch TalkBack and switch it on
4. Go back to the previous screen, then turn on Explore by Touch
Android 3.2 and earlier:
3. Select the Accessibility checkbox
4. Select the TalkBack checkbox
Permissions Notice
Phone: TalkBack observes the phone state so it can adapt announcements to your call status.
Accessibility Service: Because this app is an accessibility service, it can observe your actions, retrieve window content, and observe text that you type.
This release may come in several variants. Consult our handy FAQ to see which download is right for you.
These require Wear OS and can not be installed on your phone or tablet.
