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jonathan2022 · 06-12-2024, 10:03 PM

Thanks for mentioning this. It is odd how they didn't mention this in update announcement. That's a huge update. I suppose it's so as not to upset the publishers maybe. As they were the reason it was initially killed off. I'm so happy. This is way better than talkback. Plus I don't have to press power and volume control to enable it like talkback. Which I'm not so sure is good for phone. One annoying side of talkback is you have to go to beginning of page if you have to stop to do something. This you can continue where you left off. It's one reason I prefer other apps with text to speech option. Thanks for letting us know. So glad they did this and hope it stays.

06-12-2024, 10:03 PM	#2
jonathan2022 Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 213232 Join Date: Mar 2022 Device: android	Thanks for mentioning this. It is odd how they didn't mention this in update announcement. That's a huge update. I suppose it's so as not to upset the publishers maybe. As they were the reason it was initially killed off. I'm so happy. This is way better than talkback. Plus I don't have to press power and volume control to enable it like talkback. Which I'm not so sure is good for phone. One annoying side of talkback is you have to go to beginning of page if you have to stop to do something. This you can continue where you left off. It's one reason I prefer other apps with text to speech option. Thanks for letting us know. So glad they did this and hope it stays.