Voxmate – The All-In-One Android App for the Blind

Voxmate is an Android app that helps people with sight loss to easily access a wide range of content and activities, including reading the news, playing games and socializing All the features on Voxmate can be accessed using four gestures (swipe up, swipe down, swipe left and swipe right). In this session, we were joined by Katja Danilova who provided a demonstration of Voxmate and answered viewers questions.

00:00 – Start
00:48 – Intro
01:30 – Katja Introduction
02:00 – What is Voxmate
05:17 – Voxmate Applications
05:34 – Categories of Apps
07:19 – Voxmate User Interface
08:09 – Voxmate Demonstration
08:50 – Voxmate Demo – Main Menu
09:55 – Voxmate Demo – Tutorial
13:00 – Voxmate Demo – Navigation
13:49 – Voxmate Demo – Phone
16:42 – Voxmate Demo – Audiobooks
19:38 – Voxmate Demo – News
21:43 – Other Features
23:28 – Question – Subscription
24:44 – Question – Can Voxmate be used on Tablets
24:56 – Question – Getting out of trouble
26:04 – Question – Getting back to the main menu
27:18 – Question – OCR
28:32 – Question – OCR Guidance
29:23 – Question – Can you change the voice settings
31:38 – Question – Will Voxmate work with Blindshell
33:28 – Question – Price
34:22 – Question – Which version of android do you need
34:55 – Question – Voxmate on other hardware devices
35:49 – Question – Can you use it with automated phone systems
36:15 – Question – Can you use third-party apps
37:12 – Question – Does Voxmate provide a way of accessing phone settings
38:16 – Question – How would you edit mistakes when typing
42:34 – Question – Is there a Desktop App
42:47 – Questions – What games are available
44:29 – Question – Taking over Android functions
45:38 – Question – Dictating text
46:28 – Question – Playing content on a USB stick
48:36 – Question – Accessing Talking Newspapers

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