The Secret Powers of Android Accessibility Features

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There are diversified ranges of features on
Android Smartphone which no one takes time to use
or enjoy. The accessibility setting in the
Android phone which is rarely visited by so many
android users, which settings, if tweaked
properly makes the use of Android Smartphone more
enjoyable and flexible. Although, most of the
Android users think that these settings are meant
for the disabled, however, thats not true,
everyone can make the best of its utilization.
Let us see few of these features 1. Zoom
anywhere with magnification gestures 2. End a
call with power button 3. Turn any book into an
Audio book 4. Get Larger text system 5.
Enable/Disable Accessibility feature with a
shortcut
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• Zoom anywhere with magnification gestures
• Enabling the Magnification Gestures allows the
  user to Zoom anything on the Android device
  (except for the keyboard, and notification bar).
  Its very easy to implement too. The user will
  simply need to triple tap the region required to
  be enlarged, and then pan it further with
  multiple fingers to adjust the screen. Pinching
  the screen also allows adjusting the zoom level.

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2. End a call with power button To quickly cut
the call, when it rings, just press the power
button thats all the user will have to do, if
the Power button ends call setting is enabled
on the phone. This option is useful, when the
person is busy in a meeting and needs to cut the
incoming call without having to take the phone
out of the pocket. Theres nothing more to this
one, however, it can be of great use to a few.
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3.Turn any book into an Audio book Googles
built-in Text to speech output option can turn
any book into an audio book. This option doesnt
work with Pocket or even Kindle, but with
Googles playbook apps, any book can be read
aloud. Even the voice can be customized to
according to the users likes. Since it is
Googles own engine, the user can choose from the
variety of voice data options, for an accent or a
language that best suits the users preferences.
The person can also choose the rate of speed,
between the nine speeds. Besides this option, it
is also advisable to turn on the High quality
voice option, to ward off the robotic type
speech sound.
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4. Get Larger text system If the font size of
the phone is not enough for the user to read it
with ease, android phone gives an option in the
accessibility settings to enable Large texts,
which will work across the system. Hence, the
font is made large everywhere and it also makes
it legible.
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5. Enable/Disable Accessibility feature with a
shortcut The above mentioned accessibility
features, might not be used all the time. A
simple shortcut will let the user to enable or
disable this feature. For instance, the larger
text option might not come to use all the time.
However, can be kept enabled, but can be switched
on and off with a simple short-cut. This
short-cut can be created in two ways by pressing
and holding the power button, or by touching and
holding two fingers. The accessibility options
will help the user to get more out of the device
than they ever thought.
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