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In      my last blog post, I spoke about 2 problems with Google TalkBack on Oxygen OS 16 and suggested workarounds for them. One of the problems I described was that under Settings, volume sliders are inaccessible. The workaround for that is to ask Gemini to increase/decrease the specific volume. Well, actually, it turns out that the inaccessible slider problem expands throughout the settings. As a result, there are other problems which are non-fixable, as you cannot control them with Gemini. I am mentioning them just to make you aware. Problem 1: Inaccessible audio balance slider The audio balance, located under Settings > Accessibility > Hearing section, allows you to adjust how much volume is sent to each channel (left & right), which controls how much sound is produced by each speaker in stereo, as well as left & right headphones/earphones. Now, you cannot control this due to the slider problem. Problem 2: Inaccessible TTS pitch settings You cannot incre...

Last month, I upgraded my OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite 5G to Oxygen OS 16. With this new UI version, there are accessibility problems with Google TalkBack. Let's check out workaround solutions for them. problem 1: Inaccessible volume sliders in settings. Previously in sound settings, the volume for Notifications, ringtones, media, and alarms were easily increasable/decreasable through sliders where you can swipe up to increase & swipe down to decrease through TalkBack. But now the slider is inaccessible. To reliably increase/decrease volume, press & hold the power button & speak to Gemini, telling it to increase/decrease a specific volume. problem 2: 2-finger swipe up gesture to unlock does not work if you have any unread notifications. To unlock, swipe down once with 2 fingers. TalkBack will not say anything — do not worry about it. Then swipe left until you find the "Open Settings" option, then double-tap it. The device will unlock and display the Settings screen...