Prudence Screen Reader

An accessibility tool for helping visually impaired people using Android phones

Prudence Screen Reader: Accessibility Tool

"Prudence Screen Reader" is an accessibility tool designed to assist blind and visually impaired users in navigating Android devices independently. It features a comprehensive screen reading function, customizable voice libraries, touch-to-speak options, and gesture controls. Users can define how text is read and customize details for a personalized experience. The app enhances accessibility through voice feedback, supporting features for calls, battery announcements, and more, ensuring seamless interaction with their devices.
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By: Prudence
Version: v2.1.1.20241129170948.61 (Last updated: 2024-11-29)
Creation date: 2023-08-03
Permissions
Phone: read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files:
  • access USB storage filesystem
  • read the contents of your USB storage
  • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Microphone: record audio
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • draw over other apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

About this app
Prudence Screen Reader is an accessibility tool, for helping blind, visually impaired and other people to lead independent lives by making android phones easier to access. With perfect screen reading function and multiple ways of interface, such as gesture touch.

Prudence Screen Reader includes:
Main function as a screen reader: Get spoken feedback, control your device with gestures, and type with the on-screen keyboard
Accessibility Menu shortcut: To direct to the System Accessibility Menu on one click
Touch to speak: Touch on your screen and hear the app read the items aloud
Customize Voice Libraries: Choose the voice you like to hear as feedback.
Custom gesture: Define the actions with desired gestures as the actions
Customize Reading control: Define how the reader reads the text, e.g., line by line, word by word, character by character, and etc.
Level of detail: Define what detail the reader reads, such as element type, window title, etc.

To get started:
1. Open your device’s Settings app
2. Select Accessibility
3. Select Accessibility Menu, installed apps, then choose “Prudence Screen Reader”

Permission Notice
Phone: Prudence Screen Reader observes the phone state so it can adapt announcements to your call status, your phone battery percentage, screen lock state, Internet status, and etc.
Accessibility Service: Because Prudence Screen Reader is an accessibility service, it can observe your actions, retrieve window content, and observe the text that you type. It need to use your Accessibility Service Permission to achieve screen reading, notes, voice feedbacks, and other essential accessibility functions.
Some of the functions of Prudence Screen Reader may require the permissions of your phone to work. You can choose to grant the permission or not. If not, the specific function will not be able to work but the others remains executable
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Prudence Screen Reader uses th permission to check if your phone has an incoming call, so that it can read the number of the phone call receiving.
android.permission.ANSWER_PHONE_CALLS
The reader uses the permission to help users answer the phone with a more convenient, shortcut guesture.

User reviews

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Pros
  • Great features and functionality.
  • Fast performance compared to other screen readers.
  • Promising concept with potential for improvement.
  • Helpful for the blind community.
  • Good navigational capabilities.
Cons
  • Volume control issues with speech volume linked to media volume.
  • Stability problems and app crashes after a certain period.
  • Limited language support, especially for Indian languages.
  • Some features lack responsiveness, such as screen lock announcements.
  • Complexity in operation after enabling accessibility.
Most mentioned
  • Need for improved stability and performance.
  • Request for customizable features and additional functionalities.
  • Issues with text-to-speech (TTS) quality and functionality.
  • Problems with gestures and navigation controls.
  • Desire for better support for multiple languages and sound schemes.
User reviews
It so good I hope in the next update you will have a voice in Filipino so that the clarity of his voice will be better. Prudence Screen Reader God bless you, you help many blind people.
by Jorge Gutierrez, 2024-12-16

This app is very promising, and I really love its features. Great screen reader.
by Nins Videña, 2024-12-06

Hello dear developer this is very good application but it is not soft like auto TTS one more problem is when we decrease or increase media volume at same time speech volume also decrease and increase it should be separate not combine when we turn on prudence screen reader we feel like to TTS it is not good responding when we lock our mobile it does not announce the screen lock when we turn on screen it does not announce screen turn on or time or network
by Suresh Prajapati, 2024-12-06
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