Purchased a Google Pixel 9 Pro and have a few questions

First, I am very jealous of you. I am dying to get my hands on a Pixel 9 Pro. Second, the following link should help you out greatly. Enjoy! :)

https://accessibleandroid.com/

Also the blind android users groups.io mailing list is worth reading.

Hello Victor congratulation in getting the new Pixel 9 series.
One of the bigger mistakes, that Personally I have seen a lot in new users who come from iPhone and want to apply the same gestures on android, just remember that they are different operator systems therefore they will work differently.
A clear example is voiceOver by nature use flick gestures for navigation and in android is more explore by touch.
On the other hand, I highly recommend that you visit the official Google accessibility website there is a lot of good information on it.
Aw! I almost forgot about the TTS voices you can try Acapella voices even though they have a cost, personally I think they are worth it, offering good quality.

I really like google lookout as a purpose built OCR and food label reader, think Seeing AI although they may have slightly different features here or there. Guided frame in the pixel camera is also solid. As far as other specif apps I'd want more a more specific idea of the kind of thing you're looking for, the play store has way more options than the app store which obviously has a ton. I've heard good things about Commentary and Prudance screen readers but can't really vouch for them from personal experience. Lazarillo is a decent GPS although pales in comparison to voice vista, to me purpose blindness apps are the main advantage iPhones have over android.

You said that you had some questions. What are your questions? I have a Google pixel 7 pro, running Android 15. Feel free to ask your questions and I will respond.

Take the following steps to make your pixel run faster.
One. Enable developer settings.
Two. Set both window and transition animations to off.
Three. Toggle Force peak refresh rate to on.
Four. Go to display settings.
Five. Toggle smooth display to on. Six. Go to touch sensitivity within the display settings.

7:00. Go to gboard settings and set the pointer speed to 100.
Eight. With TalkBack, turn off the sound navigation and the hectics. This will speed up your phone.

I hope this helps. Your pixel should definitely not be sluggish. Also, you should install an antivirus. A. Vast, lookout, security, and viper are accessible.

What's the hidden step between 6 & 8? ?

Ironically, step 8 is also viable on iOS. If you disable sounds and haptics, voiceover is blazingly fast, even on older devices.
True story.

Give your Pixel time to get the best.
Do You think that in two weeks your opinion will be well accepted?
. Just give it a try for longer time.
And remember that there are two different systems.

I've tried all the provided steps and like most of them. You can also go into talkback's advanced setings and turn on the reduce window announcement delay. For me turning off the animations in developer options and turning that increased touch sensitivity on helped the most. I haven't disabled my haptics, though I did disable sounds … there's no one right way for blind people but the Pixels have nice haptics. I also decided not to always force 120 HZ in developer options, it's fine for me as is and my battery already gets hit hard haha. I still find voiceover flicks between things a little faster but if you're mainly flicking around on android you have more to learn than you thought. Talkback is far superior to voiceover with explore by touch, my first tip for every new blind android user is always flick around less, learn where things are on the screen more. It will be awful for a few weeks but you'll thank me later.

I can confirm this, if I use my s20 ultra with samsung talkback by just swiping left or right I'd throw this phone... On my mac :) . I can't say whether talkback is superior to VO with explore by touch or not, but this way is certainly the primary one on android and I asume that 3rd party screen readers do this too.

Ok, moving on from the touch screen thing and whatever this reaction is. I guess I accidentally offended you before and really didn't mean to but now you got me going and it has nothing to do with the phone you like or prefer teaching or anything like that. You do you. What i really take issue with is your claim that one phone is just better for the blind people, I'd be just as bothered by that if you recommend all your blind students use android BTW. How can ,one phone or one screen reader, or any braille display, or one cane, or one anything be the one recommended product in its market for us all? I shouldn't have to say this to a teacher but we're not all blind the same way, we don't all have the same strengths, nor even the same access needs. Like some blind people voice dictate almost exclusively and if that's their main thing google assistant will be better than siri, it just will. Similarly some people prefer doing everything on their phone with a braille display and for those blind people iPhones are usually better, better unless you prioritize writing over reading with a phone. It's almost like every blind person has their own separate use case. How about this, I recommend the sighted use MAC over windows because the screens are brighter. Or how about I suggest the blind use guide dogs because they'll avoid more obstacles?

16 pro max and iOS 18.3.1. Fast having both on. No issues with VO, only issue is when get notification the clock gives me the time. Very responsive.

Sorry about my rant there, I get passionate and probably just had one too many teacher tell me exactly what all the blinds need because we're all the same etc etc. Sorry I took it out on you as much as I did.

All the same? Not.