Falador CIATA

**Falador CIATA — accessibility at your own pace!**

Falador is an Android screen reader developed by CIATA — Centro de Inclusão Através da Tecnologia Assistiva — primarily for people who are blind or have low vision.

Designed with speed, independence, and privacy in mind, Falador turns accessible Android interface information into spoken feedback and lets you navigate apps through touch exploration, gestures, and accessible commands.

Falador prioritizes responsive interaction, predictable navigation, and control over how much information is spoken.

**HOW THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE WORKS**

Falador uses the Android AccessibilityService API to provide its core screen-reading functionality.

Once manually enabled in Android accessibility settings, the service receives accessible information from windows and apps, including text, labels, control types, states, events, and accessibility focus.

This allows Falador to:

• Speak text, buttons, input fields, and other interface elements.

• Track and move accessibility focus.

• Navigate controls, lists, and editable fields.

• Support touch exploration and navigation gestures.

• Perform user-requested actions such as activating controls, scrolling, going back, and opening notifications.

• Announce relevant changes in the interface.

The Accessibility Service is essential to Falador's primary purpose. Users enable it themselves and can disable it through Android accessibility settings.

**FEATURES FOR EVERYDAY USE**

• Gesture navigation: explore applications, move between controls, and perform accessible actions.

• Touch exploration: discover on-screen elements through spoken feedback.

• Navigation rotor: select reading units and actions appropriate to your task.

• Customizable speech: adjust speech rate, pitch, volume, and announcement detail.

• Accessible typing: customize spoken feedback for characters, words, and editing operations.

• Clipboard commands: copy, cut, and paste with operation feedback.

• Customizable gestures: adapt commands and shortcuts to your preferences.

• Password awareness: dedicated feedback options for password fields.

• Sounds and vibration: receive additional navigation cues.

• Optional diagnostics: collect local technical information to investigate problems without recording complete screen contents or typed text.

**PRIVACY AND USER CONTROL**

Information accessed through the Accessibility Service is processed on the device for screen reading and navigation. Screen content is not automatically transmitted to CIATA or used for advertising or profiling.

Diagnostics are optional, stored locally, and shared only when requested by the user.

Optional account, synchronization, and speech-recognition features may involve data processing according to the permissions granted and the Privacy Policy.

Falador is designed to provide assisted access to Android while keeping users in control of their interactions.

**DEVELOPED BY CIATA**

Falador draws on practical experience in assistive technology and the everyday needs of screen-reader users.

Our goal is to provide an independent, accessible, and customizable alternative, with continuous improvements and particular attention to people with visual impairments.

**Falador CIATA. Reading what you want to hear!**