From The Old WolfDream

Notes:

• What is the accessibility focus and what is an object?
  • Focus is moved by exploring to an object or by swiping from one to the other.
  • An object can range from a simple label or control to an edit field full of text.
  • Whatever you can review is what text is within the object in focus.
• Changing granularity.
  • Starting in version 3.4 of TalkBack, granularity is changed from withing the Local Context Menu.(The old behaviour can be restored from the Manage Gestures submenu in TalkBack Settings.)
    • Open the Menu. (Swipe up-and-right)
    • Explore to desired granularity and lift finger to activate.
  • Swipe right and left to review.
  • Moving forward moves the reading pointer or cursor to the end of the spoken element, while moving backwards moves to the begining; the last element is therefore repeated when reversing direction.
  • The object is the boundary; one must return to default granularity or explore to a different object in order to move focus.
• Remarks:
  • This method applies equally to editing.
  • There is a bug with the character reading level whereby the first character of an object cannot be reviewed.
  • Changing focus resets to default granularity.
  • However, the position within an object is remembered until an app is closed.