You can enable Androids screen reader from the Linux command line
with the following command:
adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.google.android.marvin.talkback/com.google.android.marvin.talkback.TalkBackService
Unfortunately you had to enable USB
Debugging on your Android device before. Furthermore you must
install the Android
Debug Bridge on your PC. Otherwise the command above will not
work.
I had to analyse some network requests while I was working on an
Android app project. That turned out to be surprisingly easy, using mitmproxy. This article covers the
proxy installation and usage by wget and within the source
code of an Android app.
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This Android application Monitors the clipboard and speaks newly
added text immediately.
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This Android app vibrates the current time when the display is locked
and you double-click the power button of your device.
The app is free software. You can find the links to the play store, a
f-droid repository and the source code below.
The latest version was released on December 29th, 2025.
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Calendars and address books contain sensitive data. It is therefore
advisable not to upload them to the cloud. To keep the datasets
synchronized between multiple devices nonetheless, you need to operate
your own calendar and address book server.
This article first covers the setup of the calendar and address book
server and then presents calendar and address book applications for the
Linux console and the Android operating system.
The article was last updated on August 13, 2025.
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