Hack for good: Accessibility testing with a Flipper Zero

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Build outcome is concrete: a pocket-sized controller FAP using a Flipper Zero that acts as a Bluetooth keyboard (BLE HID) tied to a custom Android Accessibility Service. Demos run prerecorded and on-device; overlays, a font scaler, a layout‑bounds visualizer and a logcat-based accessibility tree logger all work in testing. Limitations are explicit (no voice access toggle, color‑filter mirroring failures). AI helps generate HID timing and meta‑state code rather than replacing engineering.

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1. 0:00Accessibility testing intro
2. 1:48Keyboards in accessibility
3. 5:43Screen readers & navigation
4. 10:12Accessibility services
5. 13:45Flipper Zero setup for Android
6. 17:16Bluetooth HID app
7. 22:57TalkBack demo
8. 27:54Reading mode & focus order
9. 31:45Logging node info
10. 35:35AI in accessibility testing
11. 40:14Q&A

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