[BRLTTY] android app

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Hello Rob,
I know very little about Android myself, as I've only had this 
smartphone for a few months, and not used it to full capacity yet.

I can't use brialle, because Brailleback doesn't supporto my display, so 
I was hoping (and still am) to be able to work with BRLTTY.

The choice between a smartphone and a tablet is entirely up to you; it 
depends on what you want to do.
You can read books on a smartphone and on a tablet; you can read text on 
a smartphone and on a tablet...

As to the braille display, yes. I'd suggest a small one, like the small 
one by Hims, which is called Luce in Italian, but might be Light in 
English (not sure).
Or Braillepen, or any 20-cell thingy.

I have this 40-cell Seika, which I bought for my pc, and because you can 
read text from a pendrive with it. I don't use braille keyboards, so I 
didn't want a display that can also write. But with a smartphone it 
might be a good idea to speed things up a bit.

If you can, however, try to stick to Pure google devices, which receive 
their updates straight from Google, as soon as new Android versions are 
released. This way you'll always have the latest features, without 
having to move on to a custom rom.

Not very helpful, I realise, but I don't want to give you misleading 
information...
Ciao,
Ollie



Il 18/04/2013 22.07, Rob Hudson ha scritto:
>
> I know almost nothing about android, so I'm going to sound stupid. But 
> anyway.
>
> I've been thinking about getting an Android device. My question is: 
> should I get a phone or a tablet? Which would work better in terms of 
> working with BRLTTY or does it matter?
>
> If I get something like a Nook Color, am I going to be able to read 
> books on it with BRLTTY? If I get a phone, will I be able to read text 
> messages with it? How much functionality are we able to access?
>
> My second question is what kind of display should I look at? I of 
> course want something portable that can run on batteries, but not 
> necessarily a full notetaker like a braille sense or braille note. 
> Since we are dealing with phones or tablets, probably a 20 cell 
> display should be enough, although, since I really don't know anything 
> about this, I'm just guessing.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
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