[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Android Tablet

mattias mjonsson1986 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 18:51:55 EDT 2016


as a allways say

use brailleback instead

brltty are really

crap on android
Den 2016-08-04 kl. 00:34, skrev Rob:
> Well this is interesting. Today I picked up an RCA Voyager Pro tablet. Just something to play around with. I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone as well. My portable display is a Braille Sense U-2 Mini.
> When on the home screen in the Galaxy, BRLTTY only says
> "Quick notifications"
> or
> "Recent Apps Back Home"
> no matter how muc you swipe around the screen or use navigation commands on the braille keyboard. It is a good thing I still have some usable hearing and can still use Talkback to augment my braille usage.
> However, in the few minutes i've managed to play with BRLTTY on the tablet, it seems to read all the home screen very well. I can only assume that it is a different touchscreen interface on here; or perhaps it is the launcher. I've not studied very extensively on this topic so as to provide an accurate hypothesis.
> I will be interested to see how BRLTTY handles an ebook reading app. I know it's easier to just read on the note taker, but I like playing with new programs.
> I want to thank Dave again for making this app. It was one of my main factors in choosing an Android phone; the availabbility of a familiar braille interface.
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