[BRLTTY] Some questions regarding Android version

[Devin Prater]

My biggest problem, haven't tested in the latest version but it'd be
	great if this were fixed, is that when I try to use BRLTTY with
	Aquamail, BRLTTY crashes, restarts, crashes again... 
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"Henk Abma" <henk.abma at gmail.com> writes:

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: BRLTTY [mailto:brltty-bounces at brltty.com] Namens Dave Mielke
> Verzonden: zondag 30 april 2017 16:09
> Aan: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
> <brltty at brltty.com>
> Onderwerp: Re: [BRLTTY] Some questions regarding Android version
>
> [quoted lines by Henk Abma on 2017/04/30 at 12:18 +0200]
>
>>In general I like BRLTTY on Android. Sometimes it reconnects to the 
>>display, but that's not a real issue.
>
> Can you determine what's common about when this happens? How far apart are
> your phone and display?
>
>
> Phone and display are about one meter apart, and the reconnect is automatic
> within a few seconds. I have not yet found a way to reproduce the issue, it
> just some times happens.
>
>>There are a few things that don't work, or I don't understand how to use
> them:
>
> Thanks for reporting these issues. Since I now have a device running the
> very same release, I'll be able to look into them. Here are a few questions
> for
> clarification:
>
>>1.       In some applications, I cannot scroll the screen. An example is:
>>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.nos.app Here a list of 
>>articles is presented, however I can only see the first page and see no 
>>way to scroll down. With TalkBack and BrailleBack there is no issue.
>
> What's the actual name of this app in the store so that I can install it
> that way?
>
> NOS, produced by de nederlandse omroepstichting. They have more apps in the
> play store. You don't want NOS teletekst, just the NOS app.
>
>>3.       It looks as if brltty does not make use of the accessible
>>description attribute that developers can add to their items. E.g. the 
>>phone app has 3 tabs, that have audible names in TalkBack, but no name in
> brltty.
>
> It does, but maybe there's something new in a newer release. I'll check.
>
> I see another example for names of icons on screen. E.g. in dutch "new
> appointment" is truncated to "new afspr." Whereas TalkBack correctly says
> "nieuwe afspraak".
>
>>4.       Folder names in Launcher are displayed twice, so I get Folder:
>>banking banking" in stead of the "Folder: banking" I would expect.
>
> Are you saying that it says "banking banking" on the very same line?
>
> Sorry, this is an issue with BrailleBack, not brltty. 
>
>>5.       I thought brltty showed multiple controls on one line, however,
>>currently it shows only one control per display. Is this a setting I
> missed?
>
> It does for the top line (Notifications, Qucik Settings), and for the bottom
> line (Back, Home, Recent Apps). For the main part of the screen, however, it
> depends on brltty's Navigation Mode setting (which defaults to List, but can
> be set to Grid).
>
> Thanks, clear!
>
> By the way: I do know that Recent Apps has been changed to Overview as of
> something like Android 5. I've been ignoring that change because, until
> recently, I didn't have a newer device.
>
>>6.       When browsing the help page, the lock timer is not reset, so after
>>reading for a while, the screen goes off. Maybe the lock timer could be 
>>reset on every key press?
>
> Do you mean brltty's help screen? I suppose the same thing would also be
> true when in the preferences menu.
>
> Yes, I mean brlttyS  help screen. I didn't spend enough time in the
> preferences screen to see it happen there.
> '
> With kind regards,
>
> Henk.
>
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