[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Android with an Actilino from Handy Tech / Help Tech

Lars Bjørndal lars at lamasti.net
Sun Dec 28 12:56:31 UTC 2025


I've used some hours struggling with BRLTTY on a new Phone, Pixel 10,
connected with bluetooth to an Actilino 16 cells braille display. Here
are som findings that maybe can be looked into:

- The documentation says you can go to the Actions Screen by pressing
  space+dot12345678. However, this doesn't work from Actilino, neither when
  braille input is on nor if it's off.

- The Global Actions can be reached using the funciont keys. On the
  Actilino you can perform the f1--f16 using the respective cursor
  routing key in combination with LeftRockerUp+LeftRockerDown. However,
  I cannot find this combination noted in the key map documentation.

- The alternative way, like, from the manual: «Space + Dots78 + Dots125 (h) goes to the
  home screen» doesn't work with Actilino.

- Using Chrome to access web pages: I'm not able to find the address bar
  with braille.

- I'm not able to activate the structural navigation mode, neither from
  braille input mode nor when it's turned off.

Thanks in advance,
Lars
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