[BRLTTY] [slight off-topic] Computer Braille on Android

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Vincent LE GOFF on 2025/05/26 at 11:56 +0200]

>I'm sorry to post this query on the list. It's hardly the topic though it
>does seem like Android is using BRLTTY (at least partly) behind the scenes. I

Are you using TalkBack's braille or are you using brltty itself? 

TalkBack braille uses brltty's drivers, plus a bit of its core in order to make that work, but uses a Google-developed front-end.

>doubt whether I can update Braille table by updating a brltty.conf somewhere
>though.

Are you referring to changing the active text and/or contraction table? If you're using brltty then you can do that from brltty's General Settings page. If you're using braille via TalkBack then I'm assuimg that it must have a Braille Settings page, and the brltty.conf file wulldn't be involved.

>That being said, I fail to find a setting to set my Braille table to computer
>(dot-8). It's consistently, somewhat maddeningly in g1 (6 dots). I only seem
>to have the setting to toggle between g1 and g2 (no computer Braille mode).
>I'm not sure why (I'm using the French Braille table, which might be the
>issue, but I've been told by a user of the same table that a solution
>existed... I just fail to find it).


Braille via TalkBack is probably using LibLouis tables. LibLouis doess have both an 8-dot and a 6-dot table for French computer braille, though, but maybe TalkBack isn't offering either or both of those. Or, maybe, since LibLouis doesn't have a Grade 1 French table, what they're calling Grade 1 might be the 6-dot computer braille table.
>The last note though: if there's indeed access to the configuration through
>the file system, do let me know. Again, I'm fairly sure I won't find a
>brlttyconf since, since TalkBack doesn't (fully?) t pone never knows!

Okay, I guess you're using braille via TalkBack. I, hopefully udnerstandably, only use brltty directly but I'll have a look at TalkBack's Braille Settings page to see what it offers.

-- 
I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/
Dave Mielke            | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/
EMail: Dave at Mielke.cc  | Ottawa, Ontario   | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke
Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada  K2A 1H7   |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://mielke.cc/xmother.html (Letter from a Feminist ex-Mother)