[BRLTTY] BRLTTy on Anndroid with Brailliant BI 40 X

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Daniel Gartmann on 2025/05/07 at 08:42 +0200]

>After having read some more threads on this list, I would like to ask if
>BRLTTY supports the HID protocol on Android? If not, could that be the
>reason why I can’t get my Brailliant BI 40 X to work on my Pixel?

Yes, but let me make this statement more explicit. It's why you can't use it via Bluetooth. It should work via USB.

The problem is that Google made a very deliberate design decision, some years ago, that it's a security risk for an app that isn't part of the base system to be able to see a device's HID descriptor. It's probably time to recheck this to see if it's still true.

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