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

[Lars Bjørndal]

Hi, Dave!

As you're working on a new release, maybe you can see if the problem report I sent in December, can be looked into. Please see below.

Thanks,
Lars

On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 01:56:31PM +0100, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> 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
> -- 
> Lars Bjørndal <lars at lamasti.net>
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